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In addition to using a mask (drawing a white filled polyline to hide things you don't want to see), you may also be able to edit the shape of the layout box to crop the view (assuming that you are sending the view to a layout to print). Select the layout box and see if you have the "break" tool. If so, you can add break points along the edges and make the layout box almost any shape you need.

I don't think it really has to do with HD pro or mac. I think it's because you are using the 2021 version which I think is based on the same engine they used for Chief X12. Back in X12, I don't think wall elevations ever included vaulted ceilings and now they do. So I think you either need to use the full cross section (and maybe crop or mask the view to show what you want) or manually draw what you want to show above the wall elevation. The other choice would be to see if you can get the newest version (2024) working on your machine (or upgrade your machine). I know most of the people that had problems when going from X12 to X13 either needed to update their video card drivers or upgrade their machines. You should first check to see if your machine meets the min sys reqs and if it does, you should be able to get the newer version working on it.

There is no way I know of to specify an offset. I did notice that if I took a blank floor plan and just drew a normal poly and sent the view to layout that the program automatically created a slight offset for me. See picture below. I also noticed that it did this if I did the same thing in a cad detail. Not really sure why this isn't working the same for you. You might want to post a plan or report this to tech support. I suppose if all else fails, you could always create your own "offset" by doing a concentric copy of the poly and then setting the line style to "invisible". It should still be used for sizing the layout box but it won't actually display.

Ugh, I should have been able to guess that. When color is turned off, all of the colors will either be mapped to black/white or to some version of gray depending on that preference. The program default is b/w and since the solid gray you used for your walls was light enough, they ended up white which is why they did not show in your plan. So you can either turn color on, make the gray a darker gray, or change your preference to use grayscale.

Do a save as on the plan and delete everything that doesn't matter. Another thing you can do is zip it (turn it into a compressed file) since that will be much smaller.

I think what you are referring to are "temporary dimensions". They can be turned on/off using either the "view" menu or the toolbar button that is on the right side of your screen by default. You also have some control over how they work in the "temporary dimensions defaults".

Are you sure the layer called "Walls, Layers" is turned on? Although, I can't think of a way to show a fill style with a pattern and not show a fill style with a solid fill using the layers in a wall type. You are probably going to have to post the plan.

Extended stiles are similar to automatic fillers in that the program will resize them depending on how far apart the cabinets are. So even if you set your extended stile to something like 6", but your cabinets are only 2" apart, you will only see a 2" extended stile in a camera view. There is a trick to make the program not do this and that is to make your cabinet an architectural block. Then it will keep the 6" extended stile regardless of whether it is against another cabinet or wall. You just select the cabinet while holding the shift key and then you can block it. Maybe this will help you solve your problem but there might be other ways as well. Your description is not very clear and it would be good to post a picture or a plan showing what you are trying to do.

Have you tried using a molding polyline? If you need it to go around the whole building, then I would use this technique: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00070/adding-a-belly-band-to-a-structure.html

Check your preferences for "new plans". This is sounding like you might have accidently saved a plan to be your default template. If you set it back to the "kitchen and bath" or "residential" template, then everything should be back to normal. Unless you accidently saved a file over your default template but you can always restore the installed template if you need to.

Try paying attention to the arrow directions. If you are showing the start and end indicators (in preferences) this is much easier. If the arrow heads are going to meet up start to end, it looks like they will auto merge. If it's start-start or end-end, they won't. So basically all you need to do is reverse one of them and they won't merge.

It looks like the "diamond" handle will appear based on the side of the text box that you click closest to. So if you are getting the handle at the bottom then this means you are clicking near the bottom and the arrow will then start from the bottom. As far as I can tell, there is no way to get the arrow to attach to the "center" of the text box because it will automatically attach to the center of each of the 4 sides. As you drag the arrow head around the text box, the arrow tail will jump to the center of the closest box side. You can turn off this automatic behavior by turning off "auto position tail" in your arrow line or your arrow defaults. If you have angle snaps on, it should extend straight from the side if you draw straight from the side. If you have your angle snaps at 7.5 degrees instead of 15 degrees then it is easier to draw it at an angle. I think the bottom line is that you should try clicking near the edge of the text box where you want to start the arrow from and you might have better luck.

Chief can already display some objects, like cameras and added lights, on all floors or just one floor. Seems like this could be made to work for more things but I am not sure it would really be better than just using reference display.

I think the only real difference between a wall material region and a custom backsplash is that they use different defaults.

You can also put the text in a cad block and then stretch the cad block. As long as the text is rich text it will stretch but if the text is normal text it seems to resize depending on which way you stretch the block.

The problem with TeaTime's method is what happens when you later move the post. You then have to go to the other floors and move the cad objects otherwise you would have errors in your plans. Using reference display, you don't have to do this.

I think the custom backsplash, or wall material region, might work good in this situation (as suggested by Eric). Just as an FYI, whenever you add a wall break, the program will really want to merge the two walls back into one unless you change a setting to make the two walls different. One of the easiest ways to do this is to just reverse the direction of one wall. In your case, since you are going to have a very short section of wall at the end, you might also get a program warning about the walls being "unconnected" that you should be able to click on and say "ignore".

Have you tried using reference display? You can display any objects from different floors by setting up a reference display with a unique layer set showing exactly what you want.

I always just assume they are using the current version of premier unless they say otherwise. If they aren't, and my help doesn't actually help them, then oh well. Can't always trust signatures anyways because lot's of people forget to update them. And when you go back and read old posts, the signature will tell you what they are using now, not the version they were using when they made the post.

If you change the defaults for the roof, it won't change any existing roof planes. You would then need to either rebuild the roof planes, redraw them, or modify them manually. If you are using the automatic roof tools, it is usually easiest to just rebuild them. If you are using manual roofs, there is a handy tool called "edit all roof planes" that lets you change them all at once. The other thing "edit all roof planes" lets you do is to see if all of your roof planes are set the same because if they are not it will say "no change" everywhere the settings don't match. If this doesn't help you solve your problem, then you might need to give us some more info and post a plan.

I haven't done it myself, but here is a tech article about moving the user library: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03090/moving-library-content-to-the-cloud-or-other-custom-location.html

Does it go away if you turn off the opening indicators?

You can offset the origin in the material definition either horizontally or vertically. You will need to use copies of the material if you don't want to change everything in the plan that is using the same material though. Also, there are separate controls for the texture and the pattern. There is some good info here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00194/changing-the-direction-of-a-material-s-pattern-and-texture.html

Yes, but you need to add them through the dialog. Here is a tech article that covers how to do this: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00059/inserting-multiple-appliances-into-a-single-cabinet.html

Do those pages have anything on them? Are they marked as page templates? I think they will only show up in the table if they have something to print and are not a template. If not one of these, you probably need to post the layout.