rlackore

Here is tech supports answer: This is just the way the program is drawing it. If I close the room, (see screenshot) it actually shows a break in both walls and you get a good room definition. It is functioning well, but it confusing when you see different things when drawing. I will report this anomaly to our developers. Notice that they've turned on line widths, so the connection doesn't look too bad. Still, my issue isn't about room defs, it's about "the way the program is drawing it." We'll see what the developers can do.

I was able to reproduce this observation. Very strange. I didn't include this behavior in my support ticket - probably should have.

Same z-fighting result even if the sheathing is the SAME thickness as the exterior siding. Workaround is to fit the frame to the wall and increase the inset of the sash:

Here is the result of my unscientific experiment: It appears wall joined at 1 degree or less will not join properly. Add .01 degree, and the intersection heals successfully. I've sent this issue in to Tech Support.

My work-around has been to draw a curved wall and set the facet angle to 1 degree to match the window pitch. Unfortunately I can't use a curved wall for the two interior walls at the bottom of the plan.

That's interesting. Moving them doesn't work for me.

Hmm. They aren't connected for me. See the lines at the wall intersections on your screenshot? They shouldn't be there if the walls were properly joined, would they? Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology. The walls ARE connected in that they share common end points. But the layers AREN'T cleaning up properly - those intersection lines shouldn't be there.

These walls that are drawn at a slight angle to each other won't join properly: I just tried this in X6 and have the same problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 15026.plan

Here's my final thought: not possible in Chief.

...or something like a clipping plane defined on a per-camera basis (this type of function has been discussed before).

I don't think it's that easy. Certainly, as you suggested earlier, reducing the file size of the PDF would probably help, but the trade-off is reduced fidelity for printing. But PDFs store different types of information (fonts, raster data, vector data, etc) and each type affects rendering time.

3D>CREATE ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW>ORTHOGRAPHIC FLOOR OVERVIEW 3D>VIEW DIRECTION>TOP VIEW 3D>RENDERING TECHNIQUES>LINE DRAWING ...adjust the technique options to your liking. However, this only gets you part way there - there is no cut plane, so you won't see windows and doors.

Take a look at Larry's specs in his signature - if his rig (and other fairly powerful rigs) have issues, I think it's either an inherent problem with Chief's method/management of PDF display, or simply that large PDFs tend to render more slowly no matter what. I've noticed that big PDFs tend to bog down no matter if using Chief, Adobe, or a 3rd-party viewer/editor.

I believe the OP is using PDFs provided by others.

Yep, it happens. The slowness depends on the size of the PDF, and the resolution of any embedded images.

It depends on the depth of the truss top chord. Another solution would be to frame a gable end wall - then lookouts could be used to achieve a deeper rake.

If you want framing for the curved wall just select it and RIGHT CLICK>BUILD FRAMING FOR SELECTED OBJECT.

As Dennis noticed, add a finished ceiling and assign it a material. For some reason when I add a finished ceiling the material automatically assigned is Insulation Air Gap - you need to change this to a material that isn't defined as Gap.

Post the plan.

Your plan contains no data - be sure to close the plan before zipping or uploading it.

You can build an over-hanging rake without a dropped-top-chord end truss, but I would not go over 1 foot. A continuous subfascia and the sheathing will help support the barge rafter; use lookouts as well. I'm not necessarily recommending this approach, but it's done. I would also consider the pitch of the roof and the anticipated snow load in Chicago.

Post the plan.

Also search this forum - there have been all sorts of posts about this kind of issue.

You can also use the BUILD>WALL>HATCH WALL tool - it works on railings.

Make the change, as Perry suggested, then save the layout as a template. If you create a new layout that hasn't been modified and saved, then of course the Layout Box Labels will keep appearing.