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solved.......i get it now.....never thought of doing it this way. thanks david & joey.

you the man! i "opened object" on the chainlink panel and didn't see the railing option which is why i am here. obviously im looking at the wrong place to do so?

what about your top rail?

cool, let me try that......thanks

they have JUST the chainlink, no poles. i could be wrong tho or i need to build the poles into the fencing

i've got a project requiring chain link fencing. i downloaded from 3d warehouse (sketchup) a chainlink panel. it bogs down the plan file big time. how do you guys go about setting this up?

Yes, i was speaking of the border. Thanks

why are my interior elevations on vector view in the plan file but when i send them to layout it comes in as technical illustration? arghhhhh

THIS!!!!⬆️⬆️⬆️

Thanks guys. I watched the video on CA and it was explained well. However the offsets the narrator used doesn't perain to all designs. She never even explained how she got her offsets.

does anyone have an easy way they calculate their offsets for drop ceilings. the framing needs to start at the wall. i got one room fixed after about a half hour of trial and error but there has got to be an easier way.

good to know guys. my son does recording from online games and he can record while playing in the program itself then immediately upload to youtube.

i've seen several people able to record a session of CA to show examples and such. is there an app for this or is it something included in the program?

just a little familar but will look into it.

I wanna learn the spherical backdrops.

You dont wanna know. I downloaded a nighttime wallpaper with stars so it would show my exterior lights which came out great.

Does chief have any more backdrops to download than what comes standard? I made one for myself but it was very distorted.

ok, so you got me.......i forgot that option

i used the 8" cmu wall type....from there couldn't find the way to manipulate....

new project requires these size blocks for walls. how we can we manipulate the size to 4" block in chief? thanks!

How would i go about doing that?

Good feedback guys. What i listed above in my plans comes standard at $1 a sq foot. I have done this on the side since 04 and would like to go full time one day. My neighbor is a business man and he said not to think like he used too and price things too low. People view that as inferior. Raise the price and they see quality. Makes sense except when you go too high per sq ft it would be logical for people to go straight to an architect or engineer. Parkwest, i will throw landscaping on the renderings but very generic. I am still learning how to manipulate terrian dips and hills so if it's too hard i will make it flat and just note the dwg. Most clients have a site plan too so i just scan it to a pdf, manipulate it with the addition and add it to one of my sheets. It will show the surveyor company on there. If you look at CA sample plans they can be over 20 sheets. The most i ever got to is 14 which is why the reason im asking if i should be adding more detail by the way.

Here in the county i live in in alabama, the engineers always ask for the drawing file too. Long as im paid first by the customer i have no problem sending them.

Good feedback. In my neighborhood i have been in the homes and glanced at the plans an engineer has done themselves. To be honest, it seems like the only thing they do that i dont is add a crap ton of notes, call out nail sizes, qty and dimension the nails, add simpson strap details etc. Now that i am familiar with strap details and have had one of my drawings rejected from the county i now add them to everything i do.

Let me also add, when i say "stamped" the engineer will add multiple sheets into my package with their calcs and such. It kind of confuses me because if i call out certain material sizes on my drawings who is to say they will agree with and accept it? So far nothing has been sent back to me to match their calcs. My posts can get confusing, sorry!