MoeGia

Think of the barn board facade as a turned gable (not a dormer) and set the front wall as a gable. You can build build most of it automatically but you will have to pull the left eave of your turned gable down over the door.

There are brackets/corbels in the library.

I have everything pre-sent to layout, but I often have to move things around. Let's say I'm trying to align a plan with an elevation like your plot plan and elevation cut example. In that case I would place a vertical line and use point to point by going into the veiwport and picking the edge of the elevation I want lined up and moving it to the line. I would then do the same for the other elevation. Then delete the line.

Once I have a view positioned where I want it, I place a point at a corner of the plan or floor line for an elevation. Then use point to point to position the others in the same location.

Be sure your OneDrive files are set to 'Always keep on this device'. That will keep a local copy on your computer. That said, I keep the CA Data file directly on OneDrive (not in the Documents folder), and kept locally, BUT I have a local folder for plans currently in use. I agree that OneDrive causes program and plan slowness; I hated working with my plans in Documents on OneDrive.

You probably need to update your video card driver if you're on a Windows machine.

Defaults, Doors (the little wrench) will allow you to set up door defaults for exterior, interior, sliding, etc. You can only set one type for each category. I keep a few standard type doors in my template plan (or you can add them to your library). It makes it easy to bring in a door with everything preset.

You can change the layout size if you'd like. You can create multiple layout templates if you'd like. The program comes with a number of different sized templates in the Data/Templates folder. To create a C sized template from your D template, open a copy of your D template. Go to the page settings (sorry not at my computer to grab a pic), There you can change the page size. You will have to relocate your title block, notations, any views, details, etc. to fit. Save as your new C template.

The error message is telling you that the view you sent to layout is not set up correctly. Open the icon below the one Michael circled in the plan and the layout. Make sure they are both set to the same the same line weights; mine are 100mm. If they are not set the same, you'll get that message. Then open the problem view and review the line weight and the same to be sure they are correct.

They are probably on the molding layer and not part of the roof. In the roof dialog you can change the gutter profile and they will always follow the roof plans. If you manually selected and changed the gutters, they are no longer part of the roof plane. While in your 3D view, go to the active layers display dialog, and unlock the molding layer, you should be able to select and delete the unwanted gutters. If that doesn't do it, try the same with the millwork layer. I'm not at my computer to confirm the layer.

You can gang outlets and switches by placing individual switches or outlets close together. Switches are placed separately so you can connect each to its own fixture. There are many bonus libraries you can download and install that may have more of the fixtures you're looking for. Chief ships with it's core libraries and has many others available online. Or in the library browser, make sure search online is selected. Stove hoods would be found as appliances, fans are mechanical, I think?? Chief considers them fixtures, not electrical. You can tag them as electrical or favorites in the library if you are going to use the program for other projects. You can place an outlet and open the symbol and specify where it's mounted; on the ceiling for instance. You can assign it a specific CAD block so it appears differently in plan view. If you want the down and dirty way, I would just use the simple supplied 'electrical items' supplied and change the 2D CAD block and the label as you would like and copy those new symbols as needed. You could generate an electrical schedule of the symbols and their names so others can understand what they are.

I didn't download your plan but be sure the exterior walls of the deck is set to railing. If it's not, Chief will think it's not the edge of the deck but against a building. HTH,

This thread should help:

If you select the layout box/viewport, the edit toolbar will show a pan and a zoom option. They allow you to reposition the view in the layout box. It helps with the 3D cameras that aren't in the correct position for the new plan. I relocate the camera in plan and use the pan/zoom to reposition as needed.

Make sure your OneDrive CA files are all set to 'Keep on this device' so you have a physical copy on your computer. That said, I found it frustrating to work on OneDrive and moved my client files back to my C drive. I do keep my Chief Data folder on OneDrive with all files on my local computer. I'm sure that not what you want to hear but I agree with your findings. OneDrive is a slug.