Designers_Ink

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  1. I use a laser measuring device (fairly cheap, but accurate). I used to take a pad of graph paper and write all of my notes on a sketch, but now I use a Remarkable 2 electronic writing pad. It feels like paper when you write on it, it allows you to import .pdfs or .pngs if you have a sketch already laid out you want to just write the notes on as you, and it automatically syncs all of my notes back to my computer or cell phone. You can zoom in and out to get thing big enough to see when you import large drawings. The days of trying to figure out which pad of paper I took certain notes on are finally over. Another advantage, is that since the notes are synced to the client's file folder, my draftsman has access to them, so we don't have to keep track of who has what paper note at any given point. I also use it for client meetings and have custom forms on it that lets me go room by room with a checklist to make sure we don't figure to cover a topic. Very lightweight, and the battery lasts for weeks between recharges. I can also keep all my reference books on it, so I have them anywhere I go, with my highlights and notes on them. One of the better gadgets I've bought over the years.
  2. You might give Meridian Technology Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma a call. They have a two year Drafting program for high school and adult students. They incorporated Chief Architect into their curriculum as part of the program a couple of years ago. They also teach AutoCAD, Lumion and Revit to their students so they get a taste of several different programs. We have hired some of their students, and so far all have said they liked working with the Chief software the best. The instructor out there is Russell Frick. 405-377-3333
  3. Open up the column symbol (bottom tool bar chair with a pencil button). Make sure the Origin Offsets are set to 0" for X, Y and Z.
  4. Another freeze just as I opened an existing file before doing anything to it. This time I went to the Task Manager and hit End Task on the Antimalware Service Executable like last time, and again, my Chief immediately unfroze and allowed me to go back to work with no issues.
  5. The saga continues... This lock up was during a camera view. I tried closing Malwarebytes instead of ending the task in the Task Manager, and it did not work. Still frozen. I then went into the task manager and scrolled down to the "Antimalware Service Executable - Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service" which was running as a Background Process and ended it. Again, my Chief immediately unlocked and allowed me to continue. Maybe just another piece to the puzzle.
  6. I used the framing tools in Chief to create this one for a client a few months ago. It was actually fairly easy with a lot of copying elements multiple times once you get the first structure member in the model.
  7. Just had another freeze. The last time I was in plan view. This time I was on camera view. As soon as it locked up, I immediately shut down Malwarebytes, and it again immediately unfroze and let me continue working.
  8. I just had a freeze and noticed when I went to the Task Manager and closed out the Malwarebytes program which runs in the background, it instantly unfroze my Chief file and let me keep working. It is the first time I have tried this, so I will try it again to try to reproduce it when I get another freeze.
  9. I have had mine since it first came out, and I use it all the time. Worth every penny. Very easy to use, and great results, especially now that we can see through the screen in elevation views. Thanks!
  10. I started using this one that Rene Rabbitt suggested. Very clean, no business names cluttering it up like Google Maps, and really easy to just screenshot and drop into my layout. https://snazzymaps.com/style/130173/ccr-black-and-white. With it being black and white, it is also easy to add new streets for those projects in brand new subdivisions which are not on the map yet.
  11. Change the stem wall top to the same measurement as your floor level - 3 1/2".