HumbleChief

Wait, I know the answer. Shut down and restart Chief lol.

Tried everything I know but I can't get Auto Detail to generate in section views. Cut a thousand sections with no problems but this time I get nothing. THANKS

I agree with all the great posts and advice here and understand Chief to be quite complex, deep, and capable but if it were me I'd concentrate on one thing at a time. For example if you don't understand Saved Plan Views (SPV's) concentrate on that one task. Dive in to SPV's until you truly understand them, they will save hours and hours of effort. If they are confusing, as they should be for anyone new to Chief, start another thread focused on SPV's and learn all you can until they are second nature. The move on to dimensions. Another thread until they are dialed in. Then Layouts last, another new thread, until you have a Layout template that works for you. And learn all you can from this forum. I've been using Chief for over 20 years and have never set up my window schedules in my Layout template which I am going to do right now. Best of luck.

Thanks DB That was it.

I changed my line weight defaults and have been adjusting weights as I go but can't seem to find where/how to adjust the line weight of a multi selection box. Thanks

THANKS forgot about that!!

Thanks, but all the information is intact in a prepared PDF file so the title block can't be dragged off the page.

Thanks Joe, it's a prepared PDF file with title block that I need to replace/cover over and thanks for the reminder about using different Layout templates as that will be used later on.

Thanks Joe, in this case it's a title block that is on each page in the same location. Reordering each item on page 0 seems to be working. thanks

Thanks Robert, I took each element on page 0 and set it to layer 20. Seems to be working.

Easy enough Joe but I'd like to avoid having to do this on each page and have the page 0 masks overlay front/top each PDF on each page in the layout.

Robert I can't find a drawing order number for page 0?

I need to mask some information on existing PDF files with an overlay of more relevant information. I can create individual masks for each PDF page but would like to have the default page 0 move to the top/front of each layout page masking the underlying info. Is there a way to do this?

THANK YOU Glenn!! Both the ploy line road and poly line sidewalk AND the ploy line driveway seem to follow the terrain just right!! The only tin missing is the apron the curb which the PL driveway does not seem to cut but I can easily work around that. Thank you again!!

I've never had this problem before but I can't seem to get roads and sidewalk to follow the terrain equally among other problems. DropBox link and video below. THANK YOU https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ah9xv0izjfr6xt/DRIVEWAYS 1.plan?dl=0

Hey Joey, I tried these settings and like them so much better than the default. Thank You

Darned if I don't know what that means. How do you adjust layer line weights P?

How do you all set up this dialog box?

Thanks so much for the replies. I see 2 good ways to accomplish the task would like to change the default size but this will do nicely.

Specifically a GFCI outlet's label to make it more easily read in plan view?

Thanks Tea, Can I assume that's a manually drawn attic wall then reshaped?

Not sure if Chief is capable of such a model? Any help greatly appreciated. https://www.dropbox.com/s/07uig0ulmav4rqx/RAFTER 2.plan?dl=0

...and Eric (Solver), in a personal message, was kind enough to point me back to a previous thread I started with the same question. DOH!!

Yup Tea Time!! Got it Thanks so much.

Thanks Gene, the slope is very shallow, probably 1/4" - 1/2":12 so plumb rafters are not a problem and I could have sworn there was a way to do this? Thanks Again.