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That solution was the result of trying to solve a lot of problems that the old Ganged Electrical had, and to unify this block alongside our other block types in the software. The automatic behavior had a lot of issues in older versions, the most important being that a new object was never created as a result. The individual Electrical objects stayed individual, and we just rendered them differently in 3D. This made them inaccurate in Plan View, difficult to move around, and it didn't provide us with a lot of flexibility for improving ganged blocks in the future. By making ganging electrical an explicit action, we provide a similar interface to our other blocked objects (Architectural Blocks, Mulled Units, etc.). This, in turn, allowed us to create an entirely new object where we can now provide specific controls and features, just for the ganged block.

Howdy! We changed the way Ganged Electrical works in X17. In previous versions, these blocks were created automatically when switches/outlets were within 9" of each other. Now, these blocks get created as the result of multi-selecting the Electrical objects and clicking the "Make Ganged Electrical Block" action on your edit toolbar. When you load in an X16 plan that has the old Ganged Electrical, we automatically convert them to the new version. This is the only time the new Ganged Blocks are created automatically. Hope this helps!

It looks like the Delete Dimensions button was removed from the Dimension Tools parent in X17. It's still available in the menu (CAD > Dimensions > Delete Dimensions), and you can add it to your toolbars using the Customize Toolbars dialog.

Hi there! You can use the Convert Polyline tool on the Edit Toolbar to convert splines into a Walkthrough Path. You can also edit walkthrough paths created with the Create Walkthrough Path tool as splines by selecting the walkthrough path and clicking "Advanced Splines" on the Edit Toolbar. The walkthrough feature in Chief exports a single video file of the path that you have the camera follow. There are no tools in Chief to edit the walkthrough video that is created. Using an external software to edit these walkthrough paths that are recorded allows you to stitch multiple videos together. This allows an easier workflow than trying to build a giant walkthrough path to have the perfect output all in one go. You definitely could make a giant path and export it without further editing, but it might end up being more challenging than splitting it into smaller parts and editing those parts into one video. Best, Connor

Hi Michael, Saved Plan Views (which is where you see "Working Plan View") are only available in Chief Architect Premier. Best, Connor