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If the second floor is turned on for reference display and you send the view to layout, the second floor should be on for the layout view. This has not changed in X12 but a number of other related things have. If you open your layout box and look at the plan view data, you should be able to see if your layout box is linked to a saved plan view or not. If it is linked to a saved plan view, then the saved plan view will control the reference display. If it is not linked to a saved plan view, then the layout box will control the reference display. Check these settings. If you still can't figure out what is going on, then you should post a simple plan and layout that demonstrates the problem. Someone should be able to quickly tell you what is going on. If all else fails, contact technical support during our normal business hours.

"I created a detailed plan with many 3d objects. The size is 354Mb and every little thing I change creates an undo file of ~500mb. This really slows down my ability to work and eats up my drive. How can I reduce the size?" The file size is probably from all of the 3D objects you have placed. Depending on the types of objects you are using and where you got them, this could have a huge affect on file size. This is just a guess though because no one can really tell unless we have the actual plan to look at. Just as an FYI, if you delete a bunch of 3D objects and then save the file, the file size may not shrink as much as you expect until you close/open it again and save it once again. This is a side effect of the way the program only determines that the 3D data is not being used when the plan is read in and not when it is being written out. You should see a huge drop in file size after the second write though. Another thing you might want to explore is the Delete Objects dialog. This allows you to quickly remove things from your plan to see what might be taking up lots of space. You just asked about reducing the file size but I am guessing that the real problem is that you want to improve performance. There are lots of ways to work that might improve your performance. The suggestion of keeping a separate reference plan with all of the symbol data in it is only one idea. You could also take any furniture or other symbol data and make architectural blocks out of them and then remove them from your working plan and put them back in later when you need them. You could turn off the layers for these things which might speed up your camera views but probably won't affect the undo performance. Turning off your undo or switching to an SSD drive could also have a big effect. Each of these things has it's disadvantages and there is no silver bullet to solve all problems. Again these suggestions are all based on guesses. If you want a more accurate answer, then you need to post a plan or contact tech support.

Just to clarify, plan views are technically always "live". Any changes made to the model or the layers that are displayed will show up in the layout view. It sounds like the problem you are having is related to layer sets and probably related to saved plan views. Check out this post for more info:

Here are a couple of thoughts and some suggestions: You shouldn't need to redraw the plan just to fix a skylight. Have you tried just deleting the skylight and redrawing it? Have you tried selecting the skylight and looking at the data in the dialog (it looks like you might just have some bad sizes)? If you can't figure this out on your own, you will probably need to post the plan so someone can figure out what you did and offer some better suggestions. In the future, I would recommend you post a new thread when you have a new problem. If all else fails, I would recommend that you contact technical support for more help.

You might also want to check out this information: https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/documentation/chief-architect-x12-migration-guide.pdf

Have you tried this in X12 yet? The problems with the stair tread related to curved stairs and closed stringers should be significantly improved in X12. As far as the railing is concerned, the program is not able to clip a normal railing to fit under a staircase. You will have to come up with a different method for modelling this. You may want to submit a feature request for this.

I think your problem is that you did not delete all of the surfaces you need to. My guess is that you have surfaces facing the other way that don't show up in your normal view but do when you convert it into a symbol. Copy the cabinet into a blank plan and look at it from all angles to find all the surfaces you need to delete.

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You can only change the component sizes for certain window types. Changing the window type should enable this control. Custom muntins are not always going to do what you want. The custom muntins need to cover a certain portion of the window. So making a cad block with a single muntin probably won't solve the problem. Stacking two side lites should probably work. Whether these are fixed windows or fixed doors.

"Not sure when this got slipped in." Version 6. And, no, I don't mean X6.

You may find this migration guide helpful: https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/documentation/chief-architect-x12-migration-guide.pdf

BTW, the original poster never said that he wanted the label tied to the swing direction. That's just seem like people reading more into the post than was actually said. If this is what people actually want, then someone needs to submit a feature request for this.

The Object Layer Properties tool is probably used less often now that we have the Active Layer Display Options (ALDO) dialog. The ALDO is basically a combination of the Layer Display Options dialog and the Object Layer Properties dialog that you can keep docked on your screen while you work. When you have an object selected, it will only show you the relevant layers and when nothing is selected, it will show you all layers. Unfortunately, Interiors X11 does not have the ALDO but the newer Interiors X12 does. If you are using Interiors X11 and your SSA is still active, you can get Interiors X12 now.

When you select an object, the layer that it is on will appear in the status bar. If you select the Object Layer Properties tool that appears on the Edit toolbar or in the right-click context menu, you can open a dialog that will show you the layer properties for all of the layers associated with the selected object(s). From there, you can modify the display properties or even turn off the layer. There is a lot more information about layers and layer sets in the training videos. I highly recommend you search for videos related to them and review them. It should help you to become more efficient when working with Chief. These might be a good starting point: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/4/understanding-layers.html?playlist=100 https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5483/understanding-layer-sets.html?playlist=100

The label position can be specified on the label panel of the specification dialog. This can be setup in the default dialogs but the default values are not dynamic. This means that if you already have objects in the plan, changing the default won't affect them. You would need to group select them and change them instead. You can not specify that the position of the label is relative to the door swing though. The position is always relative to the wall direction. In the attached image, the -12 Y Offset is above the door because the wall is going left to right.

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I believe the rule is that cameras will only display on a layout page if they are using a callout symbol (and if the layer is turned on of course).

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Just to clarify, that symbol means that something that affects your terrain model has been changed and the terrain needs to be rebuilt. For example, if you add or modify an elevation line, your terrain model would then need to be rebuilt. You can do one of the following: - Manually rebuild your terrain any time it appears. This will cause the symbol to go away until you change something else that affects your terrain. - Turn on Auto Rebuild Terrain. This will cause the terrain to get rebuilt any time you change something that affects your terrain. With complex models, this may cause a performance hit which is why we give you the option of turning it off and rebuilding manually. - You can turn off all of the symbols that can appear and follow your cursor. I actually think this is a horrible idea so I won't even tell you how to do this. Someone else might though so please be aware that this will also turn off the indicators that tell you things like that you have accidentally turned off angle snaps or auto rebuild floors and ceilings.

This looks like a video card or driver issue. See if this tech 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 contact our technical support department during our normal business hours.

Regarding migration guidance, we do provide some very detailed information: https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/documentation/chief-architect-x12-migration-guide.pdf More specifically, regarding migrating pre-version 10 plan and layout files, please review this technical article (it also includes a link to the X8 Desktop Viewer that can be used as a conversion tool): https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00279/opening-legacy-files.html If you have any additional questions, please contact our technical support department for further assistance.

The program is working the way it was designed to and it's not really random. By default, the automatic lighting is done on a per room basis. When the camera changes from one room to another the program will turn on the lights in the new room and turn off the lights in the old room. The catch is that the program will only actually update the lighting when something (other than moving the camera) is changed to force it to update. In your video, you very clearly moved the camera through your rooms but the lighting did not update until you painted a surface which forced the update. If you want to manually force the update, just hit F5. If you don't want the program to automatically update the lighting per room, then you need to learn how to use lighting sets.

Rene is correct. For more information about what's new and different in X12, you might want to also check out this document: https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/documentation/chief-architect-x12-migration-guide.pdf

Chris' answer is correct. For more information about what's new and different in X12, you might want to check out this document: https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/documentation/chief-architect-x12-migration-guide.pdf

It was just an old image I had and I don't think these features had any changes for X12. What you should be asking is "why is there a mystery hole in the living area polyline?" I was going to update the image but I wanted to see if anyone noticed it. I actually captured that image when I was trying to diagnose an obscure problem in the living area calculations. Turns out that particular plan had some funky walls and room areas which caused that little hole throwing off the totals. So the real lesson here is that if your living area seems odd you might want to check them by creating a living area poly and making sure it's exactly what you expect. And if you ever do find a problem, please report this to our tech support team so we can look into it more.