Chrisb222

I've been playing around with your suggestions and can't get the right results without first changing the structure thickness that is generated when using the OOB settings (9-1/4"). The baseline height comes out right and the truss is drawn correctly, but the ceiling and wall height issues are still there. The clip below is what I keep getting: I keep going over your instructions but it always comes out like the above. Tried resetting wall top heights, didn't change it...

That's why I suggested opening the Roof Planes and changing the structure setting there. Yes after more experimentation I see that simply making the structure thickness of a previously-drawn manual plane 3-1/2" doesn't work. After changing the structure thickness, moving all the planes up 4" seems about right but will depend on the roof pitch. The OP mentioned they had already built the manual roof planes. My suggestion was a way for them to obtain the desired result without having to rebuild the roof. I'm not aware of another method to do so, if you do please add. Thanks for your clarification and correction.

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: