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Thanks Jim, I think that's what I did in the beginning. I had a set on a lower floor level and then copied and pasted them in elevation and moved the copy up. Could have sworn that I've seen a command for moving stuff up or down a floor though, but can't find anything about it in the reference manual either.

I have some corbels that are on the top floor roof, but somehow they show up on floor level 1. How can I move them up one level? I tend to remember that I've seen such a command in the right mouse button menu, but it doesn't appear in this case.

+1 Some form of 'visual styles' options for walls would be very useful. There is no clever way of doing poche except manual, which creates problems if something is modified. Same for demo.

Well, that would be me but I have no clue how you did it. Four windows perhaps and one is a single casement?

Nice, I've always first uploaded to the gallery and then picked it via the MyMedia button. Glad I won't have to do that anymore! It also seems as if ChiefTalk remembers me longer nowadays. Haven't had to log in again for several days.

Todd, You seem to be on a similar learning trajectory as I. I asked the same question a couple of months ago along with some related issues. Perhaps there is some info that thread that may be of help to you: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/1415-cant-find-update-to-layout-command/

Haven't used these yet, still working on my first exterior, but normally three views like that is combined into one symbol with three arrows. Is that a problem?

I use it often when editing or combining terrain feature surfaces. It is extremely awkward though, and the proper way would be to be able to cut polylines and control and merge anchor points. This is one area where I wish Chief would do rapid progress.

Both Sub-Zero and Wolf are a must, aren't they interested in supporting Chief?

Is there perhaps a way to put just the shelves on their own layer?

As to which dbx controls what text etc, I think I'm slowly starting to figure it out. The dbx for 'Dimension Line Specification' has a setting 'Inherit Default Properties From' that has been playing tricks with me. What I can't understand though is why the dimension label text changes size in plan? Or starts to get smaller at a certain point. Let's say I've decided to place my floor plan on the sheet in 1/4" scale and I want dimensions to be 1/8", which means the text should be 6" in plan, right? It respects this when zooming out, but not after a certain point when I zoom in. I assume it is to keep text readable but this behavior is in contrast to for example room labels that always keep their relative size.

Thanks Jim, the scale matches Layout. Previously I've used the Layout box and specified a number there, but according to the manual that is a legacy way and it is recommended to do it via text styles, which is really the way I prefer it. If I look at a dimension it states layer 'Dimensions, Automatic' and that layer uses in my case the 'Default Label Style' and I've changed the text size between 1" to 12" but see no difference. If I look at annotations it says 'Using Active Defaults', which is set to 'Plot Plan Dimension Defaults', which in turn is set to use the 'Default Label Style. Since the Default Label Style doesn't change anything, what is? Looking in the 'Dimension Line Specification' it says Inherits Default Properties from '1/8" Scale Dimension defaults', but where are these properties set? Everything I see seems to say that the default is my Plot plan Dims? I am somehow probably being a tad thick here, but this seems very messy. All these settings kind of rubber band together.

It's actually on the contrary, I want the text to stay the same no matter Zoom level. Just like in Layout and the text fields for Rooms and other labels. I want to make all my adjustments in Plan and then just send to Layout without having to worry.

Yes, that's the one I change. Is there some form of hierarchy with annotation set that I'm not understanding perhaps? I have created a 'Floor Plan Set' that is using the active defaults, and dimensions is set to 'Label Text Style' but numbers are more like 12" and seem to use the Plot Plan Style, besides scaling with the plan when I zoom. How can I determine which annotation set is really used when it is using active defaults? When I set min display size to 0 it has an effect when I zoom out really far, but numbers get smaller in relation to model when I zoom in. Is there a corresponding max number?

Perhaps it isn't taking effect properly? Is there a way to "refresh" the plan without opening and closing?

I can't figure out how to control font size in my dimensioning in Chief. I don't like the way it zooms in and out so that if I use autodimensiong I can barely see the house for all the numbers if I'm zoomed out. How do I get the same behavior as in Layout? I understand that there is a difference in scale here, and that chief works in a 1:1 mode in plan, but this works with all other text and labels. I've searched on this topic in the old forums but most threads discussing this are older and may not be relevant anymore. The closest I've come is that I'm supposed to set the Min display value in Preferences for dimensions to 0, but that doesn't do the trick for me. Numbers still change depending on zoom level. Also, in Layout there is a (over ride?) setting in the layout box settings that lets me set the dimensions directly, which affects all of them. When am I supposed to use this, and isn't it more logical that dimension are set in the annotation set? Sorry if this super obvious, I seem to be struggling as usual.

Ok, thanks, at least good to know I wasn't the only one doing this.

As the title says, just curious. I prefer to have interior walls on a separate layer so I change them afterwards now, and I can't seem to figure out how to default interior walls to my 'Walls, interior'.

Could that be by design? I'm just thinking that the 2x4 would provide very little support for the joist if it was aligned with the rim joist.

I tend to remember some tools to group transoms etc in elevations, where they are sort of grouped and one can stack windows. Can't figure it out now of course. Btw, seems to be a elaborate house design. Any more pictures?

How did you create the cap on the front? Seems like the solution to the sides should be similar.

Thanks, Joe. Good idea that gives great control. How great it would be if one could create a closed polyline on a layer and then give it a name and extract info from it with a macro, like %polylineX.area%. I could then have a layer I called 'areas' with multiple polylines with different fill colors, and create my own custom labels/legends.

Thanks, if I've understood it correctly the living area includes the walls, except when bordering to unconditioned space when it is calculated from the center. I wonder if my local building office will see it the same way.

As suggested in an earlier post, I really wish there was a way to get a visual verification overlay of the area included in 'living area'. And while they're at it also be able to define multiple areas with colors.

I've seen some discrepancies between the total of my rooms and the living area displayed by Chief so I removed all interior walls in my basement in order to create one large room and compare, see the enclosed pic. I've set the garage and the two light wells to be excluded. Chief states the room size as 2589 sqf but the living area as 2752 sqf, a 163 sqf difference. As you can see in the schedule there doesn't seem to be any hidden room or other anomaly. What gives? The only thing I can think of is that Chief includes perimeter walls in the living area?