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I have done many site plans before where I have taken a survey and imported it into an ACAD window and then added my dimensions to the lot lines. Having not done this with this program is there any information that you can give me that may help? I'm not sure what format the survey is in. Would a simple copy and paste work? Thanks Alan

That doesn't work. Any other ideas? Thanks Alan

Okay I'll try that. Thanks Alan

How can I change the elevation tag from the Camera # to something like South Elevation? Thanks Alan

I never used the eye dropper tool at all. Must be a glitch in the software. If it keeps up I'll send a note to tech support. Alan

Thanks again Mick. Darn it I would like to know how these things happen -- first of all my walls go ape with a stone facing instead of siding now this. Alan

I must have done something to change my cursor to what looks like an arc tool and cannot get back to the regular pointer. Help!! Thanks Alan

Eric Yes that fixed it but I wonder how it got changed and why when I draw another wall from the handle of the previous wall it changes the surface treatment? Alan

Okay Eric here it is. The 3D view will show the dormer front wall in question. Thanks Alan Foothills 7660 Franklin Road.plan

David I watched the video but am not understanding what wall poly lines has to do with the stone veneer on a siding wall. I even tried copying and pasting another wall to the same location and it still shows a stone veneer. Alan

I was creating a dormer and had drawn all the walls, roof opening etc. and it looked just fine in 3D. All of a sudden the front wall changed to a stone veneer (see screen shot). I deleted the front wall and using the handle of the left hand wall drew a new wall. But whatever I do the wall has a stone veneer even though the wall type is a standard 4" siding. I thought maybe the file had gotten corrupted so I shut down HA and reopened the plan but the stone veneer persists. If I draw a new exterior wall anywhere else in the plan it appears normal -- a 4" siding. Any ideas what's going on? Thanks Alan

Does anyone put those in bathrooms any more -- thought they went out in the eighties. I work with a remodel contractor and he is always tearing those things out and putting in a claw tub or jetted tub. Alan

Also make sure your video card drivers are up to date. Alan

Mick Many thanks for all your efforts. As you say the issue was building the foundation first (which is counterintuitive I know). I guess the next time I need to start on the first floor. Alan

Mick The plan hasn't changed since the last one I posted -- just the wall components and their locations but I am attaching it anyway. I am only concerned at this time on the extension and not the main house which as you pointed out is Log/Brick. I went back and checked all the walls in the addition basement and they are all of the Block/Brick Foundation type. If I can get the wall configurations for the addition correct then I will fix the main house. My main concern is getting the configurations of the two types of walls correct so they align. As I mentioned before the Reference Manual says by default, walls on different floors are aligned by the outer edges of their Main Layers. I can't get this to work. I tried to get the elements of each wall in the correct location (Exterior, Main, and Interior) to match what you had in your plan which is why I posted both wall's configurations so you can see where I am going wrong in the locations of the elements. Your alternative plan was great (thanks for that effort) but if you just modify my plan for the existing extension basement and first floor wall configurations to that which will allow alignment. This would allow me to see where I am going wrong. Thanks Alan 306 MOUNT ZION.plan

Mick I changed my two walls to reflect the way you have your materials in the respective brackets (Exterior, Main, and Interior). Please look at the screenshots and tell me where I'm going wrong. Thanks for everyones help on this. Alan

Eric Yes I tried that and it didn't make any difference (see reply to Mick below. Alan

Mick I did and tried to make my walls the same as yours with regard to what items were under Main Layer and which were under Exterior and in what order, but my walls still don't align. Let me go back and look at it again and I'll take screen shots of both basement and first floor wall Definitions screens. Thanks Alan

Very astute of you Eric. Yep that house is strange out in the boonies. Gullwing roof with a shed dormer. Alan Mick When you reference "Foundation to this Line" in the wall definition dialog screen where exactly is that as I don't see it anywhere? According to the Reference Manual "By default, walls on different floors are aligned by the outer edges of their Main Layers". So, with all the elements of my first floor wall (brick, house wrap, OSB) on the Main Layer and the brick and block of the foundation wall on the main layer, then the outer faces of the brick should line up -- but they don't. Am I missing something here? Thanks Alan

The original building was a log cabin that the owner added a brick veneer to -- probably not a good idea. The extension on the left was build a year ago and is block with a brick veneer and is the the same a the original basement -- walk out (not buried except for the front wall of the log cabin. Both have a poured 4" concrete slabs. The first floor of the extension will be a standard 4" stud wall with a brick veneer. The wall definition screen looks different to yours as I don't have the INS column (whatever that is). Anyway I read the Reference Manual pages you suggested so am I correct in assuming I need to have the brick veneer on the first floor wall as the first item under Main Layer and the brick veneer in the basement wall as the first item in the Main Layer so that they both line up? Thanks Alan

Here is the plan. Thanks Alan 306 MOUNT ZION.plan

Eric All I can find in the knowledge base is to use the Align with wall Below/Above. It does say that the wall will align with it's main layer and that should be defined as Structural but doesn't tell you how to do that. My first floor wall aligns the face of the brick with the outer face of the block of the foundation and I don't know who to change that. Thanks Alan

My basement walls are 8" block with a brick veneer. My first floor walls are standard studs with sheathing and a brick veneer. I make the first floor wall align with the wall below but it aligns on the inside face and not on the brick veneer. How can I make the outside face align? Thanks Alan

Okay David thanks for that information. Alan

David The issue is that I cannot delete the walls. After the first delete there is a dotted line outline after I try to delete that the wall comes back. Sort of like Groundhog Day. Alan