MarkSM

Technically, yes. You are correct. Is there an easy way to draw that?

Anyone know how to curve the top of a gabled exterior wall?  I could find the right keywords to search it.  thanks in advance!

2 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

 

Square to the house or square to itself ?  Regardless the north arrow needs to be parallel to one of the sides to get 0 and 90.

 

 

So then you need to rotate it with the north arrow maybe.

ok, maybe  I am doing a bad job of asking the question.  Let's say, for example, ! have drawn the lot below.  And I want the left side of the lot to be 90 degrees or perfectly straight up and down on my page.

1 minute ago, solver said:

 

How did you not do that?

 

How did you draw a square with sides not at 0 and 90?

I drew it based off its bearings.

If I understand your question correctly, I am trying to get square on the screen page.  ive attached a pic below.  the shaded area is the lot.  I am trying to get it "square".

How do I get one side of my property to be exactly 90 degrees?  The current lot I am working on is a prefect square.  Now that I've drawn it, I want all the property lines to be 90 and 0 degrees.  how do I do that?  TIA!

What is the easiest way to get a take off on an exterior wrap, like OSB?

2 minutes ago, solver said:

 

The framers are not framing them?

 

How would they know the shape if they were shown on a plan?

sorry, yes.  the framers are NOT framing them, based on the plan.  The builder is having the masons build the angled walls, which is costing a fortune.  Also, the engineer isn't seeing a wall there either, so its not getting on the foundation plan.  

Thanks, Mark.  I'll try that and try to do some more searching.  I must not be using the correct key words.

I am drawing a lot of these elevations with angled or "sloped" walls, like in the pic below.  Im drawing them with a polyline solid.  The problem is that the framers are framing them out because they aren't showing up as actual walls on the plans. Do anyone know of a way to draw an angled wall that looks like this?  Thanks in advance for the help!

Got it.   Thanks guys!

where did my Build--->fireplace tool go?

I’m looking for a new plotter/printer and the three that seem to be the “go to” are the

-HP T130 and T530

-Canon iPF670

-Epson T3170

I do about half color and half black and white 24x36. I’ll need wireless connection, which I don’t think the Canon has. Wondering if any of you use my of these and what your experience is. Or any other one I’m missing under $2000. Thanks!

Sometimes, my square footage display disappears.  Either something that I turn off or maybe I accidentally delete it. Im not sure.  The question is, how do I get it back?  I've tried turning in all layers, but it's not there. This is the one I'm referring to....

4 minutes ago, tommy1 said:

Try as I mentioned.

I went to the attic floor and even tried adding a second floor.  No luck.  Its the two walls underrate my dormer that it doesn't like.  I just can't figure out why it won't let me delete those walls.

8 minutes ago, tommy1 said:

Auto dormers (not floating)) will require walls at the back of the dormer. Don't know what you're trying to do. If all else fails, try placing a blank floor above (don't move roof) and then place a floating dormer on new floor. (display roof on floor above) Didn't look at your plan.

Sorry Tommy.  I should have been more c lear.  I just want a floating dormer.

5 minutes ago, solver said:

Picture and plan don't match.

It should be the same scenario either way.  Just a different size dormer.  Thanks Eric

I'm trying to place an auto dormer. I'm getting the whole "walls are in the way" message. The problem is that it won't let me delete the walls that are in the way. Why? any help would be greatly appreciated. 

connally.plan

15 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

So what you're saying as that you would like Chief to automatically label every ceiling height in the plan when running an Auto Story Pole dimension?

 

If so, I'm kinda curious...how are you going to clarify the potential confusion on your own plans?  Would it not be just as efficient and probably eliminate errors if you were to just continue manually pulling off the additional markers?  I don't know, just throwing a thought out there.  I imagined having Auto Story Pole do what you're describing on a plan with a lot of ceiling heights and I'm not thinking I would personally like a bunch of "Rough Ceiling  - 1st Floor" dimensions to sort through.

youre probably right. there may have to be some level of magic involved in what im asking. is there anything wrong with suspending reality and just getting what I want?

4 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

is there a ceiling in that entry? I see a Window right at ceiling height....

 

post plan perhaps.....

I thought that too, but it happens on the other side too, which has a ceiling as well

32 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

did you try adding Ceiling finish and Highest Ceiling  to the Marks to include ?

 

it maybe a reach issue too , ie it doesn't see that ceiling if say reach is only 25% , try 100% as a test perhaps then dail it down as needed.

 

M.

I tried 100% and still get the same result.

14 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Not sure if you realize this or not, but you can manually drag out a new marker on that same dimension string. 

  yeah, thats what ive been doing.  just thinking there's an easier way to do it.

My auto story pole only finds the outer ceiling heights.  is there a setting that will pick them all up? For example, in the pic below, I have to manually call out the entry ceiling.

34 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

did you only import the Plat Layer from the DWG or EVERYTHING?  

 

Yes. I’m sure I accidentally imported everything. And I don’t have a backup of the house before the import. This my original question, is there a way to delete/purge the plat info?  Or am I just screwed?

sorry. replaced the the .dwg with a .plan