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16 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

Still a bit surprised I have never noticed this "quirk" before....

I thought for quite a while that I had screwed up some setting and couldn't find a way to fix it.  

Engineer?

17 hours ago, Tom-Richard said:

Thank you but same results.

What you might try, to see if it works for you, is to delete the finish floor material in the Floor 1 defaults. Then re-build (and set to auto-rebuild) the foundation, and the finish should disappear. But then you will have to manually add the finish to Floor 1 and any other additional floors. The finish floor of "Floor 0" (which can be set to "auto re-build") actually follows the directive of the Floor 1(which does not "auto-rebuild") floor finish.

On 1/2/2020 at 6:37 PM, Ridge_Runner said:

you had better apologize to that wall or it may sue...

Are we sure the wall didn't create the doors while no one was looking?  

A lot of work that needs to be done, but the existing barn is in the way. Mick's suggestion is best. 

1 hour ago, JECORMIER said:

still crashes when I move a wall in the master bathroom area that I'm working on.

It's probably just a fluke, but every time I tried to do anything to the wall between the Master Bedroom and the chimney > crash and burn. I deleted that wall and rebuilt and all seemed right again. Worth looking at all the interior walls in that location, or maybe even deleting them all and re-doing.

I would try to get the survey PDF out of the picture, maybe. I gave up on including PDFs in plan files because of slow down issues. Also, the SUV parked at the door. 

A lot of builders think from the foundation up because that's what gets done first, but the building drives what happens with the foundation so it's probably better to just go with Chief's flow. 

How about a small "transition" room (similar to a breezeway), and then a separate roof altogether. 

The elephant in the living room may be "insurance". I can't imagine operating at any level in the construction industry without liability and/or error and omissions insurance, and it's my understanding that if you don't have a "stamp" (registered, licensed architect), then the insurance companies will not cover you for any aspect of construction design, even if the plans are stamped by an engineer. That may vary from state to state, but I would check with your insurance agent before doing anything. 

Obviously, if you're "drafting" for a licensed architect and it's under HIS/HER roof, then it's a different matter. 

On 11/20/2019 at 6:25 PM, Renerabbitt said:

How do you convey a sense of space to a client, what method do you use to say give a client the feeling of "flow" in their home, the traffic areas, the pinch points etc.?

I do love that method for cabinet layout as shown, very clear and to the point...I have clients that simply cannot connect elevation and plan views to a sense of overall movement within the design...they need perspective imagery and to see the way the light interacts with a room.

I did a rendered cabinet elevation once..kinda fun/funny:

I love it. How do you do that?

Thanks for the heads-up, Steve. 

1 hour ago, Michael_Gia said:

I’ll say it. Chief Architect is no longer compatible with the MacOs. 

I'm afraid that seems to be true. Very discouraging, since all has been pretty good for quite some time. 

Corner boards?

The apparent absence of wall bracing in the original construction. Other than that, pretty standard stuff. 

18 hours ago, GCCISarah said:

Hi everyone-

 

In the last several plans I have created in chief X11, using a Camera View with a Reference Display of the As-Built, I have the As-Built Reference Display file set to render as a Glass House view. The Glass House referenced model displays, but without any of the dark outlines to show the features of the model. I have included an image of a remodel I am working on currently, where the referenced As-Built shows as a faint blue shape. Nothing like the examples Chief gives of a reference display, below.

Any thoughts on what setting I might be able to change to get the 'outlines' back. I have also included an example image from Chief I found online, which has the desired 'outlines' in black.

This does ONLY happen when I'm using Glass House View as a *Reference Display* in the plan I'm working on. If I were working on a plan and change the rendering technique to Glass House, the outlines are visible. This only happens in Reference Display.

    

 

This really is an exciting new capability, so we hope they'll iron it out. What I've done is switch the roles. Do the main plan in glass and reference the other plan in "Standard". That way the glass house part looks better. (What they did in your third image.)  Not optimal, but........

Hi Diane,  Have you tried, in Layout, Tools>Layout>Referenced File Plans?

Excellent video. Thank you!

Thanks for letting us know!

20 hours ago, WAShideler said:

Wall Layer 4 Viewed from outside

The default label "Wall Layer 4 - Viewed From Outside" will return the next time you "re-frame", no matter what you do. Another "unsolvable". 

Can you create a brick foundation wall on level 0, and then cut and paste onto level 1?  You would have to turn off automatic rebuild foundation, but it should work. 

With the Layout sheet open, in the main menu. go to View>Color. Make sure it's checked. Also "F8" keystroke should work. 

20 hours ago, SocialAnt said:

Is there a certain circumstance where an auto dormer is preferred over an auto floating dormer and/or visa versa?

 Maybe an over-simplification, but in general, use a floating dormer when it will "sit" on the roof instead of on walls underneath the roofline. 

You could add a relevant "comment" (such as OX or XO) in the Window "Object Information" dbx, and make sure "Comments" are included in the schedule That should separate the ones in question. 

In Active Layer Display, unlock Roofs, Ridge Caps, and then delete.