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Anybody else having problems with printing pdf's? My problems are at least two fold and may not be related. My system is MacBook Pro Applem M3 Max, 36G Memory, Sequoia 15.5. Epson WF 7720 Printer. Using Chief X16 1. I use the Chief pdf printer to create a pdf file to scale from my Layout file and then physically print it. If I use 'Preview' it is not printing to scale (it's close to scale, but no cigar). If I open and try to print using Adobe Acrobat Reader, It won't let me print at all. I haven't changed printers or my settings (that I know of! LOL!). I have downloaded the latest drivers for my Epson WF 7720 printer and that didn't fix it. I'm up to date with Adobe Acrobat Reader. I was able to get Adobe Acrobat Reader to print a file (can't remember what I did exactly) but I got it to print a file and it printed to scale. I think it was a security setting issue, but I haven't been able to get it the same document to print and it looks to me that there is no security on my document. I've attached the Adobe Acrobat Reader message that I get. The link sends me to a generic print troubleshooting page. Despite the inability to print, Adobe Acrobat Reader is communicating with my printer as my printer spits out a blank page of the paper size of the file I'm trying to print. I am able to print from 'Preview' (but it is not to scale) and every other software program on my Mac. I think the problem may be related to a security setting somewhere in Adobe, but all efforts to find that setting have failed. I know that one should never scale a plan set for accuracy, but if it says it is 1/2" = 1.0 ft...it should be 1/2" =0.5” 1.0 ft...and I have guys on a project that are doing just that! Despite my protestations. Any help will be appreciated.

@rlackore Wow! Thank you very very very very much! You are a doll!

Thanks Ray @chief58! I looked on 3d warehouse and did not find it. It is very similar. Where/how did you find it? Thank you very much!

I need a 3d symbol for this tub. Can anybody help me? I looked at 3d warehouse...I don't knows sketch-up to do it myself. I don't need/want the faucet fixtures.

I have a situation right now where I will be removing a doorway header in a remodel project. I won't have to draw any additional cad lines, I can just turn on/off the layer, depending on the floorplan view. I typically do not include the headers above doors, as I have never encountered a door/window that doesn't have a header, so to me it is redundant to show the header. I have been transitioning to X10 since June. Why did Chief feel the need to rename 'Doors, headers' to 'Opening Header Lines'. Way to much time wasted trying to figure out where that layer went.

GlennW, I left in page 8, deleted everything on it. It now hangs up on page9! Tech Support time!

Oh so very interesting! I deleted page 8. It hung on the new page 8. I switched page 8 with page 7...so now page 8 is page 7...it hung up on page 7! I'm pretty fried at the moment. I think I will send my file to tech support tonight and see what they say tomorrow. Thanks for your help!

I will try deleting page 8 to see if it will print that way.

Good idea. Hadn't. Didn't work. It's hung up on page 8.

i'm using X8!

I've been using Chief since version 6 (not X6). I cannot print a specific files layout to pdf. It gets stuck on page 8 of 16 (always). Anybody else having this problem with one or more file. It just started doing this today. I updated to Windows 10 last Friday, but just printed another layout to pdf without any problems. It is a much smaller file. But that makes me wonder if somehow my file became corrupt for this. I am not having any other problems with Chief. No unusual crashes, etc. I have done all the usual immediate remedies...rebooted, fixed any broken registry links, cleaned my cache. I will call Tech Support in the a.m....but thought maybe y'all might have a solution before they open.

Hmm. Both mirrors were created by me using the same basic approach (create symbol) and actually using the same modified file as they are very similar, but not exactly the same size (Kohler CB series). At least that is what I recall (as it has been longer than a day since I made them, I'm not 100% sure! It is a Tuesday...and I have my hair pulled back! I will research my symbol creation later...I keep the file that I use to create the symbol.

I thought I would try to 'work around' this without doing a ray trace and changed the reflecting mirror material to a grey color....The 2nd mirror did not reflect. So why didn't that work?

Thanks!

Hi all, I have a bath with two mirrors and only one shows reflections in final view, i've attached my preference settings and a pic of the bathroom showing both mirrors. What am I doing wrong?