HumbleChief

After doing those vids I realized that I've tried many different times to create a basement using the foundation level (0) but probably won't again unless it's a mono slab and even then having your slab on floor 1 is not a bad thing. May be I won't use Floor (0) again - not sure but pretty enlightening stuff from all you - thanks..

Yeah I think I got your point in this last vid, something I didn't try in the first. http://www.screencast.com/t/DbymFvFcJ I'll watch yours now. Great vid as always but I think it's pretty easy to get it all done without a foundation level as your vid shows and I think you might have stated as much at the end even though you used it initially to get your framing to show. Either way always nice to see the different techniques and learn just a little bit more about the structure dbx.

Always appreciate your comments Scott. I think I just discovered that in order to control the height of the slab independently of the footing that the room height setting allows this and the stem wall height keeps the footing and the slab 'joined' and moving together. See if I missed something. http://www.screencast.com/t/k38LoQZs9f

Another look and probably something most saw when I was doing the vid. http://www.screencast.com/t/Z3Lx8UiZGVwu

Here's another method without a mono slab - probably what you (and Joe) are talking about? http://www.screencast.com/t/uVv2YNjXe

Yup, do you think that's what Sherry is asking for?

A footing in a basement without a slab? Huh? What would you walk on? A wooden floor? Wood on piers? Genuinely confused. I guess you could try and define the slab as air space, and that might show only the footings and then you can walk on the dirt floor of the basement? Sorry for the snark Sherry but I don't understand but it is late so it might be something simple I'm missing. Oh wait, a footing with a separate slab poured later? That could work. Is that what you mean?

See if this helps. Lot easier in practice than in theory. http://www.screencast.com/t/MCzcZa1wvV

Haven't seen that either Alan.

Roof framing - rafters end up on 'framing, roof rafters' layer. In this pretty unique situation I want most of the many, many, rafters to be grayed out to show existing framing below, with the new rafters darker to show new framing above AND I want the new rafters on a different layer. Almost done manually making the changes by manually selecting the roof rafters and changing layers. but any auto framing gets me right back to black on black rafters every where. Was wondering if one could send all roof rafters to a pre-selected layer? Or certain roof plane framing to another pre-selected layer?

+1

I started up X6 the other day and noticed a general crispness that X7 is missing. I just shut it down and am taking my medicine with X7, Not happy but not that disappointed in the current X7 speed.

Deleted that layer Joe, thanks - sometimes the forest for the trees etc, etc, Much appreciated.

Trying to get a t&g finish on a vaulted ceiling. I know it's simple. Thanks in advance http://www.screencast.com/t/GY4pnR1Mtf

Funny Dennis!

Thought so - Thanks for confirming this Joe - appreciate your time.

This is all could find on the web - in the OLD forum - are there any new tools or is it done manually as this old thread suggests? Checked all the tutorials and every Chief source I could find. Thanks for any help. http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?17306-first-time-creating-a-crawl-space

Tried it - like it.

Bad picture but it's a pretty typical crawl space with posts (6 ft. O.C.) and beams on piers. Can Chief do it all? Or do I need to build the 2 X 6 framing and manually place the piers/footings/beams?

PDF-Exchange Viewer another freebee I've used for years http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

FAR. Gross floor area all floors - plus garage area - in San diego. Lot coverage - all structures, patios covers etc. Not driveways parking pads - City of Coronado.

It was meant to address this assertion.

Many of us have had this happen and I don't think there's any way the tech guys at Chief are going to be able to reproduce this but here's a Layout that didn't update and the simple (but shouldn't be necessary) fix. http://www.screencast.com/t/08zyXNMQaHIs

When it stops rebuilding the terrain (and it won't be easy to convince anyone that this actually happens until it happens to them) pressing the rebuild terrain button does not rebuild the terrain. When it decides to stop re-building it just stops rebuilding. Again I think you have to see it in person to really get the phenomenon. If I find it happen again I'll record it.

Glenn, Check the video at the 5:00 minute mark to see the terrain fail to re-draw. I've had this happen without a crash as well and always with the 3D view open as that's the only way I can tell if the terrain is changing or not. It's random and rare but I've had it happen twice that I can remember. http://www.screencast.com/t/3Ek3wjToLptQ