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I would agree. It's most common to have titleblocks on the right side vertically. If the set is rolled, it means you do not have to unroll the roll to see all the plan set information. Also, using a vertical strip for info means you are left with a more square drawing area on the sheet than if you did a horizontal title block. Those are two advantages I can think of.

I think you need to add a roof:

If you turn on Balloon / Extend through Floor Below for platform intersections for that particular wall it cleans up well. Also, like Shane set you might want to review whether the 3" extension is needed for brick in that wall definition.

This is what I do for switches. For example 3-way switch for stairwell light(s). I'll show a leader line from fixture with arrow and note either "to above" or "to below." Should be clear enough for the electrician.

John, I think the viewer app is "light weight" and meant for tablets and phones. But, I agree that it would be nice if it didn't have a memory limit. If you don't already know, there is a desktop viewer option too which allows the client to view the full model in full detail. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/resources/viewerrequest.php Jim

Hi Ryan, Welcome. The way I might approach this is start with a "nominal" basic wall type definition, for example a 6" wide exterior wall or a 4" wide interior wall. Useful while doing schematics or design development. Later for CDs you could redefine the walls to actual wall width definitions. You could selectively change each wall definition wall by wall or just redefine their wall type definitions so that they reflect actual construction. - Jim

Ben, Thanks for reply. Problem solved. I restarted Firefox which fixed it. - Jim

Anybody having problems loading browser-based 3D viewer models today?

Juliette Balcony. How about doing it as a door shutter? Result seems pretty dang good: 1) Slider door. 2) Select railing from library as the shutter type. Shutter on one side only. 3) Tweak shutter settings for desired result.

I did a quick test roof using the curved roof option (X17 plan attached). Seems promising. I've never done a roof like this before but might point you in the right direction. - Jim TEST ROOF.plan

Thank you. Worked great! - Jim

I have an open stair that continues past an upper wall. Is there a way to force the stair guard / railing to build against the wall instead of the handrail? I'd like the stair guard to be continuous for fall protection. Before: After: Thank you, Jim

Not desirable at least for my workflow. I print to desktop where I then refile where I want it. I think printing to last selected folder has always been the behavior unless I'm mistaken. I've been on Chief since X14. I did look around in print settings / preferences for a setting that might override this, but did not find anything.

Thanks Doug. Good alternative. Now that I think of it, not sure I fully understand why opaque glazing option should not be universal even for interior rooms. I wonder what the logic is?

Thanks Devin (and Kyle) for clarifying. - Jim P.S. Props to Devin for detailed tech support response. I think there are not too many software companies out there that offer this level of service.

That's pretty cool. Did not realize roof and regular polylines can be added together. Thanks for the tip!

I use QuickBooks Pro Timer which came with my Quickbooks 2018 software. Jim

Thanks! Sounds like a bug to me, right? I think I'll send it into tech support and see what they have to say. Jim

Quick question re. draw box symbol creation for the Chief wizards: Will symbol stretch planes work in this case allowing the symbol to re-size to different drawer sizes, or does the symbol need to be built to exact size? (I tried this yesterday with stretch planes and could not figure it out) - Jim

Good morning, This one has me stumped. I have one patio slider whose glazing shows transparent even though I have the opaque window glass option enabled under Vector View. All other glazed windows / doors appear opaque. I had this happen in a previous project and now it's happened once again. Bug? Plan attached. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks, Jim BRUNS - PROPOSED.zip

John, Does your main layer have framing option turned off? I did an experiment where I made a copy of an exterior stud wall and then turned off the framing feature. That killed the framing option for the particular wall type as there's nothing to frame: Jim

Donna, I took a stab at this. I think the trick is to create a custom door. See screenshot below with steps I took. 1) I placed a normal door in a wall in order to size the custom door leaf and wall base. 2) I drew a wall elevation. Over the normal door, I then I drew two 3D solids. One for the door leaf and one for the wall base. Door thickness set at 1-3/8" and wall base thickness at 5/8". In plan, I then positioned the wall base in front of the door leaf. Lastly, I selected the two solids and converted them to a library Symbol with the category "door" (important). 3) This shows the custom door. Interior casing is turned off. You can see that the wall base is integrated into the door leaf. I also adjusted the setting "panel offset" to make the door leaf flush with the wall surface -- otherwise the door is centered on the wall by default. I think you can get much more detailed if needed by messing with jamb, casing, or material settings, etc., but I think this is a good approach. This is the first time I've done this and maybe some of the longtime Chief wizards here can chime in if they have a different method. - Jim

Brian, Thanks for responding and looking into this. Jim

I think you're looking for the Edit Area tools. Read up on this in the Help section. The tool is very useful. - Jim