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I like it!

Not sure I would use that but I may now that I know about it.

Thank You

Yea that seems unusual. You may want to post the plan so others can help you through it.

Is that an attic space or a second floor where the windows are? Or vaulted ceiling?

When the electrician has to do a horizontal run thru a solid framed corner it is a lot more difficult.

I do understand your statement about hold-downs and very often we have something even more substantial than 2x's at those locations.  However, particularly for interior walls it's less material and less work for other trades if the corners are framed the way Chief does it.  The pic Greg showed in the OP also limits the sheathing attachment at the inside corner to a very small width.  The pic Larry shows is better.

 

OTOH, I don't usually show Chiefs' framing in the ConDocs - leaving it up to the framers to do it the way they are accustomed to.  That's normally the way that will require the most material and labor

I agree. You just didn't elaborate of other circumstances. I don't care how chief frames the corners because I don't use the materials list and I don't put the framing in any of the floor layouts. I refer to my framing details for that in the structural drawings.

Thank you Joe

If you do change to that type of corner framing - the electrician is going to hate you. 

I'm a framer and I don't understand this comment. We never frame outside corners like the way chief has it set up. Its always the way Greg wants it with three studs or there is a 4x4 on the corner. We used to do "stud block stud". In California you need something to attach the hold down to for your shear walls and up lift and/or you need the nailing surface for the plywood or OSB.

Me Two!!

Also remember rules of dimensioning. Don't dimension interior walls that are attached to and dimensioned in an exterior string. I see many plans sent to me for clean-up that have dozens of repeated dimensions all over the page. I also use 4" for general text, 5/6 for callouts, 7 bold for room labels.

So in the drawing that you sent it looks like the callouts, general text and dimension numbers are all the same size. Are they all 4" in this drawing? Because that looks good. Not too hard to read.

it depends on the callout, section cuts are usually 6" but interior cameras are still at 4" b/c it get too big for other info to fit.

I have been putting in my double call outs for sections and not using the camera call outs because I don't know how to make the camera with double call outs. Just haven't tried yet. Haven't learned enough about using the camera call outs. But I will

Check if you set your time zone in your profile.

Ok, not feeling too smart right now.

Thank you I fixed it

I actually use 4" for 1/4" text and 3 1/2 for labels, tell them to get glasses.

What are you doing for call outs?

I was wondering why the post times are so far off? When I post to the forum the time is never the time that I'm posting.

Can anyone explain how the post time work?

This post is 5:45pm and it is currently 9:40am in CA

Todd, if you make the framing  sub- fascia's gable and eave  1/16",  the exterior surface will go to the top of the beams

Perry,

Do you use sub fascia's or do you take those out? We don't typically frame that way here in CA. Just curious?

I agree with Perry. His style is very similar to mine.

But you could also check all your font and callout sizes. For example chief out of the box it set up for 6" text for a 1/4" scale and 12" text for 1/8" scale. I reduced mine to 5" for 1/4", 10" for 1/8" and 2.5" for 1/2" for sections and details. Also you can reduce your labels such as window, door, roof..... Also layout plan notes can be 1/8"

This has really helped me a lot.

Thank you I had to call dell support and reload the driver.

It not working on any plan

check your 3d layer set

 

jon

I went thru all the layers and checked them

I opened an existing plan from an earlier version of CA and saved it in X7 but when I open the floor plan and then go to 3D view nothing is showing in 3D.

Floor plan is there but 3D is not? I'm baffled!

Checked out "Movavi" and I like it also. Now its not so easy to make a decision!

Now that I think of it. I start several plans off the original house layout I draw and name them 101,102, 103....... Because I have several different floor plan ideas I present for the initial design but when they choose one I delete the others and then of course I'm just back to the existing and new layout.

If you are talking about elevation views, X7 now has a staggered section feature. You can break the section line and move in or out to wherever you need to.

Yes I love that!!!

But this is for 3D

Thanks guys. I think I will give it a try.

I'm assuming some of you are using Jing for your video's. I made a couple of video's and the file size is pretty big. Does anyone know if it can be sized smaller? Also I have the free version. Is there a paid version that is better to have?

I draw the entire house and site plan as is and I call that plan file "Original Plan" and I will use that one of course for my demo plan.

Then off of the original I start a plan file called "New Plan" and I start to draw my addition off of that.

So I have in every customer file folder:

• Original Plan
• New Plan
• Layout Plan

and I will now be adding one plan for all my details and custom work that will most likely be duplicated to every job file from a template file.

Thanks Joey and Alan.  That will help me put together a demo that will cover your type of work. 

 

BTW Alan,  the "Building Coverage %" in your example doesn't appear to be correct.  That's one thing that I want to prevent.

I was going to put all the different variations into a spread sheet as a template (similar to Allan's) and when I was done inputting all the information I would just delete the rows I don't need. I then cut and paste it into the drawings. That's how I do roof and floor venting right now and it works well. Of course it would be much better built into the program. But I have to do those kind of things a I learn.

Here are some more items. It varies from job to job.

This is the longer list:

1^st Floor Existing Living Area

2nd Floor Existing Living Area

Existing Garage, Storage Buildings, Patio Covers

Demo existing living area, Garage, Storage Buildings, Patio Covers

Proposed living area, Garage, Storage Buildings, Patio Covers

Total Living Area

Lot Size

Total Building Area

Lot Coverage Ratio