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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.

Thank you! This and the other program so far recommended are great but are so far apart from each other for what they can do. I have my research cut out for me. I'm not even sure what I want or need until I research it.

Bob, Can you give me an Idea for cost of this program? Looks like I have to subscribe to find out. I just need to know if this is something that is affordable first and I'm not over buying. It looks like it is a very powerful program. Thank You

Checking it out now. Thank You

Can you be a little more specific on the name of it? Several different types or Viewers come up in a search

Good morning from wonderful Michigan! I'm looking for a program that I can use to markup PDF's and other documents like a plan checker would do for corrections or as I have seen some of you do to help other on the forum. I have "Adobe DC" but the markup capabilities are limited and the windows "snipping tool" isn't near advanced enough. Does anyone have suggestions for me for what I'm looking for? Some of these programs out their like "eCopy" can be very expensive and I don"t mind spending some money but I don't want it to break the bank account either. Any help or direction would be much appreciated.

Nice!

Its hard to make out your picture. Is that a monkey on your back?

Interesting.... LOL

Thank you for the direction. I might be able to work with that after a little more tweaking.

I don't often have to do balconies over decks but when I do, I run into this problem of the post disappearing and the handrail post not working together. Is there a way to get this to work together or do I have to put in post and place the railing in between them? Cabin.plan

I'm offended!! LOL

We have a lot of time for re-runs right now!

Yes, you are young! "Sanford and Son" was a classic. It was one of my favorites Hope I didn't offend you I was just kidding around

Just coming up with this actor in his day reveals you must not be a young buck

Have to go out for a few hours so I will try symbols when I get back. Haven't worked with symbols in a while so I have to check the help.

I may have to manually put the rafters in and turn off the rafters layer Unless someone else has easier way another way.

I tried to run a roof from the top down and putting a negative pitch but it recognized the lower portion as the eaves

Anyone know how I can get a radius on both ends? Its not recognizing the top as rafter tails.