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@Ed_Orum - 

Did you review the plan I attached. One room is 9'-2"...the other is 97.125. Took me all of about 5 seconds. 

Just FYI...I teach people how to use Chief...so, if interested contact me. I'd be happy to help you out with this...it's quite simple really.

See attached Sections from the plan I attached;

@Ed_Orum - 

I gave it a shot...the room divider worked for me.  Not sure I've done what you need...but take a look. The foundation walls were not aligned with the walls above...and the default reference layer set was weird so I modified it. I also changed the default "sun"...to be generic and sun follows camera. This helps when looking at 3D elevations etc.

GleasonFrontEntry - FIXED.plan

@DIYJon - 

Made you a short "how to" video...hope it gets you started on the right foot

Jon - Chief Architect Boot Camp Quickie... - Watch Video

You will have to create that molding using polyline solids. I'd start with a polyline...edit as needed and then convert to a solid. 

You might want to take an elevation view of the cabinet...then convert that elevation into CAD using "Cad Detail from View". In the CDFV window...select all the lines and move them to a new layer...and lock them. Then use the CAD, Default layer to draw your molding. 

I know...it's a lot of work. 

17 minutes ago, rgardner said:

Not 100% sure of this, but I think there has to be stairs in the open below room to trigger it…

I this place stairs because I thought it might be required…but it didn’t make a difference. 
 

Does this feature only work on exterior walls? 

9 hours ago, KellySantaRosa said:

Is there any way snapping to the components within a group without ungrouping them? I would like to draw a leader without having to pick all the individual pieces to regroup them afterward.

One way you could do it is to create a CAD Detail from View of the 3D block. You can do this without exploding the block. 

This will create cad lines for all the objects. You will probably have to explode some of the items as the CDFV will create "blocks" of some 3D objects. But...you'll have cad lines you can then copy of using "copy, paste and hold position" you will get lines to can snap to. 

It's a workaround really...and might be more trouble than exploding the block. 

@KellySantaRosa - the layer controls the default weight of the callout. If you set the layer to a lineweight of 10...you can open the callout and override the layer lineweight of the "cross section line" to make it whatever you want it to be. Thicker or thinner. 

The attached example shows the callout using the layer lineweight of 20...and the cross section line is using a lineweight of 50.

Using X13. Have "framing default" checked for "Allow Automatic Balloon Framing"...but, as you can see in the picture below it's not working. I have auto framing walls turned on...experimented with the joist direction...didn't seem to have an effect. 

I'm on a MAC...maybe this is a reason? Does anybody know if this new feature in X13 actually works? 

Thanks!

Reading the manual...I'd say Chief put in "roof groups" for just such situations. Seems like a "in house" work around to me...but, at least Chief gave us a way to remedy the issue and for that I'm appreciative. Now...if they would just "improve" the stair tool I'd be a happy guy.

Here's a screen clip from the manual pertaining to roof groups for anyone interested;

9 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

I have not noticed that exact situation before but chief does struggle with a roof over another roof in many other ways.  You may have found the magic number that needs to be brought to chiefs attention but would be really interested in what others have to say.  Roof groups will fix it but I really don't think that should be necessary.

Thanks @Chopsaw...it's certainly odd behavior for sure. Using "roof groups" however does fix the problem. Just wondering if this is a "work around" or the way Chief was designed to work. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction...I had completely forgotten about "roof groups"...not something you use everyday.  

Made a video to describe what I'm wondering...

I hope the behavior of building the roof using "auto rebuild" is normal Chief behavior - because I have to admit I've never noticed this before today.

Roof Anomaly in Chief - X12 & X13 - Watch Video

@kristy3983 -

Try this suggestion. Can't guarantee it'll work...but, it worked for me in a test plan.

You can reverse either wall...the idea behind reversing the wall is to keep it from rejoining. It appears that using a single wall...one segment that is under the stair is causing the drywall to be "scraped" away at the end of the wall. 

Create a CAD Detail from view...copy the cad lines of the columns back to the plan...you will then have something to snap to. Unfortunately...these cad boxes are not "live"...so, make sure you have your columns exactly where you need them. If you move them...you will have to do the CDFV all over again. 

Thanks all for the helpful info...

Dimensioning footings is not something I need on a regular basis...in fact almost never. Hardly worth the effort really.  But - it's nice to know there are methods to accomplish this if needed.

@DG1949 - watch the attached loom video...let me know if this is the same experience you have with your MAC.

Snapping Dimensions to footings - Example 21-0804 - Watch Video

2 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

That just sounds really weird.  I have no problem snapping to the footing and don’t need to futz around with snap settings to do it either.  

 I'm on a MAC...maybe there's a difference? Not sure...

20 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Are you sure you’re not attempting to snap to footing in your reference display?

Definitely not trying to snap to reference display. As @GeneDavis stated…I have to draw a dimension that snaps to something- then sometimes I can edit that dim and drag it to the footing line to get a dimension. It’s a PIA…

@solver - I didn't get that error message when I opened the plan. 

@5Design - As Solver states above...the plan you attached does not have the double roof pitch. Looks like you attached the wrong plan?

@DeltaHome - Just sent you a text

3 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Like I posted, I was making it too difficult...

I think I invented "making it too difficult" 

Or...just use basic math;

@HumbleChief

Here's one solution...

Larry - Finding pitch for small hip roof - Watch Video

@5Design - you have to close the plan file before uploading to Chief. 

Just a guess...but, it might have something to do with the roof height settings in the "build roof" dialogue. Chief may be moving the roof baseline in order to keep your eaves at the same height. Just a guess without the plan file.

5 hours ago, solver said:

 

At first I could not recreate what @solvershows in this video. I messed around with my "manual dimension" settings...and got things to work. I clicked a number of items on/off...so, now I'm not sure which item was the reason I got things to work. I think the item that may have done the trick for me was to click on "Wall Options"..."both wall sides"...and I unchecked "interior walls only". 

Here is a screen shot of my current "manual dimension" settings;