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Good to know, thanks. I constantly have to educate my framers on how to at least make a California corner so I can keep the space open for insulation. For the t intersection I usually put a 2x6 flat with a stud on one side. Anywhere we can start to eliminate more thermal bridging makes me happy. Also, those ladder blocks are great usage for scrap material cut offs on site.

I don't have an answer for you. Hopefully I won't take this too far off topic but, when you specify that, are you calling for clips on the drywall at the corner joint?

Hello Nevin, I am not available to help but I applaud your desire to make a handbook similar to the Hammer and Hand manual. I saw that manual last year and thought it was an awesome idea. The more we can systematize our processes the better work we can do without as much head scratching and time wasting. Regards, Alan (with the scratched up scalp) Lehman

I get weirdness like this and it is a refresh issue. If you run into that again, save the elevation camera, close it and reopen.

The biggest time saving feature of the program is the Annotation Sets. In my workflow, Each layout box sent to layout should be using a distinct annoation set. Floor plans, framing plans, site plan, landscape plan, elevations, electrical hvac,etc , all have their own annotation sets and therefore their own layer sets. You can choose not to work in this way but the results will be the chaos you just saw.

I don't know anyone on this site doing Design/Build in that area. I re-posted this link to a Facebook page I frequent that might have a design/build contact for you.

This is what I have.

It is what you make it to be.

Hello DB, You may want to move this posting to the Seeking Services area of the forum. Good luck in your search. It's great to see more small offices expanding to use Chief. Alan

Although it wont be able to locate pipes and do a thermal scan, this is the best tool in the world for locating studs. https://www.homedepot.com/p/C-H-Hanson-Magnetic-Stud-Finder-03040/202563186?cm_mmc=Shopping|G|Base|D25H|25-4_BUILDERS_HARDWARE|NA|PLA|71700000035978695|58700004046980559|92700036022816695&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjPuCvPiL3QIVh2B-Ch2n_gZ3EAQYASABEgKrd_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CIe7tL34i90CFUH2ZAod6uYBfA

First bring it into Sketchup. Save as skp and then you can import into Chief.

Also, it is critical if you are pushing walls with using the dimensions to make the adjustment, work in one direction. If not, you might undo the change you made earlier.

Sometimes I am seeing things like these remnants after updating a view but after I change pages or back to plan, this corrects itself on the next refresh. I would complain about it but there is a long line of monsters ahead of this in the line of my life to complain about (teenager and 12 year old at home and I currently have their phones confiscated. Yes, I am wearing armor).

Whatever your normal fee is multiply it by 1.618. That is the Golden Mean. They must have developed that for a reason. Wait, maybe I was thinking of the Golden Rule? Either way, if you don't get your larger fee right away you will lose out. If he starts reusing your design and makes ever so minor adjustments you will have a tough road ahead to claim any copyright infringement. How unique is your design? Where did you borrow your ideas from. If you really want to make money by repeat use of your house design, develop them yourself.

Not another friggin awards show!

You have to watch the marketing video for the belt buckle. They play ring toss!

That looks more like a splayed pilaster. I would make that out of a polysolid and smash it into the wall for the 3d view. For plan view, make a CAD box to give you what you want. I would not alter a piece of actual wall.

She is one belt buckle short of perfect. http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/style/accessories/the-bevbuckle-retractable-drink-holder-belt-buckle.asp

"Do I know you Chris? Are you Chris A.? " Is this a CADDaholics Anonymous meeting? CADD Club? The first rule of CADD Club, no one remembers where that toggle is for changing the text style for the all the dimension text without changing the room style text to a different size across all layersets while having the text style remain for schedules.

I have a T 120. I am fairly pleased with it. It replaced a 110 which was a nightmare to load. The 120 is easy to load the rolls. I don't have a good out feed system and I really need to make that better. If you are not paying attention and a sheet does not clear the area at the out feed, it will bunch up on the cut. The color quality is good enough for con docs in color but I would not expect to make any posters or print renderings for presentations. Speed is o.k. but not very fast if you are printing a lot in a hurry. I buy ink off Amazon (Miroo) and it is pretty reasonable. Thanks for reminding me, time to reorder paper (Freedom Paper).

I am constantly frustrated by Chiefs lack of ability to do things I don't want to do. Like drafting.

I was working yesterday and did a search through my Library for garage door changes (not the user LIbrary area) and had 2 crashes within 10 minutes. No warning or freeze up. X10. Has anyone else had this same issue? No time to experiment with it at the moment.

I tried a few passes with your file. I am using X10 Premier and I am not sure if the RT engine is different in your version. I am not getting good results either. There are a lot of active lights so you might try turning off the small cans around the cabinets or using a linear type light for your undercabinet lighting so you could have fewer lights. I think there may be one material that is causing the noise to appear. Is there some object or material you imported from Sketchup?

"When you got a bunch of clowns, you're gonna have a circus." Wes (my friend from High School) About that Ray Trace, I looked through your settings and nothing jumped out at me that seemed out of place. I was going to send you a doc that would have directed you to use those (or really close to) settings. How many lights do you have active? How big is the full file? (I did not open up your file). Sometimes if you turn off any lights in other rooms that are not being used you can dedicate the computer resources better. More than about 8 active lights can choke the machine. How long did 15 passes take to complete?

Jpengr@live.com Jared Pechan is using CA. I am not sure if he has upgraded to x10 yet? He is in Pacific Grove CA. Design Everest is using engineers from a labor pool and could be located anywhere in the state. I used them on a project and the workflow was a bit trying at times.