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36 minutes ago, solver said:

 

 

This was drawn on the Attic level, then the elevation was changed.

How do you change the elevation is the question 

18 hours ago, solver said:

You can draw a Floor Material Region, then move it to the ceiling.

 

Eric - How do you move a floor material region...I have tried "transform replicate"...it doesn't budge.  Inquiring minds want to know! 

19 hours ago, ChiefMikla said:

I am trying to apply a different material to part of a ceiling.  It is a bathroom and I want to apply a tile to the part of the ceiling above the shower only and the rest of the ceiling will be drywall.  Something like the Build==>Wall Material Region, but for the ceiling.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

One more possible solution.  
 

make the glass shower wall “no room definition”.  Then use the “wall divider” and draw a wall just beyond the glass wall...maybe 3-4”.  Then the shower room ceiling will extend past the glass wall.  Of course the floor will also - but you can use a floor material region to adjust where the shower floor stops.  

9 minutes ago, solver said:

 

Nope -- always worked like that. One of my gripes with them.

Thanks Eric....much appreciated.  I thought I was losing my mind...

Is this normal behavior for a temp dimension?  My temp dimension is dimensioning to the center line of the invisible wall.  It only does this to invisible walls....all other temp dims go to the main layer. 

Am I missing something simple?  Is there a setting to control this behavior?

Thanks!

17 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Be careful.  It's probably not the trick you think it is.  It's not changing the camera view-port as one might hope.  As Dermot pointed out, it's actually changing the model, and as such, it could have a lot of unintended consequences.

Yea...the method I suggested works but can have bad consequences as what you are actually changing is the ceiling height in the room.  
 

I’d suggest a different camera and a cad mask.  

2 hours ago, EdKalen said:

I've spent half a day trying to figure why this is happening and no luck. I'm working on a kitchen remodel. I used the ceiling plane option to draw vaulted ceilings in the kitchen. It shows up just fine in perspective overview but when I select the Wall Elevation view, my wall does not extend to the ceiling but stops at the wall height that is in Room Specifications. What am I doing wrong? 

 

I've tried moving the edge of the plane to the inside and outside edges of the wall, with no luck. What else should I try? Please help.

 

Thank you!

YES...what you want can be accomplished.

Hopefully the attached pics will describe the process...but, basically it this;  use the wall elevation camera, click on the view, hit tab key (this will change the selection handles from the wall to the cameral "box"....then drag the box upward to reveal the rest of the room.  Done!  But...like Michael said above, it's just easier to use a different camera.

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27 minutes ago, Rosco2017 said:

Steve, I was actually going to send you an email regarding this. I've noticed that you use a mac in your videos. Currently I switch between my laptop and desktop to work on projects. Sometimes I'd rather sit on the patio with a glass of wine, rather than sit at my desk all day. Do you think there would be issues working on a plan on a mac desktop and them switching to a windows laptop? 

Ross - I don't think you'd have any issues...give it a try on a project that isn't that important.  I believe Chief works across platforms seamlessly....  

There are probably others on this forum that know better...I don't use any windows products currently.  

My iMac is 5+ years old and still works just fine for creating plans in Chief...a new iMac would be faster but not a whole lot faster.  Apple computers are expensive but they work.  I don’t believe a new Mac Pro will really run Chief any faster than a much lower cost iMac.  I’m waiting for the next generation iMac...which should come out in a year or so.  Hopefully...

I made a couple videos about pony walls and plan views a while ago...might help somewhat.  

Manual only.  You could use auto dimension and then edit...but that is probably as much work as just putting the dimensions where you want them.

Maybe use the wall corner edit tool?  Or if you painted this material on...then you may have to open the wall DBX and go to the material tab...click on the material and check the “use default material” box.  

Just now, tommy1 said:

Placement of roofs can also control the wall height.

You are correct!  Hadn't thought of that...

Draw the existing plan.  Save it as "existing".  Now open it and save the plan as "new"...or proposed.  Simplify the plan view to just walls/doors/windows....create a "Cad detail from View"....go the this view....select all, change the lines to dashed, change the color to a light gray, block the entire plan and save the block in you library (not really necessary...but, if you ever want to see the existing plan it's quick to grab out of the library...you can always delete it when you are done)

Place the block into your "new" plan....put it on it's own layer...something like "Cad, plan existing"...make sure to set the layer to the "back".

Now you can change walls/windows/doors/cabinets to your hearts desire.  

In X11 you can use a reference set and just reference the "existing plan"...there are videos Chief has on the subject.  

Unless you have no other way to control a wall height...then grab it and pull it down.  However, this is not a very good practice.  

Rooms control wall heights...if possible create a "room" using invisible walls and then change the room height.  This of course will change the ceiling height also...which you may not want...but, you can just adjust the ceiling height in the room DBX.  My two cents...

23 hours ago, Evolution said:

Joe, I know how to do that, the problem is, changing to the "ceiling cloud" then changes all the other rooms (essentially creating another ceiling below the drip ceiling I have already modeled for those particular rooms). I had previously set my default ceiling to 10' (which is actually the height of the fire rated hard ceiling nailed to the bottom of the floor "I"-joist above. Unless I misread something, once you set the default ceiling for the plan, you can change the individual room ceiling heights without affecting the others? 

Bob...this is just a quick idea...but, I created the cloud ceiling using invisible walls to make small rooms and then set the ceiling in each room to be a shelf ceiling.  The black ceiling is just a thin layer added to the room ceiling layer...and the black on the walls above was created by using "pony walls".  You could also use a very thin molding to add the black paint to the walls above the cloud ceiling.  Just an idea.  

Someone smarter than me will have to clarify...but, if you use a ceiling plane under a room ceiling...I believe the lower "cloud" ceiling plane will delete/replace the room ceiling in that area...so, not sure using a ceiling plane will work.  Maybe the plane can be manipulated in the structure panel to work...I haven't got time to try this right now. 

Plan attached so you can see what i did.  Good luck.  Bob's Cloud Drop Ceiling.plan

6 hours ago, dchaley369 said:

I have watched all the videos and done all there is to be done. But yet the pony walls on a unlinked drawing in the Layout still change when I make a change on an unrelated view in the plan view. 

 

So, I am wondering if anyone is aware of a bug in the Mac Version regarding pony wall display?

 

Thanks 

It's not your MAC...it's understanding how Chief handles the display of pony walls.  Plan Views as I recall are the key.  

Here is a video I made a while back...hope it clears things up for you.

On 5/10/2019 at 8:10 AM, EconBlueprints said:

Next issue...
Foundation with pony wall.
Upper Wall 2x6 with siding

Lower wall concrete, 8".
I created a new  concrete wall and changed the fill pattern to an angle hatch pattern.  I want this to display for the lowered concrete wall. I named it "concrete pony wall".

I changed the pony wall to have the "Concrete pony wall" as the lower wall.

In the Foundation Layer Set, I set the pony wall to display "lower wall".  Exactly what I wanted, as the full height wall fill pattern is concrete, and the dropped concrete wall fill pattern is an angle hatch.  I saved the layer set so everything associated with this layer set is saved with it. Or at least that was the plan.

The trouble comes when I switch to the Framing layer set.  If I switch the pony wall to display the upper portion of the pony wall, it also switches the foundation layer set to show the upper portion.  I thought the idea of layer sets was to be able to save all settings so each set would show only what you want it to show.
How can I save each set to show the different pony wall displays?

 

Thanks,

Lane

 

Lane...

I did a couple of videos on this topic a while back...you might want to watch this one.  
 

18 hours ago, BillMc said:

This is as close as I could get using an arched top door opening and an arched top door from Bonus Catalogue Doors Number 2. Glass and trim around hi-lite with polyline solids.

Bill...that is a creative solution.  Thanks!  Not sure that will get me exactly what I want...but it's close enough to start a conversation!

Is there a way to create either a window or door symbol where the bottom is arched...I want to create an arched bottom transom over an arched door.  I've given it a try...without much luck.

Seems creating custom window symbols in Chief is hit or miss...but, I may not know what I'm doing...so, there's that. 

Thanks...

Complex example of what I'm trying to do...I just want a clear glass arched top/bottom transom.

4 hours ago, kwhitt said:

I am attempting to model my first dormer.  I can't get the side walls to connect - see attached.  I would greatly appreciate any help with this.  I have attached the plan file too.  Thanks,  Kevin

Baker_As-Built_07-26-19.plan

You might check out my videos on dormers...this is an oldie but covers a lot.  Hope it helps...dormers can be quite frustrating.  

1 hour ago, kwhitt said:

I have two box windows that I created using Eric's pony wall/doorway technique.  The one on the front of the house is identical to the one on the back of the house including the window settings.  However, the one on the front is missing it's exterior sill.  I have tried restarting CA among other things and it just won't appear.  Anyone got any ideas?  File is attached.

Baker_As-Built_07-26-19.plan

Check your floor finish in each box (room)...they are different.  

I set them to default and the sill disappeared on the one box where it was displaying...

1 hour ago, glennw said:

You could use a very thin rectangular frieze and apply the rotated material.

This method keeps the frieze attached to the roof plane which can makes things a bit easier than having a seperate ceiling plane, psolid, sofffit...etc. 

 

Genius!

1 minute ago, kwhitt said:

What do you know.  It does work.  I changed it to a library symbol and set the smoothing angle to 60.

I knew about the smoothing angle but forgot to make the edit....thanks so much for your help!

Is there anything I can do to either reduce or eliminate the lines the column moldings are producing in vector view?  I did convert the curve to a polyline...and divided the circle into very small parts...but it doesn't seem to help.  

Any ideas would by great.  Thanks.

Here's a couple pics...a sample plan is attached also. (Column Molding in Vector View.plan)