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Sherry Ask and yee shall receive. there is a central vac canister in the new Bonus library today on chiefs website. Have a great day,Ken

Dennis, I always have a spike in March and April and they all want to start yesterday. Then again in Sep. to beat winter. It is what it is. Have a great Week end,Ken

CJ, Thanks for that link. Have a great week end,Ken

Todays update notes mention that this problem is fixed with the latest update. Havn't tried it yet so can't say for sure. Have a great week,Ken

Thanks Joe, Really neat. Have a great week,Ken

Look for kitchen accessories. It is in my bonus libraries in x-8. Have a great week ,Ken

Thanks Joe, Neat-o

Thanks Dave, Mine all came thru 100%. Have a great weekend, Ken

I haven't seen a date but Microsoft is goingto auto upgrade everyone to Win, -10 as a general update to all will be on same os. have a great weekend,Ken

Perry, !00 % correct Have agreat evening,Ken

After taking another look at the picture ,if you look back to the off set at the left side it is obvious that the chimneys are flush with the lower walls and the dormers extend out to the point of contact with the roof. The facia and Gutter give a slight illusion that the dormers are set back. Ken

I go with Joe, The floor extends out and the rafters sit on the edge of this floor and the dormer walls are flush with the floor band at this point. Just did an asbuilt of this very situation. The folks bought the house and didn't like the Mansard roof .House had walls that went to the point of the upper roof. Removed sloped lower roof and cut joists back to flush with lower wall then over framed upper roof with a stepper pitch to achieve the colonial look the client was going for. Also a few other things but I think you can see where we went with this project. Have a great week ,Ken

I don't keep time on my projects anymore. Did when I first started and charged by the hour but had a couple clients that wanted to question the time so just charge by square ft and extent of the job.That way the client knows up front what it is going to cost and I know what I am going to have coming in. Charge half up front and rest on completion of job.That seperates the serious from the shopers and info seekers. Have a great Week,Ken

Thanks again Michael, Ken

Thanks Michael, Looks great. Have a great weekend, Ken

I say the interior walls are somehow showing through the applied siding. Make a new wall type as suggested above. Have a great week,Ken

Good tip Lew, I tend to forget this, along with a lot of other things. Have a great week,Ken

JT. Just under 90,000 total in my combined libraries. How many do I use, probably no more than a hundred or so, but they are there if I ever want to. Have a great week,Ken

Larry, I had this problem this week and after not being able to open x-7 to work on a plan I had started in X-7 called teck support and answer was to open task manager and it showed X-7 open .Closed it in task manager and clicked on X-7 icon and hit run as administrator. Opened with no problem that way. Hope this works for you, Have a great week ,Ken

Lew, I prefer to use the hardware also lock as well and find this an unusually large increase. Have a great week end,Ken

Mine were migrated forward automatically from x-7 then automatically ck'ed for updates. I had to download new catalogs for x-8. Have a great week, Ken

Thanks, Have a great week,Ken

Thanks for posting Greg. I can use this myself. Have a great week,Ken

Joe, I have found that your procedure and the changes made from start to finish as you point out are something I can count on about 90% of the times. As to Scott's videos I found them a great educational tool and I have been using Chief since ver-3 and found lots of tips I had missed along the way. Have a great week, Ken

Maybe I am not following this correct, but in the original post it was said that he had the roof planes coming together correctly but wanted the birds mouth to be the same to make the ceilings match. In my world this will not be possible . You cannot use rafters of 2"x8"s and tie into a roof with 2"x6"s and have the roof plane and the ceiling plane both match. The only option to get the matching birds mouth is to lower the wall to make up for the vertical difference between the two different rafters which will still leave you with an offset in the ceiling. Just another one of those things where you have to make a decision as to what is the most acceptable results. Have a great evening to all,Ken