IvanCyr

Yeah....high hopes for transform replicate by layer....but NOPE.....I was only offered to translate the entire selection. Back to the drawing board.... Lew, I like your idea....one click. Just tell me WHERE!! Lew, you were a great inspiration to me a few years ago when I got started in all this. Take a moment and check out where I'm at today. You'll need this code to access the page "769" .... but if you're interested click on the link below, the tours and the videos near the bottom are all modelled in chief. The material mapping is also defined in chief and then "improved" but it all starts there. http://www.inteck3d.com/dialogdesign

I am going to try to see if I could at least import the entire information by layer and then floor and resize....a ton of work but faster than redoing everything....

Ok...that is obvious for one object. I've got a couple thousand or more....transform replicate will only offer move those items. I'm thinking of an export import, or copy paste in place idea. The copy paste and place and move to a known point works but the scale is completely out....likely 2.54 for cm per inch. Any other ideas??

Good day, I received a plan set in metric while working with an interior decorator. I completed the plan in Metric. The decorator started her work using an imperial plan. I would like to import her information into my metric plan (or even the other way around if I have to). Can this be done? I looked up CA help file 00024 "Displaying Metric and Imperial Units on a Single Dimension Line" but this doesn't help when the file imports at what looks to be 2.54 times the size. Any workarounds avail from the gurus?? Thanks, Ivan

Ah....seems simple enough on the ends....but the cut and paste method doesn't do much good when one gets to the dormers and 48" skylight..... Shane, I'm going to send you a PM. Ivan

Thx Richard for providing some feedback. I was hoping Chief would "create" some simple type truss I suppose....at least with some minimalistic reality to the load bearing surfaces! There are about 7 different trusses due to the dormers....so cut and paste is of little value. I agree about the user defined roof edge angle....it would be nice. Ivan Might anyone else have a different workaround or a preset/default input that they could suggest? Thx in advance.

Hi Shane. First post had layout files....the second post in is "me" again....with the .plan file attached in a zipped folder. Was that what you were looking for? Ivan

2nd try.....please find attached a zip folder with the plan file. Ivan ZippedFileF.zip

Good day, I do mainly modelling in Chief and my framing expert on Chief is away on vacation. I was wondering if I could solicit some assistance. It is a framing question regarding why Chief builds the trusses shown on page A7 of the attached file the way it does and how I can force the software to build it differently. Effectively, looking at the layout page A7 or the quick screen shot provided in the attachment below will indicate that the trusses are loaded at their bases as a shear stress. Clearly a compression fit would provide a more structurally sound design. The next joint above is auto generated in a similar manner. Is there a quick fix to auto generate the trusses in a more favourable manner? I would attach the plans.....but for some reason it won't upload (it is a very small cabin type design)....I'm sure there's a reason that I've simply forgotten. I'll look into why that is.....why it won't upload....not why I've forgotten cuz I'm sure age might have something to do with it! Thanks, Ivan BunkieF.layout

Ah....that will be a tip to remember for the future! Thx so much Michael!

Hi, This is likely a real amateur question, but I was wondering how one can show in plan view how two shorter walls of a rectangular room butt against the longer walls of the same rectangular room? I've tried to color the two walls differently using a "copy" of the wall and it was the longer walls that show butted against the shorter. I just need the opposite to happen. Open to ideas. Thanks in advance. Ivan

This might be too late....but just in case....here's my steps. 1. 3ds exports are from the camera view. If the layer is turned off, then no export. Check to ensure your layer is turned on. 2. You may have run into a max vertex error. If the object reaches the maximum, it will not export....ever. Go to DAE export, however I find the 3ds nomenclature useful in post production which seems to be lost in DAE. 3. Export DAE. Good luck. Ivan

Yeah Scott...I just typed up a long response with pics to the zipped file....it is not working as you stated yet is was clearly working from your screen shots.....unless you also are a Photoshop Guru! Might just "fix it" with PS....won't be the first time, nor the last. :-) It would still be very interesting to have "the fix" with a couple clicks of a button. In the actual building, it is considerably more complex. The roof baseline height is a couple feet lower just like it is in the example here but the roof pitch is considerably steeper crossing the higher roof plane so I actually need the attic wall to "flip" the outside siding from one side to the other. I considered a "Wall Covering" but you can't quite define the triangular areas effectively. Pretty easy to fix this using PS but quite another for construction documentation. Grrrrr.....

Thx Greg. Let me confirm what you mean. The initial room partition wall was an interior wall. I "locked" the attic wall to the lower. With your comment, I went back and redefined that lower wall to be the same as the attic wall, locked it, and tried again....still not working. I see Curt, you took another stab at it. Thx for your time. I suspect it is something fairly simple but perhaps you're right...another coffee!!

Thanks for the responses. Curt: No it made no change. Alan: The material painter will change the whole material....sure the inside might look good, but then the outside is clad with drywall. Doesn't do much to fix the hole!! LOL Shane: I put this together in under a minute to showcase the issue. You could too; 4 walls divided by a room divider. Make both end walls gable with the autoroof. Shrink them to the divider, copy, flip and paste the roof and lower it 24" and make the room under it soffit for a ceiling. Voila....probably took me longer to type this up.... I'm still open to more ideas!

See attached pics. Is there a simple way to create an attic wall that reverses? I suspect not. However, I've attached a couple pics which I'm trying to put together. Effectively, I have two rooms. The room above the lower ceiling height uses the soffit surface for a ceiling. There are two issues. I would like to solve both. First, the attic wall starts at the top of the higher ceiling producing a "hole" which you can see on the double picture with the red circle and the red arrow. Second, the interior attic wall is showing the exterior wall surface. I need it obviously to show interior surface inside, and then exterior outside. Without building PS everywhere, what might you experts suggest? Thanks. Ivan

How about while doing a walk through regarding issues with z fighting. I'm doing a rather large plot...an aerial view with 7 structures on it. You can't "Edit Active Camera"...it is greyed out in this case. Any pointers?

This work offer is now closed. Thanks to all who submitted. Again, only those considered were contacted. Thank you for your interest.

Hi again, Just an update. Still working through model particulars and volume/frequency requirements. I'll update within 2 weeks time.