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It's not that I need to convert an existing Imperial plan to Metric. Its a small project and can easily start it over again - I've only placed a couple of cabinets/shelves thus far. What I need to do is to start with a Metric Plan Template but I was hoping that all of the settings I've changed in my Imperial Plan Template could be imported into a Metric one.

Maybe I didn't do this properly. Opened a new Metric template. File>Import>Import Default Settings This is what I get

Didn't know this was possible - I'll give it a shot, thank you. Interesting! I see what you mean. Off topic but when resizing doors/drawers, it will only allow you to change by increments in 1/16" but the "Front Height" can/will be in increments of 1/32". Should maybe go in the suggestions - but IMO it'd be more useful to have both of those properties be editable. Personally/as a designer, I'm more focused on the Front Height than I am on the Item Height so I'm having to edit by tiny increments to get the Front Height I want. And even then it can still be a hair off (annoying when trying to match several cabinet faces). /end rant lol

Thanks Jim. I wasn't doubting Chief's conversions - just had a bit of a chuckle over it. I'm in Canada but designing something for someone based in Portugal. So I need a fully metric template for this. It's a one off so was hoping my imperial template could somehow be converted to metric to save me a ton of time on creating a metric template from scratch. All the things I've tried only get me metric dimensions on my elevations but not within the rest of the program or dialog boxes.

We'll be friends again soon hopefully lol Yes, I've done that. But everything in the dialog boxes and my temporary dimensions still show up in imperial which is causing issues... I was managing until I was trying to make a shelf 50mm in thickness/height. I can enter 50mm in the DBX but that automatically changes it to 1 15/16" - which I guess is actually 49mm? So I thought I'd add 1/16" or 1/32" of an inch - but that makes it 51mm on my elevation. I won't admit how many times I went back and forth on that one haha.... Long story short - I think I definitely need to start with a metric plan...

I've spent a fair bit of time tweaking my Imperial Template w/ text styles, sizes, colours, etc. I now have a one-off situation where I need to complete a small project in metric units. Is it possible to make copy of my imperial template and change a few settings so that it's now a metric template? Versus starting over with one of Chief's standard metric templates and changing multiple items like text styles etc? Which would be a huge time suck for such a small project... - signed an Imperial loving Canadian

Oh, nice! Thanks for this. My workaround doesn't work for wood finishes so I'll use your idea for that next time

This is how my elevation looks on the Layout file (Scale 3"-1') Here's what it looks like on the generated PDF. Lines are way too thick and you can see all the little point markers I put in (the little dots - those are at 1/16"). Is there a setting I'm missing here or is this just because of the scale?

Thank you! Just want to make sure I'm understanding - create only half of the profile using 3D solids and add it to the library as Millwork? Then add to the cabinet under Foot Style? I'm trying to emulate this. I can create the profile on one side (or close enough) but how do you get it to wrap around the corner? If I have to do each side separately I don't know how I'd get them to match perfectly with the curves. My skills with 3D solids are rudimentary at best lol.

Our cabinet maker will be cutting a decorative toe kick profile out of the baseboard molding going around an entire vanity. Similar to the image below. Is there a way to do this in Chief? Is it possible to cut shapes/profiles like this from a molding polyline or is there another way to approach this?

I did it!!! Thanks all! I use molding lines/polylines quite a bit but didn't realize they could be used to make doors - this is way more streamlined than what I've been doing until now. So much wasted time lol...

I've made other cabinet door profiles with 3D Solids but those were with 90 degree edges, nothing beaded. Maybe I should have tried with countertop tools instead? Ahh this is great, thank you!!! Can I ask how you did the beaded part?

Is there anything similar to this door style in any of the Chief Catalogs that I'm just not finding or have not yet downloaded maybe?

This is great! This will get me by until I can devote some hours to learning a new software/how to do this myself. Many many thanks!!

Is this what you're referring to? https://www.blender.org/

The SU modeler looks like Kohler themselves lol ^Do you know how to do this?

I've downloaded a Kohler sconce from Sketchup (this particular one isn't included in Chief's Kohler catalog). The sconce is all one material when I import it into Chief, so I'm unable to make the glass clear and fixture chrome like I need it to be. Is there a way to edit this type of issue in Chief? Or do I need to learn how to use Sketchup now too? 32253-SC02.skp

I know this is an old thread but I was trying to figure it out myself and found a bit of a workaround... Thought I'd leave it here in case anyone else is looking for a solution Tried the Alexandria door but as mentioned above, it looks terrible with multiple different sizes of doors/drawers. This is what I do now: Use the "Slim-Shaker" door from Cabinet Doors No. 2 Paint the center panel "Linear Narrow Glass" from Materials>Glass & Glazing>Textured Glass Blend your cabinet colour with the linear glass. Then Adjust Material Definition to remove the transparency of the glass. I've added it to some drawer fronts here - uniform through different widths:

Ah, here's what the exported image looks like: I guess I'll be sending to layout as an image instead - that seems to have worked.

Hi, Yes, using "Chief Architect Save As PDF". Yes, I've tried deleting and resending. Seems like the consensus is to just send as a picture to layout or save as a picture and import. I'll do that as a workaround in these instances. Thanks all

This has happened to me on a few occasions - not sure if it's a glitch or something in my camera settings. Tried changing camera angles, tried a different mirror material out of the library, all to no avail. How it looks on my layout file: How it looks on the PDF: Another example: Layout file vs generated PDF

That option is greyed out on my dialog box.

That's the one I'm using.

Are you still having this issue or was it ever resolved? I'm experiencing the same thing with every semi-large layout file - ready to rip my hair out. Tried both suggestions above to no avail.

That fixed it! Thank you!