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The simplest way to do this is to use a roof plane to do the starter board!! just butt the ends! Roof planes will follow the baseline, will make all corners, hips, valleys, etc. Very complex designs can be achieved by creating layered roof planes, meaning built up superimposed on top of the other, i.e. Roofing o/sheathing o/purlins o/sleepers o/sheathing o/planks o/framing and so on... It's just a matter of replicating them and changing the elevation slightly.

This has been floating around on the web "control over elements" and how some people dislike the fact that in ArchiCAD most elements have a lot of settings that they find cumbersome. I think it is more because they are lazy and haven't taken the time to "learn" the program, read the manuals, etc. When creating company standards, these features are a real plus to any program, where different builders have similar products but not exactly the same, having the ability to control elements, objects and create libraries for each builder is an advantage (favorites in ArchiCAD). Now, it all depends of what type of work one does, and if you really need to model every bolt and nail to the nearest 100th... If you know what I mean. For Construction Documents and production work many times it is not required, if you want to design and draw like you build, perhaps going into detail is better I repeat again, take the time to learn "in depth" what the possibilities are in any platform, you will see that the similarities among them are there and annoying enough to think that they all have the same underlying "engine". There's no best (at least imo), which is better? We have seen that debate over the years and it leads nowhere I think about what is efficient for the type of work presented and choose accordingly. ArchiCAD, Chief Architect, Softplan. (Revit is not made for residential, even though some are pushing that concept).

Open the original .pdf and print it to .pdf using any .pdf printer available, may need to try more than one. The re-printed .pdf will now look fine after importing into CA.

Hello, Just wanted to let you know that with the new licensing, upgrades, the product key for the upgraded license is the same as the previous one. What does this mean for you? If both versions are installed in the same computer you can still run both versions side to side If you got a new computer and only installed the upgraded version, the old version won't run on the old computer if the upgraded version is "active" on the new computer If you move from location to location i.e Office, Home, field and have the software installed in three different computers (or more) and you'd like to use the old version for archiving purposes, or need to open an old job, the upgraded version will have to be deactivated from wherever it is active. (before one could just use its own "old" key for this) while keeping the other running (working at the office, etc.). Tech support claimed that they made these changes because "we" the users complained that there were too many license keys to remember! That did not work on our favor at all! Even though the EULA said that one would have to stop using the old version after it was upgraded (which made no sense) because of old projects, old plans, etc. Anyway, there it is! Enjoy!! chief-architect-end-user-license-agreement.pdf

1/4" per foot minimum scale for floor plans, no plan checker will work on that, they will ask you to put it in the proper scale, use larger paper if you need it to fit the page, 30x42 is the next size up.

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Hello all, My office may be looking into having some renders done on some of the homes we've drawn up in Chief so far, the render is very basic, look at the link for samples that were probably done in PS. https://www.gjgardner.com/clovis-madera-county-ne-fresno-county-home-builders/home-plans Currently my plans don't have a terrain or landscape as we only do construction documents, the site plan it's only 2d. (we would not need to model the actual site, just enough terrain to do the view). And just like the post above, I need to mention that the office is looking for a "quote" not hourly, if we send 1 home what the cost will be for it, if we send you 10 what it will be for those and so on.

Finally getting a little break here at work, Thank you all for pitching in, I figured out what had happened, yes, I messed up on the templates. So I was tasked with creating templates for several model homes (different roof pitches) I created one with all the requested features, and I used that one to create the second one, however I just went to defaults>roof>pitch>changed it to 6>saved as template with a new name When I used that new 6/12 template to draw up a home and built the roof, I got the results I noted at the beginning of the topic here, some planes were 4/12, some were 6/12, some base lines were inside the rooms, not over the main layer of the exterior wall. After all your input and doing some book reading over the weekend (yes, brain freeze!!!) I forgot to go to defaults>walls>exterior wall>roof>and check what pitch that was... Well it was 4/12 from the original template. The results however were weird as you can see above. Thanks Mike!

It is fascinating how many different ways to interpret what I wrote you guys came up with, great input and thanks for taking the time to respond. In short, there is no need to have to go to more than one default (D) unless you are making the change in some walls to be other than hip (Chief Architect's default roof (D) is hip. The default (D) needs to carry over and change where other "defaults exist" like the walls. Mike there, read the manual, I am in line with what it states, unless the book is wrong. I get to work on that file tomorrow, will share it and send you what the settings are and what the results I get are, perhaps that will make you see what is going on, and hopefully we find what is causing it, user error maybe? We'll see.

Good deal, I agree with the fact that there may be something "goofy" with my default plan, I will share it on Monday as I don't have access to it from where I am this weekend. Thank you all. I may have brought in the plan template from previous versions, I don't recall, this may very well be a brand new version 20 template I have been working on for a while. And just to clarify this wall default and roof default. Roof defaults govern the build roofs dbx You can change settings in the build roofs dbx and rebuild the roof to see the changes If you need other than hip, wall defaults will take over and other roofs can be built from there Wall defaults that have been not edited prior to building auto roofs have no bearing over the roof defaults, ie. Say all your walls have a roof pitch of 4/12, but your roof defaults are now 6/12, when you open your build roof tool, it shows 6/12 as the default roof pitch, you then choose to build the roof planes at that point, no other changes are made, your built roof should be what pitch? 4 or 6? I will let you answer that one.

Thank you all, I will be sending it to tech support as an issue, as I am able to reproduce it every single time. (making sure the settings are correct) I like to post it here to make you all aware as well as in my Google Docs issues with Chief Architect that I have personally ran into and have confirmed them to be issues. It is in the "about me" section of the profile.

I wished you both were correct!!! Never seen this before...

I ran into the issue oh, perhaps last month and I didn't pay attention to it, just kept on drafting and fixed the roofs manually Program defaults for roof pitch is set at 6/12 Selecting the Build roof tool shows pitch at 6/12 After checking build roof planes the roof builds The built roof has 4/12 and 6/12 roof planes The roof base lines fall inside the exterior walls (layers are not reversed) Checking the "Same roof height at exterior walls" rebuilding the roof, sets the roof base lines properly But, still have an automatic roof with two roof pitches I now wonder if after the update, the wall defaults supersede the roof defaults, meaning that the wall settings for roof can have a different roof pitch forcing some of the roof planes to those defaults. I will zip it up and send it to tech support over the weekend. Has anyone else seen this?

Thank you, will follow up with you later today

Hello all, I am looking for a symbol expert that can help me creating a specific library Most of the symbols I need have a .dwg from the manufacturer I need the symbols to match the manufacturer's dimensions and use the manufacturer's cad block (which may need clean up so it looks good in plan). Send me a pm so we can talk more details. Thank you.

Oh, it's been a long time... See my topic here

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Add a "period" or "dash" at the end of the file to "break the link" Go back to the pdf in chief and open it, select browse, the link now should come up in "red" telling you it's broken, select the renamed .pdf and click ok. That should update the .pdf Keep sending the requests to Chief, they need to "get it" that this is a very important aspect of working with .pdf files Please and thank you.

I have tested several times working with rich text in Layouts and there is an issue when moving the file from a Windows 10 OS to a Mac OS If you have several rich text boxes in a "General Notes" page in Layout using the same font "Arial" in Windows 10 OS (latest version) Save the file and move it to a Mac OS (latest version) the text boxes appear overlapping by about 1/4" (inch) whenever two or more boxes are aligned one over the next to create a column. I will be submitting this to support for review and will add it to my Google Drive (Issues with Chief Architect) which I share with you within my profile. The boxes were aligned properly in Windows 10, checked several times for adjusting (snapping them to each other) See attached images for the results in Mac OS.

Hi Joe, I am using CBECC2016 for all my projects now, moved away from EnergyPro and yes, CalCerts for registry

No, it will run the calculations for the Addition only, the existing needs to be modeled in order to calculate the added conditioned space.

Model the existing building as is, must be conditioned space Model the addition and any demising walls Model the hvac for the existing building Model the hvac for the addition Model any garages if attached Run the calculation.

Look in the back pages "appendix" of both code books, the CRC, and the CPC this is a very simple thing to do.

For those learning and or needing to use industry standards. https://www.nationalcadstandard.org/ncs6/content.php

Hello, Try troubleshooting the issue. 1. Delete the printer from your system (device manager) and printers 2. download and install the printer software from the manufacturer's website (not just the driver) 3. restart both the printer and the computer 4. install the printer now 5. Configure your printing preferences. (make sure "roll" is selected) (you can also try printing smaller sheets first, the printer has a tray on the back right to accept common media sizes) And lastly, as everyone else, printing to pdf, and reviewing in AutoDesk Design Review is the best option, it will save you both ink and paper. Printing from .pdf to your printer is preferred, make sure "bitmap" is enabled in the preferences or the printer will give you error messages. Good luck.