HumbleChief

Paste for now then check the training vids. You'll see what Joe's talking about re: %layout.label% and other tips to get your processes a little more automated..

When you get a breath check training vids 5205 and 5219 for page and Layout tips.

Then you can learn how to set up the page templates and sheet 0 to make the change pretty simple - per Joe's suggestion.

...or if you didn't set up page 0 properly to use Joe's suggestion just overlay the page number that's there with a white filled cad box and then add S-1 over the top. Down and dirty but should work for now.

Yeah Bob, we feel the frustration and I have been there multiple times. Let us know how we can help.

Seems like that method might lead the CA tech guys toward a solution. Hopefully.

Never have but may start. Good advice from everyone, thanks.

And if they aren't they could/should be then another view sent to Layout with the Roof plan cropped out showing only the schedules. Sorry, not sure what the problem is with something as simple as sending plan views, with schedules to Layout? And Bob maybe you're a beginner but getting a job of that size out of Chief as an early Chief user is quite an accomplishment. Nice job.

I've never placed schedules in elevation views. I place all my schedules in plan view and place them in a position on the plan that will allow the plan to be sent to layout showing just the schedules. Or even create a Layer set that shows only schedules ('all off' layer set then select only schedules) and send that to Layout. Never needed to create CAD details of schedules. And why can't you turn off schedules in the elevation view that has them plastered all over the place?

Didn't know that - too easy. Wonder what the OP's problem is?

Don't use a 'built in' microwave from the library. Create an 'opening' in your base cab and place a regular microwave by setting its floor to bottom height to fit the opening height.

Maybe PC specific? Not sure but it's been discussed for many years. Not sure who came up with the solution above, well not really a solution, but it works ONLY if you notice that your Layout has not updated. Maybe the problem lies in examining the solution posted above?

J, Hard to guess without the plan but did you try changing the roof heights by adjusting baseline height or moving plane up with transform replicate? They should not join if you raised/lowered the planes first.

Nick, If you select the Layout box and then open, then close, one of these 2 dbx's - sorry can't remember which - it will update the Layout. Just open and close the dbx. don't need to change any settings etc. Been a bug for many versions and happens much less often but have seen it a couple times in X6 and can't remember it happening in X7. Impossible to reproduce or document but I've seen it a few times. Sometimes you just have to re-send to Layout.

One could interpret Wendy's fewer visits here as Chief's user base 'falling off' but I believe she is actually running a thriving Design business based on Chief architect. I think she has 12 seats from a recent post. So if there's an implication that some older (not older that way Wendy) users are not posting here much any more it's far from accurate to say that therefore Chief's user base is 'falling off'. What if it were just the opposite? The fewer posters here the more busy that user is and the more successful Chief is actually becoming? Heck maybe some day I'll be so busy and have so little leisure time I won't be able to post here at all, because I just bought 4 more seats (hypothetical) for my thriving Chief design business. And I too would like to thank all the users who help on this forum. It's one of the main reasons I check the forums often. First I check to see what I can learn, second I check to see if I can help anyone myself. It's rare that I can but it feels good to help after receiving so much.

Found this thread Curt. It worked for me. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/1457-window-color-versus-wall-color-using-same-color-settings/?hl=trim#entry11311

I have Curt. It was window trim that was (I thought) exactly the same color as the siding but I had to change the color to get a match. I think there was a reason for it and it might have been solved but can't remember what it was. If I think of it I'll post.

That works Perry but like you said - have to swap walls.

Thanks for having a look Scott. I'll live with it and maybe try another option later today. Really appreciate you taking the time.

...in the Perspective Framing Overview? The pony wall is on the "Walls, Normal layer by default and turning that on displays all the wall surfaces. I place the pony wall on another layer but it also displays all the surfaces. Surface delete works but I was wondering if there's another way to show the CMU block pony wall and the framing without using surface delete? http://screencast.com/t/uMR2jMQS

Just had another thought along these lines Perry. In your business do you seek the largest base you can? Or (as I thought I remember you saying) do you stick with residential and not so much commercial? I'm not doing much commercial any more (I price it really high and don't land the jobs) as I found it very distracting and an entirely different skill and mind set. Does that analogy work in Chief's case as well? As I keep focused on the residential market, and my client base grows and my business just keeps getting busier, should Chief do the same? Get better at what it does best? Or try and be all things to all designers/architects? Critical business strategy decisions.

I guess that's the part I wonder about. Is it better to seek a large base that might include commercial as well as residential? Or stay focused on the residential market where Chief really shines? Would it be smart to try and capture AutoCAD's market share? Or Revit's? Not an easy decision in my mind. Another market that hasn't been mentioned is the design/build firm which has a designer on staff but no real need for an Architect. In my area I've seen work from a few of these firms that use Chief and have a business client who uses it in his design/build company because the design/build company he came from used Chief. Actually he worked for a few that used Chief. That's a great market that seems to favor software like Chief instead of Revit etc. although I'm actually making that last part up

Yeah seems busy to me as well. Is that an indication of Chief's user base growing? Or falling off? Can't know. And focusing on residential building, a subset of the general Architectural market, might be a great strategy. Might be a horrible strategy. Do you think Chief's future is bright? Or in jeopardy because of the limited market it serves? I'm hoping for the best for purely selfish reasons but the business world is full of businesses who zigged when they should have zagged.

No need to prove anything but somehow we, on the forum, have established that Chief's customers are primarily DIY'ers and builders? Really? Then therefore what? Chief's primary customers are DIY and builders? Drawing that conclusion from a forum discussion makes no sense and no one can know that to be true unless CA opens their demographic studies for us to examine. That's all I'm saying. You can make an argument about Chief's future based on made up suppositions but why? I get asked about the software I use but my clients don't care. Why would they? Remember there are many different business models using Chief. I do residential remodels. My clients wouldn't know an Archicad from ACAD to save themselves. And so what if 'Architects' (in a general way) don't view Chief as a professional product? Maybe Chief's business model works very well the way it is. Maybe it doesn't and needs changing. I'm just saying there's a lot of suppositions that can't be taken as fact and perhaps shouldn't drive the discussion.

Seriously? You apologize because we don't see the world the same way you do? Or perhaps there isn't 'any of you' who are smart enough to see things your way? And what's easy enough to see? That Chief's user base is 'falling off' as you stated? I'm saying you simply made that up and there's no way you can know that to be true. No need to apologize to us simpletons who can't see the simple things you can so clearly see. But there is a need to post factual stuff that adds to the discussion instead of making stuff up that you can't know to be true.