DRAWZILLA

If I understand you correctly, you are trying to filter layers to what you want. Easy, just select the items you want to show the layer it in and clock on the "0" at the bottom of the screen to bring up all layers associated with those items.

Yes, Gerry

I use the room finish schedule for square footage analysis. When doing additions you just turn off "'include in schedule" and just the added area will be included.  Although, the final number is off by just a couple of s.f. b/c Chief figures the square footage to the center of the existing wall. I will never know why they did that. It's just wrong, but close enough to use.

Looks like an easy fix but you must do it manually, just break the roof plane and adjust the overhang.

You need 2 different roof planes to do that. Each roof plane can frame differently, but you have to do it manually--no auto

I know I can have them already there, just too much clutter for me to have them already on the plan and sometimes I use 1, and sometimes 15. Just a little cleaner for me. I do have them ready to go when needed off to the side.

I hope that Intel graphics card works for you, I've heard of many that don't

good luck

Very funny, I now have a new name for Scott (sweet cheeks)

I use a template to start every new job using a basic setup and modify from that. My template plans (plan and layout) have a basic box house with a roof. My views are already sent to the layout so It ready to go.

When I start a new plan ,I bring up a copy of that plan and layout and link them up. I then go to the plan start setting defaults for the new job i.e.. roof, stucco color, foundation etc.  I then layout the new plan shell and then adjust the views in the layout.  Because everything is already on the layout , you can forget about until your finished with the plan.  I do have to send the sections even though I already have section callouts in the plan, Chief needs to let us copy them so until they do I have several already waiting to be moved into place. You can always delete the ones you don't use, that's faster then trying to create more.

I used to have several template plans but I have found that 1 basic template plan is just easier. I'm always updating it as I go along..

I use IE and yes I did change that setting a while back.

I also can play them from the cheiftalk screen

Block it first. hold down control and select to block it

Another way is to save it as a macro, then you can change it and it will automatically change everywhere in the plan.

I noticed that your video card is old and weak, that could be some of your problems. Just guessing

Thanks to all for your input.  But inserting multiple cabinets to represent a single custom cabinet is not a viable solution and severe limitation of the application .  I design and build custom cabinets for custom homes.   Just looking for an easy solution to show clients a real situation and not having to use another CAD application.   .   Thanks again for every ones input

I think your wrong on this, its very easy to do ,and what is the severe limitation. User error if you ask me

use a slab door

Sometimes the label hides the handle and you can't see it. until you zoom very close to it, no matter what size it is.

Thx Perry would never have occurred to me to turn of the software rendering option in the  renderer dbx since Hardware texturing is enabled, I assumed that Software setting was referring to anitaliasing or something else so had turned them both up somewhat   unsurprisingly my 3D views seem to load faster now   .Was wondering why my 470 GTX was slow in CA but just fine in games etc, which is why i asked in the 1st place....Shadows are a killer though so maybe I'll need SLI after all for Final views.

I don't think that Chief uses SLI ,so make sure before you buy. Also remember that renders use the video card and ray traces use the CPU.

just take whatever door you need and change the material to glass, if I understand you correctly.

Scott,

What do you know about toilet safety. Also the porcelain throne must be able to withstand the massive forces that some people throw down upon it, not even saying about what's required in  the floor structure. The hole size also needs to be a large one, for those embarrassing moments when a regular hole just won't do.

Set your snap grids to something like 1/4" or turn them off.

I agree with making 3 cabinets, a lot simpler.

Swing it out just incase you have a medical problem while sitting on the pot. If the door swings in, they wouldn't be able to open it and would have to cut it out. Yes, I really think of these things. I started doing all those that way a long time ago.

Bryce,

 

I'm at a loss why chief would R&L a garage door in the first place. This is another example of the short comings of the the way Chief handles door schedules. Dan or someone should hop on this and make door schedules much more user friendly. I'm not sure if it is a code problem which would take a major rewrite or what, but I for one would like to see changes.

 

Ron

Yes, I have been adding "overhead or roll up in the comment section.

The drag handle for the label is pretty small in my opinion.  I would like to see it bigger so you can easily grab it without having to zoom in to find it.

Yes ,you have to zoom in to see it sometimes, to me it just another click that is not needed.

I just draw a line and center on that when It won't center in an area.

With your computer spec's, I don't see it as a computer problem, something else is giving you problems, maybe an old program or windows update, who

knows. Network problem? Video card driver update?