Dermot

Editing a wall that is stored in the library is not the way to modify the wall definitions that are stored in a plan. I'm not even sure if we should have the Define button when you edit a wall that is stored in the library (but we will have to look into that some more). When you edit an object that is stored in the library, we use a temporary plan in to store the data that the library object needs. Any changes to this data will only be saved if the object is actually referencing this data. Any other changes to the data, will probably not be there next time you open the program because we never actually save this temporary plan. The best way to modify the wall types in your plan is to open the Wall Type Definitions dialog directly from the menu: Build>Wall>Define Wall Types. I can confirm that showing previews of walls in the library browser selection pane does add those wall types to your plan. It should not do this. The wall type should only be added to your plan if you actually draw a wall using it in your plan. As far as I can tell, no one has reported this problem to us although it seems that Michael was already aware of this problem. The good news is that this problem seems to have already been corrected in X13. I am so glad that Solver was able to help Steve solve his problems.

Try the steps I posted above and open your file directly using File>Open Plan, not using New Plan.

Here is another thought, maybe the plan you are saving is not actually the plan you are opening. In other words, this is a file management problem rather than a wall types problem.

The only thing that I can confirm is that all of those wall types are in the plan that you posted. I have no idea how they got there, except through one of the methods I posted above. Here is what I tried: - open your plan using File>Open Plan. - open the Wall Type Definitions dialog (from the menu Build>Wall>Define Wall Types...) - confirm that your plan has lots of wall types in the combo box - select Delete All Unused - confirm that your plan does not have lots of wall types in the combo box - click OK - save the plan When I reopen the plan, it does not have any wall types that were not there when I saved it. Please try the above and see if this works for you. If it doesn't, than I really can't think of a reason why it would work differently for you than it does for me. If you are doing something different than I am and you can reproduce the problem, then please explain the exact steps you are using.

As far as I know, the program will not add any wall types when you open a plan. This means that all of those wall types were probably in the plan when you last saved it. There are a number of ways that you can add wall types to your plan: - You can create new wall types in the Wall Type Definitions dialog. Using either New or Copy will allow you to add wall types. - Using the Import Wall Definitions tool. This can bring in many wall types at one time. - Using the Import Default Settings tool. If you import any of your default walls, the import process may bring in the wall types associated with them. - Selecting a wall type in the library browser and then drawing a wall in your plan. This will automatically add the wall type to the plan if it is not already in it. - Copy a wall from one plan to another. If the wall being copied into the plan is using a wall type that is not in the plan, it will be added automatically. - If you manually change the width of a wall (not in the wall type definition), the program may create a new wall type for the new width. - Some other method that I forgot? I believe that in most cases the program will only bring in a wall type if it doesn't already exist in the plan. If the plan already has a wall type with the same name, but one or more of the settings don't match, it will still bring in the new wall type and give it a unique name by adding the "_#". My best guess is that you modified the wall types in your plan and then did one or more of the above operations, which brought in the new wall types with the new names. If you have a plan, that you can confirm does not have the extra wall types when you save it, close it and reopen it, and the wall types have reappeared, then please report this to our technical support team and we will look into it further. Please include the plan you are having the problem with along with the exact steps you are using to confirm the problem.

Two words for you: "template plan". https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00463/creating-and-using-a-plan-template.html

See if this helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00757/creating-a-stairwell.html If not, then you might want to post a plan or contact technical support.

Did you check to see if the catalog was compatible with your version? Did you watch the video that was mentioned in the download info? If all else fails, then you might want to contact our tech support team.

Just to be clear, you don't "copy" or "import" a schedule onto a layout. You send a view that has a schedule on it to layout the same way you would send any other view to layout. If your schedule is in a cad detail all by itself, then this is super easy. If your schedule is in a cad detail with lots of other schedules, then you can send the view to the layout multiple times but you will have to edit the layout boxes so that they only show the schedule you want. This method could have some negative effects on performance (depending on how much data is in your cad detail) so I prefer to use separate cad details for each schedule. I also prefer to have separate cad details for most of the details I send to layout for similar reasons. If your schedule is in some other kind of view, such as a plan view or elevation, you can handle it the same way you would if it was in a cad detail. If you are going to display the schedule with the view on the layout, then this method can also work well. If you want to display the schedules independently from the rest of the view, then I think moving them to a cad detail will generally work better.

I believe the way the program is written, you can only have one docked browser open at a time. This was done because allowing multiple browsers open would be difficult to keep synchronized and could have problems with one window fighting with changes in another window. You might want to try floating your browser windows instead.

Those angles should work just fine. I think the problem is that those are not the angles you want. See my picture below. 12.5 and 25 will let you draw the walls on the left side. Note that this includes the walls that are orthogonal (at 90 degrees to them). To get the walls on the right, try using 65 (or -25) and 77.5 (or -12.5) instead.

Yes.

If you are having trouble finding your other schedule, look in the project browser. There is a section for schedules and if you right-click on one, you will see a find in plan tool.

I highly recommend sunscreen.

Have you tried just putting them on different layers and make the layers different colors?

Try this article: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00805/editing-2d-cad-blocks-assigned-to-3d-symbols.html

This is probably the result of a video card or driver issue. See if this help article helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00106/troubleshooting-3d-camera-view-display-problems-in-chief-architect.html If all else fails, then you might want to contact technical support during our normal business hours.

You probably deleted a camera from your plan that the layout is still using. The easiest solution is to delete the layout box that was referencing the camera. To find the layout box, turn on your layout box borders layer and look for the blank box. If you have trouble finding it, then you might want to post the plan and maybe someone will be willing to help. If all else fails, then you might also consider contacting technical support.

I'm sorry, but I think you guys have lost me. As far as I know, the line weight scaling is always correct and I am not aware of any bugs in the program related to this. The important thing to remember is that the sizes you specify for the line style represent what is actually printed and depend on the current scale of your view. See attached pictures and plan for an example. This plan has a 10' line drawn with a line style setup as 1/4" dashes and 1/4" spaces. Plan is currently setup to be 1/4" : 1' scale in the Drawing Sheet Setup. Paper is setup to be 8.5x11 but this does not really matter. Dashes and spaces are both displayed as 1' when in the plan because of the current plan scale (but only when line weights are turned on or in print preview). When printed on 8.5x11 paper at scale they will actually be 1/4". And yes, I did print it out and measure it to verify the accuracy. Layout is setup to be 1" : 1" in Drawing Sheet Setup. I can't think of any good reasons to setup your layout to be anything different. Plan view was sent to the layout at 1/4" : 1' scale. Red dimension lines were drawn in layout and show dashes and spaces are actually 1/4". If you print out the layout on 8.5x11 paper at scale, the dashes and spaces will be 1/4" as expected. And yes, I did print it out and measure it to verify the accuracy. Hopefully, this makes sense and helps. line scale.plan line scale.layout

A picture of what you want would help. Stairs can wrap for landings and rooms that are not decks as long as they meet a number of other conditions. Make sure the stairs are going up to the platform. Make sure the height at the top of the stairs is the same height as the platform. If you still can't get it to work, then you should probably post a plan or contact tech support.

My comments about on screen versus what prints is a general comment that I believe applies to all views. When line weights are turned on, we scale the line styles the same way we would if you were printing the view directly. When line weights are turned off, we display the line styles to give you a reasonable representation of what the style looks like regardless of your current screen zoom factor. This allows you to zoom way in or way out and still see that you are using the appropriate line style. Mr. Wiley showed a cross section view and did not indicate how he was printing the view. If you print directly from a view, you should get what you see on the screen with print preview turned on. You can also change some settings in the print dialog which is why it has it's own print preview that should show you what you will get. If you send a view to a layout and then print from there, your view may or may not match the layout depending on a variety of settings. One important setting is whether or not the view is using the same scale in the layout box that it is using for the on screen display. If the scales are different, your line styles will not match. This also depends on other layout specific options like "Use Layout Line Scaling" which can override the view specific settings. I believe the program will remember your "Use Layout Line Scaling" setting between sessions. You may have turned it off at some point and not realized that it stayed off. Hopefully, this information is more clear and helps.

Just to clarify, line styles will not display accurately on the screen unless line weights are turned on. If you really want to see how they will look when you print, you might want to turn print preview on.

Try using a solid railing (aka half wall). You can specify the height you want for a solid railing in the specification dialog.

It's my understanding that Pamela wants to display just the lines between the cabinet boxes but not all of the face frame parts. Turning on the layer for the module lines will give you all of the lines and is not what she wants. In X11 and prior, you could get the box edge lines just by making the two adjacent cabinets have different materials. This was the "trick" I posted back in 2019. In X12, this behavior was changed, probably accidentally when we were working on other cabinet features, and changing the material no longer adds the box lines. Apparently, no one noticed or reported this to us until recently when Pamela contacted tech support. We will look into this more but I can't make any promises on when a fix might be available. For now, you can either turn on the module lines layer and get all of the lines or you could try making one cabinet as little as 1/16" deeper or offset from the wall (but these may have other unwanted side effects). You could also send your views to layout using plot lines and remove/add the lines you want but this is considerable more manual work than what worked before. I don't know if someone else can think of another way to get Pamela the results she wants.

See if this article helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00987/using-the-backup-entire-plan-project-tool-to-send-files-to-another-user.html