DBCooper

Still not sure exactly what you are trying to do. If you have a T-shaped house with gables on the ends, the ridge lines are only going to line up if the ends of the house are the same size. If they are not the same size, then you can adjust the pitch to get the ridge to line up. See pictures below as an example.

Like I said, it's pretty basic.

Not sure about macs. Check the system requirements to see if your machine is supposed to work: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/sysreq.html If it does, then you should probably call tech support on Monday.

It's pretty basic and will only change the handrail that goes up against a wall. This picture shows a normal railing, one with extensions, one with extensions/returns, and the last one with just returns.

According to the help documentation, it isn't supported. Looks like you might need to submit a feature request.

Never noticed it was missing before but I agree with you that it should probably be there. Did you send Chief a bug report or feature request? I am pretty sure they won't respond to a random post like this.

Might be one of those cases where the view is drawing off the screen. Try hitting "fill window" (F6) to see if that makes it show. The other thing to check is if you are using a layer set that has everything turned off. If not one of these things, then you might want to post the plan .

How did you get what you are already showing? Assuming you are using a "specified" label, you should be able to use %elevationf% to get the same as the automatic label. If you want it formatted differently, you can use %elevation% and add your own formatting options such as %elevation.to_ft.round(0)%. If you need something more complicated, then you would probably need to write your own custom macro.

I played around with it for awhile to see if I could figure out a way to cause the kind of problems you are seeing and I couldn't. This sounds like a case for tech support.

Here are some tech articles that have more info that might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00973/message-unable-to-open-the-file.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00099/accessing-your-archive-files.html

Are your angle snaps turned on? You can usually tell when they are off because you will have a symbol that looks like the angle snaps button following your cursor around. Are you in "alt" mode? You can usually tell because you will see "Alt" following your cursor around. You won't see this if you are just holding down the alt key, or using the right mouse button, or the control button, or maybe even some others. Did you mess around with your allowed angles in your general plan defaults? If you did, this could cause the problem you are seeing. If it's not one of those things, then you might want to post your plan or contact tech support.

Your plan is unavailable. Maybe you had it open when you tried to upload it.

I hope you mean X6 because I don't think you can import anything from version 6. Even X6 is old enough now that I would expect to find some problems with whatever you bring forward. You might want to make a fresh start instead.

As Chris and Larry both showed, you can just choose the arrowhead style that goes the other way. Another thing you could do is not use the cross section line with an arrowhead and use the leader line instead. Just select the callout and drag the diamond handle at the bottom to create it the same way you can for text objects. This should let you move the callout wherever you want.

Nope. You can use the search tool which is waaay faster than scrolling. You can also use the ALDO which will only show you the layers for the object you have selected.

Open the switch dialog and turn off "automatically change switch type when wiring".

How old was the older version? Is it on the same machine as the new version? Depending on your answers, you might be able to use the auto migration to make this happen. If not, you will have to do it manually by exporting it from the old version and importing it into the new version. These tech articles should help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00001/backing-up-chief-architect-content.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00091/restoring-chief-architect-content.html

Try making the cabinet side a custom face instead of an end panel. Then you can make any face item an inset panel.

Well the most obvious answer is to call back tech support since their suggestion didn't solve the problem. Does this problem happen even with a very simple walkthrough in a very simple plan? If not, then it is probably something in the plan. If it does, then it might be a problem with the codec you are using. You can try using a different one and this article has more info: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00076/specifying-what-video-codecs-to-use-for-walkthroughs.html

Did you send it to layout as a live view or as plot lines? I usually use plot lines so I am not sure how and when the live views update the line weights. Do you have line weights turned on when you are looking at the layout? If not, then you won't be able to tell what they will look like when sent to a pdf or printed.

Did you put the new studs on a layer that is not being shown in the other views? There could be other reasons they don't show but this is the most obvious thing to check. Also, it might depend on how you drew them in the cad detail. I always find it is easiest to just make a copy of an automatically built stud then it is to draw new ones. If you click on the copy tool button and then drag from the move handle, it will stay aligned between your plates. The only other thing that I can think of is if you ever rebuilt the wall framing for the wall. This would toss all of your changes and then give you the default framing. If none of this helps, then I would recommend that you post the plan that has the problem so that someone can poke around in it.

Joey's method works if you want all of the rails and stiles to be 3/4". If you just want either the left or right stile to be 3/4", you need to do that on the cabinet sides page of the cabinet dialog and it only shows up if your cabinet is a face frame cabinet.

Chief has two different types of library objects related to doors. One is called a "doorway" and the other is called a "door". Personally, I think Chief should rename these because I have seen lots of people get confused by what they call them. The "doorway" library object is what I think of as the actual door because it includes the door panel, jamb, casing, hardware, and everything else that you get when you have a door in a wall and open the door specification dialog. The "door" library object is really just a door panel symbol. It's just a single panel and nothing else. When you have a door in a wall, and you open the door dialog and then click on the library button for the "door style", you can only choose a door panel symbol from the library. You can't choose a "doorway" library object. It's the same reason that when you open the cabinet dialog that you can only choose a cabinet door symbol for the door style and you can't pick an actual cabinet. So if you want to use the "NW Aluminum 640" door in a plan, you will need to find it in the library and then click on a wall to put it in your plan. You can't choose it from the door dialog as a "door style" because it is not a door panel symbol.

You might just need to post the .layout file since that is where the text is having the problem.

You could post it to an online site, like drop box or one drive, where it can be downloaded. Or make a copy of the plan and delete all of the stuff that has nothing to do with the problem.