DBCooper

You can only attach plan files to this forum if they are less than 14MB. Typically the only way to get them that small is if you first delete all of the stuff that isn't related to the problem (like fixtures and furniture but you might need to delete a lot more) and then make a compressed archive file (such as a .zip file). You need to make sure the plan is closed when you make the zip file otherwise it will be empty. The other thing you can do is put it online somewhere and then post a link to it. Both dropbox and google drive are pretty popular for this kind of thing.

I don't think the restrictive selection tool looks at the "wall type". I think it only looks at other wall settings like attic, railing, invisible, etc. You might want to play around with a wall schedule instead. By default, it will group all of the walls based on the "wall type" and then you can use the "open row objects" tool to edit them all at once.

Open up a room dialog and go to the structure page. Take a look at the slab pour number for the floor. Now open the wall dialog for each of the walls that are around the room and go to the foundation page. Take a look at the slab pour number for the footings. My guess is that you have a wall somewhere that is using a different pour number than the room is using. The program doesn't seem to like that so try making them the same. If that doesn't help you solve your problem, then post your plan.

Not that I know of. Elevation views will always display the materials and plan views will always display the fill styles. About the only thing that I can think of that is even close is that in an elevation view you can use the "auto detail" tool to generate filled polylines for things like wall insulation. You may want to send in a feature request.

It looks like you are setting the material emissivity. The light itself has settings for how bright it is. Try changing the light intensity instead. If that doesn't help, then post the plan.

I would make either the left or right side "match front" and then turn off "flat sides" for the toe kick, and that should get you close to the look you want. The nice thing about the "match front" is that when you modify the front face then the other side will update automatically.

Also, depending on what you want to do with it after, you could convert it directly into a symbol.

Assuming you are trying to use the real time raytracing using your video card and not the CPU raytrace, this tech article might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00106/troubleshooting-3d-camera-view-display-problems-in-chief-architect.html If not, then you might want to try tech support.

Go to your drawing sheet setup and make sure plans have the same sheet size, drawing scale and line weight options. If it's not one of those settings it could be the layer set.

Open up the ALDO. Find the layer that you are looking for. If it has a "+", then that means something on the layout is using it. Right-click on the layer and you should see "find objects on layer" in the context menu. "Find objects on layer" should take you to the object using it.

Just to be clear, Chief has some grass materials in the library and these can't be applied to grass regions but they can be applied to other objects, like terrain features. Chief also has a bonus library of grass regions that can be downloaded and then you can place them directly into a plan. You can also create your own custom grass regions in a plan and add them to your library for re-use in other plans. I misunderstood your original question and thought you were trying to apply a grass material to a grass region.

Maybe you accidently deleted that camera at some point? Regardless, if the camera is missing then you can't update the view. You should probably find the layout box with the missing view, recreate the camera and view, and then either relink the box to the new camera or just resend it.

I don't think you can specify the resolution when using "export picture" from a floor plan view like you can with camera views. You just get the current screen resolution. You could try exporting as a pdf or a dwg instead.

When you create a "grass region", the program generates the grass for you. You can change the way it looks by changing the various settings. If you have made one you like, you can add it to the library and then place it into other plans. You can't apply a grass material to it though. You can also create a normal terrain feature and apply a grass material to it. The grass region will look much more realistic though.

If you don't actually save the camera after you create a new view, then it can go away automatically when you close the view. Check your project browser and see if they are still there. If they are, you can right click on it and use "edit view" to see what layer they are on and then check to see if that layer is turned on the current layer set for your floor plan view. If you still have them in the plan, and the layer is turned on, then they may be off the screen or hidden by some other object. If none of that helps, post the plan.

As far as I know, "bumping/pushing" has nothing to do with cabinet fillers.

You can turn off auto fillers in your general cabinet defaults but I don't think that's your problem. If you had them turned off, they wouldn't come back. Must be something else going on in your plan but I have never seen that before. You should post your plan or send it to tech support.

You could probably just use polyline solids. These might help get you started: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02925/using-3d-polyline-solids.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/249/editing-a-solid-to-create-a-fireplace-and-chimney.html

You should probably post a picture of what you are seeing. If you're looking at the second floor and the roof over your bonus room is on the first floor, it will show in your floor overview. You might get what you want by either changing the roof planes to display on the floor above or by just turning off the roof layers in your floor overview.

3 words: backup entire plan. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00987/using-the-backup-entire-plan-layout-tool-to-send-files-to-another-user.html

No and you would need to ask Chief why it works the way it does.

I think Anders is right. If you change the "number style", then you can type in dimensions using the units it is set to. I thought it only worked for dialog boxes but it looks like it also affects the various places where you can type in the dimensions in plan views. Keep in mind that it is only temporary so the next time you start the program you will have to reset it. Also, not sure why you want to work with angle snaps off but this can lead to problems with walls that might be slightly off angle. And it looks like those other symbols are telling you that you have a short unconnected wall that you might not want.

I think it is all or nothing for the whole wall. You can change your material list polyline to include intersected objects or contained objects but that won't really help in your case. The only way to get the drywall on one side is if the wall is included but then you also get the drywall for the other side. It would be so much easier if you could just setup your material list from room to include the drywall. You might want to send in a feature request for this.

I think that is pretty easy if you send the view using "plot lines" but that isn't really a live view anymore. You might be able to get pretty close using technical illustration instead of a normal vector view. Maybe someone else has some better ideas because I can't think of anything else at the moment.

What a super confusing thread. It's like overhearing only one side of a phone conversation in a public place. I can only assume that the person that was posting responses decided to delete their posts for some strange reason. Please don't do that because no one else can figure out what is going on. If you don't want to post publicly, then just send the poster a private message instead.