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There is, just change the material to default and create a new wall with the correct material, I never paint walls.

I do a lot of remodeling and have created about 30 different walls for all the different conditions you could run into. These walls are in my template plan so I don't have to create new walls for every job. Sometimes I also have to create more, it depends on the project. Create a new and existing wall for every type of wall you might use. One trick is to use the same exterior surface for the new and existing walls so you won't create a line in vector views, where the two different walls meet. I know that will not be good for the material list but looks better on the plan. New stucco and existing stucco just didn't work for me. I just don't want that pesky line.

I also only keep a couple of the latest versions on the C-drive, but I keep all the old data folders , and job folders ,on my 4tb backup drive. You never know when an old client might call for more work,. and it has happened a lot ,or you might work on a neighbor's house with the same floor plan. I find that older plans are easily brought forward to a new version with minor mods. I never go back and actually use the older versions. Oh, also backup everything to Carbonite for extra protection even though I have never had to use it.

Actually it is Joe who is the master macro man, I'm just learning.

Dermot, I'm going to give that one a shot. What I do now is have custom macro room labels and in this case just add the correct ceiling height to it for that room.

I've seen too many people here have slowness problems with the Zeon's

You need to learn about reference sets.

JOE IS ABSOLUTLY CORRECT, I WAS JUST TESTING HIS KNOWLEDGE

Vaulted ceilings have been a problem for me as we have to vent each bay using eave vents and in some cities ,ridge vents to the high vents.

I use the O'Hagan's low profile type, I wonder if you need auto dampers with those, haven't had to yet, but I usually don't do much in heavy fire areas

Johnny, beware, Laguna beach has some specific height studies if you are hillside or blocking any views of neighbors.

The slab will keep the post and pads from moving around so we don't need the grade beams.in most cities, I work in 50 cities down here and they are all different with what they want..

Around here even a patio cover must have a continuous grade beam if no slab is present, to connect the posts.

50% high and 50% low vents and it should say what vents you are using and what size in sq. inches each one is.

use a floor material region for that

every program on Earth has bugs, I haven't seen any bugs I can't get around since 2005.

Don't get me wrong, you can do just about anything with Chief, it's about weather there is a program out there that's built for that kind of project.

Chief is mainly a residential program, some people here can do light commercial plans but your post might be a little much as everything would be custom made and not the standard for Chief.

Lew, Steven K is a Chief guy. Can't you tell by the Gonzaga bulldog

I don't think so, as long as you got it from Chief, Post the plan and someone could try it

I always manually draw any foundations for porches and turn off the foundation in the room DBX for several reasons

Maybe one of your symbols has too many faces, did you get some of your symbols from another source ,other than from Chief. Sometimes that happens.

What version are you and your client using?

yep, have a terrain in my template plans also. I can always adjust it later. its just flat no adjustments yet.

For the attic walls I just remove the "Attic wall" check in the box for that wall, then it will delete easily.