DBCooper

I don't think X17 is any different than X16 with regards to cabinet materials. That said, there are a bunch of ways to change all of your cabinet materials in only a few steps. 1. If all of your cabinets are set to "use default" and your cabinet defaults are set to "use default", you can open up the "materials defaults" and change them there and all of the cabinets in your plan should change. 2. If all of your cabinets are set to "use default" but your cabinet defaults are not, then you can change the materials in your cabinet defaults and all of the cabinets in your plan should change. 3. If your cabinets are not set to "use default", you can use the material spray can in a camera view and the set it to "plan" mode so that all cabinets in the plan will be changed. 4. You can also use the "match properties" tool to select all of the cabinets that have the same materials and then "apply properties" to paint the materials on the cabinets that don't match. 5. You can group select all of the cabinets while in "base cabinet" mode and change all of your base cabinets through the cabinet dialog. Then do the same for your wall cabinets. Can't change the materials is you select both base and wall cabinets for some reason. 6. You can create a cabinet schedule and edit all of the cabinets associated with a schedule row at one time. If you create a schedule with just the description column and number, then you can edit all of the cabinets for each type at one time. Probably some others I missed.

When you need a custom countertop, one easy way to start is to select all of the base cabinets and use the "generate custom countertop" tool to give you a starting point. This can sometimes be much faster than drawing it yourself especially when you have things like rounded or clipped corners.

Looks like maybe you offset the entire railing? See if you set anything for the "horizontal offset" on the "rail style" page. If it's not that, then you might want to post your plan.

How did you make it? If you are using a pony wall with a railing on top that has a panel, then it should be centered by default. One way I know to get the panel to be outside the posts would be to offset the posts horizontally so they miss the panel but not sure if that is what you did.

What options do you mean?

If you changed any of the floor/ceiling settings for rooms next to or under the attic room, then the platform might be different. It's usually best to change these settings for the whole floor and not just individual rooms unless you really want them to be different for each room. You might be able to tell by looking at a cross section view if the platform is changing. As for uploading the plan, delete all the stuff that doesn't have anything to do with the problem (such as fixtures, furniture, terrain, etc.) and then do a "save as". Then make a zip file of the plan but be sure and have the plan closed when you do this or it won't work. If the plan is still too big to upload, then you will have to post it on some online place and put a link here.

Uncheck "cross section line" on the "attributes" page of the callout dialog. If that doesn't make it go away, then post the plan.

The only tricky part with using a downloaded picture like those is whether or not the lighting is uniform and if the material texture "repeats". If it doesn't, then it will look terrible. If you are good with photo editing software, you can make almost any texture look ok. Other than that, it is just a matter of making a new material that uses the picture for the texture and then making sure you have a pattern that matches. Lot's of info on how to do this in these tech articles and videos: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00767/creating-a-new-material.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01006/customizing-a-library-material.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/category/8/materials.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/170/materials-patterns-textures.html You can also make your own materials in X17 using the new "material builder" tool. That can be a bit more involved but there is a video on how to use it here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10301/custom-tile-materials-new-material-builder.html If all else fails, just find a brick material in the library that looks close enough.

You said that you are working with elevation views (so saved plan views should have nothing to do with this). How are you sending the elevation view to your layout? If it is a live view, then it should still display the reference plan using glass house. If you are sending it as plot lines, then it won't. I think this is just a limitation of the reference display so you might want to try using the live view in this case.

What you will need for submittal will depend on what your building department requires. Might be best to let people know where you are located. Also, might want to check out the "offering services" forum if you might want help getting the plans ready. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/16-offering-services/

My guess is that it has something to do with the stairwell which is basically just an "open below" room. Whatever settings you have made in the great room probably need to match in the stairwell (and maybe the closet as well). Might be best to just post the plan. In order to post the plan, you are probably going to want to make a copy of it without any of the furniture or fixtures since these typically make the plan much bigger. Also, you are going to want to zip it up to make it smaller and only do this when the plan is closed or it might not work. If that doesn't make the plan small enough to attach directly, then you are going to have to post it online somewhere and then post a link to it.

You might want to post this in the suggestions forum instead.

My first guess is that you have turned on the layer called "cabinets, module lines". This will show you extra lines in elevation views that show you face frame and other cabinet pieces. I think it shows the toe kick going through the front when it thinks the side is finished. Normally I only see this on the end cabinets though. My next guess is that you have made the middle cabinet (or maybe some others) into a architectural block. Once you make a cabinet into an architectural block, it will lose the connections with other cabinets next to it which is why you can get that situation. The only other thing I can think of is that your cabinets are actually overlapping each other slightly. This also breaks the cabinet connections and can lead to other problems. If bumping and snaps are turned off you could get into a situation like this. Those are the only ways I was able to get results like you are showing. If it's not these things, then you should probably post the plan and then someone can take a look into it more. This picture shows how 3 normal cabinets would look if module lines are turned on. The end cabinet shows the toe kick but the middle ones don't. One way to "fix" this would be to put your own finish piece in front of them using something like a 1/4" thick poly solid. Might also be able to get what you want adding a molding (1/4"x4") to the cabinet but this will only work if you don't have a finished end. Wish there was a way to tell a cabinet what sides have a molding on them but you can always start with a cabinet molding and then convert it into a manual one so you can turn it off on the exposed ends.

I hate to be captain obvious (not really, I love pointing out the obvious), but you are using a version that is 5 versions old. Of course it is outdated. The bad news is that I don't think the terrain has actually changed much since X12. I would start by trying to make "elevation splines" to match your existing contour lines. In theory, that should give you a pretty accurate model of it. If you are having problems with this, then you might want to post your plan or at least some pictures showing what the problems are.

Why fight it? Auto counters are great but anytime they don't get me exactly what I want I just convert them to custom and move on. BTW, you can probably get what you want by putting the range in an arch block all by itself. Also, I have always wanted a way to force the counter top overhangs and ignore when I am bumped to other things like cabinets and walls. I mean if I say that I want a 3" overhang on the right side, than trust me, that's what I want. Once Chief decides that there is something else there, it will ignore whatever you set. You should probably send in a request for something like this.

Check your dimension defaults to see if locate objects is set properly. Are you working in a cad detail or plan view? Is it really just a polyline, or is it something else? Is it being draw using reference display or is it in a cad block? Are you trying to dimension to something on a layout that is really in a plan view? So many possible reasons which is why you might want to post the plan.

If it fixed itself, then it was probably a rebuild terrain issue. I have seen the program get the terrain out of date even with the auto rebuild on but if auto rebuild is off then it is usually out of date as soon as you make any changes. The other thing that can cause something like this is a terrain hole. That was going to be my first guess and if it wasn't that it was going to be a "post the plan" issue.

Resistance is futile.

Maybe you snapped to something else before the dialog opened and it threw off the angle? You could try turning off all snaps except angles but that might not make it any easier. You could try always dragging out far enough that you don't pick up any other snaps because the distance doesn't matter since you are going to type that in. I still like using the transform/replicate whenever I know exactly what I want.

When you get into the "enter coordinates" dialog, try checking "polar" and then you can set the angle you want. You can also use the "transform/replicate" dialog to do this.

You might want to post something on the suggestions forum then. Chief always says they don't look for suggestions in the Q&A forum.

Just to be clear, any pattern can be "moved" just by setting the horizontal and vertical offset for the fill style. Not the same as setting the origin but should be able to get you what you need if you are willing to do all that futzing around. Personally, I would probably choose a different fill style so that it doesn't matter if the patterns are not all aligned with the origin.

If all you need is a very basic one, all you need to do is create some polylines and mark them as include in schedule. Then create a custom schedule that includes polylines and has the area column and the totals row. You could create two of them, one to show living areas and the other to show the non-living areas.

You should be able to do this using the molding tools but personally I find them a bit clunky to work with. Might be easier to use wall niches instead. Just set the wall niche to 0" deep (which will make it 1/16" for some reason) and then you can set the casing to the trim profile you want. You can even use the "match roof" setting to get most of the top row at the right angle but you will have to use something else for the middle one. You might have good luck with the "triangle arch" type.

Seems to be working for me. Do you have "use wall width" checked by chance?