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You have to define a layer for the plank structure:

3 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

No way to auto scroll in Chief but here's what I personally think is the next best thing...

That is very interesting behavior. AFAIK it's undocumented. How did you discover it?

Defaults:

17 minutes ago, Ridge_Runner said:

Mike, with Robert's example, what are you going to tie the bottom of your rafters with to prevent them from spreading at the plate height? Trusses, maybe scissors design, would work but I'm not sure stick framing the roof would be structurally sound like Robert's example. Maybe one of the structural guys will chime in and give an opinion.

 

edit: A structural ridge would take care of the issue though.

To be clear, I wasn't providing an example of how to frame the structure - I was simply providing a method to achieve the desired 12' exterior wall plate height and 8' & 10' interior ceiling heights. That said, attic trusses would be quick and economical. Scissors are not an option at the 8' ceilings, since the client wants attic storage. Otherwise, as you mentioned, a ridge beam would also work.

26 minutes ago, capitaldesigns said:

Thanks Robert. I'm confused. When you changed the ceiling heights to 8' and 10' then removed the air gap under

ceiling structure everything framed correctly. But the 12' high exterior wall heights were not changed, which is what

I want

Just raise the Baseline height of the roof planes to give you the exterior plate height that you want.

From the X9 Reference Manual:

I defined the 8' and 10' ceiling heights, then got rid of the huge insulation air gap within your ceiling definition, then auto-framed, and it seems fine:

Electrical symbols do not have the option to assign a fill to their 2D CAD Block, regardless of whether or not the original block had a fill..

Just now, dshall said:

See pic,  I put hole in floor using rails and open to below and I did not lose the ceiling finish.

 

 

Well, I couldn't make that happen, no matter what I tried. Maybe your Macintosh has the magic mojo. As the OP mentioned, maybe the shelf ceiling has something to do with it. Using the original plan, with an open below room for the stair, I lose the ceiling finish, but it returns after I remove the shelf ceiling.

Yes, the floor railings are no-roomdef railing walls. The stair railings are stair railings. The point of the floor hole is that, for some reason, creating a room around the stair opening removes the first floor ceiling finish, and I'm not smart enough to figure out why or how to prevent it.

Oxford_St modified.plan

15 hours ago, dshall said:

Aha.....  you do not get the railing.....  you do not get the stair rail to connect to the railing around the hole......... 

Seems fine to me:

Just draw a cad box and convert it to a Hole in Floor Platform. This avoids any problems associated with creating an Open Below room.

You could try using roof planes: drop the baseline, remove the finish, make the structure a single material (glass), and modify the structure tab to get what you want:

Your plan file is zero bytes. Be sure to close the plan before uploading, or use File>Backup Entire Plan.

You're going to have to close that area off somehow. It depends on how you're planning on framing the stair and supporting the landing. I would consider a knee wall beneath the stairs to a point where it makes sense to begin the landing railing:

You could also just continue the railing, but I was unsuccessful in modeling that condition in Chief - I couldn't get the newels to behave.

If you're only concerned about making the EZE-Breeze system appear correct, then either make a custom window, or just fake it (what I do) with muntins. If you're going for a timber post & beam look, you can use a wall with a single main layer and windows with a sash/no frame to simulate a field-framed or Screen Tight style screened panel:

The disadvantage is you can't show the timber joinery and wood grain accurately, but if the posts/beams will be painted it works fine.

I've also used railings with panel infill successfully - there is no single method that is suitable for every situation.

My preferences are:

1. Polylines, not boxes.

2. Only referenced blocks, and no hatch entities (Chief doesn't always handle hatch entities well).

3. Map to CAD, Default. But this depends greatly on what you're trying to achieve, and how you prefer to work. Only select layers for import that you're sure you will need.

4. The unit of measurement depends on the units the dwg was created/exported in. If you don't know, then you'll have to experiment.

4. Import as Dimensions.

You're best bet is to play around to learn and understand the power of each option. There's no single answer for all import situations.

My recommendation is to post the plan.

Wall Specification>Structure>Default Wall Heights>Default Wall Bottom Height

I suggest using a professional land surveyor - they have the equipment and the expertise. You can tell them exactly what you want, and they can supply the electronic data in a variety of formats. I think DIY isn't worth the liability.

It will cost anywhere from $0.00 to $Infinity.00 psf, depending on the finishes and options you select. Seriously, this is a software forum. For costing data I'd suggest contacting a commercial real estate firm, or hire a local architect and pick their brain (their initial consult fee will be worth the investment).

I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish. Do you want to print an ARCH D sheet to 8-1/2 x 11, then upscale that 8-1/2 x 11 to 11x17 or ARCH D? Why not print in ARCH D, then use a PDF program (like Adobe Acrobat Reader) that allows printing to a Custom Scale to reduce to your desired sheet size?

Of course, unless you have a graphic scale on the drawing, reducing an ARCH D drawing to either of these other formats is useless (but so is upscaling a letter-sized document to tabloid or ARCH D). But, maybe I'm not understanding your intent.

In my experience, label fills never export to DWG, regardless of what text style you're using, and how that text style's fill is defined. Only object and rich text fills are exported. Anyway, if you're perhaps using a rich text box with a solid fill color for your cabinet "labels", you can uncheck this option during the dwg export:

...but it will remove ALL fills, so beware of unintended consequences.

Here you go: CustomTile.pat

Settings for size and scale:

1 minute ago, Spectrum-Design said:

Thank you for that suggestion, those are both good options.  Unless I'm mistaken though, the new block wouldn't have the electrical component properties of the core catalog symbol would it?  ie - It wouldn't pick up on the electrical schedule or connect properly when using the 'connect electrical' tool

The 2D CAD Block has no intelligence, but it doesn't matter, because it's only used to represent the 3D Symbol (with intelligence) in plan view:

The symbol will retain whatever intelligence it's been assigned: