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Sorry for not thoroughly searching for the answer to this.  Any help would be appreciated.

Is there a way to show wall framing details for multiple floors?

6 minutes ago, solver said:

See: Through Wall At Start and Through Wall At End.

That was easy, thank you so much

9 hours ago, Electromen said:

I've been using a 40" Sony TV for clients for about four years.  I ran an HDMI from the computer to the TV.  It worked very well.

In the past, I had it mirror my monitor.  I recently updated the computer and bought two new 27" BenQ monitors.

Now I have the TV mirror one monitor.  I use the second monitor for the library and other tools. 

 

Sometime this year I'd like to update the TV to a 55" - 4K.

My new monitors have a resolution of 2560 x 1440, the present 40" TV is 1920 x 1080, so when I have the TV resolution match the monitor, some of the desktop is cut off.  If I have the monitor match the TV, the monitor shows a slightly smaller screen.  Hopefully a 4K TV will be able to match the monitor resolution.

 

I researched 4K monitors and the resolution made the text and menus too small on a 27" monitor.   That's why I went with 2560 x 1440.  I'm happy with that decision. 

 

Same here, I have (2) 43 inch, set to 2K (2560 X 1440)
I love this arrangement. the TVs are hanging on wall mounts in my office.  Ones an LG the other is an Hisence.  When it's time to take a break and watch Netflix I use the LG but the Hisence does a better job of being a screen.  

The 2K makes it possible to get a good resolution screen shot for quick prints to send to folks. 

8 minutes ago, SteveNovato said:

I hope this isn't off topic, but in the new age of covid I have been using Zoom for client meetings. While in a Zoom meeting you can 'share screen'  and choose Chief. The other person or persons in the meeting can see your screen and they are even able to make temporary marks or notes. All parties can view and discuss the plans and changes in real time. I ask folks to use the largest screen they have for viewing (for project clarity).

 

This method is so convenient for me, and my clients. I will hopefully us this tool even when the restrictions of 2020 are a distant memory.

Me too. I'll never go back to the old ways.

Hey Guys,
Any tips on controlling the display in walls with different materials?  In this photo the Brick overlaps the Stone.  I need the Stone to Overlap the Brick.

Thanks All,

18 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

A bit more clarity and specificity would help us solve this for you, or a .plan file.
If I m understanding you correctly, does checking the "Floor under this room" solve your issue?

I'm sorry I haven't answered yet. 

I've been a little frustrated at the level of complexity of building Piling Home Foundations in Chief.  There are several different approaches explained in videos and articles.  None of which seem to create conditions that accurately represent the methods used in constructing homes on pilings. 

When I sort this all out, I would like to explore this topic some more.

I've changed the Floor Default to be supplied by the Foundation Room below.

After drawing the entire floor plan, I decided to change it.  In the individual rooms it's disabled.

Any Ideas?  

Thanks,
 

Speaking of AutoCad.  First, I wouldn't go back to using it for architecture. I used Architectural Desktop since the nineties,  It was never competitive against Chief even with the VisionRez extensions.

Having said that.  I am amazed at how seriously lacking the CAD portion of Chief is.  Offset lines that require an instructions manual.  Copy and paste with endless mouse clicks, no construction lines, the list goes on.  You would think that if they are interested in eroding the massive AutoCad market they would go directly after the feature set so many people are used to. The AutoCad CAD portion actually works better.

This is a perfect time to get AutoCAD users to switch to Chief, Autodesk is focusing on ending AutoCad Architecture and switching everyone over to Revit.  Many of them, like myself, that have made an entire career from Autodesk products will not want to learn Revit,  Revit is  really primarily for  teams working on Commercial buildings.  The point is, many would embrace not having to give up the advanced Cad tools, and get all of the residential design tools from Chief.  

My free two sense.

Thanks Y'all.

I'm sorry to ask so many really basic questions.  I have found that searches for information from Chief, on the Web, sometime requires very specific search filters.

I'm trying to find out if there is a quick method for changing from "Intersected Objects" to "Contained Objects" without going to the preferences?

The following article shows the Preference Method.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00130/changing-marquee-selection-modes.html

46 minutes ago, tommy1 said:

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Thank you Tommy

Thanks Dermont,

All squared away.  Your answer led me to some videos on customizing the toolbar.  The proper names you supplied made the difference.

Good Morning,

In several videos I have seen a dropdown in the toolbar that allows selecting the Dimension Style.  I believe it shows the "Saved Dimension Defaults".

i can't find it, nor can I find a way to add it.  

Thanks,

10 hours ago, justinorwig said:

As the topic suggests.  Is there a setting I am missing?  MarkMC shared a cove profile for an inset frame that I was able to download which looks awesome.  I use inset frame a lot and would to portray it better in Chief.  Thanks for any tips!

Link ?

I have alternate buttons on my mouse.   I have been practicing using a thumb button.  I expect I will get better at it.  
Truly, so far I like the work flow in Chief better than the work flow in AutoCad Architecture. 

Been holding off talking about this.  I've been able to adapt to the changes from AutoCad Architecture fairly well so far.  With one major exception.  

The drag the cursor work flow.  This method has some serious shortcomings. 

I know you can right click when making walls and this allows you to click a point and then click another point.  This is good, but you can't start out with a right click.  The biggest problem is when you need to zoom in on one thing select it and then zoom in on another.  This is extremely difficult when dragging. 

What have some of you done to work around this, or is there a setting somewhere to changes it?

Thanks

It does have a snap to a degree.  The cursor turns white as it crosses the line of the door in wall elevation.  It seems pretty kludgy though. 

 

I can't figure how to make dimension that snap to cabinet face objects.  

I'm trying to  show the actual face object (drawer faces and cabinet doors) sizes for the shop.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Sorry Guys I accidentally deleted the other thread.

As Mark and Solver said.

The key to getting the line to snap to door casings is to click the CAD Detail From View under the CAD Drop-down menu


 

Version 3 is just a wall cabinet with the corners clipped.

Version 2

Same process but in this one we left the cabinet length A little longer and added a thin cabinet to the face of the center cabinet and gave it two doors.

Hey Guys, 

Thanks for helping. 
I discovered a work around.  

In the first one we needed a cabinet with the sides having a total mitered side.
This was achieved by adding corner cabinets on both sides.  Next we removed the extra until it created a triangular cabinet. The only problem with this was the automatic crown molding would not work.  We added a polyline molding.

Thanks Eric,

The outline of the wall cabinet is the part with the rectangular door on it's face.  

I need to make a cabinet that has angled side.  Included is a plan view.  If anyone knows where I can look at a video, or something, that would be really great. 

Thanks

19 minutes ago, solver said:

 

Hold ALT and the center button/scroll wheel.

Thank you, I was feeling the frustration.  It's really nice to find out that this program is so mature.