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Amen Alan, this is a real PITA for as-builts. With as-builts I'm often going back and forth between SPVs so not having the temporary defaults change with my SPV, is frustrating. We now need multiple temporary dimension defaults to match our dimension defaults, or must adjust them each time we change Saved Plan Views, or toggle them off. I never understood why temporary dimensions weren't controlled in dimension defaults. Now with always-on temporary dimensions and SPVs, it makes sense to control temporary dimensions with our dimension defaults and have them automatically change with our SPVs.

Thank for the tip Michael. I've chased my tail many times checking and unchecking that box! A side-by-side preview panel in the dialog box would be very helpful when syncing patterns and textures. If we could review the adjustments in real time on a vector-standard preview panel, it would save a lot of time and frustration. Maybe the sync check box located at the top of the panel, gives one the idea to check that box before making adjustments. If that check box moved to that preview panel it would be a much easier process.

You could add extended roof trim on the sides to make it more 'cape-like', and remove some of the lower pitched roof edges. I usually do dormers with a 4" rake and the main roof with a 12". It might not work if the side windows are remaining in place.

I doubt that's the issue. I have been working with migrated plans since the beginning of Beta testing and have not have any mouse problems until recently. I have never had the mouse orbit problem in 3D so probably shouldn't have muddied the waters.

I haven't seen this since I posted, although I've been taking some time off. I did update my graphics driver last week. And I also have a Logitech wave keyboard and Logitech M-something mouse.

This happened to me yesterday with a door selection. The mouse wouldn't release the door selection. I can't give any other useful information about what I was doing. I did have a few other mouse related oddities (copy pasting between floors or plans). I assumed it was operator error. I'll keep an eye on it and report it.

I had this happen in X13 too. They were pony walls. I sent it in and was told to switch to see the upper wall connections (they were narrower walls) to use the 'connect wall' tool successfully. It was a plan brought forward. The walls were all connected so....

I have the Surfacebook 3 as well. I was having the same issue. The computer seems to drop the connection to the NVidia card. You can reconnect it by going to Device Manager and 'scan for hardware changes' and it will find the card. You'll need to close and restart Chief for the software to use the NVidia card. The Surfacebook will disconnect the NVidia card when you remove the screen for table mode. I don't use tablet mode much so I don't know why it keeps disconnecting. You could force the reconnection by removing and reattaching the screen too. I suspect the hinge/tablet interface is the problem; not a tight connection or doesn't support the weight. In working with Chief during Beta, the Chief folks don't seem to have the same issue with their Surfacebook. I have the 15" screen, maybe that's the difference.

I bring lots of old plans forward. Chief makes it very easy. I wouldn't hesitate to migrate plans to a new version.

You can use 'edit area all' to flip a plan horizontally or vertically in one move (I flip about a current point located at the center to keep things in the same 3D space). I think you'll have the same issues with your labels not flipping. I'm not at my computer to check, just wanted to give another option. I still have text that I need to flip manually.

You cannot customize Chief's installed libraries. You can customize your 'User Library'. I'm away from my computer but this should get you going. Create a new folder. Go back and select the manufacturer folder you want to customize. Right click, select copy. Browse to your custom folder, right click, paste shortcut. The folder will be copied to the new location AND will maintain the link to Chief's folder to stay up to date when you 'update library'. It'll take some time but I think it's worth it if you like to see everything together. If you copy/paste the folder to the user library you will lose the ability to update the user library folder. Copy/paste shortcut maintains the update link. I have my user library set up with shortcuts to the core, bonus and manufacturer's catalogs by category. It works well for me.

Sometimes I have to shift select while using the 'edit layout lines' tool to activate some lines. If you have overlapping viewports, the lines will be unselectable. You can pull one viewport back to slect the lines.

Use two 2' doors pushed together. The hardware is two pieces but you could add a polyline solid to visually connect them. Doesn't report correctly. it would be a nice addition for Chief to give us. It's a popular option.

I miss the sneak peak too. I only check in in the mornings. The 'next unread topic' would jog my memory. It's more cumbersome now.

Desktop! It's not a problem for small plans, but if I have a lot of views it's just easier for me to strip the layout. I hate waiting!

I usually create two layout files toward the end of the project. I copy paste the layout and delete the 3D views from the working drawing layout so I can move more quickly. Then I can combine the view pages from the full layout with the working drawing pages in a PDF editor. Not ideal, but I can move along a lot faster.

When Chief was reinstalled, it put it's files in it's default location. If you open Preference you can see what folder paths Chief defaults to. Look at advanced options. I'm not at my computer so excuse my generalizations. I'd also look on the other machines as well so you understand how Chief works with folder locations. You can import the catalogs from your CA X11 folders. Any catalogs you got while on X12 won't be there, but it's a start. Does Dropbox have a recycling bin? Maybe your catalogs we're moved/deleted there. Do you have backups of the downloads? Good luck.

Yes Joe, you're correct. I just want an easy way to get info out.

I think it would be great if Chief's Global Macros could be modified to report data such as percent glazing. In my post above, I started with the global room area and tried to multiply it by .08, which you can't do. I didn't understand that those macros don't work with ruby. I accept that they don't, but I don't have a enough of a grasp of Ruby to understand the nuances. I'm glad to see others have requested it in the past and it's on the list.

Thank you. I'd love to see global macros 'shortcuts'. It would be a huge help to those of us that need info out but don't understand the Ruby world. With my limited understanding, I can do a lot of damage pretty quick!

Following along, I'm wondering why the Chief supplied macros don't work with multiplication. Room.area.internal is Chief's macro, which doesn't work with multiplication. Yet Room.internal_area does. It seems like the program supplied macros should be editable. Obviously macros aren't my forte!

Marvin makes a stacking door in wood/clad frames. One end panel swings out, the rest can be unlocked and slide back to a stack, or pivot to stack at the end.

'Regular text' (not 'rich text') is more stable. You could try using 'regular text' to see if that reduces/stops the issue. Use rich text only when you need it. You can set the default in Preferences.

I didn't watch Eric's videos but if you only want interior finish dimensions, I would set up a new dimension default that dimensions to the face of the finish. I call my default 'As-built'. I don't use auto dimensions, only manually placed dimensions.

It's a known issue. I have reported it. You should as well. It's a time sink with templates and really frustrating when creating multiple options to show the same views with the various options. Keeping the camera views the same allows the customer to easily compare the views. I've started sending JPGs because the layout views do not remain at the same zoom level when the plans are relinked.