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Use the Retaining Wall tool to easily place retaining walls in your terrain.  Retaining walls are automatically drawn with footings and a terrain break, which creates a sharp drop in the terrain along the wall.   

To create a retaining wall 

1. Open the plan in which you would like to add a retaining wall.
   
   
   
2. To add a retaining wall, your plan must first have a Terrain Perimeter.
   
   If it does not, you can add one quickly and easily by selecting Terrain> Create Terrain Perimeter  from the menu.
   
   
   
3. Once you have a terrain perimeter, add a retaining wall by selecting Terrain> Walls and Curbs> Straight Retaining Wall .
   
   
   
4. When the Straight Retaining Wall  tool is active, your cursor will turn into a cross and you can click and drag to create a retaining wall.
   
   
   
5. Once the retaining wall has been created, from the menu select Terrain> Build Terrain  to apply the changes to your terrain.
   
   
   
6. Lastly, to see the retaining wall, from the menu select 3D> Create Perspective View> Full Overview .
   
   In Chief Architect X1, select 3D> Create Render View> Render Full Overview.