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Delete the molding in that room and create a molding room polyline, and show and hide molding on any section of that line.

Here(Calif.) we have to put so much info on the plans, I couldn't charge by the hour, and never have. People just wouldn't go for that. They want to know up front what the fee is (by the S.F.). My incentive is to do it faster and I make more money on it, but that is difficult these days. I'm getting slower and or the cities are making it slower for everything. I understand most of the Country does not experience this ,and would like to retire in a simpler existence. Floor plans and elevations sound good. One thing that is the best time saver and actually make me money, is "Macro's. Who really want to add and subtract numbers all day.

I was talking about using Schedules, other than a plant schedule, In X8 they have added labels to all the schedules so you can use more of them to do Plan notes.

Whatever it is, the real question is he getting enough money to detail that cluster##?

Are you talking about the Auto storypole dims?

This is new in X8 only. b/c of more use of labels.

of course people will use different ways, I use plot lines with shadows, no color for elevations. I like "On demand" so it won't use computer resources while drawing and making me wait for updates. With a killer system like yours, Larry, you might not have that delay. For 3d render views I use live but also On demand. All I have to do is hit update live and plot lines (one button for both and done, everything updates.

Is framing wall layer turned on in that view and is Auto wall framing also on to regenerate the framing.

Use Auto framing until it's time to turn off.

I usually keep my plan notes on the plan, never had a problem, and I have separate plan notes for each floor. Although your's should show, is that layer turned and on a separate custom layer? #2, that's the problem, but I never use a real plant schedule anyway. Until Chief gives us custom Schedules, it's a problem.

If you have existing views already sent to the layout, resetting the default, only works for new camera views. You my need to actually open the view to change it.

I use macros to Automatically figure, lot coverage, floor area ratio, square footage, buildable area, lot size, and many more. I never need to figure all that stuff anymore. Just draw and it builds itself. Macro's are king.

Some simple macro's already exists in Chief but to really make things automatic Join Joe Carrick's "Macro of the Month club" and get lots of very useful macro's. If you really don't like to type, this is the way to go.

I think that means the dormer as defined won't fit to your roof.

Porch header, you can use a railing wall (post to beam to do that.

I don't use it either, but I do know it works on what your default settings are for walls , doors and windows and some other defaults, so those need to be set first, especially wall thickness. Chief sinces wall thickness and gives you the closest one from your defaults. Even after you convert there is a lot of fix up, you might as well just trace it, to me its faster.

Some times the rebate and foundation take extra time to generate.

I like to shut down every night.

Tracing is a good way to go.

I create a special elevation layerset for sending elevations to the layout, that way every time you re-send or change the layout view it's automatic and consistent in every view sent. In that layerset just use the line weights you want for windows, roofs, trim, doors. Highly customizable. You can also set plants to a light color so it doesn't choke a scene. Some of the old videos are wrong for X8, if you use live, you won't get any lineweight options. To get lineweight options you must use plot lines.

If you don't want to see it just put it on a layer like, walls no show, and turn it off

That was one of the top new Chief tools invented.

You had it correct" disconnect selected edge"

If that balcony is a room , just uncheck the ceiling and add a ceiling material in the roof plane DBX.

Larry, not sure what you are saying. Pdf's never update, you have to re-print them. I like using on demand as chief suggests, then you just have to hit one button to update everything in the layout that is set that way.