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Earlier I had a problem with walls disappearing when pushing another wall against it. Thanks again to the great users in this forum, that problem was solved. Now, I have a plan where the foundation level was originally drawn with the footings at grade level, and the 10" Concrete foundation walls on top of the footings. This time I need to change those concrete walls to 6" frame walls, and have them sit on a slab with frost walls beneath the slab. So basically, I want Floor 0 to become Floor 1, Floor 2 to Become Floor 2, and Floor 2 to become Floor 3. Is there an easy or even possible way to do this? I zipped the file, but it still exceeds the 14 MB so I cannot attach it. Thanks in advance, Lane

Thanks, I never knew that about furred walls. I assumed walls worked in Chief like they work in the real world, and I really need to stop thinking that way!

Thanks! The layer the wall is on is locked, so I thought that would prevent the wall from being moved. Maybe Chief needs to have a disclaimer "Warning, objects that are locked actually are not". But now I know. I think for me the easiest thing to do is "Save As" and more or less start over. It's not that far along, and it won't be the first time I have had to do that as opposed to figuring out what the programmers had in mind when they built the program. --Lane

Good morning, I assumed the purpose of locking a wall was to prevent any changes to that wall, including its position in the plan. My problem this morning is I need to push a 2x4 stud wall against a 12" concrete wall. But every time I do, the foundation wall disappears. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? The screenshot is below and the zip file is attached. Layout-C-Mike Raucci.zip

Hello again, I have a 3" Minimum between windows in my plan defaults. But, when I push one window against another, instead of stopping at 3", the window simply pushes into the other window. Is there another setting for keeping windows separated by a minimum dimension? Thanks in Advance

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Gene, I Re-Zipped it . (Attached) E3 on the 1st floor should show it. And this is the screenshot

When I generate the note schedule, the note text is the correct size, but the note label is very small as you can see from the screenshot. How do I get them both to be the same height? Thanks in advance, Lane

Hmmmm, beats me, it shows here on my screen.

This plan has several exterior doors with transoms above. I can only mull one door/transom unit. The others will not mull. On Elevation 3 and on the 1st Floor Plan View Help is greatly needed and even more appreciated. The plan is attached in a zip file. Thanks in advance, Lane Glynwood Chicken Coop Plan File.zip

I get the same thing. It is a royal pia removing each one. Lane

I import .dwg a lot for my work, mostly from surveyors, sometimes from engineers, lots of times for both. I always map to a single Chief layer so when I look at it I see everything; angle, distance, buildings, septics, street lines etc. Then I go through and highlight things I dont need and put them on a "garbage" layer. Now I am left with a clean drawing that I can modify as needed. The problem is that almost always if it is a house drawing, everything needs to be redrawn or drawn over. Engineering and surveys are easy, house plans seem to be the most time consuming. I have never tried the CAD to Walls tool, so I can't comment on that.

Hello, My problem today is mulling a door and a transom. Two of these units (the two on the left in the screenshot) mull without an issue. But the two on the right won't allow me to mull them. Is there a limit to the number of mulled units in a plan? Thanks in advance, Lane

Thanks! I almost got it, the cross section shows the roof correctly now. Any idea on those stray lines in Shed 2?