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I couldn't find a way either so I guess the answer is "no". You might want to send them a feature request.

I think this has to do with the way Chief rounds its dimensions and whether you are using "grid rounding" or "distance rounding" (you can find these in your dimension defaults). Changing your dimension defaults to use "distance rounding" will also fix the problem but Chief doesn't recommend this because sometimes your intermediate dimensions will not add up to the total dimension. Chief also recommends that when you are using "grid rounding" that you always draw your plan with grid snaps on. I think that the reason your wall dimension does not show the correct value is because your walls were not drawn starting on the grid. Moving the wall corner to the origin will then put your wall on the grid solving the problem. I have also seen lots of dimension problems happen when the walls are not really at the values that the dimension is showing. One easy way to tell that this is happening is when you click on the dimension and you see something like "24.005" instead of "24". This was the first thing I looked for when I opened your plan but your dimensions look accurate. BTW, there are lots of ways to hide these kinds of problems, such as changing your dimensions to round to the nearest 1/2" instead of the nearest 1/16" or even just overriding the dimension value. Doing things like this can actually hide problems in your plan that can cause other problems later (which is probably why someone downvoted Gary's suggestion). Personally, I have used all kinds of "not recommended" solutions back in the day when I needed to get plans out. Do whatever you need to do because it's your name going on the plans, not Chief's.

If you went from X11 to X15, there are going to be a lot of differences. One of the big ones is that X15 is using a completely different rendering engine for all of the camera views. This looks like a problem with your video card or driver. Check out this tech article for more info: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00106/troubleshooting-3d-camera-view-display-problems-in-chief-architect.html If that doesn't help, call tech support.

If you are using %scale% in your plan, what it shows on the screen is going to change depending on your zoom but it should show the actual scale when printed or saved as a pdf. Try a pdf and make sure it shows what you want. If it doesn't, then you might have a problem with your page setup. If you want to show the scale for a layout box, you can also use %box_scale% as part of the label.

I think this is an issue with using the wall elevation camera. It won't show any windows or doors in the outer wall of a double wall. I usually use a cross section camera instead and then setup the clipping to look the way I want. *edit* - I just figured out that it you make the wall "furred" instead of "frame through" you will see your windows and doors.

This is probably because your face item is not set to "use default". If you "paint" the pull from the library onto the cabinet, it will change the face item so that it is not "use default" anymore. If you change the pull on the "Door/Drawer" tab instead, you can then use the "Edit" button there to rotate it. Hardware works the same way that door and drawer fronts work. You can either change the "main" style for the whole cabinet or just for a single face item.

Is this a new problem, or has it been happening for a long time? Did you move your data folder? You can check in your preferences under folders to see where it is. Is the folder writeable? Do you have enough empty disk space? You might need to call tech support if it is not one of these obvious problems.

Yes. Just look at the side options on the shutters page.

One way to get that to happen is if you changed the "exterior wall surface" material for your railing wall.

I think it is easier in X15, try this: %rough_opening_total_width% x %rough_opening_total_height%

One of these maybe? https://www.amazon.com/Ailun-Activated-Nightlight-Decorating-Combination/dp/B06XR9YC24

I agree with Glenn, but just as an FYI, you can also manually turn off the railing for any side of a landing or stair section.

Not really enough info to do anything more than make guesses. Here are some random things you might want to try: - check the drawing sheet setup for the layout page - check that you are sending the entire plan view to the layout at an appropriate scale and don't use fit to sheet - post a picture of what your layout looks like - post your plan and layout to this forum

Gene is right that X14 and X15 are different in this area. In X15, you can actually resize and rotate the door/drawer handle. If you click on the "Edit" button that is just to the right of the "Library" button, it will open up a new dialog box with controls for the size and rotation that are just for either the door handle or drawer handle. There is a big gotcha though. You can either control the "main" door/drawer settings or you can control it for just one particular door/drawer. To change it for the whole cabinet, you should change the "main" settings on the Door/Drawer page but if any of your individual door/drawer face items are not set to "use default" they won't actually change because they are overriding the "main" settings. To change it for an individual door/drawer, you have to first select the face item and then use the "Specify" button next to the "Appliance/Door/Drawer". Then you can either change the setting there or just set it to "use default" and it will then use the "main" settings. Hope this helps.

Yes but you can also override the automatic behavior when needed.

Is it a "glass panel" door or a library symbol? If it's a glass panel door, all you need to do is set the "panel frame width" bottom to whatever you want. If it's a symbol, then it's a bit harder.

It looks like the "Terrain Plan View" is missing from your plan. Did you start your plan using the default template that was installed with Chief? Did you modify the default template that was installed with Chief? Regardless, you can always create your own saved plan view and set it up to use whatever layer set and defaults you want. You could also import saved plan views from a different plan that has the ones you want.

As a general rule, bigger is better, but only up to a point. The resolution and refresh rate also matter. A larger monitor with the same resolution may not look better when your face is only 2' from it. If the refresh rate is not fast enough the screen flicker might even be noticeable. And if you are getting two, I recommend that you you match them otherwise it can be a bit annoying going from one to the other. Here is some good info from Chief about system specs: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/blog/computer-for-design-and-gaming/

The solution to your problem is probably the same as it is for every one else. Open your preferences dialog, find the "reset side windows" button, and then restart the program. Here are the more detailed instructions: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00654/restoring-the-size-position-of-the-side-windows.html If for some reason that doesn't work for you, then you need to tell people that "I tried to the reset side windows and I still can't see my library browser". Then the answer is that you should probably call tech support because that isn't something that happens very often. Could be something weird with your system or video card so I would probably try updating drivers or making adjustments to the monitor settings but these are just shots in the dark.

Re: file size, that's normal. If you need to attach a plan in the future, you can try zipping it first and if that doesn't work, you could try making a copy and stripping it down by deleting everything that is not needed to see the problem. And if that still doesn't work, then you have to post a link to some other shared online location, like dropbox. As for the framing, your newer picture looks more like what I was seeing. I noticed that some of the end rafters did not reach the middle ridge board on mine too. Not sure why, but if you care enough, you might want to send it to Chief because it looks like a bug.

In your picture, it looks like your dimension is going to markers and not to the edge of the polyline (maybe a counter top?) that you are showing. You probably want to use the end-to-end dimension instead of the point-to-point dimension and you will need to check your "locate objects" settings in your dimension defaults to make sure they are set to pick up what you want to dimension. So if that really is a counter top, you need to make sure your dimensions are set to locate counter tops. Also, this set of training videos on dimensions might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/92/dimensions.html

I think the roof has to be manual in order to make it curved like this, but the framing can be auto or manual. If it's manual, you may need to rebuild it or manually move it if you changed the roof after you first built it. I tried a simple test plan and the roof framing was reasonable, not perfect but at least it wasn't offset like yours is showing. If rebuilding the framing doesn't solve the problem, then you need to post the plan.

My guess is that your wall layers are messed up. Either that or your wall surface material is transparent. If you can't figure it out, you might want to post the plan.

You can either use "backup entire plan" to share the plan and all of the referenced files or you could move your user library to a shared location. Here is a tech article about using backup entire plan: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00987/using-the-backup-entire-plan-layout-tool-to-send-files-to-another-user.html Here is a tech article about moving your user library: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03090/moving-library-content-to-the-cloud-or-other-custom-location.html

Hard to tell at a quick glance whether you did something wrong or the program just doesn't handle this situation very well. I would post the plan so others can have a closer look.