DBCooper

You didn't really say anything about when it is crashing. If you are mostly crashing making camera views, then it probably is a video card problem even if you are not using a 40 series card. If it's crashing doing something else, it could be almost anything from a problem in your plan or a bug in X18. Is it only crashing in one plan or does it crash even with a brand new 4-wall house? Really need some more info before anyone can give you better help. FWIW, I've been playing around with X18 and so far I haven't had any Chief crashes.

I couldn't come up with a way for this to work with a railing and door that follows the stair. It seems that as soon as you put a door in a railing, it will no longer follow the stair. Even with just a solid rail that's not a pony wall. Not sure why so you might want to report that Chief as a bug. I tried a few other things and they didn't work out either. I would probably just fake it with a fixture symbol like you did with the other triangle shaped door. I didn't try this but you may be able to get the symbol to cut out a hole in the wall without it messing up the railing. Maybe someone else can come up with a clever trick that works?

Open the sink dialog and make sure it is set to "inserts into countertop" and the vertical offset is set appropriately. If this doesn't help, then you should probably post your plan.

I don't know of a way to set it up so that the "arc with arrow" tool will automatically put it on a different layer than all of the other cad line tools. I suppose you could setup either a "default set" or "saved plan view" that changes your default cad layer, switch to that, draw your curved arrow, and then switch back but that hardly seems better than just changing the layer after drawing it. A better way would be to use the "text line with arrow" tool (or just drag one out using the diamond edit handle) to create a straight arrow on the right layer and then curve it after drawing it. All you need to do to curve it is to hold down the "alt" key while dragging the arrow head.

I didn't down vote you. Please don't make accusations about me without any evidence.

Do you realize that snarky comments don't actually help anyone? While I agree with you on what a print preview is supposed to do, I haven't ever really noticed any differences between the print preview on the screen and what I actually got when I printed it. I was mostly curious if it was just a problem with Joe's macros (which I don't use) or if there was something I needed to pay more attention to.

So is the only difference you can see between the print preview in a plan view and the preview in the print dialog is whether or not your macros work?

As far as I can tell, it mostly just turns on line weights and the drawing sheet. If these are already on, then it won't look very different. It can also turn off the display of things that are not going to print, such as temporary cad points and active cameras. It may also turn color on/off depending on your printer settings.

I am 99.99% sure it is this.

The control that says "Floor Plan Layer Set" is not actually a layer set and it is really a saved plan view. You can tell this because it has a "P" in the graphic. Seems like a bad name for a saved plan view. The control that says "Light And Ventilation Set" is actually a default set. You can tell this because it has a little wrench in the graphic. You probably don't need this control if you are using saved plan views. The control that says "Floor Plan Dimension Layer Set" is your current layer set. I think the problem is that you are getting these things confused as to what they are and what they do. I recommend looking here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03185/understanding-saved-plan-views.html

Normally, Chief will automatically fill that space with a wall for you. The easiest way to do this is to use a room divider and then just mark one room as not having a flat ceiling. Since it looks like you want to show a partial wall you could use a half-wall instead. In the picture below, I used a combination of a half-wall and a room divider. If you need more help, you might want to post you plan.

You should be able to create a custom molding profile to do that. Just create a profile that represents both pieces and then use it as your lintel. Will probably need to turn on "wrap" to make it look right.

The short answer is that yes, you can make your own outlets that look like that. Basically, you need the 3d data that will show in a camera view and a suitable cad block to show in a plan view and then you can build your own electrical symbol. It will be much easier to find the 3d data, maybe from the manufacturer or somewhere else online, than it would be to build it your self. If one of Chief's cad blocks will work for you, then you can just reuse it for your outlet otherwise you can draw your own pretty easily. This tech article goes over the basics: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00117/locating-and-importing-3d-symbols.html If you are really lucky, someone here from down under might already have one and be willing to share it. You might want to check out the symbol forum to see if someone there has one: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/9-symbols-and-content/

I think if it doesn't work the way you want it to that you should send in a bug report or feature request.

If you want to turn off the auto fillers for just one cabinet, hold down the shift-key when you select it and make it into an architectural block. This will not let the cabinet attach to any other cabinets or walls outside of the block.

For the dome, I would just create it as a symbol that cuts a hole in the ceiling. I built this one using a 3D sphere, made a smaller copy and then subtracted it out of the bigger one, and then cut it in half by subtracting a larger box. You then convert it into a symbol and set it to be from the ceiling. I used the tool to edit the cutout shape in plan view and used the fillet tool to make the cutout match the circle. All in all, it was easier than I thought.

You should post a link to the plan so that someone can poke around in it. It might be something obvious, like the plan has way too many symbols or you have auto rebuild everything turned on, or it could be something less obvious. It could even just be a hardware/system problem and someone else has no problems with it. Also, here is a tech article that talks about all of the different things that can cause a plan to be slow: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00521/troubleshooting-slowness-in-chief-architect-projects.html

You will want to use the "place library object" toolbar button. You should be able to find it in the customize toolbars dialog and then you can hook it up to the object you want. This tech article has more info: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00811/customizing-toolbars.html#library

I can't answer your questions about why the automatic moldings and countertops don't have better control over the elevation display. Sounds like maybe you should send Chief a feature request though. Just as an FYI, you don't need to manually draw your own moldings and counter tops. Try group selecting all of your base cabinets and using the "generate custom countertop" tool to convert all of your auto counters into custom ones so that you will have better control over how they display. You can also use the "make cabinet molding polyline" tool to do the same thing for the moldings. If you wait until the design is fairly complete, this should be a pretty easy change and certainly much easier than manually drawing anything.

Do you already have "dash (tiny)" in your plan? If not, you should have it in the core libraries. You can then just select it and draw a new line in your plan and it should then be available for anything in the plan. If you do, and it's still too big, then you can make a new one that is smaller. Just copy "dash (tiny)" to your user library. Rename it something like "super tiny" or whatever. Open the dialog and change the length and spacing from 1/32" to 1/64". This tech article has more info: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01019/managing-and-creating-line-styles.html

You probably shouldn't delete your archives folder. Just right click on your project in the "project browser" and you should find the delete tool. You can find a bunch more info in the help section but this might get you started: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03217/working-with-the-project-browser-using-project-management.html

Try using %visible_length.to_ft.round(2)%.

If you post your plan and layout, someone will probably be able to figure it out.

As far as I know, Chief will only let you export a picture of a plan view using the actual screen pixels, so increasing the DPI will just make the image dimensions smaller. BTW, you can export a picture from a camera view using a much higher resolution, just not plan views. You can do the pdf trick or maybe you could export it as a cad file (dwg) instead.

Does turning on the display of line weights in layout make a difference? If it does, then the problem could be the line weight that you are using for the dimension lines is too heavy?. Check the layer settings for the layer set you are using for that view. If it doesn't affect it, then it might be a problem with pdf driver you are using? Could try using a different one to see if it makes a difference.