HumbleChief

Can you tell me/us what's so obvious in a little clearer language, I'm really curious.

Same here.

Put another way, I would REALLY like it if it were " provided as an option in the Room Macros that Chief provides."

Post something in the suggestions forum, can only help get what you want.

REALLY would like this baked into a simple macro.

Didn't see it either, but obvious to the OP and Andy above so I/we must be missing something. What is it supposed to look like?

The ALDO is used ONLY for display on/off purposes at this time. There just HAS to be bigger plans for its functionality for the future or there are features I/we are missing that are there but hidden.

That's been a niggle with me as well. It's those small things that make the day just a bit longer.

I agree, would love to be able to change layers from that dbx. Maybe those who know more will chime in with an answer. http://www.screencast.com/t/a0DtByX8faO

I agree, if you see the color on your screen, it should print that color from your printer. I'm sure the techs at CA would not argue with that sentiment and are working to get that straightened out.

I agree there are some frustrating things about Chief (and most software) and have to admit I am really not sure what you're talking about but maybe Graham got the answer for you. Here it is in, perhaps, a little clearer fashion. I see the dbx got cut off from the screen but you should get the idea (and graham should get the credit for the answer and all the points ). http://www.screencast.com/t/UZXfJeV5uw

I've had many such anomalies and the new update is supposed to address this issue. I can't see the issue in the pdf you posted but I've had large sections with just white space where there should be data/information. Don't know if the new release really fixes it or not.

Ah I see. I have actual gray walls and they showed gray in your screen shots so didn't realize you had colored walls i.e. blue yellow. Hope you get it fixed.

It seems like I always had to have print in color turned on to get gray scale as well as color. If I didn't have print in color on I wouldn't get the gray scale. If you do 'print in color' does the gray scale print in anything other than the gray it's supposed to?

I did get it resolved but don't really know exactly how. I just keep clicking boxes until it looks the way I want it to. http://www.screencast.com/t/xMOjvbgXVNh

+1

Thanks again Jim. I'll (try and)remember that.

Burned in my brain - Thanks Perry.

Thank you so much for taking your time Jim. I see what you're saying and it fixes it and so it seems if you have monolithic slab foundation checked but no foundation built you can change floor heights? Also I have a combination of stem wall and slab, is that the issue? This is actually new to me. I just created a new simple plan and it seems to act differently. http://www.screencast.com/t/VhfReL5y

I don't even know what points are or why I would want them. I posted the question last night then discovered the answer and posted that to let people know it was answered. Then I really wanted to delete the entire post because of my continued embarrassment of not knowing a thing about Chief after 15 years of using it. I was able to delete the post that said I had answered it but couldn't delete the original post so I re-posted the answer again. Maybe the forum software sees the 2nd post and claims this is the best answer? Don't know. Don't care. You can have all my points.

...in the structure dbx. Could have sworn I just set negative floor heights in another plan but this one has the floor height dbx grayed out. Stumped again by the structure dbx, http://www.screencast.com/t/f6R3RoweCHXW Plan Here FLOOR HEIGHT 1.plan

Found it in Room Material Default

It seems like I'm setting up my default floor structure but the defaults don't default. http://www.screencast.com/t/ZN0iujdNT Plan here default 1.plan

Thanks as always Scott but in this case I want a dark filled railing in plan view (that's my new wall notation) and can only get the white fill as you show. No big deal in this case but I agree there should be more flexibility for the plan view of railing walls.

Thanks Robert, Tried every which way and apparently they don't show a fill. I just used a p-line solid, pretty quick. Appreciate the reply.