HumbleChief

Not sure this is what you were referring to Perry but if Chief could fill those components like joists, foundation and top plates etc. we could capture some 3D details that might be truly useful.

Chief doesn't fill those live sections so they look really bad. I thought that if Chief did fill those sections it could be a game changer but as they are now they just look kinda silly.

I have a plan file that has all my CAD details in it using a couple floor to separate the different types but I am beginning to just have them all on one floor as I don't use a lot of my own details in my plans. Anything missing is easily created using old details as a starting place. Whenever I need a lot of details it's usually done by my engineer and I'll use his detail sheet and refer to those in a plan mark-up. I started drawing my CAD details to scale many years ago but can't find any use for it now. I was always taught to never scale a detail and so I just draw them and send them to layout at a size that works for the current Layout. They might be close to a scale but I don't what that scale might be. I send my details in a random fashion (no boxes) and try to get them on the relevant page. Foundation details on the foundation plan etc. instead of a single detail sheet. My jobs a re mostly pretty small so the detailing is quick and easy.

NICE!! Thank you

...I think. I had this problem before but can't remember how to fix it. When I take a perspective overview the camera is so far away that I can't zoom or rotate with any accuracy etc. It is plan specific so I changed something in the plan inadvertently. Plan below perspective.plan

My advice - run - don't walk to Chieftutor.com pay to join and dive in.

Pretty funny dude.

Forgot to note my comment - my bad.

[sarcasm]Thanks Graham but those settings aren't perfect - could you try again? And as I said I am much too busy to learn myself - thank you.[/sarcasm]

Yes please sign me up too as I don't have time to learn either.

fixed

YUP that was it DOH!! Too many hours in front of this computer.

Glenn I think that's it. I could have sworn I had it working before but then I couldn't get it to work. I'll try that and I think it will work. SO HELPFUL to everyone - Thanks

Not sure what you're referring to Michael. I've never copied a CAD detail to the Layout either and also know of no one who has done that either. If you are referring to using a CAD detail for the site plan, it's not that unusual I don't think, and works pretty good.

Always do just that - Send CAD Detail To Layout. Never copy/pasted a CAD detail to Layout. Have you tried what I'm talking about? Curious. It's a site plan CAD detail, not a plan, not notes, and is a function of the plan file as that's where the plan footprint orignates from. Reading again. Are you saying that if I send the CAD Detail Window To Layout then I should be able to do what I'm trying to do? And then there would be a Layout Box Layer Tool? Would love to know the trick. There's not that many people who use a CAD detail for the site plan but I do and have grown to like the system but the limitations are real. I'll probably just end up with one CAD detail sent to layout with everything on it. I don't think CAD details are meant to be that flexible and in this case not flexible enough for what I'm looking for.

Yeah, simple with plan files but not with CAD details, or at least I can't find a way to do so.

There is no Layout Box Layer Tool for a CAD detail, only for .plan files. Or am I missing something there?

I create my site plans in a CAD detail and have (2) separate pages in Layout I send those details to. One is a simpler version with basic information, the other is a storm water site plan that includes more information that I can easily get on a separate Layer which can, again, be easily turned on and off. The problem I am having is that I can't seem to get each CAD detail sent to Layout to show different Layers. When I display the storm water Layer it displays on both Layout pages. When I turn that Layer off it doesn't show on both Layers. CAD details behave differently than a regular plan file went sent to Layout as there's no way to choose which Layer to show that I know of. I've create 2 separate details in the past but updating 2 CAD details is beyond painful. Is there any way to specify 2 different Layer Sets when sending 2 different CAD details to Layout? Or am I dreaming about a capability Chief just doesn't have.

Didn't know about that Perry - Thanks

Thanks Mark - Never had to do that much to get the catalogs before but it worked great - thanks.

I'll sometimes get a message asking if I want to associate files to X9 - sometimes - but no longer, and I'd like to have that as an option but don'tr know how to manually do so. Any help?

...at least the Emser tile and Formica catalogs. Tried many times always loads to X8 after selecting X9 version.

Talked to tech and didn't find out much new but the hitting cntrl 'S' twice is probably not an issue. It might take windows the second time before it shows up in the file manager, something about a windows cache. The biggest problem is still ending up with an older auto-save_bak file instead of an updated auto_save file after Chief crashes.

Nice Scott. Appreciate your effort. I don't do much RT anymore but your video is pretty inspiring.

Still take me 2 save keys to change the time stamp.