glennw

OK, thanks d dot. Richards problem is still a weird one.

It all seems to be working for me. No tabbing to the Next button is required. Just click on the button. This is a weird one.

It looks like most of them are roof points. If you select a roof plane and open it's dbx, it will tell you the Ridge Top Height and Fascia Top Height. Any floor heights, you can get from the room's dbx. These heights are relative to Chief's zero floor level - which would normally be (but not always) your Level 1 floor level. You can then make the overall height calculation by adding the Ridge Top Height (or other height) to the floors actual height in relation to your site reference level.

OK, I can now see the "View Auto Save Content" thingy. It is not a button - it is text at the bottom of the reply text input box. It tells you when the last auto save was. Click it and a box opens that contains the saved content and asks if you want to restore it.

Yes, I get the auto save message. To get the rich text options, try clicking the little square in the top left hand corner of the reply message box toolbar. The help for this BB says that the type of editor can be configured in your Settings - but I can't find how to do it.

Andy, I think that you will find that it works like this: Talking about 2D plan view only - not 3D. With all the roof planes on level 1. Build roof framing and display framing on level 1. Select a roof plane and move to display one level up. The roof plane polyline displays on the next floor up, BUT the framing remains on the level 1 floor plan. Rebuild roof framing. The roof framing for the roof plane you moved up one floor, and now displays on the next floor's up floor plan. In 3D, of course, the display of the roof planes and roof framing stays on top the level 1 floor - it is only the 2D plan display that is affected by this tool.

Charlie, The image should be here: C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X6\Referenced Files\CorePlantFiles.zip#zip:Hedera-helix2.png To confirm, place the plant in a plan, open it's dbx and on the Image panel under General, you will find the path.

Charlie, I don't think it is as easy as just rotating the image - which you can't do. Even if you could do it easily, I think that you would be disappointed with the results as the image would have no thickness. Another problem is that Images imported into a plan view, do not display in 3D views. Your only hope would be to create a material from the picture and apply that material to a polygon solid, slab or similar. But even then, it would be pretty dodgy. You can extract the image from the Chief file and create the material pretty easily, but as I said, I doubt that it will do what you envisage. Probably better to use a 3D plant from the Bonus library. I have attached the image file that I extracted if you want to have a play yourself.

Perry, If you have a look at the first post, the problem is extending the stairs into the angled wall, no wrapping or joining stairs. That could have changed though.

Post the plan. it depends on a couple of factors. ie, have you built deck framing, etc?

This is pretty basic stuff. Have you read the manual? Have you even tried to do it yourself? To delete the dormer go to the Attic, select the dormer and hit Delete. To raise the Entry, select the room and change it's Floor height.

Darn, I slept through it all! As far as I know, you need to enclose the stairs in room (usually with invisible walls), with Winders checked. As far as I know, the Allow Wrap setting isn't needed.

The best way to learn it is to use it - and read the manual. No problems with using it in Oz.

Perry, I am 100% with you. Once a wall is demolished it is no longer a wall - so why the **** do users want to represent a demolished wall with a wall? I don't get it - use cad - either by using View to Cad or just draw cad lines directly in the plan.

Try these: In your 3D view, go 3D...Lighting...Adjust Lights...toggle off Default Sun. Go 3D...3D View Defaults...Lighting Options...Daytime Ambient...100% In Preferences...Render...uncheck Show Shadows. That should get you closer to what you want, but there is no shadowing and everything looks flat, but that is a consequence of getting what you asked for. You are asking for something that is not "real life".

Open the dbx for the upper floor wall and uncheck Attic Wall.

Use a Room Divider wall to separate the kitchen off and then assign the ceiling finish in the kitchen room's dbx at Structure panel...Ceiling...Ceiling Finish. I would also use the Floor Finish there as well, instead of the Material Region. I would usually only use a Material Region when it covers only part of a room, like a tile inlay, etc.

vs, Although a wall can have several main layers, it can only have one framed layer - even if you nominate more than one framed layer, in which case, the outermost framed layer is the one that gets framed. To do what you want, you will need to use a double wall - ie, 2 separate walls.

Make the changes and then save the light to the library.

Andy, I don't believe that you can change the dimension fill on a per dimension basis. You can change it on a per layer basis as described below in the last line. Otherwise you change it in the Dimension Defaults Go Defaults...Dimensions and select the dimension default you are using (or double click the Dimension icon) and select Edit. Go to the Text Style panel. If you are using a Custom Text Style, go down to Options and check Transparent. If you are using a Text Style select Define...Edit and do the same thing there. If you are using Layer for Text Style, you need to Edit the text style that is associated with that layer.

John, Why are you creating it in every plan? Either save it to the library or copy it from the old plan into the new one.

I don't think you can get boxed eaves at that corner as long as the gable overhangs are the same value. Make sure you have Boxed Eaves toggled on in the Build Roof dbx. Open the dbx for the front gable wall and go to the Roof panel. Increase the Overhang Length by about 3mm (sorry about the metrics) - this is the smallest dimension that works for me. Have a play and see what is the smallest dimension which results in the boxed eave. With Auto Roofs toggled on, you should get a boxed eave on both gable roofs. If you can live with the tiny discrepancy between the gable overhangs this is probably the easiest.

Ah, I see you have X5 - no Room Divider wall. You should be able to use the same technique with a very thin invisible wall.

If you mean something like this, I used a short section of perpendicular Room Divider wall at the wall joints. You can then slide the window up to the joint.

Vinnie, It could be anything from a hardware problem to software, to a problem with your model. Try turning off all the auto build settings in Chief. Post your plan here so that someone else can give it a run and see if there is a problem with the plan.