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Oh thanks fellas! I nee to look up once in while.

Looks like the Weird line is associated with a Invisible wall i used to create the Lanai. Not sure how to get rid of it though.

See attache PLAN. The line can not be selected. What is it. Also i have a poly solid making the Pool Deck that has crossing vertex which I can not locate. I do appreciate your time to look at his. Thanks Simmons.zip

New day & fresh eyes. Took some tweaking but I got it. The narrow wall, no drywall & 2.5" width made the plan view more realistic. I had the change all the walls forming the "Open Below" to the narrow Fence type to get the corners to form properly. Also the end walls with door openings to suppress the railing at top & bottom of the stair run need to be set to Cable Railing too to get the connections to form properly.

See attached plan. See camera S24 Issue one is the plan view of the railing. Should I create a railing wall with no drywall & a 3" core to get the plan view to look like a railing? Issue two is where the stair on 2nd floor meets the Open Below. See S24. The railing on the stair needs to follow the stair all the way to the toe of the bottom tread. Then the level railing should start near that point. I need to run some errands but will return in 2 or 3 hours so I will be silent until then. Thanks in advance. MacDill RH-Unit A.zip

Wow the price is right. Problem is I have a ton of LISP routines I use daily & my hobby is lisp programing. You need to get the pro version $1,250 to run lisp as I read here. http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2012/04/a-user-reviews-draftsight-the-free-and-pro-versions.html BricsCAD is still top of my list so far at $550

Has anyone used BricsCAD? https://www.bricsys.com/ I was considering replacing my 2006 AutoCAD with BricsCAD but will look into ArchiCAD now that I have read this thread.

Michael I must say you are quite a talented user of this software.

The Plain Text with grid on works OK once you get it figured out. I do use blank layouts on occasion but for 10 sheets the text table is easier for me to manage. Just edit it on one sheet.

OK Thanks Alan, that helps. Playing with plain text I was able to create a text object & align the vertical lines to match the Index. This was the way to go only I could not conquer the Text table elements, Now I have a better understanding. SO I no longer need the cobbled table I created.

I build an extension to the table of contents on a plan to accommodate sheets I do not generate. The horizontal likes need to be quite accurate to fall between the new text. I measure but at 3/16 the rounding chief does at that small a measure is off. In Autocad I just Pick the measurement which is quite accurate. I doubt Chief will add this feature to its dialog boxes as not enough people are asking for it. So what is the best way to get the accurate measurement? Is there a better way to do this?

That's it. Thanks Joe.....

Thanks Joe but not working in the text, works in the label.

If I change the Text Macro to Referenced Object it works in the text but not in the Label.

I created a Roof Surface macro that works in the Roof label but not in a text object. See plan attached. What am I doing wrong? Roof Macro.plan

I AGREE. Simply providing a way to move the coordinates of the area hatch would be a quick solution. As long as you can create a 2'x4' hatch.

Alan that is a good tip. Can't tell you how many times I tried to select a light over a cabinet.

I use a pre made grid that I blocked & added to the library. It is rather large so I delete most lines after exploding & trimming. It can be rotated and nugged into your preferred alignment. I don't center but look at the margin tiles to prevent any small tiles & make sure the lights if used will look ok in the space. More of a visual alignment for me. Great video Michael.

Yes if you heat the outer part & cool the inner part it will still require force to join the parts. I think that 10 thousandths play is still considered an interference fit and requires force to join the parts.

Without control of the hatch pattern origin you could make your own pattern files but for each grid size it would be 144 files for 1 inch offsets. Seems like Chief would have provided the origin control for users. At least in the professional version of there software.

Thanks Curt, What I wanted was to have Chief auto build the floor system with trusses. It uses TJI's so why not Web Trusses? Another option that would be goo is the swap out TJI's for web trusses globally. No way to to that That I have found.

Wow your engineer is "one size fits all" kinda guy. What happened to "review the plan & design to the load conditions found"? I think I deleted 16 trusses in this project. None of them were necessary. I guess Chief adds them because it can not determine if they are load bearing or not.

No sir, not with 3/4" plywood, just cross bracing and often no bracing at all.

Agreed, when you get the design just the way you want it, the client comes back and request moving a few exterior walls & then the auto regen would be a blessing BUT all your changes would be lost. That's why so many people turn auto OFF once it is built the first time. Foundations & Roof are the same way for me. Auto one time only!

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm getting there. How can I get web floor joist?