LeeDrafter

thank you! that was easy! I am actually having this problem with a lot of my plans now in X9 even with more normal attic walls than in the plan above. I attached an example here where the attic walls don't quite meet the belly bands where they did before in previous chief versions. I don't know why the side gables look right but the back one doesn't.  Making the pony wall (split behind the belly band) would solve the problem, but it seems like the height of the bottom of the attic wall should be something I can control by changing some sort of default setting.

LOTS T1&T2 GREAT NORTHERN HEIGHTS.zip

Hi All,

I am having trouble adjusting the height of attic walls. It seems to be a new problem in version X9. In previous versions, I was able to edit the walls in 3D using the handles and size and shape them manually. See the attached plan. I am working with the attic walls above the garage. I have drawn the belly bands, and I want the walls above the belly band to be board and batten. The ceiling height is set at the belly band height, so that doesn't seem to be what the 3D wall is based on. Thanks for your help!

LOT 7 PHEASANT HAVEN, BENNETT.zip

In the camera defaults, there is an option to check edge smoothing while idle, that will give you a final view look.

that fixed it!! Thank you so much! I don't know why I would have ever changed that setting. Thanks again

Thanks, I didn't realize my files didn't have any data. Hopefully these ones work

LOT 23 SPRING CREEK.plan

LOT 23 SPRING CREEK LETTER.layout

LOT 23 SPRING CREEK LETTER 5-31.pdf

thanks for the suggestion. Yes, it was already set to 100 in both files, so that's not the problem.

Thanks Shane, line weights are set to default 35, so that's not the issue. I have figured out that it is probably a problem with the layout file because I opened a new layout file, sent the plan to layout, and it printed fine. I can just make new layouts if I need to, but I would like to figure out the problem. I can't seem to find any differences between the good layout and the bad layout files in any of the settings, hmmm...

Has anybody had a chance to look at this one? I am going to need to print a lot of plans for construction soon and don't want the lines to be so dark and thick.Thanks for any help!

Hello,

Lines in my plan views are printing too dark/thick from layout view. Elevations and CAD details are printing fine, but there is something wrong with the line weight in plans views. Other files are printing fine, so I must have accidentally changed a setting in this one drawing/layout file at some point. I know it is probably something easy to fix, but I have been trying for a while now and need help! I am working in X9. Plan and layout files and printed pdf of the layout are attached below. Thanks for your help!

Lee

LOT 23 SPRING CREEK2.zip

LOT 23 SPRING CREEK LETTER.zip

LOT 23 SPRING CREEK LETTER 5-23.pdf

you are right, that worked! Thank you, I have never noticed that option before

Hi All,

I am trying to make a picture to show a customer a display shelf over a closet under a vaulted ceiling. The wall cut-outs appear in the ceiling plane above. How do I hide those wall markings so the ceiling appears as a solid plane without separate cut-outs above each room? I have attached a picture of what I'm talking about along with my plan file. I am working in X9.LOT 123 SPRING CREEK, SANFORD display shelf.planLOT 123 SPRING CREEK, SANFORD display shelf.plan

Thank you!!

LOT 123 SPRING CREEK, SANFORD display shelf.zip

Thanks Jon!! Sure enough, that was the problem. I can't believe I spent so much time trying to figure that out and it was that easy ;). thanks again

Hi All,

I'm having a weird problem. On the attached plan, the garage door and the garage man door are set to dimensions to the inch (no fraction) on the floor plan. On the foundation plan, the concrete cutouts are not centered on the door they are for. Check out the garage doors on the attached plan in the foundation plan. Why are they 1/8" off on the foundation plan from the doors in the floor plan? How do I fix this? I am in X9, but the same thing happened only with this particular file in X8. 

thanks!!

Lee

LOT 30 SPRING CREEK, CUTLER.plan

Thanks Dermot, appreciate it!

Hello,

I just upgraded to X9 and I can't find the "final view" button. Where is it now?

Thanks,

Lee

Hi all,

I am working on a room where I want the ceiling to show the open steel joist framing for the floor above. I have made the floor above and framed it. I have turned off the check box for ceiling on the room. When I take a camera view of the room, the ceiling just appears to be dark space instead of showing the joists. Any suggestions? I am working in X5.

Thanks,

Lee

Thanks for the replies. Still crossing my fingers that this is fixable so I don't have to remember to change the labels manually every time I make a change. I forsee myself missing a lot of corrections, but I suppose I would get used to it after a while. I have attached a better zip file. Thanks!

LOTS 112&113 BIGFORK LANDING.zip

Hi All,

I am working on townhomes that are exactly the same on both sides. I need the room dimension labels to be the same on my "advertising" plans or people will get confused and wonder why they are different. The actual dimensions are exactly the same, but I don't want to show people all the dimension lines for advertising. As you can see in the attached, both living rooms are actually 13' 10-1/2" X 16' 9-1/2". The room labels are rounding to 16'8" on one side and 16'-9" on the other side. I don't care if it rounds up or down, but I do need it to be the same on both sides. Does anybody know how to fix this? I am working in X5.

Thanks!

LOTS 112&113 BIGFORK LANDING.zip

I figured it out, it was easy. Next time I think a little more before posting silly questions . Thanks for your help anyway

Thanks for the quick reply! I actually already knew how to change the angle style, but I never noticed that you can change the angle of the north arrow right there in the dbx, thank you! Seems so obvious now . So now I need to figure out what I need the north arrow angle to be using the bearing info I have for my property lines. That is more of a general question than a Chief Architect question, but if anybody feels like sharing, that would be helpful. Thanks again.

Hello,

Is it possible to adjust a north arrow angle in order to make the bearing angles correct in a CAD site plan? I usually draw my north arrow first before I draw the rest of my site plan. That way the bearing angles I type in use that north arrow as a reference. Then I highlight everything including the North arrow and rotate it all together until the street is at the bottom or so the plan fits on paper and is easy to read. But, this time I must have accidentally not grabbed the north arrow along with everything else because the bearing labels are wrong. I have tried manually adjusting the north arrow, but my precision is pretty much only to the degree, not minutes or seconds. Does anybody know of a way I can input a bearing angle and the north arrow will adjust to that? I would rather not redraw the plan. I am working in X5. Thanks!

Thanks guys,

I don't have a bid enough monitor to use print screen. I printed to pdf and then used an online converter to get jpg. It didn't let me specify pixels, but it worked well and gave a high quality jpg. Thanks again!

How do I export my floor plan as a high quality picture to put onto Facebook? I want to export this screen... Chief 1.JPG When I click "Export" and then select "Export Picture" This dialogue box pops up...Chief 2.JPG and it doesn't give me the option to make the photo a higher quality... What the heck am I doing wrong?

Hi All,

I don't have answers, just more questions . I am working in Chief X5 and when I export to picture, there is no dialogue box that asks me what size (px) I want the picture to be. Was that feature added after X5?

I would like to export the plan view to a jpg that is high quality and 1600x1200 px. Does anybody have a good way to do this in X5? I am trying what Yusuf said, below, but I am new to picture terminology. I don't know what width, height (inches) and DPI to input for what I need.

Try to export it to metafile then open it in Microsoft office picture viewer and export it there to jpeg. It works I hope, though not sure.

Thanks to anybody who can help!

Thanks Brad! that worked really well! I just adjusted my screen to a similar aspect ratio, don't know why I didn't think of that before!

You're welcome to a couple of my favorites. 

 

grasses.calibz

I am working in X5 and it won't let me use these grass files because they are in a newer version. Does anybody know if I can convert these to something I can use in X5? Or does anybody have any X5 grass textures they like and would like to share? Thanks