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I was able to add it to my tool bar using Tools/ Toolbars and Hotkeys/ Customize Toolbars. Just a little FYI, I was using the OOB toolbar and it wasn't there... Thanks!

Hello- Does anyone know how to update layout page information in X13? I always had a button in my tool bar that I used to edit the information for the page.. the macros in the title block would update to show the new information. I can't find the button any longer... It looks like the button that is still there, but now the button says "Modify the layout lines in an elevation..." Any help would be appreciated!

Yoda- Thank you so much! Simple solution. Karen

Has anybody run into this before? When I copy an appliance into a cabinet I end up with it set back about 2' in the renderings. It shows up correctly in the plan view. This happens if I add them to full height cabinets as well as base cabinets. I wonder if I have some setting wrong? Thank you!

Ryan- I am not sure if you figured this out or not, but I usually go to transform/replicate, and resize to a resize factor of .5 or something like that. Works fine for me! Karen

Thank you, Joey. I will try that for my plan set. Karen

I'm wondering if anyone has experience creating different options with the same plan file... maybe I have to have separate plan files I send to the same layout file?

Do any of you have experience creating a house plan for production, with options that future clients can choose from? One builder I am drawing for wants me to use a simple house plan as a base and have options like cantilevered bump-out at the dining room, etc, that clients can choose to customize their home. I am trying to figure out how you'd do that in Chief... Anyone have ideas? They'd be much appreciated! Karen

That worked perfectly! Thank you.

Can anyone help me get my railing to follow the stair slope? I have drawn pony walls with railings on top of them many times, but for some reason I can't get this one to behave. I wonder if I have a setting wrong? And yes, I did choose "follow stairs". Any ideas? Thank you! Stairs.zip

Does anyone know how I can figure out what the error message is that I get every time I open a new plan file, and intermittently when I'm designing? It disappears too fast to read. I'm wondering if I have a default setting wrong...Is there an error history log somewhere?

Thank you so much for your help! I was able to get it to do exactly what I wanted with the Main Layer Only. Karen

Hi all- My Structural Engineer is asking for foundation plans that only show the 8" concrete basement wall. My concrete walls have 3" insulation on the outside of the basement, as well as future furring (which I've shown as dashed lines) on the inside. Is there a way to make these walls so I can separate out the concrete wall, and "turn off' everything else? I haven't been able to find any past dialog about this specific thing. I probably can remove the furring, now that my space planning in the basement is done. But I can't remove the insulation from my model or it won't look right...possibly there's a better way to do it? Thanks.

Hi all- I am working on a screen porch and have built the walls with posts and "doors" between, since the program doesn't seem to like putting windows/screens into something that isn't a wall. Can you tell me how I can pull these doors so they line up flush with the exterior? We will be using EZ screens in the screen porch and they attach with flanges to the exterior of the posts. Thank you! Karen

I thought I was probably missing out on a crucial step, but I probably just need to regenerate after working with the stairs. Thank you so much!

Can someone tell me how to fix this? When I draw stairs with landing I often end up tweaking the stair and/or landing location, to fit as adjacent walls move. This often causes the stair sections and landings to disconnect from each other, especially on a U-shaped stairwell. Anybody else have this issue? I'm sure there's a simple fix, but I haven't found it yet!

Thanks for your help!! Karen

I updated my signature to show that I use X11 and attached a zip file of my plan. B R House 2020.zip

Hi! Can anyone help me figure out why I get extra lines showing up on my elevations? It only appears where I have a bonus room over a garage, and the material on the outside of the wall doesn't change at the same elevation as the floor of the bonus room. I previously pulled up the lower wall in elevation to hide the transition behind the belly band. Now (after making changes to bonus room) I have even more lines showing up. Has anyone had experience dealing with this issue before?

Thanks, that's handy to know. I probably previously had some image file or something still referencing the old file, because now when I go in to the "referenced plan files" it doesn't list it any more. Thanks for the help! Karen

I have changed the name of my .plan file as we've made revisions. It appears that the .layout file still opens the old .plan files that I'm no longer referencing in my layout. Can someone tell me how to "unlink" the old .plan files from the layout? I haven't been able to find anything on this topic.. Thanks. Karen

That's exactly what I ended up doing, which is where it should've been from the start! Thanks.

Thanks. I got it to work, but only after pulling the top of each basement wall down and then snapping it back into place. Must've needed to regenerate. I appreciate the help!

I hope this time I saved it correctly! Thanks. Wood House 2019 BID.zipWood House 2019 BID.zip

Wood House 2019 floor 2.zip