rgardner

Simpson has a Chief library with many 3d symbols already.

Try doing a search of the forum. This has been asked and answered many times. It is a combination of molding lines and custom casings.

Why not stitch schedules together based on floor and have W1-xx W2-xx etc? Very simple and accomplishes what you want.

Place the light on the level of the room that has the ceiling you want it in. So if your second level ceiling is above your stairs going to the first level place the light on the second level.

Individual wall dbx>structure panel>stop at floor below.

Welcome back to Chief. Lots of changes since you left. The other users greatly appreciate it if you can fill out your signature with which version you are using and some basics of your system as it helps with answering questions like this very one. In this case it is a little hard to tell but ALWAYS when something is not showing first steps would be to make sure the proper layer is turned on in THE VIEW you are seeing the issue. Just because the layer is on in the plan file doesn't mean it is on in the layer set for the 3d as each view has it's own settings. Another thing to check is that you have framed your floor so the system is actually there in the model. Otherwise post your plan.

And just as an FYI you are using version X15 not v15 (actually v25 as after version 10 they went to x1). I know that sounds picky but it really helps others to know exactly what you have and will be more likely to help you out with an issue if they don't have to go hunting for the correct information or figure out what you are describing or working with. Just a trick to help you in the future.

X15 was released into PUBLIC BETA last week. DBCooper is correct here. When you downloaded it states beta as did the email you received and the post here in the forum which means it is still being tested. If something does not work the way you like or you find a bug you are supposed to report it so that the designers can fix it or consider the change prior to full public release.

Set all the other symbols of that type for that floor to not be included in schedule and do a schedule for the entire floor (I.E. just the electrical units for your master suite would be marked to include in schedule.)

Not sure which door you are referring to as I have not purchased the for sale door but the free one shows up in the door schedule but has it listed as a doorway. You can edit the symbol to show up in the garage door category of your door schedule or anywhere you want it to.

Seeing as Aldo is showing several custom layers for solids I am guessing DB is correct about your landing. But either way select all of your landings and stairs as a group use the "cut" command then move to level 1 and use the "paste in place" command. If the second floor has that area as open below then you will see them on both floors. Otherwise post your plan.

Search baseline heights in the forum and help file. It is not where you think it is.

Although I am not a huge fan of canvas's output. I just want to know who you are paying less than $330 to do a full measure and model to? I pay an engineer $500 if he is doing the engineering portion to do the measure for me (actually its in the engineering price to the client) and I think most services are much higher.

When you manually edit walls you turn off the parametric behavior of those walls. So any changes you do afterwards chief thinks you want those walls how you set them manually and will no longer adjust them. 99.5% of the time there is no reason to manually adjust the wall heights.

What you are wanting to do to keep from using three plan files which is easy to do with a save as is not working because you are working against the way chief was designed to be most effective/efficient at which is using live views for details/plan views. Consider the very experienced users on this threads advice to just use three plan files for the foundation view at least.

That is the definition of a three way switched circuit. When you have two switches either switch will turn it on or off but they will be opposite of each other every time it is switched.

Can you just bring the large gable all the way and have a nested double gable on the end?

1.) check to make sure the roof holes layer is turned on. 2.) check for the correct level that it is on (i.e. if you put it on level 1 where the roof plane is then it will be there.)

So MANY variables in that question. Impossible not to answer without a copy of your plan and your computer and software specifications. You can help us all help you by adding that info in your forum signature line in case it is a hardware or known software issue. Common issues that cause lag: Imported Library items/symbols Quantity of 3d symbols in the plan Size of terrain and other issues Autoframing on large plans Framing labels on large plans Having the 3d model a long distance from 0,0 point in the plan file. and on and on. Share your plan file and someone may be able to help you with the issue.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01078/using-real-world-elevation-data-to-create-a-terrain.html &

I collaborate regularly with some of the top Chief users in California doing exactly this. I sent you an email.

That is interesting indeed. So what happens to the sea SSA members of interiors? @scottharris or @Dermot

Why would you make a wall out of solids? you can change them to fooor mounted and change the offsets.

Interesting do you have the code reference for that?