DBCooper

I would make either the left or right side "match front" and then turn off "flat sides" for the toe kick, and that should get you close to the look you want. The nice thing about the "match front" is that when you modify the front face then the other side will update automatically.

Also, depending on what you want to do with it after, you could convert it directly into a symbol.

Assuming you are trying to use the real time raytracing using your video card and not the CPU raytrace, this tech article might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00106/troubleshooting-3d-camera-view-display-problems-in-chief-architect.html If not, then you might want to try tech support.

Go to your drawing sheet setup and make sure plans have the same sheet size, drawing scale and line weight options. If it's not one of those settings it could be the layer set.

Open up the ALDO. Find the layer that you are looking for. If it has a "+", then that means something on the layout is using it. Right-click on the layer and you should see "find objects on layer" in the context menu. "Find objects on layer" should take you to the object using it.

Just to be clear, Chief has some grass materials in the library and these can't be applied to grass regions but they can be applied to other objects, like terrain features. Chief also has a bonus library of grass regions that can be downloaded and then you can place them directly into a plan. You can also create your own custom grass regions in a plan and add them to your library for re-use in other plans. I misunderstood your original question and thought you were trying to apply a grass material to a grass region.

Maybe you accidently deleted that camera at some point? Regardless, if the camera is missing then you can't update the view. You should probably find the layout box with the missing view, recreate the camera and view, and then either relink the box to the new camera or just resend it.

I don't think you can specify the resolution when using "export picture" from a floor plan view like you can with camera views. You just get the current screen resolution. You could try exporting as a pdf or a dwg instead.

When you create a "grass region", the program generates the grass for you. You can change the way it looks by changing the various settings. If you have made one you like, you can add it to the library and then place it into other plans. You can't apply a grass material to it though. You can also create a normal terrain feature and apply a grass material to it. The grass region will look much more realistic though.

If you don't actually save the camera after you create a new view, then it can go away automatically when you close the view. Check your project browser and see if they are still there. If they are, you can right click on it and use "edit view" to see what layer they are on and then check to see if that layer is turned on the current layer set for your floor plan view. If you still have them in the plan, and the layer is turned on, then they may be off the screen or hidden by some other object. If none of that helps, post the plan.

As far as I know, "bumping/pushing" has nothing to do with cabinet fillers.

You can turn off auto fillers in your general cabinet defaults but I don't think that's your problem. If you had them turned off, they wouldn't come back. Must be something else going on in your plan but I have never seen that before. You should post your plan or send it to tech support.

You could probably just use polyline solids. These might help get you started: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02925/using-3d-polyline-solids.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/249/editing-a-solid-to-create-a-fireplace-and-chimney.html

You should probably post a picture of what you are seeing. If you're looking at the second floor and the roof over your bonus room is on the first floor, it will show in your floor overview. You might get what you want by either changing the roof planes to display on the floor above or by just turning off the roof layers in your floor overview.

3 words: 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

No and you would need to ask Chief why it works the way it does.

I think Anders is right. If you change the "number style", then you can type in dimensions using the units it is set to. I thought it only worked for dialog boxes but it looks like it also affects the various places where you can type in the dimensions in plan views. Keep in mind that it is only temporary so the next time you start the program you will have to reset it. Also, not sure why you want to work with angle snaps off but this can lead to problems with walls that might be slightly off angle. And it looks like those other symbols are telling you that you have a short unconnected wall that you might not want.

I think it is all or nothing for the whole wall. You can change your material list polyline to include intersected objects or contained objects but that won't really help in your case. The only way to get the drywall on one side is if the wall is included but then you also get the drywall for the other side. It would be so much easier if you could just setup your material list from room to include the drywall. You might want to send in a feature request for this.

I think that is pretty easy if you send the view using "plot lines" but that isn't really a live view anymore. You might be able to get pretty close using technical illustration instead of a normal vector view. Maybe someone else has some better ideas because I can't think of anything else at the moment.

What a super confusing thread. It's like overhearing only one side of a phone conversation in a public place. I can only assume that the person that was posting responses decided to delete their posts for some strange reason. Please don't do that because no one else can figure out what is going on. If you don't want to post publicly, then just send the poster a private message instead.

If you are trying to use a custom field as a schedule column and you want to control the formatting, you need to check the "format as number" option when you create it. You can also edit your custom field settings in your default settings under "schedules" if you need to change one you already have.

Just an FYI... If you open up a door in your plan and check "default" next to the layer, then the program will use the system default layer which will always be "doors" and not what you set it to in your door defaults. Changing your default doors to use some other layer should work for any new doors you place but it won't change any already in the plan. If you already have doors in your plan, you will need to set them to the layer you want instead of just checking the "default" box.

Are you getting the rafters but without the tails or are you not even getting the rafters? Hard to tell from the pictures. If your not getting the rafters, you could always just put them in manually, maybe by copying the ones that are already there. If your getting the rafters but they are not getting the tails, then you should be able to select them and add the tails manually. If this doesn't help, then you probably need to post the plan for someone to poke around in.

There are at least two ways to do this. You can either use the "reference display" with a view that is setup to just show the stairs on the first floor (but it will show with an up arrow instead of a down arrow), or you could create a room using invisible walls and make it an "open below".

You can setup your door defaults to use the headers you want. Just set the count to 1 and the type to LVL. Also, you can group select your door defaults if you want to change them all at once to be the same style. I don't think there is anything automatic. We have some things like poche fill and "below grade" display settings in the cross section camera dialog but these won't give you a fill style for the terrain itself. I usually just use add cad manually when I need to. You can sometimes use the view to cad detail to make it easier to get a closed polyline that you can add a fill style to and then copy back into the elevation. Someone else might have some other tricks to make this easier. And, as Jason mentioned, adding pictures for what you want can really help people understand better.