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Ken is referring to the rendering technique of the camera mode. (How your camera view should look) Once you select Full camera or perspective etc are then able to change the technique. This means you can select if it is photo-realistic with physically based, vector view, clay and so on. Changing to Standard will ease up on your PC working so hard. Also, I noticed another structure in the corner of your screen clip. Performance will also depend on how big the plan file size. (i.e. sprawling plan with many details) When you are in you camera mode look for another house icon to select the techniques.

Converting portions of the structure to symbols may work for you. You cannot edit that version anymore though. The left image has attic wall and roof plan converted to symbol. The roof layer and attic wall are off in that camera view. (symbol is selected) In the right image the actual 10/12 roof line is shown and the symbol layer is off. If you don't grab everything involved you will end up with some goofy stuff though. (gap between wall and attic wall) This allows you to only have one plan. Referencing the alt plan versions to a master plan like Rene is showing definitely has advantages. (adjustments to one version would automatically be referenced in the main plan. Much easier than remaking symbols each time.)

Are you allowing different overhang depths? I'll stop short of saying they absolutely have to vary in order for it to work. EDIT: my apologies. I was recalling a past hip roof project incorrectly. We were lining up a covered deck and the framing that 100% required depth change.

You all are always on top of this... please excuse my ignorance.. how can I tell what driver is on my computer? (game ready vs studio) Device Manger details for the Nvidia does not expressly state one or the other. Thank you Edit: Never mind. Found it in GeForce Experience. Thanks

Looks like there is a solution using symbols. Just adding this in case others find this thread looking for odd shapes... Eric had some ideas for non-typical shapes using pass-throughs. Odd Shaped Doorways Using a Pass Through - Chief Architect

Assume you mean living area square footage... By default it is in the Room labels layer so that would need to be on to see it. But if it is not 'on' you can turn it on in the plan Default settings and in the Plan section. It can seem a little 'out of the way' not being in Dimensions.

select the object and then look for this icon.

Is it possible x12 didnt allow that? I don't have it installed to check. Is it just that object or can you adjust other object descriptions? Did this object originate from your library? (or was in a downloaded plan?) I understand you do not want to change the label. The issue is that %automatic_description% and %automatic_label% pull the same value from the symbol name as default. So you might need to change the symbol name to get the description correct and then adjust the label to get it to report how you desire.

What kind of object is it?

Perhaps you are trying to change the Value? You can change the component description Formula to whatever you would like. In the attached the description is changed from "=description" to "Test this". The value and subsequently the report will reflect the change.

Being that he owns a mill he is probably very well aware that only certain species should be used. But then again... here is an anecdotal caution against using lumber just because it is in 2x4 form. A well-meaning gentleman provided friends with milled quaking aspen 2x4's for building use. The friends used that material to frame walls of a chicken coop. Fortunately they asked some questions because the first two walls didn't seem 'sturdy' and could be pushed/racked out of plumb easily with a couple fingers. Turns out nail pull-out on the end grain of a poplar is scary easy. Version 1 was firewood after that. They used typ. framing material in Version 2. Of course, I don't know the whole story but at the end of the day someone with a mill made 2x4's out of a tree with poor characteristics for building.

First of all good call on keeping yourself at arms length but still being available to make it happen for him. Good for him for wanting to use raw material that he milled himself. Technically if the wall is not used for 'load-supporting' purposes it does not have to be graded. R602.1. Otherwise it needs to be graded. R602.1.1. That being said, the wall would still have to stand up to wind pressures etc. Lots of factors involved there with fastener length...

Very interesting... Is that line perhaps displaying as a precision indicator? perhaps with grid rounding? The dimension itself can be drawn with snap on or off but that line shows only when snap is on. (have not looked in manual to know) The suppression of the line seems to be in relation to the direction through the wall, start and stop locations when pulling the dimension. There also seems to be a correlation to the distances between the located walls. Snap behavior on/off is definitely at play too. For a moment it seemed the dimension line was recognizing and being altered by other elements not displayed and not included in the locate. Specifically floor joists. One other aspect... if you end the dimension well away from the located walls but are snapped to or touching (with snap off) another dimension the line will show up. Draw it again in the same location and end only near the other dimension and it is suppressed. Almost like the other dimension 'unsuppressed' that line somehow. Some of the above was repeatable but not necessarily every time. Perhaps due to multiple factors.

I agree with TeaTime. There is 'grid rounding' but that would not account for that discrepancy. There is a setting in preferences that may help going forward. It is 'highlight overridden dimensions'. May be good practice between multiple team members.

Adjusting the line weights of the dimensions may help differentiate.

You will need to the change your preferred dimension default to use to locate the casing for the 'opening'..

Just discussed this today with electrician... clearances needed for his preferred device are beyond actual pop-up receptacle dimensions. Might need to include a bit more related info on cab drawings until everyone is more aware of clearances etc.

probably a question more for moderators. What is likelihood of a nefarious plan file or script being posted on forum? To be clear, I have never had an issue with any file shared here. And I understand downloading any file is ultimately my responsibility. Just thought about that recently when helping out a newer member with a question on their plan.

The macro %floor_number% is pulling for each object. Meaning it is also reporting what floor the schedule is on and not the windows. Cutting and pasting on second floor changes the shcedule numbers to W2-xx. Sorry that's not much for help on how to fix it but perhaps the 'why'.

Not sure if you found this thread but it may be a help. Unfortunately no direct answer but it does include a few more ideas that may work for you.

Manual is what I typically do. Your implications are correct that sometimes its not worth it. After many years I am just taking another look at tasks big and small to see where further improvements can be made. For me that includes moving beyond the predefined tools to further utilize other assets that Chief has. Quite a few on the forum are good examples of that thinking. Thanks everyone

Here is basic situation in a plan... Is it known that leader lines connected to roof planes detach when opening saved plan if auto rebuild is on? Just noticed that when saving this plan and haven't had time to search. The file is x14. Vented Ridge.plan

My goal for posting was for ridge "vent" quantity. I did leave out that key point when commenting on the reported values. I edited the original to clarify that. Your question is curious though... it seems that ridge cap is not a value that is usable in macro or other? At least not from what is in basic object properties for each plane. Of course this qty still reports in to materials though. Thanks for inquiring and being willing to assist.

Thanks. In cases around here the vent is actually held back some from the end and a 'one for one' cap = vent is not as accurate for my needs. So I was looking more at situations when ridge vent is selected as the default though. In a way the schedule results and reporting in text was my goal. In order to get the correct result knowing how the vent qty is achieved was important. (instead of just cap) Thanks for confirming that. Good point to keep an eye on it in some cases.

How does chief get the ridge vent qty? I did not find anything in the manual or in forum search. Two planes meeting at a peak of 40' length gives component ridge vent length result of 20'. It would seem to be allotting half of the ridge vent length to each plane. Could anyone confirm that or clarify? Thank you edit: reiterated topic title in the body by adding vent in reported results. Sorry for the confusion