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This doesn't help with orienting the texture on individual faces of non-exploded geometry. I think it would be helpful if we could control the orientation of a texture without having to explode a shape. We don't need complex UV-mapping tools, just the ability to select a surface and rotate/flip/scale the assigned texture.

The suggestion forum would be a good place to request that CA give us control of how individual surfaces of complex objects are texture mapped.

Just as Glen said: Define Material>Texture>Scale.

Could you use a railing wall with an infill panel? I know railing walls with stairs have some disadvantages, but it may work for you: Railing Panel.calibz

I run Chief X7 and AutoCAD Architecture 2012 or Revit Architecture 2012 simultaneously with no problems (other than constantly forgetting which of my keyboard shortucuts to use for which program). My computer specs are in my signature; I'm running Windows 8.1.

Joe, would you consider posting a plan? I would like to learn how to use your method. Thanks.

I haven't found a way to exactly replicate storefronts in Chief, but with the correct window settings and layout you can achieve a close facsimile: Insomnia.plan

That's even easier - just a regular ramp and railing, and only one 3D molding polyline to create:

Well, I think you answered your own question with the screenshot; apparently fill style is not included in Chief's Object Eyedropper tool. Submitting a Suggestion may be a good idea.

I assume you created the railing as a symbol? Stretch planes can't be rotated, so your railing geometry that is angled will distort when you apply the transformation. I can't think of any way around this without having to build a new symbol for each unique ramp run. However, an alternative is to use the default railing tools for the ramp, then add 3D molding polylines for the extensions. Positioning the extensions "just right" can be a PITA, but the results aren't too bad. Here are the side elevation and an ortho view: In plan view you need to manually draw the railings and extensions with CAD. And, unfortunately, Chief doesn't allow us to define the profile for the bottom rail.

I turned off automatic framing, deleted all the ceiling joists, then turned auto framing back on and when it rebuilt it worked fine:

It can be done, though very tedious and probably with less-than-stellar results. IMO your best bet is to use another program to create the geometry - this kind of thing is fairly quick in SU:

I will retract my method. I tried it again and it didn't work. Then I tried it again and it did work. Then I tried it again and it didn't work...and I can't figure out what I'm doing that is working or not. Either way, I'd go with Jonathan's method. I apologize for pointing you down a blind alley.

Jonathan's Terrain Perimeter was auto-generated when he imported the dwg and assigned the CONTOUR layer to be treated as elevation data. Did you try my method (post #24) to import Jonathan's terrain? It's a pretty straightforward method, and you could be done by now.

Open your plan. Open Jonathan's plan with the terrain. Select the Terrain Perimeter from Jonathan's plan and save it to your User Library. Switch to your plan, drag-and-drop the Terrain object from your User Library into your plan, and position it in place.

Pretty much like Jonathan laid out. I import the whole mess and either map all the ACAD layers to a single CA layer (for simplicity), or if I need independent control of the ACAD layers then I map them to custom CA layers that have a prefix, eg the CONTOURS layer becomes A-CONTOURS - this way I can easily find/distinguish the imported ACAD data. Then determine the rotation angle to align the site plan with your building model; select all the ACAD data and rotate it in one fell swoop; then Point-to-Point Move to stick it in the proper place (or you can do an Edit Area(All Floors) Point-to-Point move of your CA data and move it into place on top of the site plan - you're choice).

The offending contour data was a fire hydrant that was drawn on the CONTOURS layer. Lesson learned to scrub the data before you import - or to isolate the data layer after import and take a really close look.

Yep, the points are useless. You'll have to use the contour lines. Create a Terrain Perimeter, join the contour polylines together at the breaks, then convert them to elevation lines. To refine things you can drop Elevation Points on top of the datum points. That's the best you can do with the data you've been given.

The elevation points in the ACAD file have a z-value of zero, so Chief is interpreting them correctly. However, the contours appear to have a z-value, so they may hold some promise.

Zip the dwg, or just change the file extension to txt and we'll change it back to dwg once we download it (I think that might work).

Not uncommon for me. Can't really predict why or when. Sometimes the wall clean-up tool fixes it, sometimes not, even with walls of the same type. Usually worse in areas where more than three or more walls intersect in close proximity.

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Nice work Dermot - I never would have figured that out.

Easy fix - open the Door Schedule dialog box and remove the Hardware Group Column: