Kbird1

You can use a CAD MASK with 45° deg. angled WHITE lines ( or background colour) spaced at say 6" and make it the Front object in the Drawing Order (Groups). The White lines will make the Solid Black lines appear to be dashed in the elevation View. Try a Forum Search , you may find Threads on it , pretty sure that Tip comes from here, a number of years ago , perhaps from Joey Martin. *** better yet see Rob's post below Mick.

Not sure how you did the screen shots this time but that is the method to use from now on . I don't think I have noticed that happening but if you can post a test plan displaying the same issue , I am sure myself and others like Eric will look. If you open a copy of Chief's OOB Template Plan , does it still occur ? that may tell you if it is a setting in your own custom Template assuming you use one. Mick.

this looks as if the cabinets are not bumped together properly looking at the Drawer Lines....... To get the Sink Center I think you need to turn on Fixtures>Centers in your Dim.defaults... M.

Okay I now understand...but can't actually see your pics as the size above is the size they are ( now large version when i click on them), but I get the Idea , sorry I can't help more on that issue , could maybe play around with it if you post the Plan but not sure it would help.... M.

InkScape is Open Source and works fairly well for PDF>DXF/DWG the few Times I've used it..... May not be a user friendly as Print2CAD though for that purpose.... https://inkscape.org/

For Auto to work well you need to make sure the Walls all have the correct Roof Directive Set first on the Roof TAB, it appears your Upper Story Wall is set to Gable , not Hip.... ( the wall on the back of the house will need the same if not already set too) Roofs_generating-automatic-hip-and-gable-roofs.pdf

You don't get the Corner Post Option if the Windows are not "joined" properly or are identical. I have found in X11 you seem to have to really force the corner joint the few times I've need to do it. M.

The Temp dimension is controlled by the current Dimension Default in use , but as far as I know the number itself is always displayed at the center of the dim. line M.

I haven't seen it happen in X11 but I no longer do it that way as in previous versions I found the library would import without the Textures sometimes , which never happened if you use the Library Menu>Import Library. M.

It maybe a Nvidia Driver Issue , older Drivers can cause issue like this with the Cursor disappearing or weird one like not be able to select Tabs once a DBX is opened. M.

I haven't seen that happen myself , usually if they aren't aligned, the drywall is still there, the walls just show a bump-out in the wall at Ceiling height. M.

In your Plan Defaults try changing the Default Electrical Colour to White Defaults>Materials >Electrical and Change your Electrical Defaults to Dacora Style incase you place more ( do this in your template file if you use Dacora style all the time too) Defaults>Electrical>General Electrical> (for Outlet and switch at least)

Try the Replace from Library Tool>Whole Plan or Whole Floor ...may work but YMMV.... M.

Looks like Chopsaw was right , the Railing wall Definition is incorrect but if works just fine once defined correctly and I changed the Default material for the exterior and interior wall surface back to Drywall. Like Chopsaw I am also not sure why the top railing isn't joining properly on one end.. Chief will try to build the framing but it doesn't handle the curve well so that piece I had to delete from the camera view.

X10 has a bad habit of taking back the File associations from X11 if you open a plan in X10 again , particularly if you use Right Click Menu Item.... Open With... However X11 now has a Button in Preferences>File Management>File Association to take it back for you....... ***note in pic it is grayed out as my Associations as active for X11 currently............ The other advice is to Use the Library>Import Library Menu in X11 to Import the Bonus Library , not the double click method from your downloads folder.....

Have you built the Framing ? and is it turned on in that camera view? post the plan as suggested ...too much guessing otherwise.... M.

Set the Limit to 50 you should open a Ticket.......

Chief just released a new Pole Barn Tutorial this week actually which is here : https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01069/designing-a-traditional-pole-barn-structure.html

It doesn't work in situations like above where you want the Tile proud of the drywall for example though a pony wall works fine in some situations for that , just make a copy of the walltype and add the tile to the exterior or interior side and it auto joins on the Corners. Using WMR's for corner boards is a bit limited as the WMR cannot be thicker than the main wall surface or you lose the corner......same as above......but in a pinch it maybe okay though Eric's trick with the Solid up the corner could fill it fairly easily , pretty slow way to do Corner boards though , they really need to recess like all the other exterior casing and trim does to the Sheathing layer. make it any thicker and you get the notch in the corner a single WMR will join fairly nicely to a wall of the same material though.......

Can you TAB (next) into the Dishwasher once the cabinet is selected ? M.

The Change to Grey Wall fills was made in X10 AFAIK?, ( more ACAD like?) so if you still have Blue and yellow walls ( which I still prefer myself ) it is likely you are not using Chief's current OOB template but one brought forward from X9 or further back or like me you already change the default wall fills in the X11 default template (Residential Template.plan) back to Blue and Yellow and resaved it. M.

Correct....... you need to download any updates and run the installer,they are not automatic, So you won't have this issue if you have not installed the latest patch yet. Being notified of updates is based on the Update setting in Preferences and as far as I know is checked once a day on opening Chief.

I agree with Rene , getting the Original Chief .Plan files from your old Employee will save you thousands of Dollars...... I think legally the Files belong to you since he was working for you, but you still need to get them from him , so be careful how you approach it..... If he was subcontracted and only agreed to supply PDFs you may have a different issue. M.

Not without a Macrium Reflect Full System backup just in case..... You can actually just rename the Chief Data folder ( while Chief is Closed ) , and reinstall Chief , then delete the new Data Folder when done and rename the old one back to the Original name and all should be well. As far as I know Chief does not remove the .ini file which is at C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Chief Architect Inc in case you reinstall Chief but you could also make a backup of that folder too just in case.....that's the file that holds your Preferences, toolbar settings etc , so it is likely a good folder to back up anyway for safekeeping. ( thanks for the reminder - copied to ext. HDD) as you can see I have played a bit with installations here, the _Clean folders are actually renamed newly installed folders I kept for access to default clean templates etc when needed : I am just not sure if the Installer will allow an overwrite, ( you may get "a newer version is installed" error) so you may need to uninstall the new version 1st. Of course you need to have saved the Previous Versions' Installer locally as it is not on the Website now. Mick.

It can also be done with Foundation Walls and "rooms" with ceiling heights making the "depth" , for a sloping floor you may need to use a Ramp though. I don't think Terrain Features will show in a Cross Section well ( if at all???) which is why I did it this way.........