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I want to create a bay window in this foundation. The problem is I cannot maintain the wall lengths when I go to connect the walls. I have attached a screen shot of what I have to work with and what I want to to is this: Walls 1 & 2 are to maintain their position, angle, and length. Move wall 3, so point B of Wall 3 Connects to Point A of Wall 1 without changing the length of either Wall 1 or Wall 3. Move Wall 4 so point D of Wall 4 connects to Point C of Wall 2 without changing the length of either wall 2 or wall 4. Move and adjust the length of Wall 5 so point G connects to Point E and Point H connects to Point F. (points being the corners of the walls) Thanks in advance. Lane

I typed in mucho notes. Some which go with all plans, some for plans in particular jurisdictions who want to see specific notes for their department. Some for Energy Code, some for Stretch Energy Code, some because one architect (who stamps the plans) wants them, some because one Engingger (who stamps the plans) wants them....its a process.

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Thanks a million for posting this. I have framed probably 500 homes and been using Chief since the late 90's and never knew the subfloor was not part of framing. As for the wall heights, resetting them and then changing the ceiling heights in each room did the trick.

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I drew a roof plane, then before I finished the roof I looked at it in 3D and for some reason it is not building over the top of the wall. Anyone know what I am doing wrong? The file is attached. Thanks, Lane Apollino Proposed Plan.zip

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The goal is to show both the stairs from the first floor to the second floor, and from the second floor to the loft in plan view. Lane

Is there a way to show (plan view) stairs on the second floor and first floor at the same time? Thanks, Lane

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I want to build the exterior walls to be 10' above the sub-floor, but I want the second floor joists to be 8' above the sub floor. The 2nd floor joists will be hung off of the exterior walls. There used to be a check box for "lowered ceiling", which since the late1990's is something I never used, but when I looked for it today I can't find it. I am not even sure if that was what "lowered ceiling" really meant, but at any rate how do I keep the walls at 10' and the floor 8'? Thanks, Lane

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Before I try this, is it possible to have an "Existing Walls Saved Plan View" and another "New Walls Saved Plan View" (together with fixtures, appliances etc) so the New Walls Saved Plan View can be superimposed on the "Existing Walls Saved Plan View" thereby showing the relative positions and alterations between the existing and new walls? All of the information on the "Existing Walls Saved Plan View" would be dashed lines to differentiate between the two saved plan views. This is a remodeling job, a simple ranch home where the new plan will change some existing walls and there will be a room over the garage with interior stairs to reach the floor over the garage. If there is a training video for doing this that anyone knows of, can you please post the link? Thanks, Lane

No. I would not even include a floor plan if the building dept would accept the blueprints without one. My building and blueprint philosophy is simple, never give out more information than you need to get a building permit. That means no Res-Check, no Manual J, D, S, no plot plan, etc.---all that is "by others".

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Scott, It turned out to be corrupt window file(s). After doing a clean windows reinstall, Chief works fine. Lane

I want to set plan defaults for a first floor ceiling height of 97-1/8" using a 2nd floor joist of 9-1/2" and a 3/4" sub-floor. The problem is the 2nd floor framing default is factory set at 12-5/8" (3/4" sub-floor and and 11-7/8" joist?) How do I change that? In the Stair dialog box, the total rise is set at 121-1/2", and it should be, sub-floor to sub-floor 107-3/8". How do I set the values to reflect the desired plan conditions? Thanks in advance. Lane

Its the same on both monitors, same if attached through display port or other adaptor. Apparently it is a windows 11 issue.

Dell tech support said it is a Windows 11 issue, and I need to reinstall windows. Turns out there are other windows issues I was not even aware of.

Yes, but first I am going to reinstall windows to see if that solves it. I was on with Dell support today and they did extensive testing, and think its a windows issue. If reinstalling it does not work, I can post the plan, but if you have access to the tech support cases, I sent the plan to tech support yesterday.

Wrong on the screen, wrong in the layout. Don't know about a PDF. The certain drawing means it ony happens in one drawing, in CAD detail. I was on the phone yesterday with tech support, sent them the entire plan, she could not duplicate the error, meaning it's something on my end. Checked the video card, but I think I am going to reinstall windows to see if that solves the problem.

Gee, you make it sound so simple! Thanks!

I was on the phone yesterday with tech support for over an hour trying to figure out why a cad line on a certain layer in a certain drawings has two colors! When the line is drawn horizontally, it is blue (the line is supposed to be blue). If drawn vertically, the line is black. When drawn horizontally, then turning a segment vertically, the horizontal portion was blue and the vertical portion black. Disconnecting the cad line segments is no help either, as the segments retained either the blue or black depending on the line orientation. I did not try to draw one at an angle for fear of blowing up my computer. Tech support tried everything...reinstalled video driver, checked drive for errors, checked program for problems. I uploaded the plan to tech support and on their end she said it was performing as it should. She tried everything (she was great, and should probably get a raise) but to no avail. I was just wondering if anyone has ever had an issue like this. It is only in that one plan, and only on that one Cad Layer. Regards, Lane