JLU_Design

2 hours ago, Ed_Orum said:

Normally, in X16 I would be set to save my plan/layout to its corresponding job in Dropbox.

   Can I save my project to Dropbox in 17?

I don't see a "save as" option, just "make a copy", so where is the copy saved?

Thanks in advance, I am easily confused.

 

I am working toward using the project management option because of all the advantages it brings.

My plan is to export "archival" copies of the .caproj file to my project directory which is also stored in dropbox.

This means I can remove completed projects from Chief to reduce clutter but can reload a project at any time I may need it.

I really think the new project management is a huge improvement.

24 minutes ago, jennwhaley said:

Ok so this is how it looks - I have this one white area and then everything else is grey...thoughts??

You could try this:

It's a little hard to say for-sure without the plan file.

On 2/14/2025 at 10:48 AM, PitMan71 said:

I didn't know if there might be a simpler way to add a line break such that you didn't have to use spaces.

You could try this:

%"First Line \n Second Line"%

There may be other ways to accomplish this but it's the first one that popped into my head.

Drop the roof plane 2 inches and rebuild the trusses.

I think this may be part of your problem

I don't think Chief likes the baseline out at the edge of the roof.

For some reason I can't select that particular roof plane in the plan you sent.

I can select the other roof planes but not that one.

On 12/28/2024 at 2:28 PM, Renerabbitt said:

Drastically improve the style palette tool

Style Palette for everything!!! 

I know there's probably limitations but still...

12 hours ago, Kreg_Joue said:

That is great. I did not know this. I'm assuming they would also have a riser count? 

%num_treads+1%

Do you have a picture of a cabinet with one of the moldings you mentioned?

I have some Ideas but I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10199/productivity-tips-saved-plan-views.html?playlist=169

1 hour ago, GeneDavis said:

Roof returns are done to eliminate the bad architectural practice of having a pork chop end, and unless you give a return its own return (check "hip"), including frieze wrap, as is done by using the molding, you get a pork chop.  Best practice is to do the returns at a lower pitch than the roof above.

 

I had a great pork chop at a steak joint called Perry's the other night.  But I don't like to see them on roof corners.

You made me think of this book:

Get Your House Right

Chapter 10 talks about Cornices and Eaves

On 8/22/2024 at 2:50 PM, Hammer7 said:

C drive is holding 115 gig with only 4.4gig available

You definitely need a larger hard-drive.

You may need more ram as well.

If you are short on ram your computer may be trying to use a swap partition on the hard-drive as well which could be exasperating the problem.

I would also recommend this tool box to fix common windows problems which could potentially improve the performance of your PC.

https://christitus.com/downloads/

My guess is you may want to adjust your exposure.

This was kinda interesting.

260 mb

11 mb

1 hour ago, DBCooper said:

I found this in the help system:

 

When content is deleted from the Library Browser, data associated with that content may remain in the library database. If you delete library content for the purpose of increasing available disk space, you can right-click on the User Catalog as well as the Trash and select Vacuum from the contextual menu. 

 

Thanks

I did search the help but couldn't find an explanation the first time around.

I wish that when you search for something the link would open to the exact spot where the search term is used.

I missed it when I looked the first time.

Anyone know what the vacuum does?

On 6/20/2024 at 9:42 AM, Leadcarpo said:

Is there a simple way to modify this macro to make the number show as rough? 

This is what I use:

RO Sill Height:

%bottom_elevation-rough_opening_clearance_gap_bottom%

Quite simple actually.

7 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

custom_fields["field name"]

Thank-you!

I tried everything but the square brackets.

As Ken noted I can't guarantee Edit Area won't mess some things up so it's a good idea to save a copy before doing that.

If you want to rotate the entire model you could try using the Edit Area (All Floors) tool.

You'd want to make sure that your selection box surrounds the entire model.

I'm trying to access some data I have stored in an Object Information Custom Field.

I tied searching the help but can't seem to find any Info.

This outputs all the info in all of the custom fields:

%custom_fields{}%

I want one specific custom field data output.

Default Sets

This is super powerful once you can get your mind wrapped around it.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/240/understanding-default-sets.html

I think the most important thing is to have the following specific layers for each default set.

A specific CAD layer for each Default Set:

A specific Dimension layer for each Default Set:

A specific Revision Cloud layer for each Default Set:

As you can see I don't have a specific revision cloud layer for all my default sets.

Some of them share Revision Clouds,  General.

A specific Text layer for each Default Set:

I've thought that it would be nice to have a wizard to create all of the important parts to a new default set because it's a good bit of stuff to try to remember to check when setting up a new default set.

I don't believe GPX is supported by Chief Architect

You could try this:

https://online.reaconverter.com/convert/gpx-to-dwg

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.