rlackore

Sure, we include them projects all the time. We specify the Velux sun tunnels and have good luck with them; they are useful for bringing light into hallways, interior rooms, etc. Sometimes the roof flashing is challenging if you're using a metal panel roof.

Chief is not suitable for the precise modeling of small objects - you may want to investigate other software. A program like AutoCAD (and the AutoDesk suite of products) gives the user much more control over the drawing units and precision, as well as the ability to assign an arbitrary scale factor to the dimension tool. For example, here are two boxes in AutoCAD, the dimension on the left box is set with a dimension scale of 1.0, and the dimension on the right box is set with a dimension scale of 0.5. Same box, same drawing units, just a different scale for the dimension: If you want this kind of functionality in Chief, make it a Suggestion. Maybe when they finally decide to give us a user-defined coordinate system they will also give us dimension scaling.

Manual only AFAIK. A proper breakline in Chief is so tedious that I now just use a heavy dashed line:

Maybe this helps?

Remember that if you change the material definition to suit one room, all other rooms that use the same material definition will be affected. I recommend creating a separate material definition for each office area that will have a unique ceiling grid layout.

This is from awhile back: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/22567-floating-shelves-with-hangers-not-brackets/?tab=comments#comment-183913

Your questions are best addressed in the General Q&A forum, but: 1. I don't know why, but a Road either has a Curb, or it doesn't - individual control is not possible. 2. Roads and Sidewalks are Terrain objects, so they don't (can't) exist outside of the Terrain Perimeter.

Can you be more clear about what your trouble is with the placement? Vertical? Horizontal? Size? The options in the Soffit Specification dbx provide lots of control:

Bottom chord bearing for the interior walls is no problem - you won't have to mess with the walls at all. Too easy.

I'm not smart enough to evaluate your current rig, but the best "upgrade" I ever made for renderings/raytraces is to use TwinMotion - I believe it's still a free download. TwinMotion is far from perfect, but it's a heck of a lot faster to set up a quality scene, the results are real-time, and the animations use keyframing. The export/import using .dae isn't fullproof, but I seldom run into issues, and refreshing the TwinMotion file after a change in Chief works well. The biggest advice I have for anyone using Chief with TwinMotion is to save any material tweaks you make in TwinMotion into your TwinMotion user library so you can quickly re-apply them if they are lost during the model refresh.

Or define the those brick walls as Foundation walls and adjust the footings as required.

Wherever you have a floor cantilevered (like at a balcony projection) don't set the wall (or a portion of the wall) to hang: Interior bearing walls will not respect the bearing height - you need to drag them up manually:

I assume the floor trusses are hung off the masonry wall on a ledger, correct? If so, set the exterior walls to hang the floor structure, then set the the floor levels to your 9'-4" increments: With this method the actual floor system doesn't matter. This is my normal method of working with cmu, tilt-up, panelized, etc.

Like crap. But, in my defense, the OP's picture appears to be Standard view.

Corner cabinet with shelving, all components except shelves set to an invisible material, with the end panels created from partitions:

SketchUp Pro 2019 provides geolocation: You can plop the mass model down over the imagery. The Origin is the referenced lat/lon, which provides a reference for drawing/importing/locating the survey data. If you know the lat/lon of one of your survey points you can manually set the geolocation as well.

Corner windows still work the same for me in X11:

Everything Glen said; plus if you don't want the annoying return (on the right-hand side of the gable), then open the garage wall and uncheck Roof>Auto Roof Return:

Adjust the line weights in your Wall Definition, which currently has the interior layer weight 5 points greater than the exterior layer:

You can only modify the User Catalog.

I think the quickest method would be use a polyline solid for the arched parapet section. However, you can also use curved roof planes (with 0" Surface and Structure values) to control the height and shape of the arched parapet, then use a 3D Molding Polyline for the trim:

Use the Break Line tool on the lower gable roof form to pull the eave back in the area of concern; this will allow the wall below to extend to the high roof.

I suggest posting the .dwg file for us to examine.

Yes, I've had a CTD a few times after the latest update.

Have you tried the Bumping/Pushing icon to toggle the behavior on/off? I have mine set up with a hotkey [S,B].