Bill_Nelson

Found it!! Thank you gleenw.

Hello Everyone, I am trying to show a glass planter box bay window in a kitchen. It looks like a bay window but with out walls. I have used the bay window tool but I can't seem to get the same look as the GIF file I have attached. Does this need to be done using plane poly line's and then converting into a poly line solid? Thanks, Bill

Thank you two for your response to my question. I will make terrain templates.... Thanks for the website kbird1..it was very helpful. Bill

Can the terrain perimeter be set to a default of 12" below your foundation wall so you're not always having to adjust it when your drawing plans? I am using C.A. X12 Thanks, Bill

Yes MrWiley, This is exactly what I was trying do. Thank you so much for the help in this matter. Bil

Hello Ladies and Gents, I'm doing an addition and I am trying to get the old floor joists (2x8) to extend past the foundation and have the new floor joists (2x12) hang on the new 2x12 rim joist. Whenever I build the floor framing the program puts the new joists over the foundation and shows the old floor joists hanging on the ledger. Any suggestions? Attached is a file of how I would like it to be. I'm using Chief X12 Premier thank you in advance Bill

Thank you Mr. Dyck. for the solution!!! Works perfectly!! Bill

Hi folks, I been trying to use the electrical symbol for my bathroom exhaust fans. On my electrical schedule I have the NUMBER column showing and it shows E04 for my call out, which is I want it to show, However, when I go to the Electrical Service specification then go to Label and then click the radio button "Specify Label" I use the %schedule_number% click ok, it shows on the exhaust fan in the plan A01,E04. How do I get the label to show only the E04 by my fan? Attached is a picture of what I get Thanks, Bill

Thank you all for the feed back and ideas on this. Bill

No Mr. Martin. I wanted to show wall framing details for each side of the house for the General Contractor. In doing the wall framing (showing headers as well) it will unclutter my need to call out the headers in my framing plans.

Thank you Eric. I will give that a shot.

I'm trying to have the walls with the arrows drawn on them from my previous question have a final look like the framing photo I just downloaded. If the exterior wall of the garage isn't sitting under the exterior main floor(2nd story), will I need to create two separate cad details from the Wall Details, then send them to layout and stack them? Because when I use the backclipped cross section I keep getting the result showing the roof rafters from the photo below and I don't need to show the rafters. P.S. I hope I updated my signature correctly. Bill

Hello all, I wanted to know how I can show a cross section framed wall detail for a 2-story house an attached attached garage on the side. Or can it only be done by making the cross section(s) a cad drawing? I'm using C.A. x12 thanks all!

Thank you Mr. Martin. That worked!!

I use frame elevations for the City or County planners so I'm not having to do multiple call outs for door and widow headers on each floor Frame plan layer. I don't think it can be done using cross sections, because if I move the cross section back clip to get all the main walls, I lose the framing for the main floor dormer with the windows and such. I think I will do the point to point stitch as Mr. Davis suggested. Thanks guys or your input. Bill

Hi folks, I'm trying to show a framed front view elevation, but as you can see it's not going so well. I have watched a lot of C.A videos (on you tube & and on the Chief website) on framing but I haven't come across a video that helps. The basement &1st floor are the same dimensions, 60'-0" wide X 34'-0" deep with the exception of the large dormer being bumped out 6'-0". The 2nd floor is 48'-0"wide X 32'-0" deep. the three dormers are a bumped out 2'-0" to give the 2nd story the over all depth of 34'-0". I can get all of the basement but only part of the 1st floor and 2nd floor framing. I am using the Back clipped Cross Section. Do I need to make separate back clip cross sections, one for the basement, 1st floor and the 2nd floor then stack them to get a full view of the framed elevation? Thank you all in advance for any advice on this problem. Bill

Ok I figured out what I wanted to accomplish for my window schedule using solvers hw.txt. 1. Open CA-X11 with a new plan, then opened Text Macro Management-copied then paste solvers hw.txt. (Make sure to click on evaluate and owners object in Context) 2. Open default settings, then open window default, open label, clicked specify label on "labels Options". 3. insert macros %schedule_number% %window_label% %type_code% press ok and done to close the default settings. I turned off the callout label in the window schedule specification box. I hope this helps.

Thank you Solver for the video and the *.jsn file. I did import the X11 label window file. I attached three files. One to show what happened when I used a window schedule, one without the window schedule. I did remove the default window label from the "window Specification". Is there a way to have the window callout shown in the "right window calllout JPG", (the far right window)? Again, Thank you for all your help.

I tried the windowlabel.txt with my C.A. X11 and had no success. Thanks to all who gave in put on this problem. And I agree RobDyck, something like this should come out-of-box friendly user available. coming over from Autocad to Chief, I always used foot-inch in my window callouts, that is how I was taught years ago. And unfortunately, the last few plans I have drawn using C.A X11 and using the window schedule label (symbol) showing the label and not the actual window dimension,the city planners have kicked back my drawings wanting to see the window callouts and not a label(symbol). Maybe it's LAZINESS on their end. Thank you Alaskan_Son for offering your service. For now I will continue researching the ruby program and see if can figure it out, if ruby is what Is used to create a program.

Is there a macro, or a way to create a macro, to call out window dimensions in plan view from inches only to 0'-0" without having to edit the window label?