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Not sure if this has anything to do with it but you need to make sure you are viewing it with the "full camera view" and not the "floor camera view".

23 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

 

Thanks for the Diagram   will be handy when dealing with Lighting especially, which is the only place in the Manual I have ever seen Chief explain any of this actually, it's like you should "just know" the 0-180 line is the Horizon Line, but looking at the Diagram I realised it's just like looking at my old Drawing Protractor ( flipped down for the negatives) , so I made a quick Reference Image, figured someone else maybe able to use it too, if they have a "Practical " Brain like me....it's likely you can make it better than mine but I'm more about Function than Form

 

If you search the Ref. Manual there is a bit on the Horizon deal with Light Data or there is some info in this KB Tutorial on light too.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00777/working-with-light-sources.html

 

 



 

 

 

 

I love this protractor diagram!

I printed it and posted it on the wall in front of me to help me get a visual as I'm working on my plan.

Thank you Michael also for starting this example with your diagram!

I ALSO ADDED THE X AND Y TO IT FOR THE AXIS TO HELP BETTER WITH THE VISUAL

9 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Just to be clear, you started a new plan and got the same whacky default results?

Yes and reading help right now to see if there might be something I'm missing.

17 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Thanks Joe but I don't see any change when I do that??? Do the floor heights change to defaults when you uncheck that box? I do want a mono slab foundation and there's no way I know of having the mono slab box checked and the "Floor supplied by foundation room below." Still missing something..

I need to understand this myself. But it doesn't appear that your doing anything wrong because I started a new plan from scratch and got the same results. Not sure ifs it's a glitch or I'm just missing something.

Here is the one most important thing that I remember learning from the CA lesson video when I first started in 2004. I often forget and have to remind myself and it gets me out of a lot of trouble when I go back to this concept.

AS A BUILDER:

We build the foundation first and work our way up. Its the only way to do it.

AS A CHIEF ARCHITECT (or just a designer/architect in general) USER:

We design the look of our building first. We begin drawing walls and the roof and then build our foundation and then our framing. Not exactly in this order but always our walls come first then we have to set our elevations. So in-other-words, we have to think backwards from how the builder will build it.

I believe this is the very first thing a person needs to understand when you start using this program and if you keep this always in the back of your mind as your building it will solve a lot of your problems.

If a person move's forward after the walls are drawn and go's immediately to the roof and does not review all the elevations in the orthographic or perspective views then that is usually where all the mistakes are made. You need to make sure everything is connected properly and all the elevations are correct. Otherwise everything else you add to it will not work properly.

ANOTHER POINT ID WOULD LIKE TO MAKE:

You also have to understand that we all don't retain information as well as others so we have to be patient with each other. We all learn differently. That is why I like this forum so well. I think for the most part this is understood and we have some good teachers here! Thank You!

TIP:

I myself like to use an old-fashioned address book to keep by my side and I use the alphabetical order to put my topic in and then the instruction of what I learned, Its easy for me to find that way. There are several ways to do it but this works for me.

Hope this helps someone and I appreciate everyone that is part of this forum!

18 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Hey Joe,

 

Was going to try and explain how Chief works and came up against this little bit of crazy....

 

Attached the plan cause I might need some help...

 

Larry,

You need to uncheck the "Floor Supplied by the Foundation Room Below" on your first floor structure tab and it will fix it.

18 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

floor_level_1_test.plan

On 2/21/2019 at 6:27 AM, HumbleChief said:

Great advice as always but this might be a pretty simple problem - unless I'm missing something...

 

 

This video helped me because as I use this technique before I don't think I was paying much attention to the "Floor Below" box and I think it was causing me to go back and forth a lot. I would eventually get it figured out but didn't know why and so I know you were helping someone else but this video helped me.

Also, I don't know that I understood in full starting at the top. I'm assuming that the floor above effects the floor below but not visa-versa. Is that a correct statement?

Thank You

I started using Notes. They are actually pretty easy to use once you read the directions in help. Very nice!

Just submitted my first set of plans using X11 and started my second.

Yes, I am also very happy with the upgrades! I'm also excited about the notes but have trouble finding the time to learn how to use them. I may wait for a good video, but either way things are working well. The new "Plan Views" are a time saver!

47 minutes ago, justmejerry said:

Check here Joe.

 

Thank for the help!

The problem was that it was an addition and I didn't build the wall framing on that part of the house yet. I just over looked it. These things happen more and more with old age! LOL

Sorry I took up your time with my imbecility!

12 minutes ago, justmejerry said:

Joe mine show when i have the layer turned on for headers. Check that your doors have it checked under framing in the dialogue box.

Garage door header is not there

You have a lot of lower walls that are not lining up with the upper walls. Use the tool to line them up. Like Eric said it helps a lot to make sure everything is clean before you build the roof. Use the perspective floor over view to check that all your walls are lining up correctly and your room heights are where they are supposed to be. Take your time on that part and it will save you a lot of trouble and aggravation later.

I see all my headers in on all my doors and windows but I don't see it for the garage door. Am I missing something or doe's it not do garage door headers?

4 minutes ago, JNWArchitect said:

Is it possible to save a .plan file at an earlier version? (I.e.: X10 to X9)

I work with an interior designer who hasn't upgraded yet. I'm one version above her's and it has made collaboration difficult.

Thanks!

It's my understanding you cannot. I've tried before and even called support and they said no

This young man is supposed to release his video on X11 notes tomorrow morning

1 hour ago, solver said:

You have found the forum for the Chief Architect branded products.
 
Home Designer users have their own forum, HomeTalk, where you will find suggestions based on your software.
 
https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/

Good catch!

Man, you guy's are awesome! Nice job helping that guy "TD"! Brownie points all around!

Here is a link for a pole barn video

This is not my video

1 minute ago, glennw said:

 

I am talking about having the details anywhere in the plan, grouped by floor or not by floor, or on any floor in the plan.

As long as you use Remember Zoom and Floor whenever you save the Plan View of the detail.

When you then switch to a Plan View which uses the detail name (can be any name you like, but probably the same as the detail name as Larry shows), you will always end up with the correct detail being dispalyed, ready for use.

Thank You Sir!

17 hours ago, glennw said:

If you are placing your cad details in a separate plan (or even the same plan), you could utilise Plan Views to quickly locate them.

Zoom in to your cad detail wherever it is located and save a Plan View (check Remember Zoom and save the floor if needed), name it to identify the detail's name.

Then all you need to do to find the detail is to select it's name from the Plan View dropdown or the Project Browser and Chief will go to the correct floor and zoom into the correct detail, ready for use.  

Glenn,

Are you talking one detail per floor or a group of details on the same floor and using the zoom. So in other words; Would you lable the plan few (for example) Foundation, raised floor 1 or whatever floor it is on?

My new detail plan template is working really smooth for me. Thank you all for your advise!

Michael (Alaskan Son), your really good at teaching. The Information you gave on the annotation sets and active defaults on your recent post really helped me a lot.

3 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said:

That's Glen's very cute grandkid.

Yes, its something to be proud of. I'm in that place of enjoying grand-kids right now. Best thing ever in life at those young ages! Wouldn't trade it for the world!

Thank You!

It confused me because these symbols are the same. I thought it was a toggle from one to the other and not a on/off switch.

Can someone please explain this default toggle button to me? I just cant wrap my brain around it. I understand what active defaults and defaults are or at least I thought I did. 

For what it is worth This is only my opinion based on my experience. Not necessarily the right way just my way.

This is how we view it at Built-Right Construction:

Drywall is not expensive enough to return so we just scrap it out or move it to another job if its convenient to do so. Also we mostly use 12 foot sheets unless it makes sense to use shorter materials but most of the time the 12 foot sheets work out fine. More waste but less taping means less labor. Drywall is never the trade that breaks my budget unless I screw up really bad on the take off.

With that said, I would still love for Chief to improve their material list but it is not a high priority for me right now. I would rather Chief use the time to keep making the drawing part of the program better. I'm sure that's why they don't spend to much time on material list. In all reality (not speaking with experience in programming) I'm also assuming that the drawing part of the program needs to be more advanced before you can get an accurate materials list. It's all a process. But either way I really like CA and where they are going.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK CA TEAM!