Chrisb222

The structure setting. Yours is 9-1/4" which is the default setting for a rafter roof. When you check trusses on auto build, the structure is thinner which lowers your roof plane. Change the structure setting to 3-1/2" should get you what you want. The slope you saw in your ceiling was the bottom of your thick roof deck being pushed down into the room when you lowered the roof plane. Not the right way to do it.

Caused by the thickness of the roof deck. Open the roof plane, go to Structure tab, Roof Layers section.

See video: wall.mov

Best I could do: (on a Mac)

All he did was move the wall in toward the main building. Why did they disappear then reappear? It's a "Chief Thang" lol

I have to do this a lot with houses that are on narrow lots with parallel sidelines. Here is my method which is the same as chopsaw with a little more detail: I draw using the survey, with a north pointer set at true north. Then I copy the angle of one of the lines I want parallel to the house and paste it into the transform/replicate dialog. If you want bearing readings to show on the plot lines, include the north pointer with the rotate command, which will retain the bearings. Sometimes another rotate at 90° is required, just because I don't bother with figuring that out beforehand.

No. Line weights "on" shows the dash the way it will print. Line weights "off" changes that. Just the way it is.

If you want to modify individual sections independently, you have to shift select the section you want to edit. Then the railing settings will only apply to that section.

According to the video I watched on new features, X14 will dimension the cut length, but angled cuts are measured to the center of the angle. I never heard a framer reference the center of an angle cut, it's always to the "long" or to the "short." I can't WAIT to see the reactions when they're given the center of the angle... on second thought, I don't want to be around; hammers may be thrown.

You can also extend one of the cabinet's countertops to whatever you need:

I never downvote. I would never use it because anonymous downvoting is cowardly. Now hit me with them Reddies

Yeah that's it. Mwahahahahaha!!

Glad I skipped "#13" maybe luck on my part?? Looking forward to 14!!

Activate "Print Preview" and dimension text always appears at print size, even when zoomed in:

No. Changing the pitch of an individual roof plane using the Roof panel in the Wall Specification DBX does NOT require turning off Auto Roofs. It's one of the main tools for building a complex roof using Auto Roofs.

How did you create the stone wainscot? I do that same thing using a pony wall to create the wainscot, and the walls do not auto connect. Something looks weird with the foundation...

Yes Actually I didn't "set" it, it was set that way by default OOB = out of box, refers to the program as it ships, or "out of the box." The Residential Template is a template plan that also ships with the program, so all settings are default factory.

Sometimes I have had to pull the roof plane a little away from the wall, like 1/2" to 1" to get the attic wall to build. I'm still using X12 so can't look at the plan but that's something I would try.

Yes you need a second floor. The shape of the second floor rooms / ceilings will dictate the best way build it, so it's difficult to say the exact approach I would use. Manual roofs might come into play, but I made this in about 30 seconds using the OOB Residential Template with Auto Build roofs:

Good idea, done.

@Kbird1 and @SNestor sorry for running you through the ringer over my dumb mistake in renaming a system layer. You guys are an incredible resource to this forum and I hate that I wasted your time but maybe someone else will see this and learn about those sneaky system layers. Thanks for all you do.

I see that now, but it's not apparent that "Text" layer is a System layer; it doesn't have the "S" designation. I wasn't aware that some System layers did not have the "S" designation. I see now the Residential Template has several such layers. I would never rename a System layer if I knew not to. Innocent mistake, but the program could help by perhaps locking the names of those layers so they can't be changed. Lesson learned. Thanks for the clarification.

Now for real fun, go into the "Changed Default" file and open the Test Text, change the Layer to Text (the OOB CA Default layer): Then click the copy/paste tool and drag out a copy:

Thanks for your efforts Larry. I know about those other settings. Since you asked what my original question was, it is "How to change the DEFAULT LAYER for Text" ... which I still do not know how to do. (see pic in original OP) Somehow I changed that Default Layer in the "Changed Default" plan (which is a stripped-down version of one of my templates that has that Changed Default in it) and I don't know how I did that or why things are behaving as they are. At this point I think there's maybe a bug in the program? Or something I've done? See my next post.... (and yes it is very confusing)

Ok I made two test files. The first one is a stripped-down sample file that has the "Text, 1/2" Scale" layer set as the Default Text layer (still don't know how I did that): Changed Default Test File.plan The second file is an OOB X12 Residential Template plan: OOB Test File.plan The "test text" copied FROM the "Changed Default Test File" and pasted TO the "OOB Test File" does NOT carry its default layer and layer settings. It reverts to the default in the destination file.