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Sometimes I will turn on the casing so it looks like a frame by using maybe a 1" x 1/4" casing so that area will fill in.

You can use the wall hatch tool then select it and change it, but there are no defaults for it. If you want all your walls to default to a fill, change the fill in your wall defaults and every wall of that type will fill with a pattern.

I would use a ceiling plane for individual rooms, for framing to go different directions, but depending on the condition, I would use the ceiling structure/ finish DBX if you are dealing a room vs. the whole floor. sometimes I want the plate height to go through the dropped ceiling sometimes not. Exactly where you place the ceiling plane line makes a difference. Whole bunch of differences matter on this. for a quick non structural method , you could just adjust the thickness of the ceiling finish, good for prelims but working drawing will require framing, then you need to use actual framing. iguess what I'm saying" it depends".

tried it a while back and it's not accurate enough for me.

Larry, Funny thing , I noticed a big difference between my 780 and my newer 980 ti. D id you set it up in the NVidia control panel to work with chief? Maybe you need a new computer, to many bottlenecks. I know I'll buy new parts 1 time , then it's time to move on.

Thanks or all your time on this Graham, it all makes since to me. Moral of the story is get as much CPU and video card that you can afford, as it has always been.

Larry, Do you have a lot of cad blocks or cad details in your plan, that can slow things down? Just a thought.

Thanks Chop, being on the west coast I get here long after you guys have already been. And really don't want notices on my phone.

I run into this every so often and the floor joist just won't change direction. I then turn off auto floor and ceiling framing and delete those floor joists and add them manually. Don't forget to use the bearing line when needed or mark a wall as bearing. Sometimes its a mixture of several tools.

20 min. is too short for me, it will be tough to keep in any time limits. We have so much fun, we really don't notice where the time went. We also learn so much, you can't find anywhere else.

70 is ok, but not more, just a little slow, but I also turned on shadows, bloom, ambient, I also set up my video card using chief.

I find the opposite is true, I always keep that on the fastest

no , it's been around a few versions.

Larry, I hope it all works out for you, but you are thinking from behind by getting older Zeons. I think about the future and know I will need a new system every so many years to keep thinks running smoothly. There comes a time when just replacing things isn't working in your favor. Too many bottlenecks can only be solved by a new motherboard and a system that flows freely and fined tuned. Good luck buddy.

There are several laser measuring device's that work. Check with Chief on which one's work but I have been using Disto and never had any problems. Just be aware, there is nothing for measuring outside to property lines in Room Planner, you have to use paper for that. It takes me longer to measure a project using room planner, but when transferring to Chief, its already laid out, so a time saver there.

Can't you go to the window and under the label tab, just mark labels to show the individual labels, and not the mulled unit label, even if they are mulled.

go ahead and try to print it to "PDF" , a lot of times those lines go away in the final print.

YES, Just set it up that way in the framing DBX

Not sure what your answer is, but I know when I hardwired my computer to my modem , never had any problems again, and was much faster.

Any one try this cpu tool to limit what's going on in the background. Looks like it could help some. https://bitsum.com/portfolio/cpubalance/?fb=1

I remember Chief telling me it was ok to just bring your templates forward a few years back, but now they say always start a new template with the new profile plan.

Mark, I wonder if Larry was using an old profile plan, I create new template plans with every new version from the new profile plan.

very nice analysis Graham, interesting for sure. Funny thing, I am not seeing the lag but I always have my very nice analysis Graham, funny thing is I always have my Active layer display options on all the time and don't notice any lag as bad as you guys are.

Wouldn't the "Edit wall intersections" tool fix that siding coming through to the interior wall, I use that tool to fix a lot of those lines.

Chief has some of those in the lib.