Doug_N

This house is in Bucharest, Romania.  How would you do an as-built of this?

Just my opinion on the video.  The rendering is spectacular, with a well chosen backdrop.  Materials and placement of furniture are also spot on.  My only quibble is that the pans are much too fast, not letting the viewer let the scene soak in.  Overall idea is awesome.  

9 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

DraftSight is a really good alternative to AutoCAD and was the 2D software I used back when I needed it.  It is however not really comparable to Chief at all as it i essentially just a 2D CAD software and not a full architectural 3D modeling software like Chief Architect, Softplan, Revit, Vectorworks, ArchiCAD, AllPlan, Sketchup, or some of the others being discussed.  Like AutoCAD, it does have some 3D capabilities but they're pretty limited.

Draftsight and AutoCad LT are very similar it seems to me.

Gene is right, it is very difficult to diagnosis and suggest a fix

39 minutes ago, glennw said:

Brad,

What is wrong with Transform/Replicate>Rotate?

Hi Glenn,

I think that it is not intuitive that you have to define the rotation point with a temporary point insertion to do anything but rotate about some point that may not be obvious. 

I know that some people's opinions are less liked by most but a downvote on an opinion that is reasonably spelled out?  Come one guys.

I suspect the problem that you are running into is using short wall segments to get the foundation offset for the bumped-out wall details.

CA does not deal with small wall offsets very well, so one alternate is to use slabs to mimic the solid concrete where required.  

In perspective, I used a different colour concrete so that the foundation edit could be more clearly seen

2 hours ago, Archnot-Boltz said:

Were you talking ICF (insulated concrete forms) here or IFC as Eric "corrected". If IFC, I don't understand how you can make an IFC model and wall types. Were you both talking apples to oranges? bb

More like grapefruits to pomegranates 

Hi Michael.

Please post the plan file so that people can see the problem and suggest a method or work around to achieve your desired design.

16 hours ago, solver said:

 

IFC, not ICF.

 

IFC is short for International Foundation Class and files using the IFC file format are Building Information Modelling (BIM) files. However, unlike other BIM file formats, IFC files are platform neutral and can be read and edited by any BIM software.

Eric, just wondering, why doesn't CA support export to a IFC format?  It would seem a natural from the 3d model once fully developed.  Enyone know?

2 minutes ago, solver said:

 

IFC, not ICF.

 

IFC is short for International Foundation Class and files using the IFC file format are Building Information Modelling (BIM) files. However, unlike other BIM file formats, IFC files are platform neutral and can be read and edited by any BIM software.

Oops.   lol

7 hours ago, BrownTiger said:

This company is running itself into the ground. With more and more choices available every day, not just SoftPlan...

It chooses to twist screws' on existing user base. Let me know how it will end....

[ I guess, convert projects HomeDesigner, doubt homedesign will ever have monthly fee unless they are suicidal... ]

 

What do you think this means:

- The Traffic on these forums are down

- Not even software pirates appears to be interested

- Seen College kids with free versions? Seen any recently?

- IFC models?

 

Let me guess, ad in FamilyHandyman and FineHomebuilding, instead of embracing opensource and integration.

Ruby addons? No?! More and more closed architecture. Out of here for now.

 

What makes you think this?  I have a college architectural student intern working in my office now that is using an educational version of CA.  Traffic on this forum is certainly not down from what I can see.  Quite the contrary.  I don't know if there are any statistics that are available for this forum but I would be amazed to see a downturn. You can make an ICF model by making your own ICF wall type.  I have an ICF project now that is going quite well.  I don't know where you are going, but if you think some other software company will treat you better, well good luck with that. 

if you have your building already done with no terrain specified, and then import the dxf file, the terrain will automatically adjust to the existing building.  Then when you open the terrain specification DBX you can adjust the difference between some point of interest and the first floor in the dialog.  

To change the preference of getting richtext or plain text for the leader, use the preference menu

Then uncheck this box

that will result in getting this when you click on the leader menu

Hi Newell,

I think this is exactly what you are looking for:

If you want to see those in section you can do it by attaching a variable to the macro that identifies which stair you are talking about like this:

Here I use the global variable $s1 to identify which stair set I am referring to, $s2 for the next stair set and so on.

%$s1riser_total=num_treads+1% Risers

Run %$s1run=tread_depth%"

Rise %$s1rise=riser_height.round(2)%"

Then in a text box next to the stairs in elevation you put

%$1riser_total% Risers

Run %$s1run%"

Rise %$s1rise%"

A bit of a kludge but it works.

Shayne,

In plan view you can attach test to the stairs and use a macro like

%num_treads+1% Risers

Run %tread_depth%"

Rise %riser_height.round(2)%"

The number of treads is plus one to count risers which is the way most architectural drawings will specify a flight of stairs.

Unfortunately, you can't do this in a section or elevation view with macros.

I have a client that has used my design services over the years, and they have asked me to give them layout drawings with the snap grid visible and the drawing un-dimensioned.  For this view they want the visible grid to be 2' squares.  Other than drawing the grid with construction lines is there a way to just make the snap grid visible in the layout drawing?

4 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

I personally never found room dimensions to be useful at all under any circumstances. Dimension the rooms. What happens when you have an L shaped room...it's just not useful in my opinion.

The room dimensions are what real estate companies are looking for when they post floor plans to listing ads.  I do floor plans without dimensions for this purpose for some of my building clients.

Ryan, you nailed it.  Great answer, thanks.  (Smack my forehead for not thinking of that myself)

48 minutes ago, rgardner said:

There is some in the core library.

Strange, the square unit with the fan on top is not in my library.  What the heck??

Does anyone have a square air conditioner symbol? The unit that I am looking for has a fan on the top and is usually mounted on either a small pad or on wall brackets.  

On 12/3/2022 at 12:08 PM, builtright3 said:

Line sizing is something I have not done well at. I like color but when you print black or grey you really need to have good line sizing.

 

I could you some help with that myself. Some ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line spacing too.  lol  ;-)

Double ceiling plates can serve 2 independent purposes. 

1) To spread the load from the structure above over the studs more evenly

2) To act as a fire stop to inhibit the spread of flame in the interior structure of a wall to the assembly above.

When a house has more than one dwelling unit, often the simplest way of complying with fire code in a wall assembly is double ceiling plates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcwaI18ngeY