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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?

My problem is this building has roof planes that will not build on top of the wall plates. The section view shows the height of the wall plates I want the roof to build on. It also shows some stray lines and I have no idea what layer they are on or where they came from. The section view is a screen shot. The plan is zipped and attached. The middle part of the building will be getting a shed roof. The rear wall of the building has a 6'7" plate height. The end part of the building has an 8' plate height. I cannot get the roofs to build on top of either of these walls. The roof planes build on who knows what and are higher than the wall plates. Thanks in advance, Lane Glynwood Chicken Coop Plan File Proposed.zip

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Hello, Does anyone know of a symbol for a barber shop chair? Thanks Lane

Whenever I send a CAD detail to the layout sheet from the plan file, a border box surrounds the actual CAD detail. This makes lining up the CAD boxes a time consuming chore, since the border box does not appear on all CAD details. I have attached a screenshot. Am I doing something wrong when I export the CAD details, or is there a setting somewhere I need to look at? Unfortunately the resolution of the screen shot is not that great, but if you look at the partial box above, and the one below, those CAD details show the single border. The one that says "Permits" has the double box. Thanks in advance Lane

Thanks. I was hoping, in this computerized world I could simply click it and find it. Oh well, X250 may have it.

I have created a layout file which I want to use as a template for future layouts. When I open this layout file, I get a "Warning # 272012024 One or more layout boxes in this layout are linked to a Cad detail, but cannot find the CAD detail in the linked plan." How do I find which is the missing CAD detail in the layout? Thanks, Lane

Ah, another work around. My workaround book is getting so full, the solutions should be made part of the program. Thanks!

Chris, I don't want soffits. The roof decking should be visible from below. Chief must be programmed to look for soffits even when they don't exist?

I used Softplan a couple of years ago. I thought the biggest plus was the support...free, unlimited phone support plus the techs would download your file, fix what was wrong, and send it back with an explanation if they could not walk you through it on the phone. But, the CAD part of the software was very primitive. Comparing the CAD aspects of Softplan v Chief, Chief was hands down the winner. My next look into will be Revit Lt. Or maybe just retire.

It probably is for me. There has to be a better software program than Chief, and I have been using it and probably making the same errors since 1998.