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Try using landings for the first two steps. You can make them any shape you like.

I think it's a problem with mac sequoia. I found this tech article when I searched for mac + license so maybe it will help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03198/troubleshooting-license-authentication-issues-after-updating-to-macos-sequoia-15.html If you can't fix it, you are probably going to have to call tech support.

So the cad block for that light looks fine and I think the problem is that the schedule is using the "bounding box" size instead of the cad block size. The bounding box is being set by how big the light is in a camera view. You *might* be able to work around this by creating a copy of the symbol and making the bounding box smaller so that it matches the 2D size. I didn't play with this very long but found that I could get the row size smaller by using a negative bounding box spacing (see picture below). Unfortunately, this had the side effect of messing up the preview position in the schedule but there might be a way to modify these settings to get what you need. The bottom line is that I think this might be a bug so you might want to report it.

Yes, to 1 & 3 in Premier but I think Pro can handle them as well. For 2, there are no built in tools for elevators and I think most people will just create an elevator room with pocket doors to show them on your plans. You can even make the upper rooms "open below" type to show the actual shaft. Couldn't find a symbol in the library for the car but you could probably find one to download or build your own if you really want to show it. You might want to download the trial version of either Chief or Pro and have a play with it.

Did you make that "warehouse" light yourself or get it from the library? I couldn't find it in my library so I am guessing you either made it or renamed a library one. In either case, I am guessing that it is related to the size of the cad block it is using. The size of the cad block can change the schedule row size. In either case, you might be able to work around this problem by playing around with the preview options in the schedule dialog. Checking or unchecking the "use plan view scale" or "scale images" might give you the results you want. If that doesn't help, then you might want to post your plan.

Sure you can. Build a stair with winders using Chief's old way of doing it with 3 separate but connected stair sections where the middle one is curved, tell it to use the walk line, turn on winders, lock the tread depth and then set the tread depth to be 10" and it should give you exactly what you want. Here is a tech article that explains the process better: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00884/creating-winder-stairs.html Here is an example of winders with the walk line turned on and the tread depth set to 10" (and yes, I did draw a curved cad line matching the walk line and verified that the length really was 10"):

You can control the walk line in the stair dialog. Take a look at the "style" page and click on the "help" button if it's not clear. As for "stair count", not sure what you want but you might be able to get what you want with macros. Stairs have a built in macro for %num_treads%.

I don't think a soffit can follow the ceiling and also be flat on the bottom.

Try playing around with those tools that control the preview. You can switch the rendering style as well as the preview object. It looks like you are currently using a plane and you could try switching to a cube. Also, could try switching between standard, PBR, and vector. Might be a video card or driver issue too. I assume you rebooted but you should if you haven't tried that yet. Not sure about how mac handles drivers. If that doesn't help, you should probably contact tech support.

You could just fill it in using a poly solid. You could also draw a wall there and then make a doorway or a pass thru for the cabinet to fit in.

These kinds of problems are much easier to figure out with the plan. You might want to post it or a link to it. If I was to make a guess, I would see if it has something to do with the invisible wall that joins that stub wall.

What do the caution symbols say? I'm guessing that it says something about having joist direction lines in the same platform. You might be able to get what you want by drawing bearing lines to split up the platform and then the joist direction lines might work. If that doesn't help, you should probably post the plan.

You can do it with the material painter tool in a camera view. Just select "use default" and then you click around to reset the materials back to the default.

There are a bunch of training videos and tech articles that cover active defaults and saved plan views. Might want to start here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03184/understanding-saved-and-active-defaults.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03185/understanding-saved-plan-views.html

I have never seen something like that happen that wasn't something you did to cause it. Do you have reference display turned on? Did you import a picture or cad file of a plan and are then drawing on top of it? If it is not one of these obvious things, then you should post the plan and I bet someone can figure it out quickly.

You need to use different materials. They don't need to look different though so all you have to do is make a copy of the one you are using.

Not only is "rabs drywall" duplicated 3 times, but you have lots of other materials that are duplicated. Go into your plan materials, purge the unused ones, and then merge all of the duplicates. Extra lines are almost always caused by duplicate materials.

Yeah, the only "cheat" I know would be to draw it using Chief's parametric objects instead of simple CAD so it would just work.

Might depend on what your roof is doing in that area. The program will usually fill in spaces that it needs to with "attic" walls but there are many ways you can mess it up (like if you try to manually edit wall top heights). Might want to post the plan so someone else can see what is going on. You will probably need to zip it up and you should only do that when the plan isn't open. Also, if you have lots of extra things like fixtures and furniture items, you should always get rid of them if you want to post because they take up lots of space.

You can also use simple math in most dialogs. So if you want something to be twice as big you can just type "*2" or half as big you can type "/2".

Rumor has it that they have started the private beta test for X17. My guess is that we will start hearing more about it early next year.

Assuming that you want everything the same height for each floor level, then all you should need to do is set the default heights for the floors and then use the "reset to defaults" tool (on the main menu under edit) to make sure everything is actually using the defaults. If that doesn't work, then you might want to post the plan.

It just looks like you selected the "exterior room". It's always there (as long as you made a closed box with walls), even if the layer is turned off, but it shouldn't be noticeable unless you have selected it by clicking near an exterior wall. It should go away if you select something else or just hit escape. If it doesn't go away, then something else must be going on and you should post the plan. The only thing locking the layer will do is make it so you can't select it. Turning off the rooms layer might cause other problems too.

Short answer, maybe. You might be able to use a custom macro to do this. Depends a bit on the naming conventions and whether you have all that info available through the name value pairs. For something as simple as what you are showing above, you could just modify the default label for base cabinets to use the automatic label and append the BD, as in %automatic_label%BD. For some special cases, you might be better off just setting the label manually and then saving the cabinet in your user library for reuse.

I did not take a look at your plan but you would need to have some kind of 3D object to apply a material to. So you might be able to convert the cad lines into closed polylines (or draw closed polylines over them) that you could then convert into solids. The closest thing that Chief has to a "flood fill" kind of tool would probably be the wall material region or custom backsplash tool but that is really only designed to work on walls.