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It's called Edit Active View now.

You can also use F8 (which is how I think some people accidently turn it off).

Welcome to the forum. Here is the best advice I can think of, forget everything you thought you knew about cad. Chief is not autocad (or revit). It's actually much better (in my opinion) but you have to change the way you think and it can be frustrating at first. Stick with it and eventually you will be much more efficient. Start with the videos: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/getting-started/ Ask questions here when you get stuck. Be sure to include pictures and plans with your posts. I am always amazed at how knowledgeable and helpful the people on this forum are.

I agree with Eric, that is not a good solution. My guess is that if you checked "default" for your floor finish and your floor structure, that this might actually fix the problem. If not, then you should really post the plan and I bet someone could figure out in a few minutes what is wrong without all of the guess work.

Take a look at the edit toolbar when you are painting. Are you accidently blending instead of painting (roller vs. spray can)?

My guess is that it is something in your plan, maybe too many symbols? This tech article has lots of good general info: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00521/troubleshooting-slowness-in-chief-architect-plans.html If that doesn't help, then post your plan and I bet someone could figure out what is making it so slow.

Are you using X14 and Premier? If you are not using Premier X14, then you will probably find lots of stuff in the videos that are not in your version. I think that some of the training videos were recorded in older versions and may have not been updated, so this could also be an issue. You could always call tech support and complain if you find a video that is out of date or doesn't work. Is there something in particular that you can't figure out? Asking questions here is always an option. Of course, it really helps if you know how to ask good questions and this has a bit of a learning curve too.

Well, yeah, if you want to cheat.

It's pretty easy to make your own panel symbols. The slats are super easy and the wire is only slightly harder. You just need to make sure that you turn them into millwork symbols and it helps to mark them as fence panels so that you can just drop them on your fence. Take a look at the fence panels that are already in the libraries to see how they are built. There is also a tech article about making custom panels: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02893/creating-custom-balusters-and-railing-panels.html

So use a vector view instead. I have gotten into a habit of always dragging out my camera using my right mouse button. Try using tab.

I think there is a way to do it turning it into a symbol and using it as a window treatment with a curved window on a curved wall. @yusuf-333would probably know how to do it though. You might want to look at some of his old posts.

I didn't say you should, just that you could. You are right about the textures, but textures don't always matter. What I couldn't make work was having 3 rectangular landings stacked on top of each other. I could only get them to work if they are L-shaped.

Why would you copy the plan when you could just copy the layer set? Each view can use it's own layer set.

I don't know much about the mac version but this looks like a video card/driver issue. I would check out this article first: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00106/troubleshooting-3d-camera-view-display-problems-in-chief-architect.html If you can't solve the problem, I would try tech support. According to the web site, the student version also includes support.

I bet you could do it with 3.

Plot lines. In a pinch, I can edit the lines but I try to avoid this as much as possible and only use it as a last resort. I never use view to cad for sections/elevations. This is probably the 2nd least efficient way to do an elevation in Chief. The least efficient way would be to draw it from scratch using the cad tools.

It's not a layer problem. Take a look at his plan and pictures. The vent is already on a layer that is turned off in plan view. The problem is that he doesn't want to see the hole in the wall where the vent is. Moving the vent to the foundation wall doesn't work because it does not look correct in 3d. Using a louvered window instead of the vent symbol will at least solve this part of the problem.

So the foundation vents that come in the core library are window symbols which have always been a little bit wonky. For some reason if you put these in your foundation wall and then move them up to the first floor wall which is thinner, they won't cut out the wall hole correctly (you might want to report this to chief because it seems like a bug to me). I created my own vent using a louvered window and it does cut out the wall correctly. It has the added benefit of being able to turn off the casing on the interior and make other adjustments to make it look more how you want. It will still show up on the foundation floor though. I attached it below if you want to give it a try. I am not sure if there is a better way to make a window show up in a camera view and not show up in a plan view. I know you can change the "window level" which will make it display differently but it won't make it go away completely. I suppose you could always just hide it with cad but that seems like a pain. Maybe someone else has some better ideas. foundation vent.calibz

See if this video helps: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2428/adding-accessories-to-the-backs-of-cabinet-doors-and-drawers.html

You might want to take a look at this thread: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/21560-custom-material-generation-with-substance-player/ I know that you can use substance player to generate your own textures along with all of the associated maps. It works with things like tiles, woods, and fabrics but I don't know if you can use it to do a board and batten texture. If it doesn't, maybe you could make a request for it to do that because it seems like Dustin has been responsive to people's requests. The other thing to consider is using actual geometry for the board and batten siding. I saw someone talking about using wall material regions but they complained about it slowing down the plan. I also heard of someone using a wall framing layer but I don't know how that worked out. There might be other techniques that would work as well but might have different problems.

Select the roof. Use the object layer properties button. Turn off the layer. You might want to review this training video too: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/904/controlling-what-displays-in-3d.html

You could always just say no.

No, I don't think so. You can snap to things on the reference but the dimensions won't stick to them which is why you need the point markers.

Robert's method is probably the fastest, but if you want more control and less work than using solids, just use a cabinet. Set the stiles and rails however you want and then convert it into a cabinet door symbol. Easy peasy. Shaker Panel.calibz

You might be able to get what you want using the lintel and sill settings. You can set the casing width to 3" for the sides, the lintel width to 6" for the top, and if you create a 4" rectangular profile for the sill, you should be pretty close.