CharlesVolz

I had a military client who wanted out-swing exterior doors for security reasons. "A bad guy cannot kick it in as easily."

Why "other than a door into a garage?"? Agree. But I prefer that a door does not swing out over a floor or landing with more than the 1 1/2" drop floor-to-floor (regardless of threshold). It is not safe otherwise and should become a future change/clarification in the IRC.

Allen Brown had a great tutorial posted on the old ChiefTalk. Maybe he or someone else could repost it.

Damn David, I finally got to help you in return! Too bad is just a big red cursor. I used to use that cursor and PointerFocus just for online collaborations. Now I keep the big red cursor on all the time. Best Regards, Charles

I use Pointer Focus and a large red cursor (file attached). _ CV Lg Arrow Red.cur

Where is that in the IRC Code?

Another great video and useful symbols Dave!

Check foundation below.

CAD>"CAD Detail from View" from x-section.

1. Red. I do not see or understand the problem in my copy of the plan. Maybe fixing 2 & 3 fixed it? 2. Blue. Turn off the right railing in the stair dbx. 3. Green. Make that wall a railing wall.

It is not the 2x4 walls structurally, I believe they are talking about insulation. You could insulate outside of the wall cavity.

The ASTM 926 uses the language "nominal" to allow for some variation: I am sure stucco that is way too thick could cause problems but what stucco contractor is going to do that?

Same place they get 3" for brick thickness.

I use 7/8" for 3-coat system for the lathe/stucco per ASTM C926 Table 4 summarized here:

You probably have two window schedules.

Here is a note to myself: Older Chief Architect Versions: X9 does not support reading in plans with the .pl# or .la# extension (files from any versions older then Version 10 (2005). CA 10 (2005) creates *.plan files.). To open these older plans in X9, first open these files in X8 (or use the free client viewer for Chief X8) and save them which will be in the newer format as a .plan or .layout file. X8 will open plans back to Chief Architect 97 (released August 1997). Version 9 is required to open pre-August 1997 .pln files. Keep X8 until all old plans are updated. Home Designer Pro Versions: To make work in Chief Architect Premier readable in Home Designer Pro, check “Default Settings/Plan/General Plan Defaults/Allow Editing in Select Home Designer Products” to allow limited editing of the current file in compatible Home Designer programs. See "Compatibility with Previous Versions" referenced above and “Sharing a Plan File With a Home Designer User“. Home Designer 2020 titles are capable of being shared* back and forth with Chief Architect X11, HD 2019 with X10, HD 2018 tiles with X9, HD 2017 titles with X8, etc. (*Have to check Default Settings/Plan/Allow Editing in Select Home Designer Products.)

I usually just use the symbol from the library and manipulate to look the best in 3D, then use a detail to give the specifics. I use this spiral stair calculator to speed things up. There were some great posts I believe in the old ChiefTalk site by Yusuf which may be this one (part 1) and this one (part 2) and this one (part 3). [EDIT] Or.., call Joe.

Maybe your keyboard is defective. I had a problem once and thinking it was my keyboard I bought a new one. I later figured out that Dragon Naturally Speaking had automatically set up a hot key when I installed it so I lost the use of that key in Chief.

If I am understanding the problem correctly, turn your "On Object" snap on also.

Howdy Newell, Your existing roof does not match the photo (see the red circle), but here is the solution for the new patio roof (with your slope and baselines) joining the adjacent roof planes. Regards, Charles Volz Berkoff Court-Paito Cover CV1.zip

Howdy Newell, Post the plan file. Charles

Thank you Rene and Scott! You are appreciated.

I am having the same problem. The cursors in X10 were small on my 4K monitor but are tiny and not legible in X11.

Thanks Dave!