JJohnson

I had to include a second drain in a curbless shower.  A linear style at the entrance, to handle overflow if the main drain stopped up.

Select Print, select Chief Architect Save as PDF, select paper size and letter 8.5 x 14 is four up from the bottom of the list.

2 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

 

You would need to use 3D trees or some of the CAD trees that can be placed separately in plan and elevation with plot lines in layout.  Or you could switch your camera to Technical Illustration and switch your layout view to live if you want to leave the trees as they are.

Thanks will give that a try

1 hour ago, Chopsaw said:

 Looks like maybe you are using plot lines with shadows and tree images ?

They are PNG images

Some nice trees you see in an elevation view, 

Do not make it to Layout,

Is there a trick to this I am missing ?  (they are almost out of the layout box, but not completely

and should partially show)

Thanks in Advance

Layout for Site Evaluation 18x24.pdf

Just what I needed thanks 2 all

Is there a way to increase the size of the labels in elevation views ?

At 1/4" = 1' , they are hard to read.

Thanks in advance

Possibly a "chase", a vertical space in a wall that provides an area for pipes or wires to run through. It may run up a wall from the basement to the upper level of your home or the attic for an air conditioning system return air duct (the larger one), or plumbing vent pipe.  If that is the case you could draw a cad circle

inside and label it.

1 hour ago, solver said:

View menu.

Yep.  They are called scrollbars and are turned off and on in the View menu.

It is built automatically which depends on lots of variables, but

you can then change it in the Roof Plane Specification dialogue box.

Simply draw the horizontal segment, release the mouse button, hover over the arrow, click again and

draw angled line, arrow will appear at end, just like your picture.

5 hours ago, Cailin said:

I deleted the "Living Area Calculation" from my floor plan. Where do I make that live again? Thank you!

Tools > Check > Plan Check makes it reappear for some reason

What are Braced Wall Markers ?  I see it in Active Layer Display Options for layout view, but can find nothing in help files ?

3 minutes ago, solver said:

Oh dear that's obvious.  I'm getting to be too much like W.C. Fields who would ask what time it was even if He was wearing a watch so He would not have to lift his arm.  Thanks.

3 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

 

If you don't see what you need there you can always build your own.

Thanks, We'll see

52 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3d-library/index.php?r=site/detail/895

Got em.  Thanks !

1 hour ago, solver said:

Do you need something different than the built in one?

Haven't spotted that one Eric.  Where is it camped ?

thanks

Could someone direct me to a barn door symbol, basically a door on a track, for interior door ?

I have access to Bonus Catalogs, just don't know where to start.

Thanks in Advance,

J Johnson

On 7/29/2020 at 8:59 AM, basketballman said:

Camera settings/field of view

Thank you !

3 hours ago, mborean said:

Hello fellow chief'ers.  Was wondering if anyone as found a command to draw a line with an arrow on both ends.  I use double arrow lines frequently and right now I have to draw a line with an arrow, then open it and select the option for arrow on both ends.  Not a major pain in the backside, but I get irritated easily.

Thanks and have a good day.

+1 by me,  Wanted this for a long time too.  Maybe a hot key to hold while drawing line, that would add arrows ?

12 minutes ago, Francois said:

Page 0 is where you create and edit  anything that will be permanent on all pages. It works for any page size you choose.

Yes,  Open a new layout.  Then; File > Print > Drawing Sheet Setup,  to get the size you want.

39 minutes ago, JoeinNorCal said:

Thanks all. Chopsaw's summary of my original question is correct.  Also, I'm on a Mac, so I can't use his trick to buzz through my currently too-many layer sets.

 

I have a layer called "Layer 3," from when I was just beginning.  I have no idea what's on it.  But there is a + sign in the layer description, showing that it IS being used, SOMEWHERE.  I went to "all off" layer set and set "Layer 3" to display.  I can't find anything, on any floor.  I've used select all, made sure that I'm looking at my whole workspace, etc.  It SEEMS like it's a layer that I should delete in my cleanup.  But given the disorganized way that I created this file, it could contain work that I don't want to delete, and which I should simply put on a layer that makes sense (now that I understand layers and layer sets).

 

Any suggestions?

Post the plan so it can be checked out.

On 5/16/2020 at 11:07 AM, JoeinNorCal said:

Cleaning up layer sets, old layers, and trying to be efficient with my various views.  In a layer set, I can see used layers.  Is there a way to see the reverse:  "Go to" a layer and see which layer sets it's in.?

Hi Joe,

If by cleaning up layer sets, you mean deleting unused layers, you may be able to, but there is no way to have a layer report the on the sets it is used in that I have seen.

There is a delete button in the layer properties, but I do not know how to activate it.  In my snip, it is greyed out even though the layer selected is one I made. 

Searching for 'single line drawing', the first hit was for "smartdraw" Electrical Design Software.

Electrical Design Software

We have all seen these diagrams before; automobile wiring diagrams etc.

Lines showing wire paths, and standard symbols for components.  Must be symbols for outlets and
lighting as well as other architectural features.

Possibly to make sure you do not overload circuits. 

Never have had to do this, hope not to have to either.

9 minutes ago, robdyck said:

I just checked with Help. Here's the quote:

When the Vector View rendering technique is used, you can select CAD> CAD Detail From View to create a 2D line drawing of the active cross section/elevation view in a CAD Detail window. This drawing can then be edited as needed. See CAD Detail from View.

Good to know, thanks.