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Thanks for confirming that part, Fotis1960. It must be something else then...perhaps a setting when the original roofs were drawn? I'm stuck.

I'm not a beginner in Chief Arch yet don't think I've experienced this before in version 16. Once I've dropped my elevation views onto sheets in my layout file, and save both, shouldn't those page #'s remain associated with those view in my plan file? If I close the layout file my sheet numbers disappear in my plan file....almost as if they were temporary placeholder spots not confirmed/saved. I admit I'm newer to using the Project Browser to coordinate & navigate my views between the plan & layout files (just never learned the correct way originally) but everything seems fine there. The symbols are also showing as different sizes but assume this is a related problem (missing page numbers that will increase the size of the symbol). Thanks for any thoughts on this.

Video 704 talks about this but I don't see the same DBX option in Chief Arch v16 to indicate my roofs as "edited". How can I lock my existing roofs? When I check the boxes to "retain manually drawn/edited roofs" under the Build Roof toolbar, it does not do so without that prior step.

Thank you Renerabbitt and glennw. I appreciate your replies - both worked great.

Oftentimes when I'm noting up a small, crowded floor plan like a powder room the interior elevation symbols/section cut symbols need a little more space (from each other or add'l info there). I'm aware that a symbol can shift side-to-side along the cut line. 1. Is there a way to offset the symbol from the cut line fully, in any direction, without moving the cut line itself? 2. Is there a way to jog the cut line forward & backward as needed to show specific things that would otherwise not show up together from a straight cut line? Not 100% accurate in real life of course, but for client purposes, combining extra info into just one section cut can be a very useful time saver. I tend to show interior elevation symbols w/o their extension lines anyway, so exactly where that section cut is taken isn't too important to me.

Thanks Joey. This worked.

How might one reduce the font size in these elevation symbols? My default symbols are huge, and while I see I can manually adjust their diameter in the camera dbx, I cannot find anywhere to adjust their font size at the same time. No "automatic text resize" option. I'm always confused by the naming systems in Chief (markers, callouts, symbols, cameras?) so maybe I'm searching the wrong thing.Per my screenshots this is what I've tried (everything crossed out). Is it some sort of text default? =

Forte is a free app by Weyerhaeuser that will do this for you. My contractors use it themselves with ease, often in conjunction with SketchUp. There don't seem to be any recent youtube videos on it but perhaps it just hasn't changed much in the past few years. Does the job. Give it a whirl. https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/woodproducts/software-learning/forte-software/

Thanks Eric & DBCooper - I see how I can manipulate those other tools you mentioned (material regions & custom backsplashes) in the same ways now. Very helpful. I'm just not exactly sure when it's best to use each one. Are these assumptions correct? 1) Always start with wall or floor "Material" specification dialog. If that isn't customizable enough (e.g. not the entire wall gets same finish) 2) Apply a Material Region to specific areas requiring it 3) Can alternately build a custom backsplash but only do this when millwork is part of the equation It seems like material regions & custom backsplashes are in effect the same thing, being layers on top of the wall. When would you use one over the other?

Thanks, that solved it. On this same topic (and assuming this is now the best way for me to manipulate tile patterns on walls) how might you solve this part of it? The wall finish changes part way. I.e. the shower tile does not extend all the way out to the corner so I'm trying to show drywall on the rest. When I break the wall into 2 walls it just wants to merge back into one wall, keeping the same surface treatment on both.

When I try to show tile layouts on walls or floors I often find I cannot shift the origin of it. Reference guide & search terms I've tried here are not turning anything up. The tools I've tried to show these layouts accurately include Material Regions, Custom Backsplash, Hatching & changing the wall/floor types Material. I do not want to apply 2D Cad fill patterns in elevations & floor plans for this purpose--seems archaic to do it that way with the many advanced & integrated solutions Chief offers? Thanks for a few suggestions.

Thanks Mick & apologies All for posting in the wrong area.

I often have difficulty with line visibility in Chief. My elevations/cross sections often appear to be cut off on one side or the other, or just the top, or just the bottom. It happens in both plan file & layout files (so not just at the tail end on the drawing sheet). This doesn't seem to be a clip line issue in the plan file, or a boundary box problem in layout file. I've tried adjusting all of the clip settings in the specification box. Any ideas?

Thanks Eric, DBCooper & richoffan--I burned time searching every possible term & still would not have landed on Edit Area (Help sections & videos & ChiefTalk archives are only useful if one knows the correct combination of words, it seems). I appreciate your responses.

Is this a possibility in v13 or 14? I'm aware of similar software having a function that can show & select all stacked levels of a building at one time, making it easy to move, rotate, mirror or cut & paste entire buildings. It's not foolproof, but it gets it 95% there, saving a ton of time. I'm about to start designing an addition to a house plan that I've modeled once before in the same neighborhood, except this one is the mirror version of it. I'm hoping I won't have to start from scratch? If so any shortcuts others may have discovered in doing this?