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In that case, why not consider using public domain stock photos of various vehicles? Strip out the background imagery, and add them to your renderings in post production. That way you can show a variety of vehicles, instead of the same one over and over. Plus they would be naturally photorealistic, and free. The only issue would be orienting your building model to the perspective and angle of the vehicles, involving some trial and error.

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As Tea Time said, the room below is interfering with the straight frieze. You can correct that, and keep the roof and ceiling settings in that room by: Uncheck Roof Over This Room on the room below Unlock the Roofs, Trim layer In 3D, select, then cut the correct frieze to the clipboard Turn Roof Over This Room back on Select and delete the new incorrect frieze Paste Hold Position the correct frieze The only problem with that trick is the frieze will not auto generate if you make changes to the roof plane(s). For the curved roof I had to rebuild the roof plane and the frieze worked for me. Not sure why it didn't for you. Farr Residence CB.plan.zip

I would use the Custom Backsplash tool for that. This was done in X14:

We can't. It's a mis-labeled dialog option, since there is no "default" for those settings. In previous versions, as recently as X10, you could enter the line weights in the Send to Layout dialog, and those settings would be remembered for subsequent views sent, until they were manually changed, even after restarting... which was a sort-of "default." Now those line weights are hard-coded and any changes have to be made to each view after it's in Layout. And any changes made there won't affect other existing views, or new views being sent. For some odd reason @ChiefArchitect thinks using Edge and Pattern Line Defaults is a bad idea, even though several of us have argued that it's a great way to maintain consistency among various layout views, without having to worry about all of the layer settings matching. There's a thread on Suggestions asking for this feature to remain, and to give us actual Default settings for Edge and Pattern Line weights and colors: Yes, as DB said, just uncheck those options, and the line weights will be derived from the source view. However, there are several nuances to that option. Click on Help in the Send To Layout dialog, there you will find all the information about it.

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No, that's the one I edited. But looking again I guess you want that jog there. My next move was to simply select the front wall (the jog) in 3D view, drag the top of it up, then drag it back down. And the issue resolved itself: We're not supposed to manually edit wall tops but I've found that with this program sometimes it just works, and I move on. As long as it doesn't screw up something else, which I didn't check.

You've got a little wall protruding into the roof area: Clean that up and it's fixed: The Main Layers ARE aligned, that's why you're not getting the tool. But the exterior layers don't add up to the same thickness, causing an offset on the outer surface.

Not sure exactly what you want, but the Wall Type definition had no framing specified in those pony walls. I specified framing for the lower wall but not the upper since it has cast iron (?) as the main layer. The settings are kinda messed up, had to fix some stuff. Is this what you're after?

What's "wrong" with the wrong template? If it's things that can be imported like saved plan views, layer sets, etc, that might be easier / less rework.

Hit and run reddies suck. I greenied you to offset

Select your stuff, hit the Transform/Replicate button on the Edit menu, click Rotate

Of course you're correct, providing one has the side window open. Just adding that for completeness

When you drag a new tool into an existing toolbar, it will create a new, separate toolbar with only that tool in it, UNLESS you drag/drop the new tool really close to, almost on top of an existing tool in the toolbar you want to add the new tool to. You can see the toolbar highlight when you have the new tool in position to be added to it.

I send elevations as Plot Lines, which can be accurately aligned using the Point to Point Move tool. Since the view is basically CAD, all of the CAD lines are snappable. Doesn't work as well if you send to layout as Live View, but you can still use PtPM, just have to position the tool visually since you won't have snaps.

Out of the Box, yes, and as LVL. The Deck rim board size and type is adopted from the Foundation Framing Defaults: OOB default material for decking is Redwood, for deck framing is Treated Lumber. Go to Default Settings > Floors and Rooms > Room Types > Decks > Structure > Planks, Joists and set the materials you want for decking and framing there. No, not that I'm aware.

Also, you can have as many Material List Layer Sets as you want, to customize various views of the list. From your material list, click on the Edit Active View icon:

Ha! Yer a pup! I'll be 62 this month! That's why you're getting frustrated with creating con docs. It's literally quite possible to have complete documents the moment you enclose a room, and add dimensions and the client info. Of course, it's not THAT easy, there will be a lot of tweaking, and just drawing four walls doesn't give you windows, doors, cabinets, etc etc. But you get the idea-- much of this can be pre-programmed to occur automatically. Saved Plan Views are the key. They allow you to create very unique plan views of any floor, with fantastic control over what is displayed. The SPV (Saved Plan View) you're working on can be switched back and forth as you build the model, keeping everything organized and just how you want it. Then these SPVs are already building your con docs in your layout template, because it has views already sent to it from your template plan. Review these videos: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2421/saved-plan-views.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2433/developing-saved-plan-views.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10199/productivity-tips-saved-plan-views.html This gives you a good starting point. Along the way with these videos you'll be introduced to Defaults, Default Sets, Reference Display, that all work together to maintain that organization and control. And beyond that are many routes to simplifying the development on con docs of elevations, sections, and details. Be sure to utilize the Chief video library, as well as the online help. And this forum. Good luck! Don't get me wrong, it's steep. But this is the way.

Ok. Are you using - and making the most of -Saved Plan Views, Default Sets, custom Layer Sets with custom Layers, Saved Dimension Defaults, Saved Text Defaults, and Saved Cameras? These (among others) are the tools that make construction documents simple, along with as Rene said, a layout template with pre-sent views. Hard to address where you need to make changes without knowing more about your current workflow.

You was "Rob"d!!!

If you go through the steps rlackore used on the original plan, you'll see wall direction doesn't matter.

Not in my testing. I reversed them all trying to get it to work.

Personally I've not had it ever work, but I did download both the original plan which @rlackore was able to resolve, and the most recent plan. His solution DID work for me on the first plan, but not on the most recent... which is very strange, and I spent some time (more than I should) matching up the settings and trying to find the difference in the plans, but was unsuccessful. Even with identical settings (as far as I could tell), one worked and one didn't. I even went as far as using two different railing wall types on the last plan (as was the case in the original plan), with no luck. So IDK what's going on, but when I run into this I don't fight it, I just manually set full height posts on the corners. Maybe someone else can find the difference in those two plans, why one works and the other doesn't...

That's because you're using a door symbol. As @DBCooperalready said, the door will only be clipped if you use a parametric (slab, panel) door. I think what @JKEdmo was suggesting is that the door would actually look better in real life, the final product, if it's NOT sloped. That is, if you have wall area there as you show in your pics.

I see hinges, so yeah...