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Does anyone know why a patio cover that’s created with the rail tool has different dimensions and snap points? If I create one that’s 12’ wide and 10’ deep it says it’s 12’-1” wide and the snaps for dimensions will sometimes show some odd 1/16”. Is there a way to create one that has good dimensions or can I change the snap points/wall definition so this doesn’t happen? 

I am confused why it shows these odd dimensions/points. Same thing will happen with the room divider tool or ceiling beams. They snap to odd points when bumped against walls/corners and I don’t understand why. 
 

I am used to visual cadd and creating things in 2d and feel like these have odd points and I just need to understand what it’s snapping to and if if need to just accept it or if I can modify my settings at all. 
 

The edit area did the trick, thanks! Coming from 20+ years of visual/generic cadd, it’s different. 

For that microwave, I think the bottom of the cabinet has to be at the top of microwave. It should bump against it in elevation view from the snap handles. Or use the object info and set the bottom of cabinet height to match top of microwave. 

Another question,

I have a house plan I’ve already done and I need to add 6” in some areas to make it fit a clients needs. Is there a command that will keep all the walls connected so I don’t have to go back and clean every wall up? My other cad program has a stretch command that is easy to use. Can’t really find anything in the help files as I don’t know what chief calls it. 
 

also can I just draw/copy a wall a particular distance? I’m having a hard time adjusting to a new design program as I’ve been my other one for a long time. 
 

thanks again for any help/responses. 

46 minutes ago, SHCanada2 said:

I assume you want them all rotated the same amount

 

sometime i will click on the line that I want to be at some angle, and click on transform replicate, click on rotate->absolute angle, and then record the angle it is currently at, and the subtract that from whatever angle you want it to be, and then group select all the lines, go back into transform replicate, and then rotate that "relative" amount..

 

so if that 80.22 line is at 285 deg and you want it at 270(vertical), then the difference is 15. so group select all the lines and rotate them relative -15 deg (negative is clockwise). they will all move -15 deg, and your 80.22 line will be vertical

 

 

Yeah seems like this would be the only way to do what I want. Seems odd a simple rotate command can’t use make parallel/ perpendicular if I select more than 1 object. Unless I’m using the command wrong. 
 

thanks for all the help.

thanks for the replies, Here is what I am working with. I want to rotate all of this and make the line with the 80.22 a straight 90/180 in the program. Hope this makes sense

Hello new chief use here,

I am having trouble rotating a group of lines and keeping there angles in relation to another. I have a building envelope that has non perpendicular lines and I want to rotate them so one line is parallel to my house and I can know if it fits on the lot. It seems I can only do one line at a time and it loses the angles. my other program has an align command that I can easily use to accomplish this.

I get the subdivision cad files from the surveyor and I use them to fit the houses. Seems like a waste to have to use another program to do this then import them to Chief but if its the only way then so be it.

Thanks,

Rocky