SNestor
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Take a look at the attached...it's not perfect but it may help to lead you in the right direction. I didn't make it perfect...you may try using P-Solids to fill in the gaps between the roof and the rail panels. Screen Porch - Using Rail Walls 2 - With Patio.plan
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Eric - I cannot begin to thank you enough for all the help you have provided to us all on this forum. You have helped me often when I didn't even ask a question. My point about the "secret" is that an attic wall should behave the same whether it's located above a flat room ceiling plane....or a manual ceiling plane...or an arched ceiling plane. It's the inconsistent behavior that drives me a bit crazy that's all. I had tried just about everything to fix that attic wall but with no success. Dragging the ceiling plane out beyond the attic wall...and then back to the drywall surface of the attic wall seems so unnecessary. Am I the only one that has difficulty with this? I doubt it....
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Attached is a symbol plan...shows a basic screen panel. You can modify to your needs. Instructions for creating the symbol are in the plan. Easy-peasy! Screen Panel Symbol Plan.plan
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I use a "railing wall" with "Panels". - The railing wall has a "beam"...in the picture it is 4" wide x 12" tall but you can specify any size you want...or none. I also used a bottom rail...in the picture it is 4" wide and 2" tall. I created my own rail panel symbols. I've attached a plan so you can see what I've done... If you make a bunch of rail panel symbols you can just drag them on to the wall and change them so you can see how different designs look. With wood panel on bottom.... With Arch at top and fully screened... Here is a vector view of pic above... Here is a sample plan... Screen Porch - Using Rail Walls 1.plan
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Thank you Eric... So I gather the "secret" to success is dragging the ceiling plane beyond the attic wall...then dragging back to align with the edge of the drywall. I don't believe this "secret" editing technique is described anywhere in the "Chief Help Files". Just another task in Chief that should be simple (but isn't)...any attic wall should be able to determine the ceiling shape and automatically adjust to fit the shape. If I had a dime for every time something like this has slowed me down I'd be very wealthy....
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Help? Is this really as complicated as it appears?
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Eric thanks...but how is this done? My attic wall did not follow the curved ceiling...
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Sample as requested.... Curved Ceiling - sample.plan
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Can someone tell me how to construct the attic wall above a curved ceiling as shown below? I tried placing a wall in the attic (attic wall) but all you get is a standard triangular shaped attic wall...the bottom edge of the attic wall does not follow the curved of the ceiling. Thanks! Here is the curved ceiling...no attic wall. Here is "with" an "attic wall"...
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Actually that is how it looked when I started, rectangular frame with an arched door. You would think the software in 2018 could be smart enough to detect this but alas we must just want too much.
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Joe - I agree with your assessment. I tried one of the round top doors...and the radius of the jamb did not match the door radius...leaving a gap. You would think someone at Chief would check these items out thoroughly prior to release.
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Mark...thanks for taking the time to help me. Very much appreciated. If I'm right...those are "architectural blocks"...not symbols? I was trying to make a symbol I could stretch to fit any size closet. I used the method suggested by Chopsaw...drew individual lines in the block to represent the hidden rod...assigned it to the symbol and it worked well. See symbol in plan attached...Shelf and Rod Plan.plan
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I'm attempting to make my own shelf and rod symbol. The symbol is easy enough...but, the CAD block is another story. I want line that represents the pole to be a dashed line...representing that it is underneath the shelf. I've tried just about every thing I can thing of...and no matter what I do the line in the CAD block is always solid. When I made the symbol I called it a "Fixture"...is this the problem? When I place the symbol into a plan...does the new plan assign the layer to the symbol...like a CAD block? Or does it retain the layers it was created with? Attached are some pics... this is what I'm trying to achieve...
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Not arguing with the code...but sometimes I think these code creators just don’t have enough to do so they look hard for things to regulate. I mean there are millions of homes out there that were framed without this requirement and...last I looked they weren’t falling down.
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How to remove railing on only one section of stairs
SNestor replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
I feel your pain! Glad you were able to come up with at least a modest solution. Too bad your topic got hijacked -
Wondering what I've done with one of my wall definitions...and how to fix it. The "Glass Wall" type definition has "tempered glass" selected....but, when I draw the wall in plan the material is "drywall". If I open the wall spec DBX...and go to the materials tab, the material is shown as "drywall". If I then select the material and go to the library and select use default...the material changes to "tempered glass"...like it's supposed to be. So...what have I done. I know it's a setting I've screwed up because if I open an stock Chief template and draw a "glass wall"...it works perfectly. So...I've changed something that is controlling what is happening with this wall type. Attached is a screen shot...not sure if it helps to clarify the problem or not;
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How to remove railing on only one section of stairs
SNestor replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
Did you ever get it figured out... -
How to remove railing on only one section of stairs
SNestor replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
Well...looks like Scott’s handrail topic has left the tracks. -
Thanks Mark...I really appreciate your help! I think the plan is "screwy"...I've tested with new plans from stock CA templates...and I get normal editing behavior.
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Well...yea, that works. Why do you think I'd have to change the door like that? Is there something corrupt with the drawing or is it just a quirk in the software? I've never edited a cabinet like this in the past...so, I'm wondering if I should send to Tech Support.
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Mark...thanks for helping out. I'm not following..."face configuration"? Are you talking about the cabinet DBX? I have tried to edit via the DBX and the preview doesn't even update. I can edit both full height and base cabinets...no problem. But...the wall cabinet will not change. So...are you saying I can go "Default Settings"...and change the default in wall cabinets?
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I was working in the attached plan...went into a DBX (can't remember which...) and got the little notification from Chief that the software had crashed. Well...the software never closed. However, now when I pull in a wall cabinet...I cannot change the door style. I can on a base cabinet... So...can someone take a look at the plan and see if a setting got changed...or, maybe the software is corrupted? Thanks... Here's the plan. The wall cabinet is in the front middle room...I just put it there to see if I could edit the cabinet. Wall Cabinet - no edit.plan.zip
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I agree with Scott. However, I got my feet wet by watching just about every video Scott Hall has made and uploaded to YouTube...you could start there. It's free...and you can learn a lot.
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I think this a very good idea...if you make one minor change the plan view asks if you want to save the new view...a couple of working views sounds like the solution.
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Thanks to all for your replies...I think its an amazing feature and one I would never so casually discount. But...like Larry said, each person's workflow is unique....and Dan has been using the software a long time and probably is a bit "set" in his ways. However...if you are promoting a class on "Chief X10 New Features"...I don't think you should downplay or gloss over any feature...there was a lot of people listening to the webinar and I think Dan may have done a disservice to some new people who haven't yet learned the power of "Plan Views"....
