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Oh, and I live in Australia - USA is not the world! When is Chief going to be compliant with our codes - we have federal, state and local.

You should be able to do it using the Curve/Flair Stair tool. Have a play with all the grips and see what happens. I did this one just using the Curve/Flair Stair tool.

Guys, The OP is using Chiefs new PDF printer, so no other PDF printer driver.

Yes, I also get the same thing. Same for the Project Browser. It seems to be missed in each update. How about it Chief? PS. While we are on the subject. I have a similar problem with my Edit toolbar. I usually have it floating, but it has a mind of it's own by moving all over the place - I guess it really is "floating"!!.

Christina, I assume it is Chief trying to wrap the external wall layer around the end of the Railing wall. The lines don't appear: 1. With a single layer wall 2. With a non railing wall. ie, use a normal wall and pull its height down from the top. or, probably the easiest: 3. Draw a very short Room Divider Wall at 90deg to the joint between the rail and the wall.

Those types of devices have been around for years and in my onion just add another layer of complexity to something that Chief ready provides. A bit like using a graphics tablet - why would you bother? I already have a keyboard that I can customise with shortcuts!! I reckon that I would be just as fast and it would be easier (and cheaper) using Chiefs new 2 letter sequential shortcuts than an additional programmable keyboard.

Maurice, Works for me. Are you seeing color on your layout page? Are you seeing color in the page preview in the Print Layout dbx?

Perry, When can I expect delivery of tonite's dinner? Does that come with fries?

Almost - it's not that hard with logical 2 letter sequential shortcuts. You can certainly do it with shortcuts and menus. Have a look at some of d dot Scot's videos - he is the master of shortcuts - although I would like to make his short cuts more logical!

Alan, I would encourage you to explore the new sequential shortcuts. How do ever use a simultaneous shortcut like Shift+Alt+D in an efficient manner! Can you even do it with one hand efficiently?

Bill, A good way to get familiar with the shortcuts is to look at the tooltips as your cursor runs over a toolbar button or menu item - the tool tips give a description of the tool and the shortcut. Or better yet make the shortcuts so logical that you really don't have to remember them (as in my previous post). It's really not that hard to run things from shortcuts and turn off the display of the toolbars altogether.

Rich, I think the default shortcut for Camera Spin is Ctrl+Alt+S. ( you need 3 hands and a Twister mat do execute shortcuts like that) I use the simpler SX. X6 makes it a lot easier to use shortcuts because they can now be sequential key presses (1 to 4, 2 is ideal) unlike the previous simultaneous key presses which were really a pain to use (they are still available). This now means that shortcuts can be a lot more logical - which in turn means that you don't have to put as much effort into remembering them - take a best guess and you are probably right. Like: ZA: Zoom All ZI: Zoom In AD: Active defaults CS: Capture Screen CC: Current Cad Layer LD: Layer Defaults RL: Reverse Layers etc. etc. Remember that these are 2 letter SEQUENTIAL key presses - not simultaneous. I use a few 3 letter shortcuts along with a few of the default simultaneous shortcuts because I usually don't use then anyway and I haven't got around to changing them yet.. Anyone who grew up with Generic Cad will be familiar with this feature and will know how easy it is to use. I have attached my hotkeys list which is still a work in progress. You can import a hotkey list. I am happy to share mine if anyone is interested.

It depends a lot on the structure - is it only one floor, how did you draw the wall, etc? My best guess: You dragged the wall up from the floor. Leave the wall as a normal wall - don't pull it up from the floor. Make it Invisible. Chief will take care of the rest. If not - post the plan.

Christina, Are you looking in a plan view or rendered 3 view? You don't get a Default sun in plan, only a 3D rendered view.

Here is a stretchable downpipe that I have been using for years. It may be of some use. You can add more stretch planes if you need them. I think this was an older Chief symbol that I added stretch planes to. If you use it and stretch it, you can regenerate the 2D block.

M, You aren't dragging the one camera from inside to outside or visa versa are you?

M, I can't explain why the Default Sun won't stay toggled off. It stays toggled off for me. Can you post a plan in which this happens? Or, try this. Open the Adjust Lights dbx and select the Default Sun. Click Adjust (bottom left corner). Turn the Intensity down to zero. This has the same effect as turning the Default Sun off.

Lew, If you toggle off the Default Sun, you can save it to your template plan so that it will be the default.

Toggle Sunlight DOES toggle between day and night. Toggle Sunlight is not the same as turning off the Default Sun. 2 different settings that give 2 different results. Why can't you turn off the Default Sun?

Lew, Just turn off the Default Sun to get the effect that you want.

Bob, Joe is on the right track - it is shading from the default sun. In a 3D view, go 3D...Lighting...Adjust Lights. Uncheck Default Sunlight. If your scene is too dark, go 3D...3D View Defaults and turn up Daytime Ambient. The problem with turning off the default sun and losing the auto shading is that you get no definition of the same color on different planes. The means that you won't see any edges where 2 planes with the same material meet.

Well then, that's your problem. The gable wall is on the upper floor and won't display with the Floor Camera - which will only display items on the floor the camera is on. You need to use the Full Camera and not the Floor Camera.

It works OK on my machine. Maybe something you are doing wrong. Post a plan?

Are you using the Floor Camera to generate the internal view looking back at the main house?

Gene, Framing the ceiling planes should work. It would help if you posted a plan.