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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.

Have you tried using the "input line" tool? If you change the "number style" and use "polar" you should be able to just type in each line using the survey data. Keep in mind that once you have entered all of the lines, they might not actually meet at the end. This is a common problem with survey data. This tech article might help too: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00575/creating-a-plot-plan.html

Another thing you can do is display a completely separate plan in either plan views or camera views using the reference display tools.

You can get room moldings and wall material regions into your schedules by just choosing these in the "categories to include".

Hmm, what kind of problems?

Chris is right! In Chief, all of the cabinets really do have face frames. The frameless cabinets just have a 3/4" face frame that you can see if you turn on "module lines". Now if they would just make them 1/32" thick we would have edge banding instead. I think I agree with Mark though. Although you could model a cabinet exactly like you might build it, it's probably not worth all of the extra work.

Open the dialog. There should be a "show path" checkbox.

Yeah, if those red lines are from the ref display, they are showing the walls on the floor above (or below) and telling you that you have a wall next to the stair but not actually aligned with the stair support wall. This is probably what is causing the ceiling issue. It will also probably cause the framers to scratch their heads and say bad words. Might want to also take a look at the wall above/below the bed/bath.

Does it go away if you delete the fireplace? It looks like it is lined up with the side of the fireplace which makes me think it is related. Regardless, if you want something better than a guess, you should post the plan.

Don't change the drawing sheet info in the plan (because this affects all plan views). Just change the scale in the layout box.

Are you changing it using the temp dimension, in the wall dialog, or just by dragging the end of the wall? If you are using the temp dimension, there are extra buttons to the right of the dimension that have arrows showing which wall end changes. If you are using the wall dialog, there are some radio buttons that control which wall end changes. If you are dragging the end of the wall and both ends move, then you are probably in "concentric" mode. Just change your edit behavior back to "default". You should know when you are not in the default mode because you will usually find something extra following your cursor around.

I don't know if home designer architectural actually has the polyline solid tool. I am not even sure if it has any other tools that might be able to design either of those details easily. You might be able to model it in a separate plan using walls and roofs and then converting it into a symbol (if you can convert to a symbol). I think those details above the windows might also be a bit of a challenge even in chief. I would probably try to do them with a wall material region. You might try asking over on the home designer forum here: https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/ Other ideas would be things like upgrading to home designer pro, seeing if you can download a symbol somewhere that is close enough, paying someone that has Chief to build these as symbols, subscribing to Chief for a month, ...