tundra_dweller

Great catch! Another setting I did not notice that existed.

I believe those are arc centers, which can be turned off & on in the Default Settings > CAD.

You're missing version X15 or X16. I think railing offsets were implemented in X15.

I think you need to go into whatever layer set you're using for your reference display and tell it what you want to see on the reference layer, ie cabinets etc.,. Here's a help article that may help too. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00475/using-the-reference-display.html

You bet. It's typically not set up that way out of the box, and the only time I usually change it is when the posts are to a beam or ceiling where I would consider them structural.

I learned something new today thanks!

Odd behavior for sure. Do you have shadow boards on? Shouldn't matter at all but you never know.

In my case I realized that you have to drag the tool directly from the toolbar customization window to whatever toolbar you want to add the tool to. I was dragging the tool from the customization window to a random place on the screen first, then trying to add the tool to a toolbar. Doing this seems to create a new toolbar that can't be joined to an existing one. Adding to or creating a new toolbar still works fine now that I understand the behavior correctly.

Interesting...if it is a bug it must have come in the last update because I'm almost positive I've dragged tools into toolbars in X16 at some point. I'm still not ruling out user error on my part.

It's always been like trying to stick the same pole of two magnets together for me, but I thought the key was to stack them directly on top of each other to get them to join, but I can't get it to work now either. I may have changed a setting I don't know about though.

If you have more than one window schedule for whatever reason, you could be seeing the label from the other schedule overlaying the label you want to see. If you post the plan someone could probably figure it out in quick time.

@winterdd You can also use the "delete surface" tool to temporarily delete drywall, sheathing, etc. surfaces to get down to the framing and investigate what it's picking up on, this also can make it easier to drag & snap your dimensions to what you want them to pick up. Then press F12 to regenerate your deleted surfaces. I suppose switching the layer set to 3D framing would kind of do the same thing but I haven't tried that.

After trying it out, you are correct. Which makes sense because it could be chaos for things like exterior masonry and siding if the patterns reset at every break. It would be cool if wall material regions gave an option for global texture/pattern following or an offset distance but that doesn't sound very feasible.

If I had to guess I would say it's picking up both the top of the door and the top of the rough opening and calling them both headers for some reason. Things like this are why I've started using construction lines for story pole elevations and putting an elevation marker on the end of them (it would be nice if elevation markers were an option for the ends of construction lines). This way I can put the story pole lines exactly where they should go and they stay there, plus you can leave them in your plan template and adjust them as needed for different plans. Takes a little longer initially to set up but saves time and frustration overall.

I think if you break the exterior wall at the point where the interior wall intersects it would do what you want, I could be wrong though.

I'll check it out, thanks guys.

Does anyone know of any good resources (books, courses, youtubes) for learning more about best design practices for keeping the trades in mind while designing residential homes? I'm not looking to try and be a mechanical engineer, just to gain some more knowledge on HVAC duct sizing & layout, and plumbing DWV requirements. I can only gain so much trying to read codebooks before my brain gives up and tunes out.

Thanks for sharing, looks like it will come in real handy!

In addition to Gene's post (which I would bet is most likely going to solve your problem) make sure to check what elevation your roof beam is coming in at. It might be building in-plane with the rafters like a ridge board, where it might not be visible from the inside camera views, or it may come in under the rafters where it should be visible if the roof beam layer is turned on.

Thanks!

I run into this type of issue pretty often when I want the porch ceiling elevation to be different than the main floor ceiling. It can have an effect on the main floor ext wall plate heights & truss envelope where the porch (typically shorter) ceiling meets the main level. There's probably a way around this that I don't know about but I haven't found it yet.

Seems like I always run into these same type of dormer problems Gene is having, especially with mixed wall types & room definitions.

Sorry Mick, I didn't notice that Gene had tagged you in his last post. I was just looking for a puzzle to help clear the monday morning brain fog.

@GeneDavis see if this takes care of the dormer wall issues. On the right side I moved the exterior wall that was at the attic level down to the 2nd floor. On the left side I turned the roof cuts wall at bottom option off and adjusted the roof plane to the outside of that wall. Glenrock clone.zip