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I always read through the release notes but remembering is another thing. lol Great advise though. Just keeping an eye on the questions asked and answered in this forum you learn a lot. I like to encourage my friends to keep up with the forum also.

This is the final rendering for my client. Not what I would do for the exterior look but its what he wants. I prefer a foundation and a 30" x 30" chase for the vent pipe to go up.

Yes, the one Solver showed is coming up in my library now after I downloaded. Thank y'all very much!

Thank you for the vent! I'm also updating my library. Thank you for reminding me

My library doesn't have that for some reason.

Yea, been there, done that. Couldn't find one.

I want the customer to see what it will look like in the 3D finish view of the house.

I was looking for an exterior wall vent for a gas fireplace in the library and could not find one. Please help if you know where I can find one. Otherwise I will make one but didn't want to go through the trouble if I don't have too.

Yes, thats what I mean. I did the room molding polyline also. It's hard to keep up with the changes.

Thanks Glen! Was that new with X11 or 12 because I don't remember that option being there.

Whats the easiest way to get rid of this base? Please help

Your right, I did the down vote just because your statement p*ssed me off so much and than I thought I better voice my opinion to you directly. I don't have a problem with confronting things straight on and I also don't have a problem with apologizing when I'm wrong. With that said, I did the down vote with a follow up of how I felt and I will promise that I will never use a down vote again. My apologies if I hurt your feeling on the down vote.

I sent a private message to Michael asking him not stay away. Might be a good idea if anyone feels lead to do the same. Just a thought Thank You

Thanks Joey! I never new what those were called either. Never have to put one on a house before.

Yes, this is not a winning battle for anyone. I am thankful for the help I get on this forum and we should probably agree to just end this thread and forgive and forget what was said. Love you guys! Please don't hate me!

I just noticed besides the up vote and down vote it looks like there is a third selection to "Like" it by clicking the heart. Its nice to be able to like a post because its just thanking the other person. I agree though I don't like the up and down vote. I appreciate your statement Larry. Thank You

This is a very offensive statement. If this is what you want then you should open up your own chat room with your own rules. At this point I have to contain my thoughts and be careful what I say.

I agree but I just gave you an up vote anyway! LOL

I agree, I don't like down votes! Down votes without an explanation of why they are down voting doesn't help. Please don't get discouraged because everyone's input is important to someone and I don't want to miss out on your opinion. Don't let the few mess it up for others.

I did not down vote Micheal either but I do agree with you. When the plan views came out I decided to start from scratch with my templates. With all the preset plan views I think it makes it very user friendly to the new guy because everything is all set up for us right out of the box to start using. Of course I could be over speaking a little because I have been using the program for a long time but with me starting from ground zero it was easy. I would suggest to new users to sign up for the on line classes. That really helped me to work through getting the new templates setup quicker and understanding how the plan views work. Thank You Dermot!

I have been using Chief for a long time and since the Plan views and notes have been added I have decreased my time to draw plan significantly. Also, the library plays a huge part in the time saving. If you utilize your library and organize it right its very powerful to use. I don't have to build many templates anymore because of it. To many templates can get confusing trying to keep everything linked with the layout file so I have it setup a little differently than some. All my notes I also save to the library. For example: I send schedules thru cad details to send them to layout but I don't save the schedules in the template. I just save a cad detail as framing notes, elevation notes, windows, doors...and I leave it blank so I can just generate the schedule in a pre-named cad detail. This way everything is fresh and clean each time and I don't have to worry about placing, linking or sizing. When I'm drawing a floor plan and I'm putting windows in, this way is better for me because I can see the window size label and not just the callout label. All my general notes of course is set to go straight from the library into the layout and that is set as my layout template along with some other things.

I'm finding that saving the notes to the library in whatever category or subcategory you want to save them works really well for me. I don't try to do templates for the schedules because they are so easy to add them in each plan for a nice clean look. Also, templates are confusing to me to keep track of because when you use it for one plan and then another I run into problems so I just build the schedule for each plan. Just my personal experience and the way my mind works for what its worth

I'm going to download it later tonight and take it for a trial run.

Thank you!

Thank you, I didn't see that. That's a little costly but might be worth it. I will try the free trial.