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There is no automatic way, you must do it manually. Copy the cad block to each window then load muttons on each one separately.

I tend to use the " Reference it to a detail method", I can get a pretty clean model but there are those little things that might take you a log time to model, so I reference it to a detail for those.

That's just the wrong way to do it, as chief recommends. Yes it can be done that way, but using layersets can be done automatically and much faster. The idea of Chief is not to have much cad in your drawings at all. You shouldn't have to export anything. It's all there for you if you just take the time to learn it. Watch some video's Each different layerset can have it's own line weights applied.

Soffits have never framed but a ceiling plane will.

Not exactly sure but sometime in the first quarter next year 2015. At least that's when they have done it in the past.

Also could be a video card problem.

I disagree, you can get to any level you want if you take the time to do it.

Try cutting your sections with a back clipped section/ elevation. Also try to cut them as thin as you can making sure you clipped 1 joist so its included in the view. This will eliminate most of those lines for you. and if you still get some lines use a earth filled mask and adjust it front or back as needed. when you get it right the foundation will pop out and background lines won't show.

All these thing are workable in Chief, but its not automatic. Remember the better your model is the easier it is to cut the sections and elevations without cleaning up any mess so spend extra time to get the model clean. If you do have some cleanup, do it in the view you send to layout, and not the layout itself, then when you have changes they will stay put. For me, some foundations give me some trouble but by doing an auto detail, that will give me a p-line that I can then manipulate and get the foundation correct, and it stays put. If you added a new footing to that plan just change the p-line to what you need.

Hopefully they will fix it in X7

Educabation gee wiz, I'm having a field day. Just glad someone else is posting this Educabation

I also do a lot of as-builts and I just run a string of manual interior dims that locate each side of the wall. For me they are only temp. After the walls are where I want them ,I then delete the interior dims. I really don't want complete interior dims on my plan b/c they are never perfect and since they are already there, in my eyes, no dim. needed. Exterior dimensions are good enough especially when lining up new walls to existing walls.

Hypotenuse, very good my son. You know what a freaking mess I would do with this word.

I also get that, but all I do is left click on the bottom bar of the window and it re-sizes to the correct size.

Also if you want auto-without both sides, just uncheck what you have and check the highlighted checkbox

It just sounded to me that he wanted something special, not the standard. A picture would be good though.

If you set up your dimension defaults to locate the main wall layer you will not get both sides, and a wall thickness dim. That what I get. After you already have a dimension , you can select all dims, and select "suppress wall widths.". Just set your defaults correctly and you won't get then at all. There are many defaults to set, do them all.

Oh Ya, that can be done in Chief, as we all know, just about anything can be done in Chief, if you can build the model without too many flaws. I just choose not to b/c I get all the work I need, doing much simpler stuff. Makes life easy, except for the plan check of course.

Use the custom mutton tool to do that. Just draw in cad your grids on the elevation and hit the custom mutton tool in the edit toolbar. You can then apply them to all your windows.

My son runs 50 seats of Acad, Inventor, Revit and others, and he wouldn't even think of using Chief for any of his "parts" he does all over the world . Chief is just not intended for those kinds of things just like I wouldn't think of using any of yours for homes.

That looks like a commercial project. I think Chief is only recommended for residential and light commercial , like T.I. stuff, you will probably never like Chief if that's what you do. I would think the natural progression would be to use Revit.

You pay for what you get, and you can't compare Chief to those other programs, if you do 3d parts, use AutoCAD Inventer for that not Chief. Chief is not designed for that. For what most of us here need, Chief works mostly perfectly, give or take a few items here and there. I wouldn't use Chief for drawing parts of musical instruments.

A lot of them were drawn in cad programs before Chief was invented and just imported into Chief with a little fix-up. I just wish I had chief when I created them, back in the 80's and 90's cad wasn't so good, I consider Chief much better now than the old cad programs. I guess it matters from where you came.

If I understand you correctly and you are talking about Chief. Chief is not trying, and doesn't want to be Acad. Chief is a 3d program, the only reason for 2d is for details. You don't really need to draw lines anymore, and that's good and getting better all the time. I think the 2 d tools are just fine for what you need them to do unless you are drawing in Chief, lines for everything, which is just wrong for this software. It's a different way of drawing. Can Acad let you draw a complete house in 1 day including sections, elevations, foundation, I don't think so.