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1 hour ago, Jones_Drafting said:

Sure this question must've come up before, but my search was not yielding results....

 

Specifically looking to apply a semi-transparent grey tone stain over natural cedar exterior siding....want the "orangey" wood to remain visible thru the grey stain.

 

Can I create (copy) the material, adjusting the transparency, and paint as a new layer without replacing the base material/color?

 

I could manually create a 3d polyline, using this transparent material, and lay that up, over the cedar, but that doesn't seem necessary somehow.

 

Haven't quite fully commmitted to X14....maybe that's been added?

 

Thanks!

 

Maybe this will help?

Pay attention to the tool that is selected in my edit bar there and see if it helps and answers your question.  To help you understand try looking up Material Painting tools in the help file.

6 hours ago, MMIbuilders said:

looking for the best way to do as-built drawings / measurements that can be imported into chief x 14.

14 minutes ago, solver said:

The question is not about Chief, it's about services.

Nope sorry you are wrong.  This is the proper place for this question.  
 

Sorry @solver, it is directly regarding a best practices question with chief architect.  Not asking about what the best service for getting proper as builts but what services can be used and “imported” into Chief specifically.

5 hours ago, solver said:

 

As I suggested, since this isn't a question about using Chief, but a question about capturing as-built information, best place is Chatroom.

 

Everyone here appreciates it when new members complete their signature with some basic info including their version of Chief. Makes it easy for others to locate, and results in you getting the best answers.

 

You can add that info, Windows or Mac computer etc to your signature by clicking on your user name at the top right of the page, click Account Settings, then Signature on the left.

 

Thanks

Sorry Eric I tend to disagree here.  
 

Yes it’s great to have his signature filled out and I agree on that point 100%…. However as to where this should be I do disagree with you.  The OP is asking specifically for ones that import into Chief not just services who offer as built dimensions/scans.  

4 hours ago, Hammer7 said:

What are the requirements and regulations for foundations coastal North Carolina?  Are there any FEMA regs?

 

Thank you,

 

Are you offering to pay someone to find the design criteria for this job?  If not this is not the right forum for this request.  Btw the AHJ for that specific site is always a great location to start.

6 hours ago, Jeffcrigler said:

I am currently "renting" Interiors and would like to upgrade to Premier.  How can I switch without loosing credit for the months I've already rented?

You will have to talk to chief architect sales.

2 hours ago, GeneDavis said:

Nice presentation and discussion, Eric.  I think the OP has a situation where the new structure is going to be built atop the asbuilt slab, and its wall lines will be inside those slab edges.  Like maybe a foot.  So he may just want to make his slab, the one Chief builds for him under his porch, invisible material, and let the asbuilt slab show.

 

Or put it on its own layer, and turn off the layer display.

Or open below, or remove the floor in this room option.

35 minutes ago, Jeffcrigler said:

here is the structure of the room

Looks like you used the apply materials (spray can) and made it an invisible material such as "Insulation Gap, or Opening No Material).  Show the materials panel of that dbx to see if that is the case.  

1 hour ago, GaryOhmer said:

go to help and search profile plan

Template plan.

Chief has global preferences which is for system preferences

Separate are Plan specific settings that you save in a template plan to begin each job with.

3 hours ago, Gawdzira said:

One of the issue you might be having is that you do not have the Extended Toolbar displayed. Go to 

 

Then to

 

You might need to import the Extended Toolbar configuration or it may already be in your list.

Or right click on an empty part of the toolbars and change the configuration there.

13 hours ago, Tiger27 said:

Hello,

Looking for someone to finish a house design i started in Home designer pro 2020.  

Any body interested please email me. airtool27@ aol.com

Thanks

Tony

PM Sent

7 hours ago, mthd97 said:

about this old issue ?

I am sorry but you are using software from 6 years ago.  I would venture to say since at least X10 and most likely before that due to my skill set improving with the use of the software that there has not been a regular basis need for editing plot lines.  I have found without exception that 99.9% of the times those errant lines are on there is because the model is not accurate or built how chief is designed to work.  It can be done.  I do probably a good hundred plan sets a year from large full customs, additions, kitchen and bath design, etc. I cannot even remember last time I have had to use the edit plot lines tool.

34 minutes ago, mthd97 said:

I have spent many hours on elevations and cross sections in CA cleaning up cad lines that I don’t need. Yes my model was always accurate.

This is a contradictory statement.  I have maybe one job in a year where I may need to cover an errant line or use the layout remove plot line tool.  That is honestly being generous as I really can’t remember the last time..  accurate model will not have those lines.

2 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Ryan,

How did you get the posts and the glass for that matter to go below the floor?  I've not been able to find anything in the railing dbx that allows that to happen.

Open to below room outside of the invisible railing with the floor set to the depth you want the posts to go below the adjacent floor (12" lower in this example).  You have to set your newel height to the different height as well.

17 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Perhaps I should have said "Using the Railing Tool" alone isn't one of them.   Depending on the Wall Definition the offset is definitely possible.  However, the Offset Newels extending below the floor level would need to be handled another way.

Railing tool alone, invisible, just posts, just glass all railings. 5 minutes so not exactly what he is looking for but it can be done.

3 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

There are several ways to do this in Chief.  But using the "Railing Tool" isn't one of them.  IOW, it requires some "Out of the Box" thinking.   David's method is just one that I can think of - but not necessarily my 1st choice. 

I disagree.  I think three railings or two and an invisible wall would do this just fine…. Just need to set two of them as partition.  One for the newells and one for the glass custom panel.

3 hours ago, GeneDavis said:

I'm showing the client what the cab insides look like, just the ones with rollout trays, shelf divider panels, and trash and spice pullouts.  This, so there are no surprises.

 

Pics are much better than descriptions.

 

Chief does shelves behind hinged doors, but not behind drawers.  I got what I was after changing the cab front to "opening" where the door was, and using loose parts and manually positioning them for the staged shot shown below.  After that I changed the cab back to one with a fixed panel door, and specified the RevAShelf kit in the comments.

Next time just add it to the cabinet and select 50% open and you can show open and closed and have the specs built in.

55 minutes ago, GeneDavis said:

See the image.  

 

Is this going to be one of those workarounds?  Make the cabinet as having an opening there instead of the door/drawerhead with d'box behind, then drop in the accessory symbol (the RAS trash rollout) and a all-by-itself door?

Think of it as a shelf.

7 minutes ago, heidistokoe said:

Hello! I am using x10. I am trying to get each of my floors to show up separately in 3D. I.E. when i'm on floor 1 it will show all my walls and no roof, when I go to floor 2 it will then show the roof in addition to the walls. I can't find where I can change how this is displayed in 3D. Any help would be appreciated!

 

Thank you!

Heidi 

Setup a Layer set for your 3d view that turns off the roof.  Then you can change what level you are on as well.  in X11 at least and it may even be available in X10 (I just cant remember) there is an OOB Layer set and camera view that will allow a "doll-house" view which you are describing.  It is called the "perspective floor overview" camera.

Locked layers?

Reference display item?

etc.

If restarting and checking those two options probably best to post the plan file.

1 hour ago, DBCooper said:

If your user library has lots of custom materials, you have to also worry about the referenced texture files (and maps if you use them).  The material gets saved in the plan but the referenced files don't.  This means that if you are going to put your custom materials on the cloud/network, you will also need to worry about how to manage these referenced files.  I don't have any advice on the best way to do this since this is not something I have tried to do.  According to the article, the program will migrate these referenced files with the user library but this might only happen if they are being stored in the chief folders.  

If you are in the habit of creating a full backup of the plans in a dated folder and duplicating the folder (changing date only) for any revisions, then this issue would go away.  The AB, New, layout files will all remain the same name and all the referenced files stay in the folder.

All or none.  Pretty sure you will need to model this you will need to select it as no soffits and then place ceiling planes for the enclosed soffits.

26 minutes ago, KacyRSC said:

I am in the process of redesigning a Timber frame that burnt down, and have hit a wall with the roof design in Chief Architect x14. 

 

By default, rafters obviously extend past the exterior wall to support the eave. In a timber frame, the SIP panel structure is what creates the eave. The timber rafters play no part in it, and I need them to stop inside the exterior wall. How do you force the rafters to end inside the exterior wall?

Those are no longer rafters but roof beams in chiefs modeling world.  They will be placed manually.  The roof framing is the foam section of sips.

36 minutes ago, Pickle_Board said:

I started reading this thread because I'm having a similar issue, but the suggest "exploded" feature won't help me. The reason I need to apply a backsplash and not apply the material directly is to run different tiles, for instance right now I am trying to do 3 tiles high of subway and then a thin stripe of black tile. On the side walls I have no issues making backsplash, but on the back wall I need a 1/2 wall that creates a ledge and then the tile continues up. If I use a 1/2 wall I can't apply backsplash to the wall behind it. So then I tried using a poly line solid to build the 1/2 wall which allows me to tile the top 1/2 but I still can't add the tile properly to the solid. 

 

Any thoughts on solutions for this?

Using Chief Architect Interiors X14

 

Thanks so much to anyone taking the time to read/respond!

Julie

This is totally doable but very separate in nature.  Better to post this as a separate post.  There is many ways to accomplish it and one would be a custom material instead of individual backsplashes.  In this way you can set it so all grout lines line up in the X,Y axxis.

Post it up and you will have lots of support.

15 hours ago, glennw said:

I believe the OP is talking about the MENU bar, not the TOOLBARS.

I occasionally loose my main menu bar and am then left with the truncated menu bar that displays when there is no drawing open:

But I have never lost the whole menu bar.

 

I have seen the menu bar disappear when having a 3d view up but have never been able to reproduce the issue so even though I reported it they don't have a way to find out the issue to fix it.  Typically I can flip through my screens and select the different views I have open and eventually it will pop back up.  Never the same thing and very sporadic maybe once every two weeks at most.

4 hours ago, DBCooper said:

If all of the info in the columns match, then the doors will be grouped together.  If you don't want them grouped, you have to add a column that shows that they are different (and previews won't count).  Try adding the size, hinge side, a custom label, or a comment column.

 

According to the program help:

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

This is what I do, so there are no errors from the Window/Door Companies, like Qty. Swing etc and each has it own Sch. No# etc which also makes questions via Phone or Email easier if needed.

 

Mick.

Although there are some benefits to doing this I have had issues with several window companies adapting this to their window orders.  Marvin and Pella being two of the ones that refused to have different numbers for identical windows.  This honestly would be my preferred although in some of these bigger houses the window schedule gets really long...  But I have had so much push back that I continue to keep the similar ones checked and when I need to differentiate I will either have a comment on that door (even using a macro for swing or hinge, etc.) so as to separate the minor differences.