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2 minutes ago, Charles said:

I have created a custom wall out of a 3d solid and want to place "wall mounted" outlets on it.

For it to show up in the electrical schedule as wall mounted it needs to be placed in a "wall", not a 3d solid.

Ultimately the question is.....How do you put a wall mounted outlet on a 3d solid (without using invisible fake walls) ?

Anyone have a work around for this?

Thanks,

Charles

Why would you make a wall out of solids?

you can change them to fooor mounted and change the offsets.

24 minutes ago, architect said:

Codes require the adjustable part to be welded or cover the threads with concrete after installation.

Down is the correct orientation with the threads below the slab. If you were jacking/leveling for a reno would be a different?

 

Eric

Interesting do you have the code reference for that?

1 hour ago, kbuilddesign said:

Hello,

 

Can anyone help with Mouse/Cursor issues in Chief Architect X14?

 

If I am on a plan or layout the Mouse cursor moves differently. I'm finding that the cursor has a lag on it and I'm constantly overshooting points that I want to click on so its an effort to click on objects. The best way I can describe it is its like trying to run on ice! If you move the cursor on to the Library / Project Browser Panels it works fine.

 

I've tried playing around with selections in EDIT, PREFERENCES, EDIT / BEHAVIORS / SNAP PROPERTIES, but this has made little difference.

 

Any ideas or help would be very much appreciated.

 

Many thanks

 

 

David

By chance is it a new mouse or other new equipment on your desk?  Is it wireless and you have a new mug or something on your desk? Sounds like wireless mouse interference.  Perhaps you have your Aldo/PB on another screen or at the edge of your screen and you move your mouse enough away that it is not interfering at that location.

Just a thought.  Otherwise restart everything and retest.

2 hours ago, johngreen said:

Hello,

Recently, when I reopen my X13 each morning, my library User Catalog drops out, have to import every time...... why would this be happening??

also, my selected toolbars dropout, have to redo them every time....is there an explanation to my prob?

this is happening to any project I open.

 

Yours sincerely

MP

Are you storing your library and program files on a cloud drive?

17 minutes ago, John_Charles said:

Hi All

 

I'm just roughing out a basic layout on some cabinetry before I get into the detail, and while I'm doing the design I have the camera view going at the same time as an elevation.....

 

I've just noticed the elevation shows the cabinet partitions stopping at the bottom of a central make up cabinet whilst the camera view shows it as I specified it (ie height above floor etc)..

 

Can anyone tell me why this is the case? (X14)....  Both are live at the same time....

 

Thanks

Because your cabinet partitions layer is turned off in the view they are missing on.

2 hours ago, Ikra2020 said:

I am having this exact same issue! @vivianyang2020did you ever figure out what was going on? @rgardner I restarted my computer and tried again and still the same thing. I click on the ray trace button to open the CPU Ray Trace Current View, click Ray Trace, and the program immediately quits. 

 

I am using a:

 

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)

Chip Apple M1 Max

Memory 32 GB

 

I am on CAx14

Does it do it with another file?

39 minutes ago, capitaldesigns said:

I am working on the plans for a new house with slab foundation.

The footings around the garage doors are not generating correctly.

They are extending out past the outside edge of the walls by around 6 inches.

I want the outside edge of the footing to align with the outside edge of the stud wall.

I have marked up problem areas on the plans. Could someone take a look at the attached

plan and let me know how get the footings around the garage doors to generate correctly.

 

Thanks, Mike

178 Arcturus Street Design Plan-2.zip 3.75 MB · 1 download

The foundation wall is not aligned with the main wall above.  but there are other issues with what you are trying to do there.  What Eric is showing will make the foundation build out to the built out walls.

6 minutes ago, ValleyGuy said:

Text only brings up a text box of which I can't attach a line between the text box and the stairs.

Use the text box and the new leader tool on the text box to drag a leader to attach to your stairs or any other item you need to do so for.

If you use an actual wall and set it to invisible then the wall will fill in above the room ceiling.

9 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

many Loyal Long Term Users

Sorry, I should probably not post this because it is probably going to get me some red downvotes from users who were affected.  Which I am very sorry if someone missed the opportunity to upgrade in time.  But perhaps the turn on and off rental ofthe latest software may be a better option for those users.  However Mick my POV for what it is worth (nothing) is that "a LOYAL long term user" would have been up to date on SSA knowing the value it added and knowing that it helps to develop the software further.

On 1/12/2023 at 11:13 PM, Arcadian said:

Hi Ryan,

Yes, agree with that. I noticed that your MB runs on 16GB memory. Happy with that? Was considering 64GB but probably stick with 32GB as a maxed-out option is verrry expensive here in NZ

Although 16 has worked for me I had to replace a dead computer while on vacation when I bought it and only use it while traveling which has been fine for me.  I would go 32 min and went with 64 on my desktop unit.  More than that I don’t see the need.

1 hour ago, fromPOK said:

Scott, I have it on. Please look in 2nd pic

It looks like you have something funky going on with that window as the jamb is not set right it is not cutting the wall completely.  Check to make sure that is set to fit to wall and see if it helps.  Usually for this type of problem it is best to upload the file but that is not possible with the trial version I don't believe as you cannot save the file.

4 hours ago, Arcadian said:

Thanks HT, 

Good info there. Weight issue not too important. Was considering going down to a 14 inch to save a bit on cost  

16” has significantly better cooling which is important with Chief and helps it run faster as the m2 runs more efficiently.

if you are getting a new one a 16” seems to be the sweet spot imho regarding portability and function.  Also upgrade everything so you can get as much time out if it as possible.

49 minutes ago, OldBarnDesign said:

Thank you! I've got it logged into my memory now.

Glad it helped out.

just an fyi and probably the reason someone downvoted your comment above.

1.) It’s considered bad form to mark yourself as the correct answer unless you figured it out on your own and detailed out the response for others.  The marking correct answer helps others who have the same question to find the correct answer.

2.) marking the correct answer helps others who are searching to get their answer quickly.

50 minutes ago, OldBarnDesign said:

I know I've seen somebody on here post a solution to this one, pretty sure it was a @solver or @SNestor video (I'm seen a bunch of them and for the life of me couldn't find the right video on either one of your channels, sorry gents). I've got a porch ceiling where there is a visible gap in height between the soffit and the ceiling. If I recall, this is chief adjusting for the rafter framing, you can see in the DBX is 9 1/4." I've tried playing with both the rafter size and many of the fascia settings and I can't seem to get them to match up. 

 

Hopefully this is a softball for somebody, thanks in advance!

Your soffit Int is following the structure you have a 9 1/4” roof structure and a 7 1/4” gable sun fascia.  2” gap

Just now, Doug_N said:

Strange, the square unit with the fan on top is not in my library.  What the heck??

maybe update your library?

5 minutes ago, Doug_N said:

Does anyone have a square air conditioner symbol? The unit that I am looking for has a fan on the top and is usually mounted on either a small pad or on wall brackets.  

There is some in the core library.

Your images are not very legible for me but I am guessing you are looking for a wall elevation view. Try the help file.

9 hours ago, AzjahGreen said:

Here are my computer specs

That doesn't list the GPU which if its a hardware issue would be most likely the issue.  But did you try to restart your computer?  If you did and it persists then since you have x14 you should have active ssa so call chief for support.  my guess if its hardware is a driver issue.

30 minutes ago, AzjahGreen said:

Here is what it looks like when I select print to pdf. it also says white layout background in preferences 

 

With not knowing what your system specs are (not in your signature) my guess is it’s a hardware issue then.  First thing I would do is restart your computer and see if it helps.

14 minutes ago, AzjahGreen said:

Hello everyone,

 

Thanks for assisting me with this! I am trying to figure out why when i export, all of a sudden the pdf is black. It started happening all of a sudden and i cant seem to figure out why. 

 

I have uploaded an image below. 

 

Thanks again!

You want to print not export the pdf.  In the print dbx use the Chief print to pdf option for the printer selected.

24 minutes ago, SkullMesaRanch said:

I haven't started my project but would like to know if I can have the house model and detached garage in the same project.  Is this the best way or should they be in separate projects and then combined in the condocs?    The house and detached garage have similar structure; same walls, roof type, height, foundation. 

 

I can't seem to find an example on the site that gives this information. 

You can do both.  Depending on the complexity and size of your main house sometimes it is better to do the detached garage in a separate plan file.  Another advantage of a separate plan files is if your floor heights and ceiling heights are different from your garage to your home and you want to use all of the automatic tools.  Personally I generally model them in separate plan files.

3 hours ago, joey_martin said:

Sounds like you have changed the location of where you stored those, or you are using a different computer to finish up a project. You simply need to relink those and your good. This happens when I am working on a project in the office but come home and work on it with my laptop. Your post sounds like you are panicking a bit, but it's all still there, just needs re-linked.

 

Yup most likely what Joey is mentioning.  Good practice is to have a "linked files" type folder within your plan folders that you save any pdf and or png/jpg files you are using in your plan or layout files.  It keeps them all together and is less problematic.

3 hours ago, Atari2600 said:

Hi there,

 

We are an high-end residential DB firm with about 10 Chief Architect users, with experience ranging from 2 months to 20 years. We are very interested in working with a skilled trainer to help us develop a training program and perhaps run at least six sessions (at a minimum) over this next year.

Our primary goal is to help our team align our workflow and we believe that bringing in an outside expert might do the trick. (As some of you can imagine, getting some users to possibly “change their ways” can be a challenge at times.

We are located in DC and having someone willing to meet in person or willing to travel is a plus.
 

While Zoom is certainly an option (any may be cost effective) it’s not our preference.
 

If this is a challenge you are both interested in (and one which you might be skilled at doing), please PM me. 
 

Thanks & Happy New Year everyone.

 

Matt Dirksen

Landis Architects | Builders, Inc.

I would highly recommend @Renerabbitt for this type of training.  He specializes in efficiency methods, and has a great program for file and standards development.

25 minutes ago, Jake1976 said:

Anyone ever seen this before? It's happened a few times in this model.  I can't pin it down to any action that I've taken.  Seems to come back after a while, but then gone again.  I mean, I like the look of a project under construction, but this is really odd. 

 

Not without the plan file.  Too many variables and possibilities.  My guess would be your wall definition is not setup correctly.