DBCooper

You can't really have an existing wall and a new wall occupying the same space in the same plan without them having problems. There are a bunch of different ways to handle this better though. The existing walls could be in a different plan and then displayed using reference display or they could be converted into a symbol or they could be converted into cad or even a picture though. Here are some videos that might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/120/remodeling.html

How would the program ever know where to split the framing if you drew more than one joist direction line in the same platform? This is what it does when you add some bearing lines/walls to tell it what you want:

Yes, I agree with you that it seems slower in X16. I guess I hadn't noticed that before.

Wall dialog, structure, uncheck "view wall detail from outside". Should be able to change it in your wall defaults if you always want it like this.

If you post the plan, then someone can see if it still happens in X16 and see if they can figure out if it is something in the plan.

Well there you go, I learned something new today. Now I am glad I didn't give you a hard time about the star light fixture.

So when you build level 2, the program should use cmu walls like you have on your first floor. If you set your "wall resize about" to outer surface before you change them all to brick, then they should be aligned the way you want. The other way to do it would be to make everything in the brick wall part of the "main layer". This might have unwanted side effects though for things like dimensions. Other than that, I think you would have to move them manually to align them.

@kwhitt Yes, nice pictures. You might want to post the things you want on the suggestions forum though. Might also want to add a couple more outlets to that kitchen. @basketballman How are those other area lights different from Chief's area lights?

Try making a copy of the plan and then delete all the stuff that is not related to the walls. I would start with things like furniture, fixtures, electrical, plants, and maybe even any terrain.

The message says you can't change joist direction for a single platform. You can probably get what you need by splitting the platform using a bearing line or room divider or wall set to be a bearing wall or something.

What version are you using? Might be a bug because I am not seeing this problem. I never actually use scroll bars though and had to figure out how to turn them back on just to see if I could. I always use the zoom wheel on my mouse to move around. You can also just click and drag the zoom wheel (or middle mouse) to pan around so for me the scroll bars just waste screen space. One thing that might help is to see if hitting refresh (F5) will bring the screen back. If it's a case of scrolling too far, you can also use fill screen (F6) to put it back on the screen.

You can always make your own: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00767/creating-a-new-material.html

Take a look at your wall type definition for the brick wall. Look at the wall properties and see what the wall layer is set to for the foundation alignment. Also, check to see if there is an offset set. Should be able to get what you want using these settings.

It sounds like all you need is two different views on your layout, one showing the deck framing and the other showing the finished deck. All you really need to do is setup two different layers sets that show exactly what you want for each view and then make sure the layout boxes are using the layer set you want. Just unlinking it from the saved plan view doesn't really change what the layout box shows, it just prevents the layout box from changing if you change any the settings for the saved plan view. It's the layer set that controls what displays in the view. Chief has a bunch of tech articles and training videos about layers, layer sets and using saved plan views. Might be a good time to start digging into this some more.

Check the wall types and make sure you didn't accidently mark them as "partition" walls under the wall properties. If not that, then post the plan so someone can poke around in it.

I couldn't find a way to have this work automatically. I am assuming that you are using "panels" as your railing style. When you have rails and you set them up so that they are offset or the newel posts are offset so that they will miss the post, the program will automatically make them go through. It looks like it won't do this with the panels. I was only able to get the panel to go through if I manually moved the post completely outside of the railing. I would just set the post spacing big enough to get rid of the middle post and put it in manually.

Here is a tech article that might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02772/troubleshooting-library-download-issues.html If that doesn't help, then I would contact tech support on Monday.

Do you have a room under it? If so, then you should be able to just place the light. If not, then try to place it inside the house and then drag it under the roof. If that doesn't work there are other work arounds.

Open the dialog for your wall on the far left. See if you have an "upper pitch" specified on the roof page. If it's not that, then post the plan.

Probably best to start a new thread when you have an unrelated question. Try a search for "roof plan" on this forum.

I don't think trees and other "billboard" images can be converted into symbols. At least I could never make it work. Try creating a solid or a soffit and put the decal image on that instead.

I haven't seen this either but I did have a couple of thoughts... Are you using the latest update? They did release several but I kind of doubt they are going to release any more since I don't think X17 is that far out. Did you ever report this to Chief? Expecting them to fix something without reporting it isn't usually going to work. You might want to post a plan with one of these large blocks to see if other people see the same problem. Could be something in the text or it could just be something going on with your machine.

Personally, I would probably keep X12 installed just in case you need to make some changes to an old plan and don't want to bring it forward into X16. Once you save a plan in X16, you won't be able to open it up in X12 and if you let your subscription run out, then you won't be able to open it at all.

Sounds like an issue for tech support. In the meantime, you could always just use the pdf of the reference manual that you can get here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/documentation.html

Is it possible that you downloaded the X16 version and you are still using X15?