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it's just CA's standard and i'm sure it's meant to be a "recommendation" to the users. it dosent have to be your standard or my "standard". it's not set in stone that it has to be that way. the beauty of CA is that...it do allow very flexible option for the users to customize to their standard practice.

hi, i remembered seeing or stumbling across a thread that were discussing Ray Trace settings. there was a image that showed a house that was traced with many different settings and what those settings were. it demonstrated all the effect of the settings in Ray trace. anyone seen this?? i've been just trial n error to find a correct setting to get a good RT that i want. is there any presets setting to use for reference. thanks

10 or more. IMO. i say this because i started with 0 knowledge of CA. i tried other apps in the "Builder Plans" market. like Softplan and Revit. all them are still will have the level 10 Difficulty to it. i dont think theres a level 1 Easy to do what we do. if theres a Level 1 easy out there, i sure would like be interested. so it'll be well worth the time you invest in CA, once you've reach the skill level to "draft sets of "Builder Plans" " by far the best "Builder Plans" (floor plan, elevations, foundation plan, and a cross section) CAD software on the market. i am not sure it would be worth it for someone thats not in the profession who just want to draft 1 or 2 builder plans a year to invest the time to learn CA. if it's not your profession to produce "Builder Plans" as you core business, then it's not worth you time and effort. pay a professional to do your "Builder Plans", and spend you time operating your core business, whatever that might be. Chief Architect is definitely not an amateur CAD software.

hi, it there a way i can Snap a dimension lines to a roof overhand lines? i am able to to snap the the Roof Plane. but not the Roof Overhang (dash line) i remmbered at some point in my other drawing i was able to do that. but lately on this new template plan i recently made. im not able to. is there a Snap setting?? Layering ?? Dims?? i forgot and missing??

hi, just a quick survey/question... what do you use in your practice, of Text vs. Rich Text for?? thanks,

ah ok....i see you point. thanks

can you expand on this???

hi, is there a setting to change the distant of Hand Rail away from wall? thanks,

hi, when drawing the stairs, is there a way to start the "starting point" and draw downward? current when i drag and draw the stairs, it's alway stairs is going up. when i start at the Landing and drag to get the number of steps i need, it's drawn upward, then i have to manually rotate the stairs 180 deg. up until now, i just been drawing stairs using this method and then figuring out manually my Riser height to get it to match. there's gotta be another AND correct method at doing this? thanks

hi where can i change this text style? what layer is this in?? thanks,

thank you!

up til now i've using the keyboard Arrows for help move (push/pull) objects in 1" increments. and it's working fine up til 20mins ago, in middle of working, the increment changes from 1" and now it's 3" increment. have i changed the increment setting somewhere that i dont know. Grid Snap?? Increment Snap?? wheres this setting located? opened another plan, and it's fine at 1" still thanks

can you share the How-to? thanks

ok... can Chief draw this??

hi, is there a way to create the winder to be 90degree instead of with rounded fillet?? thanks

yes...this is what i would like to do. but nothing show for block 130 in search.

the problem is .... the user block in User Catalog is corrupt. it wont let me right click to bring up the "Reanme'\'Delete' menu.....just by clicking on it, it crashes... Yes, i alway rename the block to a specific name after it's been created. again, the block is corrupt....i cant right click to bring up the "Reanme'\'Delete' menu

hi, it seem that i have corrupt user block, (block 130) that i cant access. my application crashes when i click onto that block. i cant access it to delete it, cant Right click to "Delete". is there a method of deleting a User Catalog>block outside the application? does the user blocks sit in some Folder, somewhere??

delivering a digital format instead of paper to the end user (framer, plumbers, electricians) you're talking about changing an industry practicing standard. possible to do. but so is landing on Mars. that is possible too. just takes effort and ppel's willing.

another Unit question... i used the PolyLine Label to show the Hatched area. the unit is in 0.12345657 Decimal places. where is the Setting to change this to 0.12... thanks.

CA is definitely not for multi-storey, multi-unit projects. Chief should have a Multi-residential version. with blocking feature.

hi, is there a macro for the Header field of Door & Windows? like for %width% %height%......%header%??

i dont know if you use at the Fields in you Client Info.... but what i do is, i just substitute one of the Field to be my Project Title. and use that accordance Macro. since im the only one using my files and not sending any another consultant. i just know and keep track if the fields im using. serves the purpose for me...

hi all, what is unit Setting change the Fraction to Decimal in the drawing units. thanks,

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