Kbird1

Making a dedicated Saved Plan View ( SVP ) Called Finished Floor Plan ( or similar ) buy duplicating a Current View and putting the Room Fill Polylines on a dedicated Layer ( Room Fills ) so you can turn them off in other SVPs should work, this will also need you to duplicate the Layerset too and set it to be used by the new SVP, ( the new SVP Defaults) leaving the Room Fill displayed in it and turned off in the original SVP/Layerset. something like this - I duplicated the Working SPV here...: Finished Floor Plan SVP Test.plan M.

You might be right, but when I looked at the 2nd post it looked like everything was gone , so I assumed he meant the Toolbars, I don't ever remember having the Menu Bar disappear , so don't think I can help with that one......not even sure I have seen it mentioned before actually? M.

Your pic above shows X10? did you remove it already? You would Copy the Objects you want to your User Library and then multi-select them ( with Ctrl) and then right Click > Export > save in X14 Folder and then use Install Library as normal to Import them. M.

As Alan pointed out they are now rotatable , since X12 I think?, so it seems Chief removed the horizontal outlet and the Cabinet mount too I believe as there is no need for these special symbols anymore though Floor and Ceiling mounted are still there. Mick

Never seen it mentioned here before , so might be best to contact Support on Tues. M.

There are known issues with computers using Multiple Monitors and Nahimic Software and for me removing Sonic Radar from my laptop fixed it....

Did you try Resetting the Toolbars ? ..... in Preferences , perhaps they are corrupt. there have been other reports of missing toolbars , even earlier this week , but I haven't heard of it happen just in camera views. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/36357-disappearing-toolbars/?tab=comments#comment-276529 M.

That makes sense I guess for your situation, unfortunately I've had issues in the past like only getting 1 of a particular window rather than the 3 in the Schedule which the "Salesman" didn't notice ...... and guess who eats the cost since the Order was Confirmed by the Builder and quantities wasn't noticed on the Order. I'd probably be finding a way in Chief with extra Columns or a custom Column perhaps to keep them all separate somehow. M.

This is what I do, so there are no errors from the Window/Door Companies, like Qty. Swing etc and each has it own Sch. No# etc which also makes questions via Phone or Email easier if needed. Mick.

Block a bunch of them off this Project and save to library perhaps in Color groups? for future Projects M.

Manually I think yes , there will be a Wall though or you'd need to two-pitch the 4:12 roof on the left. Will the Metal supplier warranty a 1/2" : 12 pitch ? M.

it maybe easy if needed to make a couple of wall width cad blocks with your normal Fill colours to " Patch Doors " with ( use Invisible line Style ) as I don't believe we can control the Door fill color. M.

Always best to supply at least a Test Sample plan with the Issue, the Forum has a limit of 14mb now , so zip the Plan File while Chief is Closed if needed to get it under the limit. M.

True ..... Windows does not have Andale Mono or Helvetica and a few others M.

Chief will work for 2 weeks or something without "phoning home" ( security ) , I am not sure how you'd swap computer activation with out it though, I've run into the Time Limit lockout myself a couple of time working remotely, even Home Designer Pro has ( or had then ) this same restriction I found. M.

Room STD Polyline Tool works, Interior Walls it cuts 1/2-1/2 , so doors would/may need some editing depending on your needs, it however covers exterior Walls too, though easy to snap back to inside of wall. The Room Polyline works too but maybe more work notching all the doors though. ( and in X14 in your plan it sometimes requires the notch done twice to show the Hatch for some reason ? ) One disadvantage is they make selecting Items under them hard. Floor Material Regions ( with a Fill) will notch at Int. Doors automatically but have the side effects , like being seen in 3D , and it seems they remove the finished floor material even if set not to cut the parent surface and are set to a 1/16th thick material of Opening-No Material or Insulation Air Gap ( both invisible ) , see below, this was done in a Chief STC template Plan as you Plan has something odd going on with the Floors , so the one Click Material Floor Region does not work...... M.

What Macro are you using? and where ? %perimeter% ? most of chief's built in macros use inches..... ( Chief assumes inches normally) M.

Wall Layers Edit Tool perhaps? M.

If not Auto then with a molding line fairly easily...... I did some examples of this look for a Client perhaps 2 yrs ago and pretty sure I did it as VH mentioned, just a lot of manual work and playing with Wall Definitions and the Roof Structure definition. Mick.

For the 1st detail , you could try a pony Wall I think.....

Check out Techo-Bloc if you aren't familiar , they update their Textures every year , the Sketchup ones work in Chief , they also supply the Patterns ( autocad hatch patterns) for Vector views. https://www.techo-bloc.com/support/resources/technical-resources/designers-toolbox/ Mick.

Chopsaw also does macro work..... @Chopsaw M.

As long as you have Internet access you can log into your Chief Account and "make available" any license even from your Phone. Mick.

It is always well worth starting with Auto Roofs , they will get you there 65-95% of the way , with all the correct overhangs, baseline heights etc, but with todays' Home designs , there are always conditions Chief can't handle Auto , so there is inevitably some cleanup to do afterwards. M.

Did you draw them manually? In any case you should be able to select them and open the DBX and on the Line Style TAB change the Layer to Deck Framing...