DBCooper

Maybe so, I just clicked on the "help" button in the dialog and it says this: Click in the Extension column to type how far the selected layer extends past its default bottom elevation, either at the bottom of the wall's bottom plate or that of the floor platform it builds on. Only available for Exterior wall layers, the highest Extension value is also applied to the wall type's Brick Ledge Depth, set on the Wall Properties Tab. My guess is that the tech article you found wasn't fully updated for X15 because it doesn't really say anything about it even though it shows up in the picture.

There are two different settings, one to show doors open and one to show drawers open. My guess is that one or both of these is probably still on. If not, then you probably need to post the plan.

You don't really need a custom macro just to display a comment. If you use %comment% in the text box with the arrow, this will do exactly what you want (in a plan view). There are even tricks you can use if you don't want the arrow to display. But as far as I know, this doesn't work in elevation views and so you would probably have to write a more complicated custom macro to make this happen. You could also just add %comment% to the cabinet label, but unfortunately, this would show up in all places that the cabinet label shows up. You could also just use the cabinet schedule itself to show the comments (which you could put directly into the elevation view as well). Another thing you could do is use a note schedule. I think this could work good if it was going to be just for a particular view and the comments are just on some of the cabinets. And don't forget, you could always just add some text to the elevation view and be done with it. Sometimes the simplest solution is really the best one.

Did you try turning it off on the "structure" page of the roof plane dialog?

It looks like it is using the line weight and style from "cad, default". It gets the color from your preferences though.

Didn't you notice something funny chasing your cursor around?

You can use metric sized cabinets in an imperial plan but they may not be as accurate as you want. I believe the width will always be rounded to the nearest 1/16" no matter how you enter the size (as pointed out by Tea Time). This is the same for the depth but for some reason you can enter an accurate height if you want. First, change the "number style" to "decimal inches" to see what numbers Chief is actually using in the dialog. If you enter "450mm" into the cabinet width, the program will convert that into 17.6875" which is 449.26 mm. The Chief cabinet will be smaller then the real one by less than 1 mm. If you enter 17.75", this would be 450.85 mm so the Chief cabinet will be larger then the real one by less than 1 mm. There is no way that I know of to enter exactly 17.7165" to give you an accurate 450 mm wide cabinet. I think this has something to do with how Chief stores these numbers under the hood. In the real world, no one is going to care about being off by less than a millimeter. The biggest problem is that when you have a row of cabinets then these small amounts can add up to something that might matter. The way I would probably handle this is to use the slightly larger cabinet size (17.75") and then make sure I have a filler somewhere to make up any difference if I need to scribe to a wall or fill any gaps. At installation time, I think it is much better to have a real cabinet that is slightly smaller then to have one that is slightly larger. As far as what dimensions show in a plan view, you should be able to get those to show whatever you want. If all else fails, you can always just manually override them.

Is there a W04 in the schedule? If so, then try the "find in plan" tool. If not, then try the renumber. If that doesn't work, then post the plan.

Are you having problems just building the gambrel roof? If so, then all you need to do is setup a second pitch on the walls. Here is a video that might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/6126/gambrel-roof.html?playlist=95 As for the trusses, you can just build gambrel trusses the same way you would build any other trusses. You have to draw the first one and then you can use the multiple copy tool to get the others. Here is a whole tech series on trusses that might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/category/275/trusses.html And if you are having more specific problems, you will need to clarify your questions (as suggested by Robert).

Draw the wall all by itself in a blank plan. Create a vector camera view. Send to layout.

It looks to me like the lower picture is not displaying the block wall (probably because the layer is turned off) and that you are just seeing the framing for the wall behind it. If this doesn't help, then you might want to post the plan.

I think those images in the schedule are sized according to the column width. Since the column header is limiting how small the column can get, you need to rename it. If you open the schedule and rename "2d symbol" something like "2d" you can make the column smaller. You might also want to play around with the "scale images" setting. In your picture above, your fan is the same size as your outlet. If you use "scale images", then they will be the same relative size which will make your outlet much smaller than your fan. Without scaling them, the images will be as large as they can in the column. And if all else fails, you can always build your own legend by just taking the cad blocks from the symbols and placing them where ever you want. I think this is how the legend in your picture was made. All of the cad blocks should show up in the cad block management dialog.

If your wall was a simple block wall, you would be able to have a framed wall on top using a pony wall. It looks like you made it using a railing though, and I don't think you can have a framed wall on top of a railing using a pony wall. It is possible to get a short wall above or below a railing using floor and ceiling heights but I think in your case this might be more trouble than it's worth. You could always try just building a short framed wall section somewhere else in the plan and converting it into a symbol that you place on top of the block wall.

So somebody downvoted my "solution", anonymously of course, so I am really not sure why. I do believe my solution will work and I still think it is better than just drawing cad lines. You could probably even save this railing type to the library for reuse if you need this often. It might be nice if Chief gave us a better solution or even gave us controls over floor break lines using layers, but until then, this is the only workaround I have found. If someone thinks that they have a better solution, I would love to learn about it.

So I assume that you used room dividers or invisible walls to split the rooms. You could just turn on the layer, but then you will get two lines for the walls which is probably not what you want. So one thing you could do is use a railing instead of an invisible wall. Tell the railing it is "open", turn off the newel posts, and turn off the top/bottom rail. You should just have a single line showing you where the floor height changes.

It's just like any other cad block in that you can add lines, text, rich text, dimensions, filled polylines, or whatever.

Yeah, it's easier in X13 and newer because you can just use the "edit cad block" tool: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00805/editing-2d-cad-blocks-assigned-to-3d-symbols.html#X13

Post a plan. Someone could probably figure it out in 2 minutes with a plan instead of making guesses.

If by "washed out", you mean that the countertop fill is completely hiding the cabinet lines, then this sounds like a problem with the partial transparency used for the fill style. I have seen some other posts on problems with pdfs and transparent objects. I think the solution was to try a different pdf writer. You might want to check out this post to see if it helps you: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/12618-mystery-blurry-square-when-exporting-to-pdf/ This tech article talks about printing issues and might also help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00085/troubleshooting-printing-issues.html

You need to manually rebuild the wall framing unless auto rebuild is turned on.

What dimension? Did you draw the dimension using one of the dimension tools? If so, then yes you can change the size but it depends on how you have the dimension set up. A dimension could be using the layer to get the text style, or it might be using a specific text style, or it could be using a custom style. Maybe post a picture of what you have or even a plan.

Not exactly sure what you are trying to do but these are not "blocks" as in cad blocks. They are just elevation views of the the windows that are in your plan. There are some settings in the schedule dialog that give you some control over the previews but I am not sure how you can change the line weights. As for creating a view like this to use somewhere else, you could create an elevation view of just the window you want and use the cad detail from view tool.

I don't think HD Architectural had the ability to create architectural blocks back in 2017 but I think they added it in at some point. At least according to the latest product comparison chart: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/product-chooser.html My guess is that if you don't have the button, then you have selected an object that can't be put into architectural blocks, such as 2d cad. Try placing two cabinets next to each other, selecting them both, and seeing if the button shows up.

Chief can do slabs just as easy as crawl space foundations. Just check "mono slab" when you build the foundation. There is a rather long video about building foundations here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10256/foundations-crawl-basement-slab-mixed.html

You can adjust the rough opening top. Just put in a larger value for "additional height". You can also display the rough opening size in the schedule.