glennw

I think we need 2 different tools here. MATCH ENTITY: this tool will match all the properties of an existing entity and assign them to another existing entity which would probably have to be the same type of entity. ie, select a dimension, select MATCH ENTITY, = cursor appears, click on another dimension to apply all of the dimension settings to the selected dimension. Similar for walls, cad objects, etc. MATCH TOOL: this tool will match the properties of an existing entity AND will also match the tool so that you can start drawing a new entity based on the type and properties of the entity selected. ie, select MATCH TOOL, = cursor appears, select wall, start drawing a wall that match the selected entity. Similar for all other entities. Even though it is probably better to stick with "by layer" property settings, I also believe that there is a lot of value in retaining "by entity" as we have at the moment, so that we are not forced into "by layer" only.

Joe and Phylls, I think you are confused. Room Planner is an app for the iPad that does 3D room planning. I believe it is free, but you need to pay (a couple of $) for the dimensioning and another (I can't remember) add on if you want them, but they aren't compulsory. You can export Room Planner plans into Chief, but you do not need Room Planner to use Chief. Chief X6 has a built in Space Planner function that Joe is talking about.

Isn't that covered by the request for an "Apply" button as well?

It appears to be a wall niche symbol.

Or... Double click the wall. Wall Types panel. Select a different Wall Type. OK.

Levis, Chief has this quirky way of handling window glass. The reason that you can't get obscure glass with a line drawing is because, even though you are changing the glass materials properties, it is still the DEFAULT material. Chief wants to handle the Default glass material in its own way. So...don't use the Default glass material. Create another material for the glass and use that. You will then get obscure glass in a line view.

Curt, I can't get that dimension either. Point to Point dimension works.

OK, back onto this one. I played a bit more. The toe kick thing is doable. You need to uncheck Flat Sides before converting the Standard cabinet to a Corner cabinet. When you then convert the Standard to a Corner, the toe kick sticks! Getting closer. The only thing left to do is place a door handle on each side panel.

Are you sure that you have been able to snap cad items to things like cabinets, doors and windows in cross section? Certainly in a cross section, you can snap cad items to cross section lines like floor and ceiling platforms and wall sections, and other cad items. And as you point out, dimensions will work with cabinets, doors, windows, etc.

The reason that most of the room defaults are greyed out is that they follow the floor defaults and can't be set on a room by room basis. You can only change some of the floor or ceiling defaults.

George, You need to read up on materials and the difference between a texture and a pattern. Any material can have texture (picture which displays in a standard view) and a pattern (cad lines forming a pattern which displays in a vector view) assigned to it. You can't change a texture into a pattern - they are 2 completely different things.

Open a Text Specification dbx. Insert Macro...Global..Plan Info...Living Area

Yup, The corner cabinet really doesn't work too well because of door and toe kick problems, etc.

My shortcut for Floor Defaults is .........da....da........FD. d dot probably uses some obscure combination that makes sense to only him! Perry, I would be happy to send you my Hotkey file and all you need to do is Import it. Just guess at what shortcut should be and you will probably be right - it's not too difficult - my shortcuts are very logical.

Now that I am back in front of Chief, this seems easily doable. Place a standard base cabinet. Change it's type to a Corner (after changing it's size as per the prompt). You can then configure your 45deg Door, Left Side and Right side as required.,

I remember a while back that I played around a bit with the spell checker to use it for find and replace. I can't remember the exact details, but I'm pretty sur that I got it to work for find and replace.

Have look at Tommy's post #3. Do you have line weights toggled on? If this is toggled off, you won't see line weights, no matter what the other settings.

You can also get to it through the Defaults. Double clicking a tool is a shortcut to the relevant location in Defaults.

D dot, Yes, Frankfurt is about 16,500kms from Sydney. We left Prague this morning - Thursday at 9 am. We get back to Sydney on Saturday morning. No hotels - travelling ( and waiting in airports) all the time!)

D dot, Chief has a full height corner pantry (it's the same shape as requested) I am suggesting using that and reducing it's height to match the lower cabinets. You would probably need to use a custom counter top. Actually, after reading Dennis's post, you can probably just place a lower cabinet in a corner, size it, and then move it.

D dot, Yes, I did see the posts from Antoine. And yes, we are a bit closer to the Seychelles than you (10,000km v 18,000km), BUT it's still a long way - not really "close". Jennie says "hello".

D dot, I believe a framing layer HAS to be main layer to generate framing? I believe that you can define a wall layer as framing, but the framing will not build unless that layer is a main layer? As, usual, I could be completely wrong as I am working from memory - (I am sitting in Frankfurt airport on my way home).

Could you use a corner pantry and change the height? I wish I had Chief with me as I am just guessing without giving it a try.

Without the plan I'm not 100% sure that I understand the problem. Is there any reason why you can't define the wall as one wall instead of a furred wall? Specifying a wall as "no room def" may help if you can't move walls - but then, I am talking off the top of my head as I don't have the plan and I don't even have access to Chief at the moment.

Curt, No problems. Yes, that was the setting I had in mind. I knew that setting was there somewhere, but couldn't remember where, or what it's exact name was without access to Chief. I hope it solved your problem