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Jeez, I am going to miss communicating with you guys in real time!

Scott, How about I share them with you as I wasn't able to look at the plan (no Chief), so mine was a guess. Larry, There should be no need to build framing.

Larry, I agree, see my previous post.

The blank floor areas are usually caused by the Build Platform To setting in the wall def dbx. There should be no reason why you can't use that wall def, as long as the above settIng is set tO the correct wall layer.

Larry, When can I expect my prize?

Michael, I just approached it directly from what the OP posted -can Chief do automatic wall framing production details and automatic cut lists. The answer to both questions is yes - unless the original question is further qualified.

Michael, That was sneaky. You threw in panel optimisation which wasn't mentioned by the OP. He asked for framing production drawings and cut lists - both of which Chief can do automatically. And yes, Chief isn't Solidbuilder, so you should expect Chief to do it differently. Duckbill4375 and Michael Chief can do auto framing and produce an auto wall framing detail which you can edit if needed. Best to have a look in the manual to save me explaining. Chief can also do cut lists in association with the Materials List. There is a setting in Defaults where you can set it up and customize the output. Once again, search for cut lists/buy lists in the manual, or go straight to the defaults and look for the appropriate section.

Michael, Chief does a pretty good job of doing wall framing details and cut lists automatically. Where do you see the problems?

Arrrrgh! I wish I had Chief to play with. Probably not a bug, just the way Chief handles roofs, rooms, walls, etc. There will be a solution that will work. Probably to do with a room definition, wall definition, etc. But, without Chief, I am flying blindfolded. In Larry's vid, as he dragged the ridge, it looked like it was approaching the deck level above.

Larry, I still don't have acces to Chief, so I can't have a play. But, could it have anything to do with the HEIGHT of the roof? As you drag the roof ridge back, don't forget that the ridge is also getting higher and may be interfering with something else, maybe the deck? To test, try dropping the roof a bit and then drag the ridge back again. Just a guess

You should be able to use the stair tool to build the stair OK. I would then have a play with the Ramp tool to build the stringer wall and railing. Then join the 2 together.

Gene, If I read your post correctly, you haven't created a foundation floor. I think you are making a fundamental mistake that no one has mentioned. I really don't think that you should be making your level 1 walls into foundation walls. You would be better off building an auto mono slab foundation which will create a level zero containing your foundation. Ignore this if it doesn't make sense as I don't have access to Chief to try things out.

From memory, because I don't have access to Chief at the moment. I think that you may be confusing 2 different terrain tools. One is called a terrain elevation region (or similar) whose height you can adjust. The other is just a flat area that modifies the terrain without any height data. I believe that you can change a polyline into a terrain elevation region, but not into a flat area.

Joe, This came up in one of the one on one training sessions that I sat in on.

Russ, Don't forget that if you still can't get the walls to join correctly, we have that "adjust wall layers a junction" thingy tool to edit the wall layers to get exactly what you want. Sorry, I don't have access to Chief and can't remember the name of the tool - accessed from the Edit toolbar.

Rob, This just came up at the UGM. You could try using an invisible ramp with the rail you want and then place it on top of your sloped wall.

Wendy, I use jing also and usually don't have any problems viewing my own or others vids. Do I need a username and password? I will keep trying.

Hey Wendy, I would love to see your videos, but I can't access them. I am on an iPad and therefore can't use flash player-is there another way to view them? I usually don't have any troubles viewing vids done with jing and posted to Screencast. Any ideas?

Joe, I would be interested to see how you macros handle those complicated floor level situations like complicated split and multilevel houses. As you know we can draw a room on one floor and assign it a floor level that equates its height the equivalent of drawing it on another floor. If your macros are only recognizing areas by a certain height increment, will they be able to cope with those sorts of situations? Or will they only work with standard type floor levels. Ie, it sounds like your macros will find and total floor levels within fixed 3M high levels?

Ross, It could be your Window Level setting in the windows dbx.

How can you answer this question when you don't know what you don't know!

Maybe because the dimension is correct and isn't rounding?

Isn't a room made up of walls, floor and ceiling just a box that you can drag in 3D - plus I can have auto roofs to roof it as I go, and get auto dimensions as I edit, plus...plus...plus...? I now do all my concept and design work in Chief.

Open the Build Roof dbx...Roof panel...Specifications. Do you have Trusses (no Birdsmouth) checked? If so, Chief is getting it's rafter size from the Trusses panel in the Framing Defaults dbx. If you uncheck Trusses, Chief will use the Rafter size from the Roof panel of the Framing Defaults dbx. So...set up your rafter size in Defaults...Framing...Roof...Rafter. Uncheck Trusses in Build Roof...Roof...Specifications...Trusses. Build roofs.

Terry, What sheet size do you want to print to? What scale do you want to print to? I think the problem is your scale setting in the Drawing Sheet Setup dbx. I don't think that you really want to print at a scale of 1:1 - that is printing full scale! At a scale of 1/4"=1' your plan just fits on a Arch D (24"x36") sheet. Do not worry about measuring the sheet size in the plan - Chief is indicating how the plan would look printed at a certain scale on a certain sheet size (the sheet size is being scaled - not the plan) - just set your drawing scale in the Drawing Sheet Setup dbx. Also, do you really want to print directly from the plan? It would be more common practice to sent to Layout and then print.