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Just now, DeltaHome said:

Dang, I have been trying to drag up but that it is a little inaccurate for my abilites.

I really appreciate being told to stop looking.  Your reply has save me time and frustration.

Thank you.

If you are trying to manually step them instead of doing a room change in the crawl space grab the wall start moving in the direction you want then hit tab while you still have it held down and a box will pop-up allowing you to precisely change the step how you want it.

6 minutes ago, ericepv said:

The OP asked how to print 3D view as a PDF, heres's an example which was created by Chief PDF:

 

10th St Kitchen-under counter power.pdf

6 hours ago, zbrant57 said:

Does anybody know how to print to a 3d PDF with chief architect??? Thanks much

Nope he asked how to print to a 3d pdf.  @ericepv you might want to delete so as to not confuse others.

If you just want it as a CAD item and not to show up in 3d add it as a regular door then use CAD Detail from view, erase everything in that view around the door to make it easier to work with.  Select the components of the door change line style to dashed and whatever color you want.  Then Copy it, go back to your plan and Paste in place (ctrl+Alt+V or CMD+Alt_V for mac.)

3 hours ago, kwhitt said:

Thanks Ryan.  I have done everything you suggestion including the window level to 1.  Just like in your example, I get a double frame between the door section and the offset window. I know that it doesn't have to be perfect, but I'd like to to more closely resemble what's there.  Kevin

I am sorry I would need to see what you are referring to as a "double frame"  maybe a picture?  My guess is that you have it set to add casing to mulled units which you will need to turn off casing/lintels/sills to match what you want.

13 minutes ago, kwhitt said:

I've got a store front with commercial windows, door, and sidelights - see attached.  I have tried mulling these units together with no success - creates a real mess with the wall layers.  I could easily model this configuration in another app and bring into Chief as a symbol, but not sure what to bring it in as.  If I opt for window type, I won't need casings, jambs, etc, added to the symbol.  Further, my first attempts would not let me get away with the non-rectangular cut-out.  What is the best way to go about this?  Thanks, Kevin

Mulling together can be done but needs to be done in order.  Also the upper window should be set to level 1 instead of 0 so that it mulls correctly.  Try mulling together the two side lites and door first, then the upper window last.  The side window doesn't need to be mulled as you can place it manually properly and it would be separate, however if you mull that at the end it will as well...  Here is an example all mulled together: 

54 minutes ago, dskogg said:

Eric, when i try and do this my shade is very segmented, my molding is smooth but when i add it to a polyline it becomes only 3 segments for curve?

Make the amount of segments higher.

Those are great! thanks so much!

43 minutes ago, stevenyhof said:

While I am still learning Chief, I have several decades of Architectural CAD experience. I do bring up subjects now and then that are important to other users. Please click that Upvote button next to my posts and others engaging in the conversation if you think the subject is worth getting the attention of the developers. Thank you!!

Just an FYI that doesn't actually get the boost to suggestions.  Recently the Suggestions department clarified the best way to get a suggestion advanced other than having something unique that they feel is a great suggestion themselves is to have good support from others but not simply an upvote or a +1 rather a +1 with a fairly detailed reason why the user is in agreement and how it would help in their circumstances.

41 minutes ago, joey_martin said:

Meant to post these...

Curious @joey_martinas it must be a regional thing.  Do they actually build those interior angle walls you are showing in the plan view inside the fireplace “flu” area?

Just a follow up on what @joey_martin mentions above.

1.) In addition to the suppressed label you may also want to remove it from the schedule if you don’t want to see that info there.
 

2.) Also if you are going to put tile or stone on that face wall you can select that particular wal and the on the general page of the dbx you can turn off the wall moldings.

3 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Hey, thanks for the tip Ryan, I've randomly used the break tool on framing in the past, but never made it part of my regular workflow.  It never occured to me how much more efficient it would make certain operations.  Very good tip.  Thanks!

Glad it helped!

15 minutes ago, DzinEye said:

Yes, line and/or polyline is exactly what I was thinking, but the specifics of it being a knife would be that soon as you make your cut it disappears automatically (could be a setting if you don't want it to)... but also the knife polyline could be you select a line or framing member and the cursor becomes the cutting polyline parallel with the member you clicked on.. then you could grab and manipulate handles on that line to create a polyline knife

Just a note that you can use the break tool to break it in place just like a knife but then you have to adjust the other piece or delete it.  But if you are deleting it you can select a line and cut everything past it as well...  not exactly the same as what you are saying but definitely a quick way of doing it.

49 minutes ago, Ronniesha said:

Hi

 

Thinking about going from a iMac desktop to a mac laptop so I can work from home, coffee shop, etc. What is a good mac laptop that can run chief effieciently? 

 

TIA!

The new 2019 MacBook Pro 16” with as much ram and GPU upgrade as you can afford.

1 minute ago, GeneDavis said:

You are looking at the attic wall framing in 2x4 with header.  What the truss guy says is he can do a hybrid truss with parallel chords and webbing to handle what the 30 foot span and 100 psf ground snow load dictates, but the upper half of these girders will be dropped-chord gable-end trusses and they will have the required window opening.

Did you try it with a truss?

2 hours ago, Decorationarts said:

Matterport has the floor plan and ceiling plan as a Matterpack that helps with accurate tracing. 

For greater versatility, the point cloud can be imported in as an .obj file format. 

That is what their website says yes.  But unless they have made a change recently it cannot be imported directly into chief.  You can import it as a symbol through this format and you can use the "Cross-Section Slider" tool to slice it down to a floor plan look, then use the 3d tool the "view direction" top view to see the floorplan for tracing for your model.  They also offer a dwg/pdf export but my experience has been that it is not very accurate.

9 minutes ago, robdyck said:

Type "mouse properties" into the windows search bar.

I am not a windows user but I believe the key to Rob's direction here is the "WINDOWS SEARCH BAR".

4 minutes ago, GeneDavis said:

I did and searched and see no way to get the circle behind.  I want a circle in dayglo yellow.

I believe that is an operating system setting and not a chief specific tool.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01TSqT6oYePzLxqn1AVxmaQg5ElFw%3A1602860931854&ei=g7eJX6LmM-mG5wLC85PgBw&q=mouse+highlighter+windows&oq=mouse+highlighter+windows&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIHCAAQyQMQCjIECAAQCjoHCAAQRxCwAzoGCAAQFhAeUJESWJsYYIQZaAFwAHgAgAGPAYgBlwaSAQMwLjaYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEIuAECwAEB&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjis96jsrnsAhVpw1kKHcL5BHwQ4dUDCA0&uact=5#kpvalbx=_h7eJX6PQOaOL5wKH6I_ACw13

I personally like to have multiple floors so you have kitchen option 1 on floor 1 kitchen 2 on floor 2 etc.  easy to flip between them and keeps them in same location.  But that is if you are presenting several options.  Otherwise I use an as built as the starting point then from there we have proposed version 1.0 then small changes are .1 .2 etc. or a major change goes to 2.0 3.0 etc.

I would just add that for new construction Chief has done a lot of that for you on the model creation.  There are a few different complete house projects on youtube and on their site.

go to documents> x12 templates > and find your template and try opening from there.  It may have a backed up version.  Worth a try.

If you had a layout opened that was not saved to that file you might open up your template layout and see if there is an autosaved copy there.  Might be able to recover it.  But it's good practice that as soon as you start a layout to save as to the right file location.

Combination of problems that worked for me to fix it:

1.) the outside room is undefined, set it as a balcony

2.) your 1st floor wall has been manually adjusted settings tab default top and bottom, 

3.) the walls are not lined up at the right layer

4.) the inside room is not defined

Is this what you are looking for?

A horizontal separation at the bottom is what causes the bottom to be solid, remove that and manipulate the shelves and there you go.

18 minutes ago, John_B said:

I suppose that I can create a few with CAD blocks but thought I would ask first!

There are a few in the library.  I think they are rocks instead of boulders but you can set them up on distribution paths and have them change angles, off-sets, and sizes automatically.  You can paint color manually on them to build rock walls.

23 hours ago, Dermot said:

Please check with your local building department because this stair configuration may not meet code requirements.  I was told that stairs are never supposed to get narrower along the path of egress.  

I believe they are still good in most AHJs since it is overall more width than the original upper set when combined and offers 2 egress points.  But again every AHJ is going to have their own interpretation.  Probably a quick email to that entity would clear it up for you.

I believe this is more difficult for you in x11 and one of the main reasons that Eric mentions to have your version in your signature line.  With this particular need it is usually done with a polyline-solid but the ability to manipulate solids from different angles was an x12 improvement which means that you would have to build your solid post already angled and not just rotate it in x11.