rgardner

28 minutes ago, SHCanada2 said:

any idea why it frames like this.

 

nothing is holding up the rafters

 

 

even if i make it 22.5x48, it still does it

 

and if i move the skylight down, it does this

Haven’t seen this.  Maybe post the plan.

On 5/13/2023 at 10:33 AM, buddy21 said:

Does anyone know the best way to align the deck support posts with the deck columns supporting the porch roof.  Also, I would like to continue the gray brick design down to the ground.  Any advice is much appreciated!

 

Thanks,

Steve

As Perry mentions:

3 hours ago, DRAWZILLA said:

you have to place the posts and beams manually.

for the brick you are best to remove the column you used above and set a molding poly line at the base of the lower posts and give it the brick/stone material texture.

btw your engineer is going to love designing how that roof beams are landing right in the middle of the windows on the lower level.

4 hours ago, StephenGreene said:

 

 

Thanks, but I don't see where that answers my question.

If it’s not in the table then it can’t be prescriptive framing.  Which means you need an engineer to design and seal the design to use those heights.  Most likely they will design with an LSL stud or similar.

4 hours ago, ARF_PSG said:

Alrighty.. So here's the next solution i need.  My default door Size is a 2880.  I place the door, i then resize it to a 2068.  I then convert to a symbol, and show advanced settings.  I then select Hinged. from Options.  This will make my door 24" however the height is no longer 80" its back to 96".  when i go into the object properties the height is 80", but on the floor plan its 96" How would i get around that? 

You are saying it’s a 32”x96” door and when you go to place it then it’s a 32”x96” door….  You sure you aren’t confusing the 80 8’-0” as 80” in your mind?

58 minutes ago, rlackore said:

Check the layerset - it's possible that the fixtures are on a layer with a color set to red; if so, change the layer color.

 

Exactly this.  Just a note based on the question type that you may or may not be aware of.  There is a different layer set associated with your plan view vs. your 3d view. Make sure you make the change in the 3d view so as to not affect your MEP plan.

9 hours ago, fberus said:

HDP 2021, Build 22.3.0.55x64

Probably best to put this on home talk which is for the home designer line of products as the toolset is significantly different.  

Not sure if HD has this but my guess is the wall was manually adjusted in which case the bottom plate is below that ceiling or sheathing.  If that’s the case then try looking for a default bottom wall height on the structure panel of that wall dbx.

9 hours ago, JKEdmo said:

 

Norman,

 

I just copy and paste the note label from one elevation view to the other.

 

Jim

 

 

8 hours ago, Norm4Man said:

Thanks, are you suggesting this is best done in the layout and not the plan views?

No he is simply saying open the elevation you have the note or whatever plan view you have the note and use ctrl+C or Cmd+C for mac and go to the new view and use ctrl+V or Cmd+V to paste the note into the new view.  Unlimited amount of copies of the note that will all report the same number.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/75/terrain-site-plan-basics.html?playlist=138

And I encourage users to use CAD lines for the actual property line for site plan and consider the terrain perimeter as a tool for renderings.  Make the terrain perimeter alot bigger than the actual lot size.

As a side note you can see that your wall above is not aligned with the wall below since the match wall to wall above tool is in your edit menu.

Not sure what your exact issue is.  Looks like you moved that foundation wall and did not adjust the lengths of the perpendicular walls.  It appears the walls are stepped correctly.  Maybe a pic describing what you need and/or the plan file?

31 minutes ago, SHCanada2 said:

weird, I dont remember changing it, thanks

Most people dont remember it because it automatically turns off when you manually adjust the wall.

19 minutes ago, SHCanada2 said:

anyway to get rid of this? The walls align per the align tool. the wall widths show the same. wall type is the same

 

172 Carringham Way NE.plan 12.15 MB · 1 download

 

shows flat ,but you can see the little u shape

 

might be because I changed a foundation wall to exterior wall. but if I delete the wall, draw a new wall and then align to above I get the same thing

 

When you manually adjust a wall you lose the dynamic aspects of it.

Reset the wall to have default top and bottom wall heights.

Saw this earlier today and have thought about it a few times.

I haven’t tried this, but what happens if you use a roof plane for your roof structure and sloped ceiling planes for the insulation and lower portions of the roof within the building envelope?

15 minutes ago, DavidInMaine said:

Hi, I simply want a cabinet's countertop to overhang 2" on the right side without drawing a custom countertop.  In Base Cabinet Specifications I uncheck the box next to Uniform and put 2" to the right, but it does not extend 2".  See screenshot.

Do you have another cabinet or an appliance to the right of it?  That will keep it from working.

16 minutes ago, KenL-sdd said:

@rgardner

If you have an 18 ft deck then you may only want to stagger near the center

 Look at the attached image to see how Chief is laying out their decking boards.

Yes I understand that but the question wasnt clear if it was for the decking, or in 2d for a fill as he is showing in the picture.  Both different answer depending on the requirement.  BTW you can also simply use guide lines and the 3 key oob (break tool) to do the staggering.  But you need to make sure the deck room is set to maintain its framing or it will try to fix it.

3 hours ago, Stonefree said:

Has Chief arcitect a function for  staggering a deck ?

And if possible, can anybody tell me how to ?

 

Please explain your question more.

1 hour ago, BruceKC said:

I can't figure out how to delete layers that were obviously imported into the template (by accident) from autocad and are now "default layers" in the template.  Can't see them, so can't delete them. 

Use ALDO.  BTW if the little red plus sign is there then it is actually being used. 

8 minutes ago, MarkMc said:

Why not make the symbol from a bifold door to begin with. Set as fixture interior, inserts into wal, rotate symbol. Add a door way. Still need two symbols on seperate layers but ...

Plan with door used to make symbol and open symbol in doorway. Still need to make other symbol

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This was what I was implying to for making the cabinet doors above using the bifold doors as the starting point. But going direct to making it a symbol is a great way too.

1 hour ago, JKEdmo said:

In plan, I set the Room Specification / Fill Style option to show an existing diagonal tile pattern in a master bathroom:

 

 

The pattern fills the defined rooms perfectly, but not into the door opening.  Is there a workaround for this?

 

Thanks again,

 

Jim

 

Workaround is to create a room polyline and fill the polyline instead of the room.  Best to put on separate locked layer when done.

4 minutes ago, msmith964 said:

Hi,

Has anyone else noticed a difference in the time it takes to export to a .jpg in version 15 Pro? v14 usually took around 5 mins. v15 seems to be taking twice as long. I typically export at 200 pixel quality for my renders. I tried reducing to 72 but the image comes out blurry. Also, does anyone know if there is a hardware upgrade I can do to make this whole process faster? Is it the graphics card, the memory or what that controls this?

Thanks for your help!

Michelle

 

5 minutes to begin with in x14 sounds crazy long to me so I don't think I am understanding your issue.  Maybe you can help us out with some more information.

Just so everyone is clear and hopefully someone can help here.  You are using Chief Architect Premiere X15 Not a Home Designer Pro product correct?  (Your signature still says X13 and you refer to version 15 Pro, so if you could please clarify and/or update your signature that would be very helpful.)

With the hardware could you fill us in what you have so someone with a similar system can try to answer and/or test for you as well.  (This would also be great info to put in your signature line so its available on questions like this one.)

1 hour ago, J_Mack said:

I'd like for the reference grid to display on in my drawing when I print for a client. Is that possible? 

Print Screen of a blank template and then imported as a png file with no background.  Own layer and locked obviously.

Assuming this is for a rendering it would require a custom Door panel that is doable but definitely will take some work.  Use a Tall Cabinet with a custom top hinged door with the sections you want to see open as the door.  

Here is a VERY QUICK version of it with two doors shown just to give you the idea.  You would need to have on a separate layer set/layer turned off with another one that shows it closed.  Also requires a doorway as Joe mentions.

10 hours ago, JKEdmo said:

HI Scott,

 

I don't think that's what I'm looking for, but perhaps my original question was confusing.  I'll try to rephrase:

 

Is it possible for a schedule row to have an entry even if there is no note specification associated with it?

 

Reason being is there are times I need to delete every instance of a particular keynote in plan, yet I'd like to keep its numbered schedule row entry and change the contents to "not used."  This is usually when I'm responding to permit plan check comments.

 

Hope that makes sense.

 

Thanks again,

 

Jim

 

 

 

 

Try using find from schedule group change to not used and either move them all by cutting and pasting or deleting all but one.  I will sometimes place notes in the cad detail where my schedule is off to the side that is cropped out of the layout view.  Some reasons are for custom items to be added or sub groups within the same nite style.

39 minutes ago, DBCooper said:

I did not look at your plan because my guess is that you are just on the wrong floor.

 

Plan views and "floor" overviews will only show one floor at a time by default*.  

 

*Lot's of caveats to this because of things like reference display and setting up floor overviews to show the floors below.

 

appears the OP is looking at the ALDO for the plan view and not the 3d view.

Honestly sounds like it should be a complete resubmittal with fresh set of plans showing what has been done and what is the actual proposed.  Remove previous plans from project completely.  The AHJ examiner should be on board with this seeing as to the fact there is SUBSTANTIAL structural and architectural changes.