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John, I used the reference display tool to show multiple buildings on a common site plan recently. However, I believe it has some (big) limitations. For instance, if you send to layout an elevation view with camera view plot lines option enabled the elevation will not show the referenced buildings. Similarly, if you export the plan to a Chief 3D viewer file, the referenced buildings will not show in 3D. Is this your understanding too? Thanks, Jim

I took a stab at this Joe. My approach was to stack 2 doors on top of each other. One door is nonscheduled and is used to show the dashed door above in plan and the other is scheduled and shows the door shut in plan and in 3D. I played with horizontal panel offset values on both to get it to look right. I was not able to get the door to show open in 3D. Bit of a kludge but might work for you. Plan attached. I grew up in a house with this type of garage door, but have not seen one in a while. Seems like sectional doors are now the thing. Jim TEST - GARAGE DOOR.plan

I could be wrong -- I'll let other chime in if I am -- but I believe the schedule will not renumber unless a) you force it to by pressing the renumber button or b) add a new window (in this case the new window will take on the first "unused" number of the schedule). I feel a "lock renumbering" checkbox could be very useful for schedules. Maybe you could suggest this to Chief? Jim

I agree for plan view. I'm not sure what controls the display for this -- if at all. I noticed there is not a way to display door hardware in plan unless I am missing something. Maybe the long time Chief pros can chime in on this.

My approach - I took a door object and converted it to a millwork symbol. I placed the door hooks correctly onto this symbol. I then selected both items and then converted them to a new library door symbol. This new symbol can be used for a door panel. See attached. What I could not figure out is how to display the hooks in plan. Not sure if this is possible given door display options. Jim DOOR TEST.plan

This reminds me of similar situation when I want to keep the numbering of plan keynotes / keynote schedule unchanged during the permit plan check process. There are times when I need to delete an item in the design. But, if the keynote goes away, so does it's corresponding entry in the note schedule. The solution I came up with was to keep the keynote and revise it's text to read "(Not used)." I then drag the keynote way off to the side of the floor plan and add a text reminder not to delete the note from the project. In this way I can keep the original keynote schedule row entry and the schedule from renumbering. Furthermore, it maintains a clear record of a deleted schedule item for the plan checker. So, I wonder if something similar can be done with a window. Don't delete the window but move it off to the side in a placeholder wall. Might be a way to define its properties so that it reads "not used" in the window schedule. But, I think an easier way is just do a strike out over its particular schedule row -- Here is a rectangular hatched polyline with label "not used" over the schedule row item: Bit of brainstorming / stream of consciousness session, but might work for you. Jim

Have you looked at Chief's free tutorial videos on site plans? They have probably a dozen videos that are very helpful.

Don't forget the Chief resources! https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/6125/shed-roof.html?playlist=95

Windows repair might work. I'd try that first as it worked for me. Discussion here:

Contact tech support. It's part of your subscription.

Levina, You'll have to do your homework. I recommend you start here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/101/terrain-and-site-plans.html Chief also has a tutorial guide available: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/documentation.html Jim

Yeah, that's what I meant.

Discussion here:

here's the result of b) above:

Shane, a) you could create your DW / cabinet combo in an X16 plan and copy/paste it forward into your X17 plan (old school). b) you can modify a base cabinet to show back panel only. Here, below, I show a base cabinet where I have turned off toe kick, done an appliance opening for the front face, and for the left and right panels I have selected "none." I would think this would work for your situation.

OK, I figured it out: Turns out I needed to update the Angle / Quadrant Bearing setting for each floor level. Once I did that the angle bearings showed correctly. The CAD Defaults setting is unique to each level. Learned something new today. Jim

Looks like the floor plan is a polygon. There is a Polygon Shaped Room tool in the Build menu drop down. Try that.

Hello, I created my lot boundary lines on level 1 with the CAD polyline showing length / quadrant bearings. I added my North Pointer and rotated to true north. The lot boundaries updated correctly to show true bearings. All well and good. Level 1: Then, I blocked these lot lines for convenience in order to copy across multiple floors as I'd like to show lot lines, setbacks, etc. on different levels. My problem is the lot boundary bearings do not show correctly when I copy/paste to the new floors. Even if I add a new north pointer to the level is does not work. Other levels: Your insight appreciated. I suspect North Pointer does not play well with blocked polylines. (I also swear I figured this out before but I just cannot remember!) Thanks again, Jim

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I think you are in good hands with Robert. Follow his tips to get the hang of it. I did a quick import of your DWG into an X16 metric plan template with units set to meters. Attached is the .plan result. It appears to be scaled correctly. For example, the parking stalls measure out to be 3 meters in width exactly (same as Autocad file). DWG IMPORT - X16.zip

Post the DWG and I can take a look at it. Jim

Have you seen this? Just tried for first time. Neat.

Yes, it might be an optical illusion. The stair does looks like it might have different radii, but the coffered ceiling directly above looks like it could be circular.

It is possible to break the curved stair into multiple segments and have different radii for each segment:

Can you use Edit Area (All Floors) to copy-in-place the content of one plan into the other?