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See if this tech article helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03151/message-you-are-using-a-video-card-that-does-not-meet-the-software-s-minimum-requirements.html If not, then you might want to contact technical support.

That's a bit of a tough choice because these are both important features to consider. In general, I think that the higher resolution would be a more noticeable improvement than the higher refresh rate. Disregarding any other differences between Samsung and LG, I would probably choose the higher resolution. Here is an article talking about the differences between 60 and 75 Hz refresh rates: https://www.viewsonic.com/library/tech/60-hz-vs-75-hz-refresh-rates-whats-the-difference/ And here is another one discussing the various resolutions and aspect ratios: https://www.viewsonic.com/library/tech/monitor-resolution-aspect-ratio/ Hope this helps.

Has anyone ever tried using the built in Plan Footprint tool? If you turn on the "Display Footprint Polyline" option and turn off the display of your normal walls you can get the building outline to show as a single line. Basically, this allows you to have a "live" cad detail. Is there something you would want it to do differently?

You can connect rope lights using electrical connections without having to convert them into symbols in X13. For the full list of What's New in X13, see this pdf: https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/marketing/x13-new-features.pdf

Regarding the block names... Cad blocks can have a different name that is stored with the block then what is shown in the library browser. You can specify the actual name of the block in the CAD Block Specification dialog or by renaming it in the CAD Block Management dialog. If you save a cad block from a plan into the library, the name in the library should be the same. If you then rename the library object, then the block name will no longer match. I think the program has always worked this way but it does seem like it is a bit confusing.

Here is some more info... That list will show all of the cad blocks that are currently stored in the plan. It does not show any of the cad blocks that might be stored in your libraries or any other plans. When you place a cad block from the library into a plan, then it will be stored in the plan. When you place some other object from the library that owns a cad block (like a piece of furniture for example), then that cad block will also be stored in the plan. When you save and reopen a plan, the program can remove unused cad blocks. This depends on the "Automatically Purge CAD Blocks" setting in your CAD Block Management dialog.

I think Mick is on the right track. The part he didn't mention is that you may have accidently changed the layer color in your default template plan. This could also be a case of using the wrong layer set but again this might be something that you changed in your template plan. A couple of things to note: - The library browser keeps some things in memory, so closing and reopening the program can solve some issues. - The library browser should always use vector views for the selection panel. The preview panel can be set to display either vector views or render views. - Objects should always use the current layer settings to determine the color and line styles for the edge lines in vector views. - The library browser should get the layer information from your default template plan. - You might see the same problem if you just place one of these objects into a brand new plan and then create a vector camera view. - My best guess for why you have some objects that look different then others is that they are actually on different layers. For something other than guesses, you would probably have to post your template plan along with your user libraries. If you need additional help, you may want to contact technical support.

The program is basically WYSIWYG so that if you can setup the layers and patterns to look the way you want in your elevation view, then you can send it to layout that way and avoid having to manually edit any plot lines on the layout. When this becomes more difficult is when you want to control separate parts of the same object and they are all using the same layer. For example, if I have a window in an elevation view and I want the outline lines to be a thicker line weight than all of the other window lines, then there is not really an easy way to do this. All of the lines will always be the same because they are controlled by the same layer the window is on. In this case, you could make the window layer lines thin and manually draw the thicker outline using a polyline that is on a different layer. You could also just edit the lines on the layout page or send the view to a cad detail to edit individual lines. No matter how you do it though, there is some level of manual work that will have to be updated if you move the window. In the case of adding a polyline in the elevation view, you might only have to update the one polyline if the window changes size or position. In the case of editing the plot lines on the layout, you might have to update all of the lines you edited every time anything in the model changes that is visible in that view.

I'm not sure if we have one particular video that does a good job covering this. We have a whole video series on construction docs here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/105/layout-construction-documents.html We also have a number of videos specifically about cross sections and elevations in this series: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/102/cameras-lighting.html

Basically, that information does not really apply to HD Pro. HD Pro does not have the project browser and it does not have template pages for layouts. If you want to change the drawing sheet size in HD Pro, you will need manually select and modify all of the cad that represents the page borders and title blocks. The users on the Hometalk forum may have some good tips and tricks for how to speed up this process though. The users of this forum are probably more likely to suggest you upgrade to Premier based on its more powerful tools that can make things like this easier.

Yes. Don't select "Use Edge Line Defaults" and use the layers in your elevation view to control the display of edge lines. Don't select "Use Pattern Line Defaults" and you can control the line weight for the patterns in the Define Material dialog.

See if this helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03017/creating-a-roof-cricket.html

In the case you have outlined above, the "mirror" material being used by the library object is probably not exactly the same as the "mirror" material that you choose from the library. There are a couple of things you can do to help you avoid this problem: 1. Make sure your core libraries are up to date by using the "Update Library Catalogs" tool. If a library object is using a material that does not match a library material, please feel free to report this to us so that we can ask our content developers to update the symbol. 2. If you would like to make sure an object in the plan is using the same material used by another object in the plan, then always choose the material from the Plan Materials list instead of choosing the one from the library (which may or may not match). See picture below. 3. Or, if you know you want them to match, then use the material eyedropper tool instead. Hope this helps.

See if this tech article helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03151/message-you-are-using-a-video-card-that-does-not-meet-the-software-s-minimum-requirements.html

You can change the default size of the layout box labels the same way you would change the default size for almost all other labels. You first find the layer it is using in your layer display options and then you change the text style it is using. This tech article has some more info: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00011/modifying-the-text-styles-of-labels.html

First, I don't believe anyone was being disingenuous in their replies above. Second, I don't believe missing toolbars are actually related to toolbars losing their button arrangement. The link I posted above was only to address issues with missing toolbars. Third, as far as Chief "owning up to the problem" you are referring to is concerned, I will refer you to these prior threads, where Chief employees discussed these problems and asked people for more information to help us solve them: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/29164-menu-bug/ https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/26176-x12-toolbar-scrambles-itself-regularly-anyone-else-have-this-issue/?tab=comments#comment-210727 Fourth, because some people actually did help us when we asked them to, we were able to identify and correct a problem that we believe was causing this toolbar corruption. As far as we know, this problem has been fixed in X13. If you, or anyone else, can still reproduce this problem, then please contact our tech support department so that you can provide them with additional information so that we can look into this further.

If the above doesn't work, see if this tech article helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00467/troubleshooting-missing-toolbars.html If all else fails, then contact technical support during their normal business hours.

Is the color of your windows the same as your background color? Try changing one of them to see if they are more visible.

X1 should be able to open V9.5 plans and save them in a format that X12 can read. Not sure if this works any better or is any easier than using the X8 Desktop Viewer. Either way, you will probably have to cleanup things.

You might be able to get something that will work just using the Save As PDF tool in the Print dialog. Basically, as long as you are not including any images (which are always raster based), the pdf should (from what I have been told by our in-house pdf expert) be all vector based and on a single layer. The key will be that all of your camera/elevation views that you send to the layout will also need to be vector based so you will need to send them as plot line views with "Color Fill" turned off. You should try a very simple plan as a test case and see if this is compatible with what your building department needs.

Opps. Since HD Pro does not even have cabinet schedules, you must be right. Cabinet labels should display automatically in elevation views, assuming that you have turned on the layer, in Chief Architect Premier and Interiors (even in the X10 versions).

I don't think there ever was a Chief 95. Maybe you meant Chief 97? If these are actually files from Chief 97, then you should be able to read them in using the X8 Desktop Viewer and then save them which will allow you to open them in newer versions. You can find the link to the viewer in the tech article that Chopsaw posted above. Please be aware that plans this old are very likely to need a lot of cleanup when brought into the newer versions.

They will display in elevation views in Chief Architect Premier and Interiors. From your signature, it looks like you are using HD Pro and this feature is not included in that product. Also, there seems to be a problem with your logo in your signature.

The ability to specify a specific orientation for dimension labels is a new feature in X13. You can also manually rotate individual dimension labels. For a full list of the new features available in X13, see this document: https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/marketing/x13-new-features.pdf

Or, select the schedule and then use the "Renumber Schedule" tool.