Rpadge

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  1. Yes that works, awesome, thank you.
  2. How can I add a railing in the middle of this stair?
  3. There are a lot of designers using Softplan, and I think you will find the Softplan users are just as enthusiastic about their product as Chief users are about theirs. I purchased Softplan and spent a few months with it, but never really felt comfortable with it. I think both programs are very good at what they do, it really depends on what you like. Chief just seems to function better for me.
  4. Awesome job with the videos, those are quite helpful, thanks for taking the time to create and share.
  5. OK, yeah that seems to work thank you.
  6. I see where I can offset my columns to keep them from hanging off the edge of the deck, but I don't see where I can offset the railing? How is everyone else dealing with this? Thanks
  7. Good gosh, thank you, I have been looking for that
  8. Same here, I haven't changed any if them, they are straight out of the library. Maybe I'll try a different symbol to see what happens.
  9. Thanks for the reply, I feel (slightly )better knowing that it is a bug and not something I am doing wrong. I'll send it in to tech support.
  10. I have a wrap around porch, with columns. The location of the columns does not appear to match between the floor plan and the elevation. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance, this forum has been a great help so far. Lowe_alt_entry2_.plan
  11. Video card is one of the more critical parts of a computer system, especially for CA. If you can wait a couple of months, there is a new generation of video cards coming out, so the 1060, 1070, and 1080 cards should drop some in price.
  12. Thanks for the video, very helpful.
  13. If I understand your question correctly....You can move all the roof planes to the same floor level, or you can also do an orthographic view from the top of your project to show an ariel view of all the roof planes.
  14. Rpadge

    Plotter

    From an area perspective, yes. But when plotting to scale, a 24x36 at 1/4" would scale down to 12x18 at 1/8".
  15. Rpadge

    Plotter

    If your considering an 11x17 printer, look for one that will accept 12x18. I have a HP 7610 that will accept 12x18 paper which allows me to do exact 50% sets (1/2 of a 24x36), The paper can be hard to find locally but I order it online as needed.
  16. I saw the other post about differing gutter colors and it reminded to ask what is the best way to add downspouts ? (would be nice if we could get auto ones BTW)
  17. I think you are referring to individual job files names. One way to do it, is to have the most current plan named as (example) Smith Current.plan Then if you have revisions, you start doing a save as numbering, so you would have Smith 01.plan, Smith 02.plan etc. but Smith Current is the one that is always the working model, that way, your layout files wouldnt have to be redone.
  18. I agree with Joey, you need to figure out a win-win scenario. Why not ask the builder what he thinks is fair? He may surprise you.
  19. Looks good Newell, I think you left an "S" out in perspective though
  20. It sounds a little more complicated than it actually is, but I agree, it could be easier. I had to go through it a couple of times before I really felt comfortable with it.