rlackore

Your contours are problematic, specifically the 2437 and 2438 near the plan-NW corner of the residence. Make sure the new 2438 is connected at both ends to the existing 2438. Keep in mind that the engineer is providing a 2' deep swale, and he probably did it for a good reason, so I would strive to provide the same when you revise the grading. Also, your revised driveway is going to require some tall retaining walls along both edges, something the engineer's plan avoids by using a bunch of fill. So, pick your poison: an elevated drive, or a canyon drive.

It may be as simple as this:

There are linear strip drains in the Chief core catalogs. Just place one into your model. If you don't like the 2D appearance, then modify the CAD block. If you don't like the 3D appearance, search for an alternative on the web, or create your own.

Here's what I've modeled. Sorry, no wheely thing. FDC.calibz

Here's the Zehnder Q-Series. Thanks Alan. Zehnder ComfoAir Q-Series.calibz

Nice, thanks.

Brinks doesn't have a USA distributor. I use these because they are about the same size/capacity of equivalent units available in the USA. The Zehnder units aren't universally available here either.

Adjust your railing settings: Rail Style>Specify Railing>Panels Rail Style>Top/Bottom Rail>Raise/Lower Bottom Rail = 12" Newels/Balusters>Railing>Height = 72" Newels/Balusters>Panels>Thickness = 2 1/2" (if 2x4s on flat with 1/2" drywall each side) For the door, play around with the General>Size and Position settings - pretty easy. If you want 2x4 newels, you'll have to create them and add them to your Library.

These are the Brinks units I use: Brinks HRV.calibz

Here is a structured media enclosure that I use: Structured Media Enclosure.calibz

It's not just 3D though. When you cut a section, you have to use CAD to properly illustrate the slope. Lots of things can be affected by the slope: porch columns, piers, top-of-foundation, minimum thickness of a wear layer (at precast decks), etc.

Chief doesn't have a function to slope a slab, so you'll need to roll your own. Possible solutions are: polyline solid; or a ramp applied to the top of a flat slab (or floor). I'm sure there are other methods.

Too many variables. First determine: 1. Required system capacity (kWh). 3. Is interconnection required? Tie-back to the utility is sometimes required per ordinance. 4. Microinverters or a central inverter. 5. Will the structured media equipment share the room? 6. How many load centers? Maybe you need/want a separate critical systems load center. 7. PV only, or supplemented with ST or a hybrid panel? Figure out these things, and more, and you can begin to size the room. Depending on the climate, some of this stuff can be mounted outside.

Yes, just draw in some manual roof planes:

Gene, this PDF is grayscale. Did you intend to post a file with blue?

This is expected by now, isn't it? Most Chief "new features" seem to need more time in the oven.

You can create a Pattern by manually drawing the dashes with individual CAD lines, the same as you have to do for CAD Blocks. ceilinggridhatch.calibz

CA doesn't natively convert to ICF.

Lithonia 2TLX2 Lithonia 2TLX2.calibz

When you export, uncheck Create Associative Dimensions:

Google search "DXF to IFC". Lots of options pop up.

Material Regions:

The Replace button works for me.

As others have mentioned, a 3D solid (nee: polyline solid) is probably the easiest method. If you must have framing members, they can be mitered at the ends by trimming them with other framing members:

Here are what I use for normal stuff (for close-ups or critical renders I model the geometry of the deck, but that is a rare use case). pandeck.calibz