MCDCINC Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Hello, New greenhorn here, just started with chief 3 months ago. I'm trying to replicate an existing home that will be remodeled in the near future. I've watched hours of videos and did a search on the forum and still not finding the solution. Currently having trouble where a former single story addition finished wall ht. of 95 5/8" meets the original 2 story building w/ finished wall ht. of 117" on first floor. I have 2 locations where I have room dividers and that seems to be where the problem lies? Also I had troubles lowering room wall heights to begin with on the single story. I originally drew the entire first floor w/ 117" wall ht. Added an automatic second story floor and cut away the 2nd floor built over the single story. Drew a room divider. Then adjusted room ceiling heights to bring to single story. It's not OSB layer, what is the layer I'm seeing and why? Geiger 09:17_2022_09_19.plan Geiger exterior.dwg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDCINC Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Deal, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDCINC Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 So I created this crude model and dropped the single story room ceiling height from 9' to 8'. Same problem encountered. If I raise it from 9' to 10' just for giggles, I get finished wall problems. What is the deal!!!? I've been trying to solve this for 2 days now. If anyone has a solution, video, article anywhere on this I'd appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDCINC Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 Eric, thank you much for the help. Is this a standard type of procedure every time there is a wall height change, or is there a better way to go about changing wall heights as I build? I mostly remodel older farm houses built from as early as 1880 up to 1940. They are previously remodeled with additions, multiple wall depths and heights, steep staircases, etc. Many non-typical scenarios to deal with. Being able to make quick wall height and roof pitch changes multiple times on the same build was my goal, say if we were adding a simple rectangular addition. I was under the impression going into this, I could click a room, raise or lower the ceiling height and Chief could handle the rest of the details. Maybe I'm not understanding the ins and outs just yet. For example if I want to build a simple rectangular one story addition with a roof and attach it to an existing home. I will have perhaps six different scenarios of wall height changes and roof style and pitch changes to present to a client. In my mind that should be as simple as entering a new wall height and/or pitch change and chief figures out the rest. No fussing with interior and exterior "fills" for lack of a better word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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