BeachHouse1

On 2/25/2019 at 9:59 PM, solver said:

 

Chief does not work that way. Only one command can be active at any time.

You can Pan (by pressing the Mouse Wheel) while another command is active.  It seems you should be able to rotate, which is much more useful for making multiple selections of objects that are currently hidden.
Anyway, it shouldn't be limited to either.  Most 3D software nowadays uses the Shift Key and the Mouse Wheel Press to differentiate between Rotate and Pan.

Is there a way to switch from Pan to Rotate?  If not, it seems like a a pretty large work flow impediment. 

Can someone point me to a place where they show how to build a return on the lintel molding.  It would be nice if I could add it to a window and have the polyline auto-adjust to stay in the right place, even if the door or window get wider.  

Thanks,

Thank you Scott you are always very helpful.  

Is there a way to precisely set the focal length for cameras?  

Thanks?
 

I figured it out. 

Hey Guys,
How do I import DWG of DXF files to use as Polyline? 

Not Chief objects like Walls or Windows.  Just your basic polylines. 

Thanks,

Thanks Guys,
Yes it is an Autodesk thing.  It serves a real multi-function purpose. Not a great thing to lose, Thanks Kbird1, Cntl-E it is.

Good Morning All,

I can't seem to find a way to display the properties of a selected object without opening that object.  Am I missing something?

Thanks,

I found this by Googling "Build Roof on Polyline Chief Architect"

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/706/roof-baseline-polylines.html

Thanks Guys.  

Joey,  I agree, but in this case I am drawing a sample house that has all  of all the normal things we see here on the Island.  The house is almost finished and I needed to get the bay done.  The one I posted was made in AA using polylines.  Last night I Googled "Building Roofs  from polylines in Chief Architect" .

Glenn, I will try that this morning.
 

Pretty much the Roof over the Bay Window is what I need to learn how to do.  The side view of the Bay Window is on the left side of the Front Elevation.

Thanks y'all.

Hey Guys Sorry for what seems an easy question.

Does some have a link to how to create a Gable over a bay window.  The bay is located under an eave and I'm hoping to make it intersect the main roof plain at the corners. 

I can provide a sketch if that will make it easier.  

Thank you Ms. Shelbrack.

I agree 100% with your statements.  In the week and a half that I have been trying it out, I find it to be better in every aspect.   I haven't tried a set of stairs yet.  I have built some pilings for a foundation and a video on using a louvered door as a wall panel for the ground floor exterior breakaway walls for beach houses. 

Yes out with the old.  The life changing is only using  Autodesk products exclusively since the mid 80s, for a 60 year old, that's a pretty big step.

 

I'm leaving AutoCAD Architecture 2014 with VisionRez extensions. It had some pretty good productivity tools, and some pretty poor ones. But Autodesk decided to void  all their old perpetual licenses, by not making them compatible with Win 10. Not to mention the duel licencing is void because VisionRez no longer provides any support for their AutoCAD Architecture versions. They are only available with  Revit monthly subscriptions. 

I guess good for Chief Architect. 

If you did migrate from VisionRez, would you relate to us how that went please?  

Thanks Guys for the heads up,

It seems like you could just always go back to the same Save-as, and not make changes to it unless they were beneficial in a global sort of way.  Does that sound right?

What I want to avoid is having to send every aspect of a model out to the plans.  I would expect to be required to resize the portals, but I would want to have a set of drawing immediately upon completing the model. Am i understanding that as the  "Save As' process, compared to the template?

I apologize for not being able to do my own experimenting but I can't save.  This issue is my last impediment to purchasing and it's a rather large Issue.  I have been evolving my sheets templates for 20 years now.  They are to the point that if I build a model in the same location, as the last one, all the sheets are 98% finished.  Is that possible?

4 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Yes.  This is how many many Chiefers set up their templates.  The basic idea is that you have a plan template with all the views for that plan already sent to your layout template.  Those templates are saved as templates with all that work having already been done.  When you start a new plan and layout (using those templates), you simply re-link your layout to the new plan. 

Thank you, Sir

When using Layout Templates, is it possible to synchronize a Layout Template with a Model (Plan) Template so that every Layout view is already connected to the appropriate portion of the model to be displayed.  

In other words, as a Model is created,  The Layout will automatically display the correct layout on the correct sheet.  Example the Second floor plan would automatically show up in the A2 Sheet .


 

35 minutes ago, robdyck said:

And you may want to add the "swing side" column to your schedule.

That did it.  

Thank you very much.

Hello All,
When adding a door to an exterior wall, an in-swing door is completely different from an out-swing door.  But the Door Schedule shows them as the same? 

Is this supposed to be this way?  If so do you have to create a new entry in the library?

Thanks.