rlackore

The problem is the Attic wall above. To to the Attic level, select the wall, open the Wall Specification dbx, and UNcheck Wall Types>Pony Wall.

If I understand your intent, you want the white portion to be arched to match the window; IOW - you're only concerned about achieving an arched material transition. This can be done quite easily with a Material Region. 1) Shoot a Cross Section/Elevation View: 2) Turn off the Patterns, 3D Views layer (to reduce clutter), then Create a CAD Detail from View: 3) Draw a closed CAD polyline in the shape you want. I drew mine in red just for visibility: 4) Select the shape, Copy it, then switch back to your Cross Section/Elevation View and Paste Hold Position. This places the shape in the correct position: 5) With the shape still selected, click on the Convert Polyline icon to bring up the dialog box. Make sure Material Region is selected and click OK: 6) In the Material Region Specification dialog box click the Edit Button to assign the material you desire. Leave the Cut Finish Layers of Parent Object checked: 7) Turn on the Patterns, 3D Views layer. Shoot an Orthographic Overview to make sure you like the result. If not, modify things as necessary. You can always return to the Cross Section Elevation View and modify the Material Region polyline to fine-tune the shape:

Johnny, Bump mapping simulates depth by playing with the lighting calculations. Displacement mapping actually perturbs the underlying surface geometry so you get much greater depth and accuracy in the rendering. However, displacement mapping is very costly compared to bump mapping - much more computational horsepower is required.

You will use roof planes to achieve what you want for the foyer - essentially you can ignore my post #8. You'll need to need to go to the basement level and draw a room divider across the foyer to make the landing area it's own separate room: Then open the Room Specification dbx and uncheck Ceiling Over This Room; this is the step that will give you the vault. Then draw your roof planes, set the baseline height to whatever value you need (I used 48" to approximate your exterior picture). You'll get something like this: As you can see there's no need to fuss about with the closet walls - their height will be determined by the roof planes.

Or, displacement maps. No extra geometry needed, just some time and attention to producing a quality height map for the material definition.

It sounds like you're talking about raytraces. If so, a decent solution that doesn't involve actual profiles would be if Chief implemented displacement maps in the material definition.

If you want the exterior walls set at 8', then use the closet Room Specification dbx to set the Ceiling ( to 8' above the Floor ©, which is 29.5 inches: ...but I suspect you're talking about something like this, which can be accomplished by manually dragging the walls down to the proper height: For exact control of the height, shoot a wall elevation, select the top of the wall to activate the temporary dimension, then click on and enter the dimension. I used 8'-10" because your closet floor is defined as 10": Then you'll have to cap the closet with a soffit to make it look pretty:

The garage can be fixed by adjusting the Room Specification>Structure settings: You can set them to achieve exactly what you want for stem wall height - I just matched the footing on the main house.

Yeah, see my modified post above. When you change the closet floor elevation it will move to the landing:

If the closet is on the basement level, then draw it on the basement, not the first floor. Okay, never mind, you posted a plan. For the closet open the Room Specification dbx and adjust the Structure>Absolute Elevations>Floor value to match the landing height:

Please attach the plan.

I believe you answered your own question regarding how to insert an image. I also assume we're moving on to your real question, which is wall intersections. Try using the Wall Layer Intersections tool, which is this icon here:

David, I believe the OP is trying to assign a profile that will show up in a cross-section. Home_design, you should delete one of your duplicate posts. And you should put a name in your signature so we know what to call you (you can make one up if you don't like the one your parents gave you).

See the picture. Select the Bottom Rail from the drop-down and Replace the profile with a round section.

Zero-depth wall layers are showing up as 1/16" thick in section in X7: This didn't occur in X6 (I just verified this). Can anyone verify for me that this normal X7 behavior? I've also attached some of my wall type defs for reference: walldefs.calibz

Not easily. IOW, you can't accomplish this through the Wall Specification dialog box. There may be a method using molding polylines, or other means.

The easier bits: Foundation walls and strip footings can be created using the Build>Wall>Straight Foundation Wall tool. Use the Room Specification>Structure tab to define wall heights, etc. Isolated strip footings and footing pads can be created using the Build>Slab tool. Enlarged footings beneath foundation walls can be created using the Build>Slab>Square Pad tool. Slab-on-Grade floors can be defined using the Room Specification>Structure>Floor Structure options. Columns can be created using the Build>Framing>Post tool. The difficult bits: One-way and two-way slab floors can't be automatically created. You can define the overall depth of the floor in the Room Specification>Structure tab, but accurate modeling of the slab profile will have to be done using other methods. A one-way slab could be created using a "floor slab" with rectangular slabs as the beam sections: A two-way slab could be created in a similar manner. There are other methods, such as using soffits, etc., that may work better for you. You could even define joists as rectangular concrete sections. Learning the tools, then playing with them in unconventional ways, can help you achieve what you're after. Concrete stairs are also a problem. Chief's stair tools are lacking in many ways. The Reference Manual explains how you can create a reasonable facsimile of a concrete stair, but you may be better served by creating a CAD profile in section view and converting it to a polyline solid. Good luck.

When I open/close the Material Region dbx, the problem vanishes until I close/open the plan file. I don't know what's up with the Material Regions, but you can eliminate the problem using Wall Types. 1) Delete the Material Regions. 2) Define a Wall Type for ICF with the siding: 3) Select the appropriate walls and define them as pony walls: 4) Enjoy the result:

I suggest first reading the User Manual, then browsing the Chief tutorials available, and finally begin your project. Keep a copy of the Reference Manual handy. As you encounter issues that you can't solve, post them on this forum and we'll help with the specifics.

...and the options need to be available on a per-wall basis. A Default is fine, but many of my projects have walls that require different dowel spacings and embedments.

Graham is correct. Creation Date is independent of the file's data, whereas the Modified Date indicates a change to the file's data.

I don't think you can specify either of those options. This is the only place I'm aware of to set foundation reinforcing steel defaults: It's silly that we can specify a foam seal and termite flashing but not anchor bolts or dowels.

Instead of Material Regions have you considered defining a Wall Type with your desired exterior siding material? That's the method I use for ICF construction, though it probably won't fix the issue shown in your post.

The issue I see is at the entry between the valleys - that's a lot of water coming off those roof planes in a major storm event. Getting the water away from the house is probably going to require terminating the downspouts to a receptor, under-ground pipe, and either drain to daylight or use pop-ups to discharge to grade.

Thanks for catching that.