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Gene, They are all on the same floor. I am going to play around with what John Angelo Burke said.

Today's problem is getting windows to mull. In the attached screenshot, the windows are not mulled; I keep getting an error message saying they need to be within 24" and aligned vertically and horizontally, which they are. So I aligned all of them, then added the 3" casing. The trouble is the casing is applied horizontally between the windows. How can I remove that casing and keep the perimeter casings? I have no idea where the red lines in the screenshot came from. Thanks, Lane

Nope. I built a lot of homes in Orange County, around 250. Are you from this area?

Pretty complicated, but as I have said for years, "Chief Architect puts the guesswork into CAD Drafting"

Thanks everyone. I would have replied sooner but I am in the hospital trying to beat cancer, so if I do, I can die of something else. --Lane

i changed some foor heights, and the result is almost there, but I still have (I think it;s the floor) sticking through the roof. Now I need also to figure out the dormer I added. I can't attach the file because it wont zip down to under 14 bytes. thanks just the same, I'll keep plaing with it. --Lane

I have the 2nd floor floor set to 1/8", so I don't know why the walls are projecting through the roof. Thanks in advance for your help. --Lane

I ended up downloading two other plans that this plan used. Then everything populated. Now I know.

When I drew a plan and did a "save as" it was my intention to use that plan as a template, because it had pages and pages of boilerplate notes, sections, and 2025 Code Notes. I also did a "save as" for a layout file that had all of the notes, etc. on different sheets. It was my intention to use that as a Layout template. My thought was open the plan file, use "save as" in a New Folder and also use a "save as" for the layout in the new folder. That seemed logical and straightforward to me. Since all of my files are kept in Dropbox, they naturally got uploaded automatically. However, when opened the files from Dropbox on a different computer, half of the CAD files were missing. What gives? Is it just me or does anyone else have problems with file management in Chief?

Seriously?

This morning I opened a plan I finished about two weeks ago. The client called with some revisions. Now, when I try to click on an object the room opens up. I attached a screen shot. What I want to do is click on the dashed lines (interior footing), but the room opens instead and there seems to be no way to click on the footing. "Relief is greatly wanted."

macro master is beyond me!

When I click on an object then click the dimension button, up pops the screen with two options, move the edge of the object, or move the entire object. The default is move the edge. Is there a setting so the default would be move the object? The screenshot shows the default; move edge. I want the default to be the 4way arrows. Thanks in advance, Lane

That's what I did, send two plans to the same layout. It worked.

Is there a way to merge two different plans into one plan so I have only one plan in the Layout Referenced Files? Thanks in advance, Lane