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i just got back to this and are still confused. the terrain is clearly below the top of slab in the attahcments but the story pole dims wont change.

this doesn't seem right. are my settings off? this is a typical slab on grade, top of slab should be 4" above grade. both dims shouldn't read 0'0.

depending on how cluttered the floorplan gets, i sometimes turn off electrical in the working layer set. lately i only show electrical in the electrical layer set. i only toggle where i show in the attachment. i let the layer set toggle automatically when i switch plan views. update: i opened the file today and everything is still there. i am now saving before i exit instead of hitting the exit button and then saving when i am prompted.

yeah, i already added them, thanks!

No clue then, i saved it saturday night. Opened sunday afternoon and things were missing. This happens alot with me. And i never mentioned that the floorplan always stays up to date. Its only the electrical that has this issue.

gotcha, perfectly clear now. i only "save as" a new file if they say "let's look at this option and make these changes to see we like it better than the first design". i open my recent files like in the attachment.

you are scaring me lol. different version?? no, i should be? i have had X11 since it was released. once i begin a project, i start a new plan file and save the plan file before exiting. i open the plan file the next day and continue with my design.

i never have more than one file per job. one plan and one layout.

High_Plains_Drive.plan

lol i feel the same way but i am only 42.

first and foremost let it be known i think chief is the best residential software i have ever used for my business. i do want to throw out there to see if this happens to anyone else. my electrical plans are always a nightmare in chief. switches missing, wiring missing, porch lights missing etc. when i reopen the file the following day. at first i was like "it must be me, when i make changes i forget to add them back" so i did a test. i added all the electrical components back in and immediately saved the file and closed out. porch lights were there, outlets were there and everything was complete again. i will be damn if i open the plan file the next day and they are missing, not all but some. does this happen with anyone? it's always the electrical that does this and quite frankly is embarrassing when the client calls me and tells me they are missing. they aren't pissed or anything but it makes me look inferior.

Dropbox is a cloud service, right? Flash drives are a good idea the more I think about it. There prices have dropped huge over the years too.

So i found an older 250gb external hard drive someone gave me a while back. Its definitely not one of the newer ones. I reluctantly plugged it in and it seems fine and it 100 percent empty/clean. Would you guys trust older hardware to save your projects on? Figured it would save me 70-100 bucks. I have alot of prior CA projects on my pc now and wanted to clear some space and keep it running smooth. My system info is in sig. You guys use hard drives or flash drives?

will do, i am searching primitives as well.

thanks chop, let me give it a try and report back later.

Where would I find the option to angle a wall as shown? Doing an addition and would like to make the existing home match on my plans for the client. You can see the windows angled out in the picture.

and the winner goes tooooooooooooooooooooooooo, not reversing the wall type but changing the wall type. outer rails are "railing/fence. center rail wall is "interior railing". thanks guys, i would have never guessed those suggestions on my own.

this is a fun one. reversing the wall worked to avoid rejoining. however this happened. let me change wall types, and see.

when i mess with the center railing and increase the spacing or set post size to zero it reconnects the whole railing. i will keep trying

it definately works BUT it did what i thought would happen. it threw another post in the center for the middle break so i chose "no post". thats makes it remove my beam as well. lol

hmm, i would have never thought to try that, but hey if it works it works lol

no clue what you are trying to explain, however here is a pic. only one railing wall, post to beam to catch the porch roof. i want to slide the posts as shown. they are currently 120" o.c. and you cannot manually manipulate them.

hello fellow chiefers, i'm trying to figure out how to space my posts to beam as shown. where is the option to not space them equally on centers?

Wow, that was quite simple. I have never noticed that option.

thanks joey and rob. off subject, if you see the pdf i attached, how do you get that garage door design? i'm assuming it's not the door that is chamfered but the wall that is. in that case, is it just a simple process of breaking the lines in the wall elevation and forming a chamfer?