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3 hours ago, rgardner said:

Had a minute and thought might as well

Thank you for sharing this. Excellent!

Looks Good!

Build>Roof>Edit all Roof planes>Structure>Roof Layers>Structure>Select your rafter material (Color-Brite) and tick ON "Framing" option. Then click OK. Then tick on "Build Roof Framing".  Then OK. 

2 minutes ago, buzzsaw204 said:

way better

Very impressive!  Thanks. 

15 hours ago, buzzsaw204 said:

it's like you're drafting 36"x24' sheet of paper on a Drafting table.

Wow. How does it stack up to 27" iMac, resolution wise?

On 4/18/2022 at 9:55 AM, sdsinc said:

Am I missing something here?

You could try ticking the box at the top that says "surfaces" (instead of "main layer"). Worth a try. 

3 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:

So "real time" is a little of a misnomer...

 

 

I heard a hint it may come with X14 but don't quote me on that.

 

Chief and Apple just happened to completely overhaul their rendering processes at the same time. Chief hasn't implemented RTRT on the Mac yet, but they will and then the PC will once again be the bandaged and hobbling frankenstein staggering behind the sleek and sinister MacOS killing machine. 

 Here's hoping!

On 3/3/2022 at 6:02 PM, Electromen said:

What do you think?

Great job!  Jealous and hoping Mac figures this out. 

Preferences>Appearance>Toolbars

Hi Tammy, Click on a room and look for it on the bottom of your screen. It has been removed from the auto dimensions drop down and is now done on a room to room basis, instead of all the rooms at once. 

Main Menu:  View>Library Browser

Restart if that doesn't work. 

For me, the black flash arrived with the most recent update. Wasn't experiencing it when this thread first started (before I updated). 

On 9/21/2021 at 1:38 AM, stager386 said:

The as-built has no options for plan view.  The remodeled plan does.  And I don’t understand why they’d be different from each other.

Hi Kate,

If you open "as-built" plan and File>Import>Import Saved Plan Views, and import the views that are in "remodeled" plan, you should at least wind up with matching views in both files.  

19 hours ago, kylejmarsh said:

Is anybody still having this issue with X13?

Back again, Kyle. 

Had a chance to test my Mac system this morning. Someone else suggested creating a PDF through the System Print dialog, so I tried it, and when you create it there (using Preview as the "Printer"), the resultant PDF prints as it's supposed to. 

So now, it seems to me that the problem resides in the "Chief Architect Save As PDF" function. For whatever reason, Acrobat is just "immune" to the problem, but Preview is not. 

17 hours ago, kylejmarsh said:

Is anybody still having this issue with X13?

For me, it started with X13. But macOS has also updated (before I noticed the problem.)

I get a black page when I print the OP's PDF out of Preview, but it prints fine with Adobe Acrobat. I've never encountered this until X13. This makes me think the issue is with Preview AND X13, but it certainly can't be X13 by itself, or else Acrobat wouldn't work either. 

Oops. Sorry Steve, I use point to point, not "manual" as I stated, and yes, I have exactly the same experience that you show in the video. 

9 hours ago, SNestor said:

I'm on a MAC...maybe there's a difference? Not sure...

I'm on Mac too and I find that if the layer "Walls, Foundation" is on, you can snap manual dimensions to the footings. When I'm done, I just turn off "Walls, Foundation", and have the result I want. 

Possibly search for "Using Style Palettes".  Maybe a good place to start. 

Would it be possible using System Restore?

7 hours ago, glennw said:

Try this - although I am not sure if it is the problem or not.
Open the dbx for one of those dimensions.

Dimensions panel>Options>is Suppress Wall Widths checked?

Can you post the plan the picture came from?

 

Yes, "Suppress Wall Widths" IS checked. That was the problem all along. I don't remember ticking that box and I don't know how to change it for that particular Dimension Set, but at least I can fix it now by creating a new Set. Thank you Glen!!!  I hope the OP sees this too. 

Well, thank you, Dermot and Alan. It must be something I wired incorrectly. I think I have the same Pref settings, and the string is finding the framing lines, but it won't display the wall width dimensions. It must be some tweak that I gave it that has come back to haunt me. I'll keep looking.  TY!!! 

On 9/7/2020 at 7:51 AM, mikes616 said:

For some reason, manual or end to end dimensions are not displaying wall widths.  I've checked everything and can't fond the reason.  Any suggestions?  Chief 11 user.  Thanks.

Mark

 

This question has been asked before, and I believe the answer is that you can't do it with the end-to-end or any auto dimensions. You can do it with a manual dimension, but only by manually dragging the little diamond modifier to the desired target. Having the little 3-1/2" (5-1/2") framing notations are very much appreciated by the framers actually building the building, but alas, no joy.  X12 is painless and well worth it when you get a breather.

I don't think so. The "Master List" feature is pretty good, though  Punch in a cost for a sheet of plywood for instance, and then add it to your Master List  Then you can add it back in to any new list you create.   

Sometimes, if you drop the symbol into the plan (not in a cabinet, yet) you can access the Object Information field. Then place it in the cabinet. Worth a try. 

On Page 0, select all the boxes, text, etc., and then select Transform/Replicate and Resize by a factor of .472. Should be very close to fitting on the new 11x17 sheet.  Then just save as a new template.