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Will do! Thanks!

The contractor I work for pays for the license. Could perhaps be there for download under his account? Only thing available in my locker is Home Designer Pro.

Ah. Just purchased and then realized I can't use any of them bc I only have X13.

Thank you for this!! I'll have to figure out how to put a hole in the bottom of the solid so I can add an insert like you did. Baby steps lol. The general shape of the hood will do for this current project though. Much appreciated! P.S. Chief wouldn't let me export anything without upgrading.

Eric, thank you so much for this! Very helpful & very much appreciated! I didn't need the rounded edges so I skipped the molding polyline step and just used a polyline solid.

I'm not able to open with X13

Lol, I knew this was coming. I did try using polyline solids. This was my first ever attempt at building something from scratch so I'm not sure that I approached it in the best way. - Built a box for the base. - Added another box on top, which I then used the arc tool on. - Added another box on top of that and used the subtraction tool so that the arc would carry straight up from the middle. The arc turned out jagged? Attaching a screenshot. Like I said, not sure I approached it in the most efficient or effective way.

Does anyone have a 3D symbol or a link to one for a plaster style hood like the photos attached? Can't seem to find one in the Chief catalogs or on Sketchup. (I have the Stanisci hoods catalog and none are quite right). Thanks!

I'm wondering if the Transparent background is causing the issues. Tried the Vector View with and without the transparent background with no other settings changed. Lines are perfect on the one with a background.

I checked this. Everything is black besides dimensions and text. I've never done this but just attempted to and it seems that the Plot Lines option is greyed out... not sure what I'd need to toggle on or off to make it available.

Sorry, I'm referring to exporting a picture. While sending to Layout solves the faint areas, it does not give a transparent background on the elevation (which I prefer). Not to mention, I sometimes need to email images alone vs an entire layout. 149 Crescent Rd - Foyer Closet.plan

I've been having a pretty consistent issue when exporting wall elevations. Sections of the elevation will appear fainter than the rest. I'm using the Line Drawing function with all settings set to 0 except for Line Thickness which is set to 1. I've tried playing around with resolution and image size but all that this accomplishes is moving the faint/greyer spots to a different area. I've also tried increasing the Line Thickness as well which only makes the lighter area more obvious. Attaching a few examples of the same elevation. First two are the same resolution and size but changed line thickness to 2. Between image 1 and 3 I changed the size and image of the resolution. Any idea on what's happening here or what I may be doing wrong? They still function as needed but its driving me insane aesthetically. Many thanks

Ahh yes! Thank you Eric. All of that worked great except for the shelves... I used the Shelf option under Cabinets for my open shelving and I believe they are turned on for my active layer? I noticed my faucet isn't showing up, either but that layer is also set to Display.

Currently designing a pool cabana that has a small bar and island. Some of the cabinetry for the bar is going to be contained within an arched alcove. I've created an arched wall niche and increased the depth of this wall to recreate the alcove. A few things: 1) Tricky maneuvering my cabinets within the wall niche from the floorplan view. 2) Cabinets are showing up on my wall elevation but floating shelves are not. 3) Can't seem to add backsplash through either the cabinet dialog box nor custom backsplash. Given the above, is the arched wall niche the best way to go about doing this? (I also tried creating an arched doorway with a wall butting up against the outside of the cabana but still had all of the above issues minus the backsplash). Maybe I'm overthinking this and there's a much easier way (fingers crossed lol).

Ah you guys are the best, thank you all! The plan was started in Home Designer so that must be the issue. ^ This would be lovely! ^ I will check this out, thank you! These panels are giving me a headache lol.

I have 5/8" applied panels to my full height cabinet here. Two issues crop up when the cabinet is placed directly beside my base cabinet: 1) The crown no longer extends above the panel on the right side. It reappears on the right side only if I move the full height cabinet away from the base cabinet. 2) The countertop on the base cabinet intersects the panel. I've removed the overhang from the left side of that cabinet to no avail. Is there a way to stop this from happening or do I need to draw a custom counter? Any help very much appreciated. Quite new to using Chief.

Hi Scott, Thanks for your help! For some reason I couldn't get the CAD points to pin where I needed them (panels are 5/8"). I'm very (very) green so admittedly I may have been doing something incorrectly. I reset all of my settings since the option to Reset Templates only was not available on my X13 dialog box. This didn't fix the issue either, unfortunately. Any other idea as to why I am not able to drag and add my own dimension lines to the NKBA dimension line? I've been getting what I need using a manual dimension but its extra time and work that'd I'd like to avoid if possible. Thanks again!

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Hi Eric, Thanks so much for the video. When I pull the dimension up to the panel, I don't get that blue circular symbol. In fact, I don't get a symbol at all when trying to drag to the panel. If I drag to another point (such as the center line of a cabinet), I will get an hourglass type symbol in red. Not sure if this could be something to do with my settings or if I'm just doing something wrong. My panel goes to the floor unlike in your video but I don't think that would be the issue?

Just upgraded to Chief from Home Designer. Love the NKBA Auto Dimensions but is there any way to have them pick up applied panels on cabinet sides? I can't seem to add the extra point manually, either...