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  1. I don't believe GPX is supported by Chief Architect You could try this: https://online.reaconverter.com/convert/gpx-to-dwg
  2. This thread caught my attention because I've been frustrated with how chief handles room labels. Some rooms would ask to show the label and others it would not. After some investigating I found that some of my rooms "Function" was set to (Unspecified). It appears like if the room function is set to Unspecified the show room label checkbox will be unchecked by default. To me it would make more sense if the room defaults dialog would have the option to set whether the room label will show by default or not. On another note I've gotten to the point where I don't like Chief's room labels anyway because I prefer to use a rich text box to show the rooms definition. I want the room name to be formatted differently from the room specifications and you can't do that with the default room label text box that chief uses. If Chief would use a rich text box for the default room label I would switch back to using the default room labels. So I unchecked this so Chief does not bug me about showing the room labels: What's interesting is if this is unchecked all the show room label check boxes are unchecked when changing rooms. I don't know if this has helped anyone else but this has helped me understand a little better what chief is doing in the background. I still think there could be some improvements to the default room labels. Hope this helps in some way.
  3. The soffit height is controlled by the bottom of the sub-fascia. The top of the finished fascia is is controlled by the bottom on layer# 1 in the Roof Surface Definition dialog. Another thing I do is add a 0" layer at the bottom of the surface definition to trick Chief into building the roof structure correctly. That's how it makes sense to me anyway.
  4. Under Wall Specification / Structure Uncheck insert floor framing below.
  5. Thankyou! That looks better I think. Not so many brackets. This is what I'm using after your input: %thickness% Concrete Slab %(volume/27).ceil(1).to_f% cu yd Because I decided I want it rounded up.
  6. Well, I guess I just needed to ask to figure out a solution my self. %thickness% Concrete Slab %volume.to_s('cu yd')% %((volume.to_f)/27).ceil(1)% cu yd This is a way to do it... If someone has a better way let me know. Thanks
  7. I understand and have done that. .round does not work for some reason I thought someone familiar with Ruby and Chief might be able to quickly tell me what I need to do. I've messed around with this off and on for several months.
  8. I've been stumped on this for a while. I want the volume of a concrete slab displayed in cubic yards rounded to one decimal point in the label. What I'm using in the label: %thickness% Concrete Slab %volume.to_s('cu yd')% Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.
  9. I had to try it myself to prove to myself that I could do it. LOL
  10. I think this will fix your problem. Set your windows with 0 separation.
  11. It was custom. Have you created custom moldings?Molding Sill 2.calibz That probably isn't the correct dimensions but you can use the concept to make something dimensionally correct.
  12. Create a custom sill: Save that window as default:
  13. In my area this is how truss manufactures define heel height. Chief defines heel height the same way in my experience. To me the way Chief defines heel height makes sense but it could be that other geographic areas define heel height differently. In my area heel height is the height difference between the top wall plate and the top of the roof structure at the outside of the wall framing. If the heel height is set to 0 then you'll get this:
  14. Is this what your after: This is using X15 and creating a custom schedule.
  15. The following is what solved my problem. I'm using Windows 10 to run Chief Architect. I ended up going to: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\Chief Architect Premier X15 Data\Database Libraries I deleted everything in the X15 folder. Then I opened X15 and started a new user library and added a few things to it to make sure it was working. Then I went to: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\Chief Architect Premier X14 Data\Database Libraries And opened (User_Library.calib) with X15 which initiated the import. Everything worked right away after it was all imported. I'm assuming the user library was somehow corrupted when I tried to import it during the program installation. Thankfully the X14 library was still intact.