Fotis1960

Thanks fro the reply.

No mention of exporting so I guess with X17 you can only import legacy Layer sets, walls and defaults. 

In past versions you were able to export layer sets, walls and defaults and then import to new plans. I see where the import ability is still there in X17 but I don't see the export. Is it gone? If not where is it?

Thanks

Thanks guys. As you can tell I'm not a pro, but I should have looked at the numbers a little closer and figured it out.

Why are the size and labels in window and door schedules off? The plan also uses these for the labels so they are off on the plans as well. Is there a different setting that I need to change?

Thanks in advance

Thanks for the reply.

How do you all show electrical connections when they connect switches and/or lights on multiple floors?

Thanks

That's it. Thank you.

In 3D views when an object is picked the outline of the object appears, currently grey. How do I change the color?

Thanks in advance.

Thank you for the reply and solution.

Hey Everyone

Why is the wall details separating the framing of the wall and the girts to layer 2 and 3.(picture attached). And why are the wall studs that I entered manually not showing. Are they supposed to be on layer 5? Everything is on Wall, Normal layer. Thank you in advance.

Andys Pole Building.zip Framing.pdf Wall Detail.pdf

Thanks for the reply. Yes, my friend wants a material and buy list. The posts are 5 1/2x5 1/2 and the girts are on the out side. I'm not a pro so I don't understand what you mean by building a wall on top of it with posts being centered. Are you placing the "normal" in between the the studs?

I have drawn a friends pole building with the existing outside walls with 6x6 studs at 96" and horizontal girts. Now he is going to add living space in parts of it and is going to drywall 3 of the existing outside walls. He plans to add 2x6 studs in between the 6x6's at 16" OC. How do I create this wall? In the wall definitions adding 2x6's just adds an other layer and increases the width of the wall.

Thanks in advance.

16 hours ago, DBCooper said:

1.  Drywall shows up for me.  Might not show up depending on the layer set you are using.

 

 

 

2.  How did you add the molding polylines to the second floor?  Did you draw them on the floor plan or in a camera view?  If you drew them in the camera view, was your camera set to the 2nd floor when you drew them?  I think the problem is that you somehow put the moldings on the first floor.  You can probably move them to the second floor by using the "cut" edit tool, moving to the second floor and then using the "paste hold position" tool.  You may or may not need to adjust the heights after doing this.

 

Thank you. Both issues solved.

Hey everyone

Amateur here. Helping a friend design living space in part of a pole building. I have 2 questions.

1. I created the pole building walls and they work fine. I made a copy and added drywall for the ones that will be in the living space. The drywall is not showing on any of the renderings.

2. I used molding polylines to show the rough in for the water drains for the main floor as they exist. I added proposed water drains for the second floor as he wants it set up. But all of them show on the main level. I can't get the ones on the second floor to show on the second floor.

Any help would be appreciated

Fotis.

Andys Pole Building - Copy.zip

I have it on CA16

47 minutes ago, DBCooper said:

You can try using the "reset to defaults" tool and check the box for "roof directives".

 

It worked. Thank you.

I have a fairly complex floor plan and after having auto build a roof I had to make some(lot) of manual changes. Changed some to gable and some to hip. Somewhere along it roof got pretty messed up. When I delete all the roof planes and try to recreate it I get the same messed up roof. Is there a way, after I delete all roof planes, to reset all the walls back to default so I can auto build roof again like it was before all the manual changes.

On 12/4/2024 at 6:40 PM, DavidJPotter said:

Thank you

I want to add an addition to a As Built plan that has a roof that was mostly manually created. I believe I saw a video of a way I can use Auto Roofs on the addition without changing the manually created ones, but I can't find it. I believe there was a setting for the manually created roofs so they are not changed. Can anyone either tell me how to do it or point me to the video. Thanks in advance

On 5/22/2024 at 6:01 AM, Mark3D said:

I had a play with your file i made some changes 

I put a roof hole in the large roof plain front and rear gables

facia heights on large roof plains i made sub facia 15" and eave facia 16" also turned on boxed eaves

I put a molding for deck facia

I made stair floor open below

 

See if that is what you can use, I think the roof pitch should be stepper like 12 in 12 from looking at your photos

1996198547_WendelOPHouseAsBuilt.plan 7.94 MB · 12 downloads

Thank you. This helps a lot.

19 hours ago, Mark3D said:

From looking at your plan and photos it seems like you are on the right track, was there something in particular that you would like to improve on

How do I increase the size of the fascia, and not as important since the plan is just to use it for reference for the addition, how would I use a real dormer instead of the false roof gable?

This is how far I've gotten. Does anyone have any suggestions to get it closer to the actual pictures.

Wendel OP House As Built.plan

Thank you for the video suggestion. That got me to layout the shell of the house. Unfortunately the false gables are just that. No room inside. This house has a second floor (loft). Would like to get a more accurate drawing.

Help needed

I'm a casual user and can't figure out how to build this roof. I want to build this house as an as build to add an addition for a friend. The roof is just beyond my skill level, so any help would be appreciated. I have added pictures of the front and back of the house. Thank you in advance.

10 hours ago, SHCanada2 said:

i think that is only the case if you navigate to it using the little arrows, and not clicking on the catalog? ..or at least that what happened when I tried it.

 

once I click on any other catalog it shows in the filter. so how did you click on something without clicking on the catalog it is in?

 

Yes, you can open a catalog without clicking on it if you just click on the arrow next to it.