JillGold 0 Posted February 27 I live in Los Angeles, and building regulations in my area stipulate that the height of a house needs to be contained within a "maximum height envelope". The idea is that you drag the terrain plane up about 30' or so, to create a maximum height plane, and no part of the building can extend above that plane. Architecturals submitted to the City need to show this plane. (See Image example here) There's a pretty straight-forward way to do this in AutoCAD. Does Chief Architect have a similar feature? If not, does anyone know of a work-around? Chief Architect Premier X10 Build 20.3.0.54OSX Running on Mac Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chopsaw 677 Posted February 27 So you are trying to duplicate the red dashed line in the section view ? Just draw your average terrain section line and copy it up the 30' and change the line style should work. If it was really complex you could actually convert your terrain to a symbol and move it up 30'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JillGold 0 Posted February 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, Chopsaw said: So you are trying to duplicate the red dashed line in the section view ? Just draw your average terrain section line and copy it up the 30' and change the line style should work. If it was really complex you could actually convert your terrain to a symbol and move it up 30'. Hi, thanks for the response Ah, awesome! I was able to convert the terrain to a symbol by selecting the terrain then going to Tools> Symbol> Convert to Symbol. Now to figure out how to "cut" the symbol so that it only includes the area within my setbacks... Edited February 27 by JillGold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JillGold 0 Posted February 27 32 minutes ago, solver said: Please check your messages. Thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solver 1672 Posted February 27 42 minutes ago, JillGold said: Now to figure out how to "cut" the symbol so that it only includes the area within my setbacks... Place a Terrain Feature on the terrain and shape it to follow the setbacks. Create the symbol, then change the grass to Opening No Material. You will still see it in vector views. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbuttery 201 Posted February 27 I used a transparent box to show building height and the setbacks Lew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alaskan_Son 2599 Posted February 27 My suggested method is somewhat of a hybrid between what Eric and Lew have suggested. Please note that this is only what I would do in X10. It will work in X12 as well but X12 has some additional features that change things or otherwise make certain steps unnecessary: Copy/Paste Hold Position your Lot Perimeter polyline. Convert Polyline to Terrain Feature and set both the Height and Thickness to match your Max Building Height. NOTE: If you only care to see the uppermost limit then just leave the thickness at zero and you'll get something like Eric was suggesting when you're done; otherwise, you'll end up with something a little more like what Lew has shown. If you have Hide Terrain Intersected By Building toggled on in your Terrain Specification dialog then temporarily toggle it off. Take an elevation view of your Elevation Region being sure to place your camera somewhere outside of it. Switch to your All Off Layer Set and make sure all layers are turned off except for your Terrain Features layer and your Cuurent CAD layer (probably "CAD, Default"). Create a CAD Detail From View. Hit Control+A, and click Make CAD Block. This will make quick and easy work of finding the highest elevation of your Terrain feature. Activate your Place Point tool and double click at the top of your new CAD Block. This should simultaneously place a Temporary Point and open it's dialog. Under Current Location, copy the Y position value. Go back to your Elevation View, and click Tools>Symbol>Make Symbol Place the symbol in your plan and use Point To Point Move to position it exactly over your Terrain Feature. Open the Symbol up, set Elevation Reference to Absolute, and paste your previously copied value into the Elevation at Top field. Open up a 3D view, switch to Vector View and make sure the Elevation region and your new symbol are in the exact same position. Assuming they are, just delete the Terrain feature and toggle Hide Terrain Intersected By Building back on. You can now use some combination of layer display settings, material settings, Glass House Rendering Technique, Back Clipped section views, etc. to get what your after. I know that looks like a complicated process, but it only takes a minute if you're familiar with the tools; otherwise it might take a few minutes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DzinEye 278 Posted February 27 2 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: I know that looks like a complicated process I was ready to take a nap after I read that description Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
