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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, ...

I think this was a bug in X13 that was fixed in either X14 or X15. Try a search on this forum and you might find some workarounds.

If you got a new computer, then your user library should still be on your old computer but it won't be transferred over to your new computer automatically. If your old computer is still running, then you can still make a backup of your user library and then transfer it to your new computer. If your old computer died but you made a backup of your user library at some time, then you should be able to restore it but you may lose everything you made since your last backup. If your old computer died and you didn't make any backups, then you are probably out of luck. The only thing that might help you is if your hard disk is still functioning well enough to extract the data that might be still on it. The only other thing that might help is that if you have any backups of your plan files that are using things from your user library, you can always open the plan and then add these objects back to your new user library. This can be pretty tedious when you have custom objects spread out through lots of old plans. The bottom line is that you should make regular backups of anything you don't want to lose. Here is a tech article explaining how to backup everything: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00001/backing-up-chief-architect-content.html Here is the article explaining how to restore everything that you have backed up: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00091/restoring-chief-architect-content.html

Yeah, you can't delete any of the built in system layers. It's always worked this way, even back in 1998 if I can remember correctly. If you think about it for a bit, Chief is really an architectural design program and not just a cad program. What would they do if you placed a cabinet after deleting the cabinet layer? Put it on the cad default layer? That might be pretty lame. Regardless, I think if you want Chief to consider your suggestion, you need to post over here: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/8-suggestions/

TeaTime is probably right but it *could* be other things too. Temp dimensions could be turned off. Your "selection line" color in your preferences could be white or fully transparent. If it's not any of those things, then I would look into your video card or driver. You might want to try updating the drivers to see if that helps. If not, then I would probably contact tech support (like Ben suggested).

Your stair doesn't look right in plan view because your room is too small and cutting off the side of it. I think all you need to do is move the invisible wall that you are using to create the open below room out a bit farther from the stair. It's probably ok if it has a jog in it and you can even turn off the layer if you don't want to see it. Another thing you might want to do is fix that 2" gap between the top of your stair and your deck.

See if this tech article helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00893/creating-a-window-well-for-an-egress.html