Michael_Gia

It’s most definitely a Mac thing and especially if you have an external monitor hooked up to a MacBook. It still needs to be fixed even if we Mac weirdos only make up a small percentage of users on this forum. Show us some love, people, and support...

This is why Chief takes so long to get around to fixing long standing issues. Whenever someone displays dissatisfaction or frustration you can always count on the Chief fanboy brigade to come along and downvote. This is why we can’t have anything nice.

Actually Chief’s programmers are especially gifted at this toolbar random scrambling phenomenon. It’s the only software I’ve ever encountered to exhibit this bizarre and maddeningly frustrating trait. It’s enough to drive me insane sometimes. Worse is that even when you call into Chief they all act like they’ve never heard of this, so don’t bother. Maybe it’ll be fixed in version X1000000000000...

Release of what?

I’m out of my league on this one. I thought you were doing floor framing. The last time I did a flat roof like that, I just drew one rafter and then use the “multiple copy tool to get my rafters. Then I use the “roof blocking” to draw in a beam. (It’s just easier for me) Then I select my roof blocking line and use the “trim objects” tool to trim my rafters to that point. Copy the newly trimmed set of rafters and then “copy in place” and reflect about. Extend and modify the rafters to fit the roof plane. This is a very manual way to do what you’re looking for and not very efficient, probably. Sorry.

If you run a bearing line in the middle and rebuild your floor framing then Chief will split that span for you along that bearing line. Then you can decide if you want butt ends or overlapping joists. 1) Make sure you’re on the right floor level 2) Menu-> - Build - Framing - Bearing Line (draw your bearing line across your floor) 3) Menu-> -Build - Build Framing... - Select Floor - Check the box for “Build Floor Framing” (Chose spacing, lap or butt over etc... - hit “ok” tada! (that’s if I understood what you were looking for)

Hoi Benny, the 0 just gives you the absolute thinnest line display thickness on your monitor to make it easier when you zoom far in for precise measurements etc. For example, when placing cabinets and you want to zoom in real close to see if 2 cabinets are just touching or overlapping just enough to mess with dimension strings. You won’t find this kind of information in the help files. Which is the reason we have a user forum. Glen must be grumpy today. (kidding)

I personally have that set to 0. I think most do.

The bottom chord, Michael. You’re by far the brightest guy on this forum, I’m not sure why you’re struggling with this. There’s nothing to figure out or solve or develop macros for here. Chief just can’t do cantilever trusses, that’s all. If you zoom close into the bottom right image, you’ll see how the trusses sit on top of the wall and extend out past the exterior wall to create the eave/soffit.

Below is a typical prefab truss order. Zoom into the bottom right image and you’ll see a cantilever truss system. I hope to one day see a checkbox for “cantilever truss” that should give me this condition automatically. You know, what we all thought “Trusses (no birdsmouth)” was supposed to do. And then maybe “raise off plate” should simply mean, I don’t know, raise off damn plate?... As in the distance between my top-plate and the bottom of my cantilevered chord?

Can’t wait for that line drawing over standard view in X13. Looks real crisp and clean. Lets face it, unless your RayTrace or PBR is at the level of fooling people into thinking it’s a photograph, then it’s just going to look cheesy.

I’m guessing if you’re still having problems you can add a short invisible wall at the junction going perpendicular. That usually works.

I’m a little rusty with my Russian... From my knowledge of Greek I see the word “problemy” in there but that’s about it comrade.

reverse one wall, and they won't connect

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Go to Chief’s Facebook page. Left panel and select “videos” link to webinar registration... https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3958985539479665933?source=Social You'll have to fill in your name and email as if registering for the webinar (which is in the past) Then the video will immediately play.

I think you got that part right.

The only feature not available for Mac, and it’s a big one, is the Real-time Raytrace. On the other hand what will be available for Mac are the other new features like the Clay view and the ability to add line drawings over all views. I’m really happy with that and worth the price of admission for X13 even if I’m on a Mac. (damn you apple) Chief really hit a home run with that live Raytrace. Bravo! Twinmotion who?

This is the user forum not the fan club. The roof build dbx does not provide what OP is looking to do. Your suggestion is not a solution. It’s a Mensa level work around.

That was my point as well. Transform/Replicate is the only way. No big deal, I guess, but it still stands that the Build Roof dbx has no easy or obvious mechanism to achieve what OP would like. After you raise your roof to the proper level then you can calculate your “Fascia Top Height” and use that value to set all your other roof planes. ...But amazingly that value, which would be easy to calculate isn't even available in the initial Build Roof dbx!

Ha! Guess what? You can't do that easily in Chief. Don't let anyone tell you it can be done. There are lots of posts on this topic, but you'll be wasting your time. Just build your roof, then take a cross section to figure out exactly how high you need to raise all of your roof planes using the Transform/Replicate tool and entering the corresponding amount in the "move", "Z Delta" box. That's it. When you first build your roofs you do have access to the "Raise/Lower From:________" in the Roof Height section of the Build Roof Dbx but there is no calculation to figure out what the "raise/lower amount should be. Many have tried but I don't think there's a formula. Of course, trial and error could work but unfortunately that Raise/Lower item is only available for one instance. Then it's gone! After you've built your roofs you don't have access to that value when opening a roof plane DBX. Which is another insane aspect of this wonderful software. I never understood that one. You could over time develop a table of values corresponding to each roof pitch, I suppose...? Anyway it's maddening. If I'm wrong I'd love to hear from someone. The problem is that Chief was designed for your typical site-built rafter by carpenters in the field, kind of the way you'd build a doghouse or shed for your livestock. (kidding). Up here in the NorthEast we use mostly prefabricated cantilever roof trusses in order to get the proper heel height for insulation and ventilation. This requires an eave that sits level at top of the top plate and extends out to create a vented soffit. ...and this isn't because we're so sophisticated, but because it gets so damn cold up here.

Unless I missed something, all I saw from X13 was the grip handles for the "Clip Lines" in the Cross Section Camera view, which is nice but a little underwhelming compared to the last video on solids. Maybe it's too early still?

I have a MacBook Pro 2019 16”, great for Chief but horrible with printers. I have it connected to a 24” monitor in my office, so this way I have two screens. It’s convenient to just grab it off my desk and head out to the site or visit a client or sit in a café (when they were open). However....Chief works better on a pc laptop. You need to be married to the apple eco system pretty deep to be worth it. If I had to do it over again, I’d never have gotten onto the apple train. At the time it made sense since windows was a mess but not anymore. Also the advent of cloud computing has also made the apple eco system have less of an edge over windows these days. my 2 cents.

I use a spreadsheet. I’m in control and it’s easy. Lots of free templates out there but it’s easy to make your own. After you set up your first project it becomes a template for the rest. I export the spreadsheet as a PDF and then send it out to an email group of all my subs. Included in the PDF is a Dropbox link to the plan. Nice and light and if I modify the plan then everyone has the most up to date plan. No excuses. This way every subcontractor knows when every other trade is showing up. If they’re late and don’t follow the schedule then they shouldn’t be surprised if they get a call, not just from me but from the other trades that they screwed up, and they’re not as diplomatic as I am. Great tool

A good trick to reset the stemwall height is to set it to 0 and press tab. (don't be scared, funny stuff will happen) Then go back up and re-enter your rough ceiling height. The stemwall will automatically adjust to the proper height without requiring any calculation on your behalf.