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Ok. Thanks to all. Ended up using "solver" code. Does what I need. Seems like macros and Ruby programming is something that I will want to learn at some point at least to some degree :). And for snapping and precision? As I am beginning to understand that Chief is a bit similar to Revit in this account that you have to do most of the work in defaults and in menus as parametric edits. Which is fine by me I just need to get used to it more, but snapping is definitely something that could be improved. I like to do some edits manually by doing point to point moves. This way I do not have to go through all of the menus for some small edits and then realize that I needed to put a different number in that box and go to that menu again.

Ok. Thank you. This looks good. Will definitely try to learn that when I get the time. Is this a working code? Or I have to modify something? I tried pasting the same code in text and in room label default settings. I just get the same code displayed.

Hi! Recently rented Chief Architect Premiere for a month to try out and do a couple of projects and maybe buy full time later. Wanted to ask a community for some thoughts and assistance. I am an engineer in Europe and come from AutoCAD, Revit and Pamir framing (trusses, wall panels) and calculation software background. In reality did not like Revit at all. It is definitely great and a powerful tool, but too unintuitive and complicated for residential design. And needs a lot of time to accumulate a personal library of family items which are again too complicated to edit. So decided to try Chief if it is simpler and faster. And seems that it is by a lot. So my issues and questions so far: 1. Can I change sq m of a room label to m2? Yes I know they are the same thing, but the symbol for square meter is m2 not sq m. And in my country I can get my project back for corrections when I apply for a building permit just for this weird symbol. Mainly because it is not in our national language. It might happen and might not. And yes I know I can use text and macros, but room label is there for a reason - to use it. 2. Can I change precision on room label. For example one of my room shows 31,28 m2 and I need it to show 31,3 m2. Again because of some strict rules we have for formats we use when applying for building permits. 3. Is snapping really that bad in Chief as I think it is? Or I might be missing some features or settings? All snaps are on in settings (except grid snaps). In other software point to point snap and movement was good. Which enabled me to always put everything to precise locations not eyeball it. In Chief there are some places I can snap to and some where I cannot. For example wall with layers. I can snap to main part of the load bearing wall and not to insulation layer. In one project I was not able to snap story pole dimension point to eaves for some reason. I had to draw a line, eyeball the line location and then snap a dimension there. And I have been noticing a lot of places where I just cannot snap to. So it is not actually a question, but maybe someone can give some thoughts about snaps and moving objects. I have watched videos from resources, but still my experience with all things snapping is very poor. Especially coming from software that had snapping to things working pretty well or even amazingly. 4. How good is Chief for precise design work? I love the editable library items, schedules, layout system, architectural and CAD stuff that Chief has, but for the same reasons mentioned in my point 3 I would like to know is Chief good for precision? Because I am not actually an architect, but more a structural engineer and I do not like doing design work by approximately eyeballing object positions or dimensions. There are a lot of thing that I already love about Chief that I really hated in Revit, but this weird and inconsistent snapping and point to point movement is something that a really hate. Maybe I just haven't gotten accustomed with Chief workflow yet. Would appreciate all of the thoughts and suggestions that you can give me.