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**Tutorial 10** - Block Editor (19:42 min.)

I've added about 50 stock blocks into the built-in Block Library, but I certainly could use more. Here is an example of a very low detail car block in the House Builder.

First look at the Block Editor and Block Library Manager.

I would be very curious to see how these actually look in Chief.

I got the block editor and the DXF import utility mostly put together today and then proceeded to import some of my old AutoCad architectural blocks into the House Builder. I quickly realized that many of my bathroom blocks involved actual ellipses (for sinks) and spline curves (for toilets) so now I am adding in ellipses, elliptical arcs and splines.

I've separated the timber trusses into separate .skp files. Please let me know if you are able to import these into Chief. MEDEEK_TIMBER_TRUSS.zip

Here is a quick demo of the electrical legend in action:

**Tutorial 9** - Electrical Plans (14.41 min.) Unfortunately I forgot to show the electrical legend in this tutorial.

The House Builder is now building all wall-hosted electrical fixtures:

I appreciate all the support and interest I have received these last few months on this thread as I continue to develop different aspects of my suite of extensions. The original intent of this thread was to provide some additional resources for Chief users so that they could augment their ability to bring in resources from SketchUp. I've only used Chief a few times and I am not well versed enough in it to understand all the steps involved in importing geometry from SketchUp files. However I do know that it is possible. As a small token of my appreciation I've attached a sample of some basic (King Post) timber trusses in a SketchUp file that can be freely used by anyone within their Chief models. I don't know how much utility this will have so I've only created a line of 12' and 16' trusses that range in pitch from 4:12 to 12:12. I've saved the file in SketchUp 2017 format so that it can still be opened by SketchUp Make 2017 (which is the last free version of desktop SketchUp). If there is significant interest for more truss types and spans, please let me know. With my Truss plugin it is very easy for me to create as many permutations as needed. MDK_TIMBER_TRUSS_LIBRARY.skp

Tutorial 8 - House Builder (19.42 min.)

Version 1.3.0 - 10.19.2026 Wired up the Medeek API with the House Builder so that assemblies can be created with the following extensions: Wall, Truss, Foundation and Floor. Note that in order for the House Builder to work correctly you will need to upgrade your Wall, Truss, Foundation and Floor extensions to the latest versions (also released on 10.19.2026).

First look at some walls be generated by the House Builder. This is the easy part, next we need to add all the openings, and somehow make it very efficient.

I forgot to add in the temporary or construction dimensions. Working on that now.

I don't understand. Is there now way to set the size of your various framing members?