Michael_Gia

What controls the "Use Default Formatting" in the Polyline DBX? When this is selected I get "sq ft" suffix that I would like to change to something else.

Great video, and just in time for what I'm working on. Chief sometimes just has too many tools with overlapping capabilities, so it's easy to get lost. This video shows how to stick with the most basic of tools and improvise.

from…. https://fineartprinting.la/pixels-per-inch-file-resolution-for-printing/ QUICK TIP: If you take the pixel dimensions of your file, and divide each number by 150, you’ll get the dimension ( in inches ) of the largest size we will recommend that you print your file. As an example, if you have a file that is 4500 x 6000, you can take each of those numbers – divide by 150 – and you’ll get 30 x 40 inches. You can use the table below as a general guide to the pixel dimensions needed for printing. The table will show you how many pixels are in a specific print size across various print resolutions, and will help you answer the question of, ‘How large can I print my file?’ NOTE: You may not find your exact pixel dimensions here. This table is intended to give you at least a rough idea. We’d like to receive print files that are a minimum of 180 pixels per inch. Scroll to the bottom of the page for information about iPhone camera resolutions. PRINT SIZE 125 PIXELS PER INCH 180 PIXELS PER INCH 300 PIXELS PER INCH 4 x 6 500 x 750 720 x 1080 1200 x 1800 4 x 8 500 x 1000 720 x 1440 1200 x 2400 5 x 5 625 x 625 900 x 900 1500 x 1500 5 x 7 625 x 875 900 x 1260 1500 x 2100 5 x 10 625 x 1250 900 x 1800 1500 x 3000 5 x 15 625 x 1875 900 x 2700 1500 x 4500 6 x 8 750 x 1000 1080 x 1440 1800 x 2400 6 x 9 750 x 1125 1080 x 1620 1800 x 2700 8 x 8 1000 x 1000 1440 x 1440 2400 x 2400 8 x 10 1000 x 1250 1440 x 1800 2400 x 3000 8 x 12 1000 x 1500 1440 x 2160 2400 x 3600 8 x 16 1000 x 2000 1440 x 2880 2400 x 4800 8 x 24 1000 x 3000 1440 x 4320 2400 x 7200 8.5 x 11 1063 x 1375 1530 x 1980 2550 x 3300 9 x 12 1125 x 1500 1620 x 2160 2700 x 3600 10 x 10 1250 x 1250 1800 x 1800 3000 x 3000 10 x 13 1250 x 1625 1800 x 2340 3000 x 3900 10 x 14 1250 x 1750 1800 x 2520 3000 x 4200 10 x 15 1250 x 1750 1800 x 2700 3000 x 4500 10 x 20 1250 x 2500 1800 x 3600 3000 x 6000 10 x 30 1250 x 3750 1800 x 5400 3000 x 9000 11 x 11 1375 x 1375 1980 x 1980 3300 x 3300 11 x 14 1375 x 1750 1980 x 2520 3300 x 4200 11 x 17 1375 x 2125 1980 x 3060 3300 x 5100 11 x 22 1375 x 2750 1980 x 3960 3300 x 6600 12 x 12 1500 x 1500 2160 x 2160 3600 x 3600 12 x 18 1500 x 2250 2160 x 3240 3600 x 5400 12 x 24 1500 x 3000 2160 x 4320 3600 x 7200 12 x 36 1500 x 4500 2160 x 6480 3600 x 10800 15 x 30 1875 x 3750 2700 x 5400 4500 x 9000 16 x 16 2000 x 2000 2880 x 2880 4800 x 4800 16 x 20 2000 x 2500 2880 x 3600 4800 x 6000 16 x 24 2000 x 3000 2880 x 4320 4800 x 7200 18 x 24 2250 x 3000 3240 x 4320 5400 x 7200 20 x 20 2500 x 2500 3600 x 3600 6000 x 6000 20 x 24 2500 x 3000 3600 x 4320 6000 x 7200 20 x 30 2500 x 3750 3600 x 5400 6000 x 9000 20 x 40 2500 x 5000 3600 x 7200 6000 x 12000 22 x 28 2750 x 3500 3960 x 5040 6600 x 8400 24 x 24 3000 x 3000 4320 x 4320 7200 x 7200 24 x 30 3000 x 3750 4320 x 5400 7200 x 9000 24 x 36 3000 x 4500 4320 x 6480 7200 x 10800 30 x 30 3750 x 3750 5400 x 5400 9000 x 9000 30 x 40 3750 x 5000 5400 x 7200 9000 x 12000 30 x 45 3750 x 5625 5400 x 8100 9000 x 13500 36 x 48 6000 x 4500 8640 x 6480 14400 x 10800 40 x 60 7200 x 4800 10800 x 7200 18000 x 12000

With the windows sitting right on top of that trim piece I think you’ll be able to get more precession with a pony wall. Otherwise you’ll fuss around too much trying to line up your material region.

I have sent in this problem multiple times in the past and it was treated as if it never happens to anyone else. No solution and no acknowledgement of a problem even though you are all aware of it. To my knowledge I don’t think any other software on the planet has a problem with their toolbars. It’s bizarre. Chief doesn’t need any new features. I’d gladly give up new features for the next 3 years of SSA if you all promised to fix the problems the program already has.

Disingenuous replies above. There is a major problem with Chief toolbars when more than one monitor is involved. It has been a while that there has not been a fix for this. If like to see Chief at least own up to it.

For question #2. You’ll only get terrain thickness when the camera is outside the terrain boundary in plan view. Q3. You often have to reload 3D views on the layout. Otherwise the printout is minuscule for some reason. Just update the view before printing when this happens.

I'm all out of popcorn.

How about, “Tips and Tricks, NOT General Q&A!!!” …but seriously, the only way this can work is how it’s done on most other sites, and that is, there has to be a moderator for each sub to control this sort of stuff. It’s the moderator’s job, whether they are a paid human, a volunteer or a bot, to reprimand, advise or redirect crappy posts on the various subs in this forum. As it is, this forum is a little like the Wild West, where there are a handful of vigilantes trying their best to monitor and moderate. It’s quite sad actually.

From a 3D view in Chief, select export as 3DS or DAE Collada model from the File menu. Inside TM select import from the file menu. important! When your file explorer opens up make sure to change the file type at the bottom because it will probably be set to a file type that isn’t 3DS or DAE. Change the type to, “all files” and you will then be able to select your exported model, whether it was 3DS or DAE or any of the other accepted types. If you still don’t see your model, it’s because it isn’t in view. On the right side of the screen, expand the file structure box and highlight your model, then press the “f” key.

only standard view works for me and sometimes vector view. anything else and I get the same errors.

Wow, those are some great tips. Really appreciate it. Thanks, I’ll get back to working on it.

Thanks Mick that's what I was looking for from what I see in your two images. The street is more or less at the bottom of the 3rd step where you have your arrow in the front (facade basement window sills). The Garages in the back are roughly 32" below the street and I see you have a nice sloping driveway in between the buildings. As for the stairs in the back, I need to bring the grass up to street level, maybe with a retaining wall? Now the only problem is how? Elevation regions around buildings with streets that are curving away are tricky as far as I could tell. I get lots of funny peaks and breaks.

You just brought the entire terrain down to the level of the garages. The garages are supposed to be below street level, with a driveway that slopes down from the street. Making the terrain drop like that sharply around buildings is not easy at all. Originally I did as you did and started with a flat terrain at the elevation of the garages. Then I created wedge shaped p-solids for the driveways and all surrounding areas were p-solids with a thickness equal to the height of the street. Even the streets were p-solids. I found them easier to shape than roads. I used 3d moulding polylines for the curbs and sidewalks which was surprisingly easy to do. I guess I’ll never understand terrains in Chief the way they were intended. Is my workaround ridiculous? Or do you think it’s a viable option to Chief’s terrain tools?

I was trying to get around having to shape the terrain and opted to just lower my driveway instead. Obviously doesn't work. It's just to difficult to get the terrain to slope down for driveways going below grade. I've also tried lowering the terrain to the level of the underground parking and then "building up" the surrounding terrain by creating p-solids for all the areas around that are not driveways. I'm desperate, lol

How about arranging an online meeting with the 5 guys on this forum who could discuss their ideas on how to improve the software or the problems they are experiencing? The group of 5 would be easy to select. We all know who they could be. That seems more efficient than somebody going through an endless list of suggestions, doesn't it?

Ok, so I'm making a site plan with a few buildings as symbols with roads and driveways in order to have a birdseye view of an entire housing project. This driveway seems to turn up or develop wings along its length. Even where it meets an intersecting driveway. Anyone know what this is?

I searched the forum but there doesn't seem to be a solution. Using X12 still but I don't think I use to get these a few versions ago. X13 didn't help.

If we were using metric then there would be no memorizing as zoning setbacks from the city would already be in metres, and usually to 2 decimal places. Metres for surveys as you mentioned, 1.2m for your 4 foot lateral setback. Millimetres for the rest of your plans, example 1584mm for 5'-2 3/8", it makes arithmetic a lot easier and more accurate. Isn't that cleaner looking to you? Can you not appreciate the accuracy as well without the need for fractions or even decimal places for all of your plans?...

Ok, I'm going to say it....this is yet another reason to change to metric. Throw that on to the pile of 15 million other reasons. In metric you only have whole numbers in millimetres to deal with. For larger scales you have metres so there is a two or three decimal format of the measurement. No fractions at all. No confusion. More precision. Ok, I'll crawl back into my maple tree.

Stopped using. Some useful new features. I'll wait for the official release and maybe only after the first update after that. I might be shallow but I was kind of hoping for a new coat of paint on the tired old UI. Chief is looking a little dated at this point.

Ah, It’s nice when it works. Kind of a hit or miss on a Mac, for the moment. I often get a black screen.

What is grey mode? I have the beta downloaded. Didn’t notice a grey mode. Or do you mean Standard view with grey line over top? looks great, by the way.

text to audio?…ha!

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00777/working-with-light-sources.html for the illiterate.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2430/light-sets.html