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I need them for setting up isometric cartoons of structural and special assemblies. Sometimes I use CAD, but other conditions need to be modeled for 3D purposes, so I use the model to build the isometric:

The terrain hole modifies the terrain above and below, as you've noted, so it may not help with an earth home that is partially buried. AFAIK, Chief doesn't have a terrain feature that can create a horizontal recess in a terrain perimeter. Some creative possibilities may include polyline solids, molding polylines, etc.

Turn off Hide Terrain Intersected by Building.

You could use a tile texture built with the development team's Substance Player Tile_Builder. Here is a quick and dirty: Metal_Wall_Panel.calibz

@DefinedDesign, here is what I use: Wire Shelf.calibz Wire Shelf with Standards.calibz

Insert the Wire Shelf with Standards symbol into your plan. It's set up for a "standard" 18x60 unit. This symbol has 4 corner standards with casters, and the lowest shelf at 6" off the floor, per most commercial food codes. Then insert the Wire Shelf symbol, center it on the previous symbol in both the X and Y axes, and set the height accordingly; repeat for every shelf you need.

I believe Gene has a good workflow; if you're using Sketchup Pro you can export the Section Slice as a .dwg file, and import that into Chief for tracing, so you won't need to resize an image file.

If you're using the Chief core content, the solid fill is turned on for the Tube Lighting>Recessed symbols, but not the Tube Lighting>Surface Mounted symbols.

One way to cheat this:

1. Edit the Roof Plane Specification>Structure>Roof Layers>Surface>Roof Surface Definition material to 1/1000" thickness. It will display as "zero":

2. In plan view, drag the roof eaves to be flush with the exterior siding, then drag them out to be 1/1000" beyond the face of the exterior siding. This forces Chief to generate the Gable Fascia and Eave Fascia, but the value is so small that the geometry will merge nicely:

3. The section will need CAD cleanup, but it's not a bad starting point:

I draw a heavy dashed line and use a note. There are so many ways for a contractor to create a baffle, so I leave it up to them; it isn't a detail I need to micromanage.

There has been a recent discussion here, and a recent suggestion here.

Solution to question 1: Open the Stair Specification dialog box. Under the General tab, uncheck Automatic Heights, check Top Tread, Lock Bottom, and paste the deck room floor height value into the upper stair section's Top Height box.

Robert, I understand that I can force the text wrapping by adjusting the column width. In X13, this wasn't necessary. I like all my schedules with equal overall widths, so automatic text wrapping is important to me. Okay, maybe that's a bit OCD, but my frustration is that it worked in X13! Why the change?

Nope, I spoke too soon. If you stretch the schedule column, the wrapping disappears:

13 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

OK, I tried it in X14 and the wrapping works for me.

Thanks for confirming that it should work. I also tested this condition in a OOB template, and it works correctly. There must be a setting or other variable that controls the behavior, that I haven't discovered. If you find what it may be, please post it here. Thanks!

7 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Robert,

Try the "Comments" column in the schedule.

Joe, the schedules in my screenshots are using the Comments field - I renamed the column heading to "description".

2 minutes ago, GeneDavis said:

Edit your column widths right on the schedule.

Gene, that means the width of the column will always be dictated by the cell with the longest single line of text.

In X13 resizing columns wasn't necessary. Why did the behavior change?

In X13, multi-line text in Object Information Fields displayed as multi-line text in Schedules:

In X14, multi-line text in Object Information Fields displays as a single line of text in Schedules:

I hope there is a Preference of Default setting that controls this, because I depend on multi-line behavior for my Schedules. Any help or insight is appreciated.

46 minutes ago, ChiefuserMathews said:

How do you add that retaining wall?

48 minutes ago, ChiefuserMathews said:

how do I slope the other road on the left side of the garage to match to the other road which you have shown?

As Joe mentioned, check the X13 Reference Manual and the videos on the Chief website. And examine the plan file I provided in my previous post. Good luck.

33 minutes ago, ChiefuserMathews said:

How did you do that? could you please let me know.

Too much to explain. Here's the plan file you can dig into: 386671785_MontenegroIgalo.plan

32 minutes ago, OldBarnDesign said:

Hi Tony, just curious how you offset the window labels from the window itself? For me the labels always appear on top of the window?

Window Specification>Label>Plan View Position and Orientation

This setting can be adjusted on a per-window basis; it can also be set in the Defaults. Or, select the Window and drag the Label into position using the Label's edit handle.

Are you looking for something like this?

1 minute ago, KilianDrafting said:

Do I have to define ALL my wall types with specific framing elements in order for framing to display correctly then?

No idea; but I've run into framing issues myself when I don't have my Walls, Floors, etc. defined properly, so my guess would be Yes.

Open the Wall Type Definitions for the framed walls, select the Main Layer, and check the Material layer>Framing box.

I receive this error infrequently, sometimes Chief will crash immediately, other times it won't. I haven't been able to determine any specific workflow that leads to the error.

Here is a workflow that may work for you:

1. Select the Railing, make it "normal" wall, and make it Invisible. This leaves you with just the loft edge.

2. Draw a new Straight Railing back in the room somewhere, away from the deck edge. Draw it to the length of the loft edge.

3. Shoot a Full Camera, select the Straight Railing, and then use the tool Convert Selected to Symbol.

4. Insert the new Symbol and move it into place.