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    Create Terrain Perimeter from Survey and Import into Building.plan file

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    15 hours ago, rfantclt said:

    1. How do I bring the terrain into the building.plan?

    2. How do I set it in place - using a Place Point or Point Marker at a corner of the house?

    3. The survey elevations are in the 650' range so how what do I do to place the terrain relative to my house (1st floor 0.0)?  This house has a walk out basement, if that matters.

    4. I copied in a 2D version of the survey to use in plan view (on layer CAD, AS-BUILT SURVEY).  When I send it to layout, the house floor plans are obscured and the secondary contours didn't come in - admittedly, this is a previous version of my survey attempt and I've since remapped the survey layers.

     


    A few things... 

    Your terrain is not to scale.  Your terrain only measures a little over 7' across!  When you properly scale it, make sure the scale between contours is also properly scaled.

     

    Generally your Terrain Perimeter should not be on the property lines, but some distance past the property lines.  The contour lines need to all go past the edge of the terrain if/when you do that.

     

    Add a north arrow pointer to your site plan so you can rotate it to be oriented to match your floor plan and keep the proper headings for the property lines.  Then rotate the site to match the floor plan.

     

    You have the building outline on the terrain/site plan, so you should be able to move the building into position using that.  

    Z-Fighting at exterior between floors

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    10 hours ago, Larry_Sweeney said:

    I'm puzzled why and I haven't figured a way to eliminate it

    Here's one way to make it go away... If you set the exterior masonry walls of the lower floor to have 'No Room Definition' then the ceiling drywall (which is what's showing through) will stop at the interior furred wall... which is how it should be. 
    I even tried moving those furred walls inward to create a space between walls, unchecking 'furred walls', then setting the interstitial space between the walls to be a room  and unchecking 'flat ceiling'.  Seems like that should've done it too... but no.  

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    Tray Ceiling Lines

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    1 hour ago, robdyck said:

    Don't do that....just bump that sucker back to drawing order #27

     

    1 hour ago, CJSpud said:

    Super idea ... why didn't I think of that ... before I did the trace-over?  Next time.  Thanks.

    I said that in my original response... without so many words... "if you move display of those lines behind the wall lines"

    Tray Ceiling Lines

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    By the way... those pink lines aren't unique to the Tray Ceiling tool.... the layer is called Ceiling Planes... and any other manually drawn ceiling planes would automatically go on that layer as well.  It's showing the whole perimeter of the polyline 'plane'... just like a roof plane would, except in the case of the tray ceiling it's showing the hole in the plane as well as the perimeter of the plane.

    Tray Ceiling Lines

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    24 minutes ago, CJSpud said:

    but I also get a pink dashed line around the perimeter of the room my tray ceiling is built in. 

    That outer line shouldn't show up when you print if you move display of those lines behind the wall lines... but if you just can't stand it anyway I wouldn't give up the tray tool... just trace the inner recessed shape with another layer named 'Ceiling recess' or something like that and turn off the ceiling plane lines.

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    Plan Options

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    20 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said:

    Glen has done many videos in the past.

    Thx Perry.  Glad to know it. 
    That's why I noted I could be wrong! :P... I've only been on the forum a couple of years...but in that time I don't think I've ever seen him post a video.
    I've seen he's very generous with his time in explaining things though.

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    Plan Options

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    1 hour ago, mgianzero said:

    This concept sounds very intriguing and would like to know more about it.

    I could be wrong, but I don't think I've ever seen Glenn post a video!  But I'm sure he'd be happy to explain further. 

    FWIW...assuming you understand Saved Plan Views?.. if so, then you'll know that you can select the SPV you want to view and that will automatically turn on and off various layers to show exactly what you've set that SPV to show.  In order to use SPV's the way Glenn is suggesting, which could be very cool, it will take some upfront creative thinking and work creating alternative layer names for walls, windows, doors, and filled areas (which offers another way to hide or expose areas that will be different between various plan options).   Then the SPV you set up for each option will have these layers either on or off as needed to enable you to view the plan as desired.

    California Detail

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    1 hour ago, rlackore said:

    but here we go

    Thx for posting that Robert!  I've never yet had either of my regular T-24 consultants recommend the solution with insulation in both rafters and ceiling so that was news to me.  In houses with cathedral ceilings I almost always urge homeowners to spring for spray foam insulation so the attic is conditioned and there's no issues with venting or HVAC equipment in non-conditioned space.  Ever since I stopped doing my own T-24 calcs years ago when it required special software I stopped trying to keep up with the rules and leave it up to the consultants.

    California Detail

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    2 minutes ago, builtright3 said:

    . But how to I manipulate the insulation to have a 1" gap, path of travel is what im having a problem with

    Joe, post the T-24 requirements document... something seems off.  You shouldn't have to insulate both up at the rafters and down at the ceiling...that makes no sense.
    Be that as it may... there's a product called insulation baffles or attic baffles that you can specify
    https://www.google.com/search?q=insulation+baffles&rlz=1C1ZCEB_enUS804US804&oq=insulation+baffles&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.5230j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

    California Detail

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    Here's a couple in an article about it, but your engineer (assuming you're using one?) will usually want to know what's happening with regards to this, as sheer transfer is often involved between the roof and the walls.  Usually engineer will want the holes in the center of the block not toward the top as shown in the top detail here though... in which case you need to show a baffle to hold the insulation out of the way of the vent holes.  Also you'll need to calculate the venting area provided by the vent holes in relation to the 1/150th or 1/300th required venting ...  fun stuff.

    https://www.sbcmag.info/news/2015/may/ventilation-v-eaves-blocking-seismic-zones

    Understanding Wall Defaults for New Drawing

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    6 hours ago, stevenyhof said:

    As I still learn, I am finding that colors are very meaningful to clients, and can get lost in time with them, but I believe I can set a policy to take advantage of the 3D model and colors for those who are will to pay for that specific service above the normal plan documents. At the moment I am paying attention to how this is working and deciding how I would approach this. I don't want to leave money on the table - so-to-speak.

    Definitely going from AD to Chief I was immediately confounded by the time-suck of having to select materials and colors before it would even be on my radar in AD.  I just use colors and materials as I decide along with a healthy dose of client-expectation management to get past the materials/colors divide.     

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