DBCooper

My "palette options" has a "fit palette" as well as the option to change the display from "grid view" to "list view". Maybe it looks different depending on how you have the palette setup? The "gear" button actually appears in several other places, like in the ALDO and the library browser. It usually has settings that are relevant to the window that is in. Hovering over it should also give you a better description of what it does. Once you get used to it being there, you might find it kind of handy to know where to go to change your settings.

I think Joe means you could use a "polyline distribution region" because I don't think you can use a "material region" on a roof.

Try making a copy of the plan and deleting everything that is not relevant to the walls (such as fixtures, furniture, cabinets, saved cameras, cad details, framing, etc.) You can use the "delete objects" tool to do this very quickly. You might not need to use "backup entire plan" unless you are using custom textures on your walls.

I am no macro expert... but have you tried just using the built in macro ".to_ft" and ".round"?

The ones in the Chief library all seem to stretch just fine without any stretch planes. They stretch uniformly though which may not give you a very accurate representation of the actual pullout you will use (or one you can actually buy). My guess is that you have done something wrong setting up the symbol you imported. I would compare the settings with one of Chief's to see what is different. Or, if you want someone to be able to help more, you will probably need to post a plan.

Maybe stair_section.width * stair_section.riser_height? Keep in mind that these calculations probably won't be very accurate for any stair with starter treads, flares, or curves. They also don't handle landings. Not sure if there are any better solutions though.

What logo? It could be a watermark or maybe it's on page 0 of the layout which makes it show up on other pages. Without a layout or even a picture, I can only guess. This tech article has some good info about how to setup a layout template (including how to add your own logo to your layout): https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00737/creating-and-using-layout-templates.html

Maybe, maybe not. I think the rule that chief uses is that if the stair is against a wall, it will build a handrail and if not against a wall, it will build a normal railing. In your picture, it looks like you have a single step between the landing and the next floor. I'm guessing that either there isn't a wall there or the program just doesn't see it for some reason. I *think* it only looks at the walls that are on the floor where the stair was drawn and not the walls on the floor above. In either case, the solution is to just manually turn off the railing for this top section. And the easiest way to do that is to select it using the shift key and turn it off in the stair dialog.

You should probably post a copy of your plan. Or at least tell us how you created that brick wainscot.

Did you check out this tech article: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01069/designing-a-traditional-pole-barn-structure.html

My math may be a little rusty, but isn't (1/24" : 2') the same as (1/48" : 1')? I think (1/21" : 2') would be the same as (1/42" : 1'). But I still think it would be easier (and more accurate) to use 1:500 if this is the actual scale you want.

Have you tried 1:500 (either both in "ft" or both in "in")?

I don't think X15 works any different than X14. The preference only controls what happens when older plans are opened up in the newer version. Once the plan is saved in the newer version, the preference won't change it.

Just to clarify, I wouldn't try to actually work from a file saved on a USB because I think that might cause different problems. But I think keeping regular backups of your plans on a different drive might be a really good idea. If you were to manually save a backup of your plan files at the end of every day, then in theory you would never lose more than a day's work. Of course to do this right you should also test your backups every now and then to make sure they are not getting corrupted either. I keep all my backups on an external hard drive but I don't always remember to do this on a regular basis.

I'm with Mick here in that I got lost in your description of what the problem is. As a general rule, stairs will look the same on the floor above as they do on the floor below as long as they are in an open below room (other than the up arrow will show as a down arrow). f this is not working for you, then post your plan and I bet someone can figure out why. If you actually want it to look different, I'm not sure why but you need to explain it a little bit different. You can change the settings for how they look on different floors when you are using stair breaklines but I don't think this is what you are trying to do.

Yeah, my guess is that this is one of those wall vs. room fights over materials. You probably changed the exterior room material and it is overriding whatever the wall thinks the material will be. Try selecting the "exterior room" by clicking just outside one of the exterior walls (you might need to use "next" to actually get it), and then setting the material back to "use default". Then you might need to select the wall and check to see what material is being used on the exterior surface and maybe set it back to "use default". I think the rule is that if the room has a material assigned, the program will show that. If the room material is set to "use default" then it shows the wall material if it has a material assigned. And if the wall is set to "use default", then it will use the wall type. Simple, right? If none of this helps you solve your problem, then you will probably need to post the plan.

You open the general plan defaults and turn it off. And if you somehow turned it on in your default template plan, you should turn it off there too.

Are you using 25.2? I thought that problem was fixed in the latest update.

I haven't noticed any slowdowns and I haven't heard much on the forums about them either. I also wouldn't put too much importance on what other people are saying or what you saw in beta video from months ago. Why don't you go ahead and try X15 for yourself and see how it performs with your plans on your machine. And if you do notice any performance problems, do everyone a favor by reporting them to Chief.

There is a pretty generic tech article about corrupted files here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00960/message-the-plan-file-you-are-attempting-to-open-appears-to-be-corrupted.html I did a search on the forum and apparently this has only come up a few times over the last several years. Here is a post from 2020 talking about the same problem: My best guess is that this is happening because there is something wrong on your system that is causing the file corruption. If you are saving your files directly to your hard disk, then maybe the hard disk has a problem or is going bad. If you are saving your files over a network, then maybe something is interfering with the save. Could even be a virus or maybe your firewall. Did you change anything on your system or how you save/backup files in the last week? If so, that would be the first thing I would look into. The bottom line is that if the file is corrupted, then there is probably nothing that can be done to recover it. Finding a backup or archive file that not is corrupted is what you are going to have to do. If all of your backups are also corrupt, I'm not sure there is anything else you can do other than to redraw it. Hopefully, you at least have something like a pdf that you could trace over.

By "staining" your framing members, I am guessing that you mean you can blend a color with the framing texture to make it look different. You can take the same color that you are blending with your framing members and blend it with your tongue and groove texture. Unfortunately, they probably won't look exactly the same since the underlying textures are different enough that the blended color can't make them look the same. You could just keep tweaking the color until they are close enough. The other thing you could do is to take the tongue and groove texture into a photo editor and then remove the lines. I don't think this would be very hard to do and then you can use this on the framing and it should match much better.

Since you are new to the forums, you should know that you can't count on Chief employees actually reading any of your posts (especially not on a weekend). If you want to ask them a question or report a bug, you should contact them directly through tech support or customer service. As for the wine cooler problem, I think all you need to do is make the cabinet a little deeper. Then you should be able to place the cooler in it and then you can set the cabinet back to the depth you want. I think this is only a problem when you resize a symbol smaller because the program still treats it like it is the original size and will tell you that it won't fit. The funny thing about this is that if you take a symbol that would normally fit and then stretch it larger so that it shouldn't fit, it will still let you place it. Basically, I think this is a bug so you should probably report it to Chief if you ever want it to change.

1. a picture of what you want would help. 2. there are separate angle controls for the pattern and texture. you probably need to make them the same. 3. the program won't necessarily align the material with the sides the way that you would when you layout tile. you can offset the texture (and pattern!) and sometimes get the layout you want but it's a bit of a pain and sometimes you need to use different materials for different objects or even different parts of an object.

You will also see counter top and toe kick materials. Seems a bit silly since I don't know of any way to add either to a wall cabinet.

I think if you want Chief to consider it, you need to post over here: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/8-suggestions/