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The screenshot shows the concrete slab in the bump out floating above the rest of the basement floor. How do I get the slab to be in the correct position (resting on the footings like the rest of the basement) but still leave the landing floor above in the correct elevation? Plan is attached. Thanks in advance, Lane Raised Ranch 5230 Plan File.plan

Hello, I installed chief on my laptop so I could bring it to jobsites. However, my toolbar does not show up. So how can I get the same toolbar configuration on my laptop as I have on my desktop? I do not see a button for exporting toolbar from the desktop to a file, and then import to the laptop. Thanks, Lane

I have a plan and want to delete all of the framing except two items. I have put the two items on separate layers, and locked those layers. The trouble is, only one of the items remain after I delete all framing. Attached is the plan; the New Floor Joists remain, and I want that. The steel beams in the garage disappear; I want to keep them. Both items are on Floor 1. Another problem, when I click on the Framing Overview, the layer set comes up as room assignments. I want it to be the framing layer set. How can I set that to the correct view and layer set? thanks in advance, Lane 01-09-2021 Proposed Structure.plan

Does anyone use a Canon TM-200 Printer? I was wondering how it works with printing line weights and line colors. Thanks, Lane

Thanks everyone for the insight! Happy New Year!

Can porch posts be placed or moved manually? I do not want them equally spaced but need to space them in relation to windows and doors. Thanks in advance, and Happy New Year!

I have a few hundred of them to move from one plan to another. Do you mean one by one or can I do a group copy and paste? My system will no allow me to highlight more than one cad detail at a time.

How do you import CAD details from one plan file to another plan file and not have them associate themselves with the plan they were exported from? These CAD details are in a plan, not in the user library. I suppose I could open the detail, then save it to the library, but I was hoping I could import them directly from one plan to another. Thanks in advance, Lane

Thanks! I never use automatic roofs, I find it a lot easier to do them manually as they almost always require some sort of adjustment. It was easy to lift it with transform/replicate on the Z axis. Thanks again.

Is there a way to link the roof to a change in the height of the top plate. I have a plan where the field crew reported the top floor ceiling height at 92-1/4", and I drew the plan with that for the ceiling height. I built the roof, everything was fine until....the field crew reported they made an error and the actual height was 93". No problem, right? Wrong! Changing the height of the ceiling was simple in the structure dialog box. After that, I re-built walls, floors ceilings. The roof should have been raised by the 3/4" difference, but the roof remained where it was. I can raise it manually simply enough, but if everything is rebuilt, shouldn't the roof raise along with the top plate? If it does, what am I missing?

Alaskan_Son, thanks a million!

I messed up somewhere....my electrical schedule shows two callouts for each item. I think I might have two electrical schedules, but cannot find the second one. The first one is in a cad detail, Schedule, Electrical. I tried All Layers On, but cannot find the second one (if that is actually the issue). Help please! Plan attached. Thanks! Kolari, Remzi, Proposed Plan File.plan

Ugggggg....I think you are right. What the heck, I have only been using Chief for about 20 years. Oh well. Thanks so much!

Post the file and I will see if I can PDF print it to you then send it back.

I have a plan (attached) which I opened this morning to draw a header detail. I cannot get the dimensions to work in the CAD detail. The tape measure works, but no dimensions. Plan is attached. Cad Detail is "16'6" Header How can I get the dimensions to work? They worked fine until this morning. I am using Chief X 12 Thanks, Lane Smith, Mike Garrison NY Submission Plan.plan

I have a building that requires continuous (exterior) insulation. The manufacturer states the wall assembly should be (from inside to outside) for either 2x4 or 2x6 wall studs: Gypsum wallboard Vapor Barrier Cavity Insulation Structural Sheathing Vapor Barrier (tyveck) Continuous Insulation (Comfortboard 80) 1x4 Vertical Furring Strips 2x3 Horizontal Furring Strips (Client Specified) Siding I do not see any options for furring strips in the Define Wall Type box. How do I show the vertical and horizontal furring strips in the wall type? Thanks, Lane

I found it.

The main portion of the house is fine. The addition in the front shows up as regular 2x6 walls in floor plan view, but in the Structure tab the room comes up as a deck with railings. How do I get it to be the room? Plan attached. Smith, Mike Garrison NY Submission Plan.plan

For sure. I spent a few hours revising the revisions when a local building inspector rejected the plan because one of the revisions on the plan was out of chronological order.

I have one interior wall in my plan that I want to be 34" tall. To adjust it, I took a cross section view, clicked on the wall, dragged the edit handle down. When I did a floor plan overview camera, all the wall in the house were now 34". I changed the wall type from Interior 4 to Interior 4A, Then tried it again, but the same result. Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks in advance

Still using Chief 10, but here is what I do. First, build the main roof. Next, draw two temporary walls where you want the new roof planes to start. ( Earlier in my life, I drew the temporary walls about 12" long. Now, with I make them about three feet long so I can see them. Remember the Chief Viewing Caveat: Monitor Size =10x eyeglass prescription) These walls are perpendicular to the main roof, so the resulting roof will be a reverse gable. Draw the reverse gable roof from those two temporary walls. Check that the top of fascia, etc. for the new reverse gable is the same as for the main roof. Erase the temporary walls. Now the reverse gable is just sitting there pretty much not attached to anything.. Click somewhere on the main roof then the ridge of the reverse gable roof to show where the ridge of the reverse gable will intersect. An "X" will appear like magic on the main roof, and this will be where the Reverse Gable roof meets the Main Roof. Extend the Ridge of the Reverse Gable to the intersection point. Pull back the edge of the roof at the bottom so it sits on the exterior wall. Adjust the overhang so it aligns with the main roof overhang. Put a hole in the roof where you want the reverse gable wall to extend up to the reverse gable. You will have to play with the roof hole (use separate window to see both 3D and 2D simultaneously) to allow the wall to penetrate but not extend beyond the roof lines. Having said that, I can't wait until later today when I am ordering X9 and it comes with the "Put a reverse gable here, with cupola, shake siding, metal roofing, different roof pitches, two skylights "Trump Is My President" banner and built in telescope (for star gazing) " button. I sure hope the dialog box pops up with the option for telescope focal length. As a great Philosopher once said "A plan design should exceed a CAD program's ability, or what's frustration for?".