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Roof Pitch Labels on Roof Plan Too Small
QualicoreHomes replied to PitMan71's topic in General Q & A
Is it possible to adjust the length of the arrow line as well? When I make the text bigger, the arrow becomes too long. Thank you! -
PERFECT! That was super easy! Thanks bro.
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I usually do it using the drop down for text style in ALDO.
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Slab main floor on top of ICF foundation
tundra_dweller replied to MN_JohnH's topic in General Q & A
You just have to adjust your floor heights accordingly, and you'll probably get a message about a negative ceiling height in the foundation that you can ignore. Also changing to 3 bottom plates in you ext wall main layer, and adding your 4" insulation to the foundation floor structure. And there'll be some CAD work for the cross section but nothing too major. Here's a sample plan with how I was able to do it. MNJohn.zip -
Make a flat roof (new file) and place a skylight the size that you want. Then save it out as a symbol for import as an object for your usage.
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How do you adjust the size of the roof pitch labels on the roof plan? I figured out how to make the elevation roof labels larger, but I can't find where to adjust the label size for the roof plan. Thanks
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I've added skylights to projects but not from the Library. The skylights I used were located by clicking the Roof Palette. Then you have control over the material for frame, glass, and shaft. You can also dial in the exact dimensions you need as well as select from square or plumb sides.
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Larry, if you cannot find the specific shaped skylight in the chief library (search 'skylights'), you can make your own (3D solids, then convert to symbol).
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Making whole house a cad block for use on 3d site terrain model
djhplanning replied to djhplanning's topic in General Q & A
I suppose I could have. I mainly didn't because I had a helper create the site 3d for me and just had them start with a blank template. Another reason was for computer speed. I'm getting to a point of needing to upgrade my computer as my current iMac is 8 years old and is getting slow with even medium sized Chief files. -
Seems pretty straight forward 1. Cut hole in the floor (since it's not technically a roof plane); 2. Grab skylight from the library and voila? Hole's no problem but can't for the life of me find a 'skylight' in the library. Is there another/better technique?
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I am wondering how I would set up my main floor to be like this picture, ICF foundation walls with slab floor sitting partially on top of the ICF but inside the main floor wall framing. The double treated sill plate is total 3" thick so the bottom of the 4" slab goes 1" below the top of the ICF wall. Can this be set up or do I just have do do it with a CAD detail?
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CA has a "Recommended hardware" thread. I would suggest start there. The graphics card makes the largest difference for real time ray tracing(RTRT) for speed, but I do not remember if X12 had RTRT
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Hello @ElicaEncheva, You can import an entire folder of images to create materials by going to 3D> Materials> Convert Textures to Materials, and then selecting the folder you’d like to import. This will then create a folder in your User Library with a material for each image that was in the selected folder. I hope this helps!
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If you are changing this on a per room basis instead of for the entire floor, then you will also need to move the framing to the next group.
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I have architects that work with now, but I always have to convert everything but some of their pricing has gone up and I'm trying to find some a little more competitive. I don't mind converting it, but it'd be great if there was something you actually worked in our software so anybody who works in Maryland.
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I have had pretty good luck importing the cad file. Once the cad file is imported for a floor, and the scale is confirmed, I use CAD to walls, you map which layers are wall layers, which are doors, windows etc. Most times chief does a pretty good job of converting the CAD to chief objects, and now I have a floorplan with exterior walls, windows, doors, interior walls. Usually the measurements match up too. Sometimes it will change windows into doors. Then I just need to modify the windows and doors. Then I create the next floor, import and repeat. I usually build a corner of an exterior walls and line it up with below, then I can move the imported cad file as a group with a point to point move so it matches with the floor below before I convert cad to walls. You can also convert first then move all the objects.
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Hello Users of Chief Architect! My name is Brennan and I work for a company called Paragon Home Plans (https://www.paragonhomeplans.com/). We are based out of central Virginia, but service the entire US through residential custom home plan designs. We currently have 2 local design positions open that we are accepting applications for. If you are interested in these positions, you may view the details at these links: Senior Architectural Designer - https://www.indeed.com/job/senior-architectural-designer-b4e11de352341936 Architectural Designer - https://www.indeed.com/job/architectural-designer-53f29dfe2a6e6099 Thank you for your interest and please reach out with any questions to me at brennan@paragonhomeplans.com
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Hello Users of Chief Architect! My name is Brennan and I work for a company called Paragon Home Plans (https://www.paragonhomeplans.com/). We are based out of central Virginia, but service the entire US through residential custom home plan designs. We currently have 2 local design positions open that we are accepting applications for. If you are interested in these positions, you may view the details at these links: Senior Architectural Designer - https://www.indeed.com/job/senior-architectural-designer-b4e11de352341936 Architectural Designer - https://www.indeed.com/job/architectural-designer-53f29dfe2a6e6099 Thank you for your interest and please reach out with any questions to me at brennan@paragonhomeplans.com
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Extending Floor Platform Beyond Exterior Wall
MPDesign replied to Nigel8159's topic in General Q & A
I would suggest that you use an invisible exterior wall to define the floor space. Then place your roof plane. -
In the object DBX, Options, sits on a base cabinet or table. OR in the general tab, finished floor to bottom. If the object is in your user library, you can change it before placing (maybe make a duplicate first. If not in user library place on the floor, open and change height off floor. IF the object you are trying to place in on has a higher bounding box than where you want it set (like a washing machine or stove with a head) and your object floats above it lower the object using tansform replicate, z axix OR you can't drag it in place when at correct height hold down the control key
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I will make a material list exclusive to the Decks/Walks category. That is a good idea that I had not considered yet. The whole point of me going down this "Rabbit Hole" is that the railing is only available in 6' or 8' lengths, and that is how the vendor wants us to send the material list to them. I was trying to simplify it so we didn't have to break it down for them, the material list would already have done the math for us. Then we would just send the material list to them and we would not have to manually adjust the LF reporting into section lengths for them. Same goes for the additional caps and base trim that I have put in there, trying to make it simple for them. You would think that they would automatically send on each for each post. LOL Thanks for your help.
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Hello, I want to install my texture folder in the User catalog. Is there a way to import an entire folder of jpgs?
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How to get 'PLACE LIBRARY OBJECT' to sit on top of an existing one in the same floating tool when dragging and dropping X16
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Hello friends I want to share these cabinet hinges for the 3 styles that CA has: Traditional, Full, and Insert, since I would like the X17 version to come with more intelligent symbols and make it easier to make our designs. Watch this video to see and get an idea of how they can be used. They are 2 separate sets, those that move with the doors that are added with a regular hinge and those that do not move, which are fixed figures. You have to put them on depending on the style of the cabinet. https://drive.google.com/file/d/18zwP4BExOA0K_fMckrm1rCCzBhBClX_e/view?usp=drive_link https://www.facebook.com/reel/628247922867592 HINGES BLUM.calibz