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5 minutes ago, DRyeHD said:

@builtright3, that looks like it should work.  Will they know the background behind it and how it's supposed to work?  Per my requirement, I wanted a macro that would display the total number of pages for that particular drawing based on the total number of pages in the Layout Page Table.  I've never put in a suggestion.    If it could just be a checkbox as you suggest, that would be great.  Thanks!

 

Add your request to the same suggestion thread

29 minutes ago, Electromen said:

I tried Windows 11 in a brand new PC with NVIDIA 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM and it crashed constantly in 3D views.

I went back to Windows 10

Not sure if this has anything to do with your situation but when my program crashed I would have to disable the "Nahimic Service" and then everything would work fine.

But I noticed that I haven't had the problem lately since I updated to Chief x13 but it could also have something to do with the NVIDIA card updates.

53 minutes ago, CharlesVolz said:

 

Great idea! Did you submit this to CA?

Yes, I put it in the suggestion box

It took me 60 seconds to create that. They should be able to do it in 30 seconds!

I guess this is what we need from Chief to add

4 hours ago, DRAWZILLA said:

I have been using w11 for almost a year without any problems so far. The only thing is trying to figure out where everything is, so there is some learning curve. The GUI is different but somehow similar.

Thank you Perry!

Hey Guy's & Gal's, 

Any input on the Pro's and Con's to windows 11 and how it works with or relates to Chief X13?
I have not downloaded windows 11 yet and trying to prepare myself for any potential problems the best I can.
Any information on this would be helpful

Thank You!

1 hour ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Without having a complete list of all equipment (with loads) as well as the number and amperage of circuits this wouldn't be possible.  It could be done - but only with customized electrical symbols, etc.

 

I find it's easier to let the Electrician or Electrical Engineer work it out. For most residential projects I just specify the appropriate panel size.

I do most all my electrical in house. I was just trying to make it a little easier.
Thank you Joe

54 minutes ago, robdyck said:

Glad to hear you're doing well Joe!

A 'simple' way would be to complete your electrical plan, then create an electrical schedule, then copy that schedule into a spreadsheet and assign values to each items.

You could of course assign values to each item in Chief, but I'm not sure it would be faster. That being said, it could be worth doing if you're interested in creating your own library of electrical items and reuse them. 

To accomplish this you could use the OIP or Components. 

I have a spread sheet that I built and use to put in all the necessary information. I think you may be on to something by creating the electrical schedule and then transferring to a spread sheet. I will try that. Most of these detached ADU's are asking for it now so I thought maybe I could come up with something a little easier.

Thank You!

Curious,

Does anyone know if Chief Architect is equipped to be able to calculate electrical load? Or has someone built something within Chief that can do it?

Happy new year by the way! This is the first I have been able to sign on since my surgery!

Looking for an Architect or designer with engineer:

I have a good friend that has moved from California to Texas (Near Waco) and she bought 23 acres of land that she would like to build 3 homes on for her family. I would have to get the exact city location but it is in the Waco area.

Has cash to build and needs to start ASAP but has no Idea how to get started.

If your interested please send me a private message and I will pass your information on to her.

Thank You!

3 minutes ago, solver said:

I reported this same problem to Chief when the Dutch Gable option was introduced. Can't imagine how things like this slip through testing as this is a really common configuration.

 

You can force the program to generate the dutch gables by using Roof Groups, but you will still need to do clean up.

 

Thank you Solver! I was afraid you might give me the answer I didn't want to hear.
I'm best off at this point to draw it manually like I usually do.

22 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

Without the plan , the only suggestion I can think of is make sure the Front Wall ( red scribbly line in pic) 

is not 1 wall break it at the Garage if needed and set it to Hip.

 

M.

Been there done that, I should have explained it to you that I broke the wall.
Thank You!

The only way I can get the Dutch gable to automatically build is to make the garage ceiling a different height. But then my facia doesn't line up and other things don't work right.
Can anyone help me with this or do I have to create a work around?

ANY HELP WOULD BE APRECIATED 

THIS IS WHAT I DONT WANT

THIS IS WHAT I WANT

16 hours ago, glennw said:

That problem is being caused by the junction of the upper floor platform, external wall and roof bearing location.

Can you do a quick detail of that junction.

Can you make the lower pitch flatter than what you have?

Thank you sir!

On 6/23/2021 at 12:55 AM, glennw said:

This can be done very easily with auto roofs.

Build your second floor.

Go back to the level 1 floor - because we are going to build the roof of this level.

Make the 2 end walls Full Gable Walls.

Make the side walls Hips.

Open the Build Roof dbx.

Check Auto Rebuild Roofs and Ignore Top (2nd) Floor.

Enter the lower pitch value and check Upper Pitch.

Enter the appropriate values.

You should have something like the pic.

You will probably have to go through it and fine tune some of the parameters.

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Glen,
Thanks for your help. Can you give me a little more guidance and I will give you my first born! lol

Gambrel.zip

 

I'm having trouble learning how to draw a Grambrel roof the way I want it in Chief Architect and so Im looking for someone I can pay to tutor me to get what I want. I would like someone that is familiar with the Gambrel roof's that can also offer framing suggestions. I have never framed one before so a little lost in where to start.

Any help would be appreciated.

This is the exact look I'm going for:

This is the house I want to convert to a second floor (or loft), Gambrel roof

48 minutes ago, Migaloo said:

Can't seem to get my roof to build automatically. I have obviously overlooked something. I have made some attempts

to just manually draw it but it is never quite right. Any help would be appreciated.

WV1.plan 3.42 MB · 4 downloads

So in other words; If you shape the house so that you can get the main part of the roof the way you want it you can do the automatic roof build and then change your walls around and add the other roofs manually. At least that's the way that works best for me. There are other ways to get auto roofs to work for you but its more work I think unless you do it a lot and you get really efficient at it. Like others on this forum that are way more experienced than I am.
Depends on what your needs are

I always start with this on automatic

An then put the walls with the lower pitch and add the lower pitch roof manually. File is attached: you should be able to finish up.

Untitled 1.zip

2 hours ago, DRAWZILLA said:

I would have just made the entry a room and set the ceiling height all the way up to what you need there.

Thank you Perry!
That's exactly what I did and the pony walls corrected the problem I was having with the two side walls above and below the roof line.
Not sure why I'm having a problem with the wall that the entry door is on though?

So I tried the open below and that did not work well, so I made the two side walls "Pony" walls and everything came together except for the wall that the double doors are on along with the window above it. I want about 8" in between the top of the door and the window.
Here are some pics with my problem areas and the plan file.

House 3.zip

45 minutes ago, solver said:

Make the upper part of the porch a 2nd floor Open Below room.

So it helped in some areas but it has cause several other problems on the inside and outside. It seems like it just shouldn't be this complicated.

40 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

It looks to me as though  "Lower Wall Type if Split by Butting Roof"  would be the correct setting.   

38 minutes ago, javatom said:

This might do the trick as Chopsaw indicated.

That didn't work. Not sure what do do next. Just making things worse

Here is the plan file if anyone would like to take a crack at it. I don't do two stories to often.House 1.zip

I thought that this should be automatic once above the roof line to be the exterior finish? Should I do this as a pony wall so I can split it or is there another way?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

 

On 5/20/2021 at 10:32 AM, Jambruins said:

How do I get the three decorative beams as in the attached picture?  I tried adding framing-post and that works for the center vertical post but how do I get the two angled ones?

 

I need this to show up in the 3d view.  I know I can add a polyline solid for the 2d elevation views.

Not sure if your still working on this but they do have a library for what yo are looking for

46 minutes ago, joey_martin said:

No. Open the actual material and make a copy. Name it and rotate it. With the material region you are rotating the "region" not the material.

Thank You!