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I just gave everyone a green ,but Scott didn't get one b/c there is a limit each day and I ran out when I got to Scott's. Sorry bud, I'll catch you tomorrow.

Might be an automatic thing 3 reds and your out

Hay, I just got back on, thanks guys and don't give me anymore red things. They must have put me back on after Scott said he was not going to post anymore, what a friend!!

I'm not talking monitor, just printed to PDF.

You can zoom in on anything real close and get pixilation , we are talking about printing and 300 dpi hasn't gave me any problems. Check out Doug's post.

Thank you may I have another

Ok, a little test, everyone give me bad points and see if I get kicked out of here.

Glen, but the wall material region tool will work in that case, with easy adjustments.

Don't count on the materials list to be all accurate, check it often. Depending on the quality of your model, the materials list can have omissions or mistakes. Anything made w/ p-solids won't show.

If you search dpi, pdf here, there has been a lot of talk about this. Maybe it's in the old Forum also.

use the new "wall material region" tool, it works.

I do know that you should make renders as large as you can, on the screen, before you send them to the layout, and use the highest resolution you have available in your video card. that's the only way to make them better. You have no control of render resolution when sending to layout other then what I mentioned. Ray traces have complete control of resolution.

Yes, you set the north arrow and Chief sets the sun angle

Are you using Chief's built in PDF or another PDF program. I use adobe and never have any problems using 300 dpi (24x36) but you should be able to use 100 and still be good. That setting really doesn't do anything unless you plan on printing an extra large size print.. What you see on the monitor is 92 dpi and is all you need for that

With interior doors, you just check interior and both are the same. If you want different sides with interior just go to the first page of the DBX and check different interior and exterior. Interior doors now have an exterior side also. Just uncheck it on the first page and they will both be the same

Is that layer turned on in that view

Jared Yes, that is incorrect, to figure 1/2 walls on porches and garages, but its close enough for me, until fixed, whenever they get around to it. (a few s.f.) . I just use the room finish schedule to figure square footage w/ totals included. You can also include or not any room.

Jim, I have also seen some problems lately with Auto-foundations where they slow down the program a lot, especially slabs. I have a ticket in now. I usually start off using auto-foundation, then turn it off but it is causing some problems lately. I will let everyone know what Chief says.

I don't see any framing in either of those pdf's. Chief is all about layers, you can show anything in any view you want just by turning them on and off. Check your layers for those things and you have to frame it to show it. Turn on auto framing floors-ceilings / walls / roofs.

It's all done with ceiling heights, that's where your roof will be placed. It should be automatic for you, if set up correctly, You shouldn't have to manually move tops of walls.

Scott, are you back from fantasy land now ?

If I understand you correctly, you can set up multiple page sizes using the layout anno-sets. put your different borders on separate layersets

You have to setup each schedule to only show doors on that floor only. It's there, just check it.

Go to Chief and buy one

Do you have monolithic slab checked? I get that all the time until it's a room. Do your footings have the same main layer checked. Just guessing. I would remove that footing and attach to a good one and bring it around to connect.