Chrisb222

Anonymous downvotes suck. I offset it (might need you to reciprocate in a minute lol). I got three reddies the other day for posting a WORKING solution. Granted, it turned out to not be the best method but this was AFTER I went back and added the better solution. This place is a circus sometimes. Now somebody hit me!!

That seems normal to me. I would expect a zero heel height setting to do exactly that, although I can't imagine why one would want such a thing. What I find odd is that when I open a new Residential Template, and do nothing but go directly to the Build Roof Dialog and click on "Trusses" it dumps in a 30" heel?? Also cannot imagine why that would be the system default. Is it just me or do others see this also? IMO the default should be that the heel matches the VSD out of the box, but it can easily be programmed into your template. This is a test template saved as such, opened and go directly to the Build Roof DBX:

Just to explain what's going on: You placed the window on the second floor plan, but since you made the porch two stories, that wall is being driven by the first floor plan. The two-story first floor wall doesn't know the window is there. Alternatively to the above correct solution, you could place the window on the first floor then edit its vertical placement to get it where it belongs, but it won't show on the second floor plan.

Instead of making the lower porch two stories, return its heights to default and draw another railing room on the second floor, make the railing walls invisible and mark the room open below.

Doesn't work for Minimum Shelf Spacing. This does seem like "incorrect functionality." If you want it addressed, send it in to technical support.

Yes. There have been many discussions regarding it: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/search/?q=lines pdf&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/31342-pdfs-have-thin-white-lines-in-the-fills/?tab=comments#comment-247000

That's not the "Long Island" variety is it??

I think it is a true elevation, it's a shed roof, like msmith said. The high edge is facing us. But I liked your first "interpretation"!

Since you're going manual, I just adjust the plane then copy/paste or reflect, or whatever is needed. Not really necessary to spilt it.

Try -1/2" offset in horizontal and vertical (see pics). This is in X12:

Check the box that says "Automatically Build Roof Framing" in your second screenshot.

I would send that in. It seems like "unintended functionality." * (* Yeah, that's a thing, according to TS. )

You're welcome, but I've noticed you've been marking your own closing posts as the "Solution" when you're given assistance by other members. I noticed that on a post that @rgardner helped you with earlier. I assume you're doing that to just close out the thread so others don't think it still needs to be addressed, but the purpose of marking a post as the solution is so that others who may have the same question can quickly find the post that solved the problem, not just to close out the thread. Just to expand– That is the type of default setting that will only apply to new dimension strings drawn after the setting change. Some default settings will apply to existing dimensions, but the "locate" settings will not. That may be why it didn't seem to take effect before. Anyway, welcome to ChiefTalk!

You can fix it with the Edit Wall Layer Intersections tool that appears in the lower Edit toolbar when a wall is selected:

You have "Boxed Eave" unchecked under Build Roof > Options, which creates a sloped soffit, and your little bump-out is making the overhang wider there causing it to meet the wall higher up. The siding is flowing up to the soffit.

My apologies, I should not have assumed you didn't want that. I could only recreate it when there is an inside corner in the garage, with an exterior wall planing with the interior wall as you have. In that situation the foundation is aligning with the outside of the exterior wall beyond, and the subflooring extends all the way to the inside of the stem wall: If you eliminate the inside corner, and reverse the interior partition wall, the foundation will return to align on the opposite side of the wall, stopping the sub flooring: Methinks you have discovered another "incorrect functionality" and unless someone else chimes in with a solution, I'd send it in to tech support.

Could be "incorrect functionality"?? Has happened before!

Go to Edit > Default Settings > Foundation and uncheck "Hang 1st Floor Platform Inside Foundation Walls." Then reverse the interior wall so its exterior side is facing the garage.

Uh! I run into this a lot, where two roof planes with different pitches cause the overhangs to act strangely. I recently sent it in to tech support and they basically said, yeah, it's "incorrect functionality" and "we don't know when it will be fixed, switch to manual roofs."

I'm not at a computer, but with auto roofs on, select the porch railing wall, open it and go to the Roof tab. There you have the option to specify two roof pitches for the roof plane bearing on the railing wall.

Your file contains no data. You have to close Chief before zipping.

Wait, that's the old way. Just set your door to 2 left and 2 right panels:

Use two sliding doors pushed together: Make sure you have "Minimum Separation" set to Zero in your window defaults.

Wouldn't you use Edit Area (All Floors)?