JKEdmo

Members
  • Posts

    512
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by JKEdmo

  1. 28 minutes ago, rlackore said:

    ('m done trying to develop complex sites using Chief terrain tools - it just isn't worth the frustration). 

    Thanks for the input.  I'll have to consider.  I probably should watch the Chief site plan training video one more time as a refresher.

  2. 27 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

    I think the answer to this depends a bit on HOW you are drawing up your site plan

    I'd like to develop a full 3D site plan.

     

    28 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

    I usually draw all that stuff in the current plan file and then if the house needs to move, just group select or Edit Area and move the underlying site plan stuff in relation to the house instead of the other way around.

    Good food for thought.  Thanks!

  3. Good morning,

     

    Working on a large new house on a large lot.  I'll have to develop the site plan soon.

     

    Should I include the site work as part of the house plan file or draw it up separately and bring it in as a reference display?

     

    I suspect there's a chance that the house will move on the site before we finalize its location.  My inclination is to keep the site plan as a separate file.

     

    What do you recommend?

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Jim

     

  4. 9 hours ago, SNestor said:

    @JKEdmo Jim - you could also design that overhang as I've shown in the attached screen clip.

     2024-03-15_10-16-53.thumb.png.32894f75781dd3fac45bb74e356ef230.png

     

    Also...open defaults and make a change to the "3D View Defaults". Have the "sun follows camera" box checked. This will make it so you always have sun on the face of the building you are looking at. Makes life with Chief much better...:)

     2024-03-15_10-09-51.thumb.png.8c2589171d5620d7ebf605933470bd59.png

     

    Steve - thanks for your good tips!

     

    Jim

     

  5. 1 hour ago, Mark3D said:

    See if that is any better i got rid of gable line as it was stopping roof on soak tub room and used Make roof base polyline and tweek it at the problem wall intersection, so now auto roofs will only build to roof base polylines so if you change your model you will need to change roof base polylines

    BASSETT 2 - PROPOSED.zip 7.72 MB · 1 download

     

    Thanks Mark for looking into this.  Much appreciated.  I'll take a look at your tips tomorrow.

     

    I wound up proceeding with manual roofs, but I would like to get better at auto roofs.

     

    Jim

     

     

     

  6. 10 hours ago, Mark3D said:

    gable line

    Mark,

     

    I'd like the valley to occur farther down the plan so there is one ridge on the main gable running left/right, but thanks for pointing me in the direction of this roof tool I wasn't aware of.  I think it's exactly meant for the problem I have.  I'll play around with it and see if it works.

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Jim

  7. 1 minute ago, Kiwideziner said:

    Jim why is that roof plane that has the arrow drawn on it not 1 plane right across.??

    Graeme,

     

    Do you mean this?  It should go across, but that's the result auto-roofs is giving me.  This is the thing I'm trying to correct.

     

    Jim

     

    image.thumb.png.8b859a31383e3a88399f8e13aab940b5.thumb.png.c8c526022fa72faba926445411208f91.png

     

  8. I'm trying my hand at auto rebuild roofs and have a problem with an offset valley:

     

    image.thumb.png.8b859a31383e3a88399f8e13aab940b5.png

     

    Here's a sketch below with the plan and roof planes shown:

     

    image.thumb.png.d64b0c0bda73e2cccfec2180027e4fce.png

     

    I have a smaller gable intersecting a larger gable.

     

    1. The valleys formed left / right of the ridge are not meeting together because of a slight stagger / offset.  I think I know what's going on, but don't know how to correct it...
    2. On the left side, the valley is forming correctly directly over the intersection of the face of studs (shown by orange construction lines).
    3. On the right side, the valley is instead forming over the wall break point, which is where I change from a hip to a gable wall and also happens to be at the centerline of interior wall meeting the exterior walls.  This appears to be causing the misaligned valley.
    4. I'd like to shift the wall break down to mirror left side condition.  However, this wall break keeps snapping back to interior wall centerline.  Ideas?

     

    I hope this is clear enough, but I can upload the plan if needed.

     

    Thanks again!

     

    Jim

     

     

     

     

     

  9. On 3/11/2024 at 11:57 AM, Joshlapp95 said:

    folding Airplane Hanger door.

    Tim from Design Build Solutions posted a recent video that might give you some insight and tips.

     

    He shows a window solution, but probably relevant for a door too.

     

    Jim

     

     

     

  10. 17 minutes ago, builtright3 said:

    Thank you for the help, Jim, I really appreciate it.

    You're welcome.  A lot of Chief things are still a bit of a mystery to me, but I'm enjoying the program.  It's pretty nuanced.

     

    Jim

     

     

    • Upvote 1
  11. 2 hours ago, builtright3 said:

     

    Im sorry it is not easy to exsplain. Here is what im refering to. How do you open your notes?
    image.thumb.png.3928393b1d14c17fd8f4cbb8f4d355f8.png

     

    In my case I had my text notes as a separate CAD detail.  (I think this is best practice per forum advice).  That's what DB Cooper was referring to.

     

    The settings of this CAD detail were affecting the text note text sizing.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Jim

     

     

    image.thumb.png.4ef7809728ebed448d47094b39a7e459.png

     

     

  12. 1 hour ago, builtright3 said:

    something to do with the way I have the section layers setup

    Joe,

     

    I had a similar problem last year.  The layer / text style was creating the problem.

     

    Perhaps this is the solution:

     

     

    Jim

     

  13. I bet this is an easy one, but I'm still confused on how to accomplish.

     

    I'd like to add the dimension toolbar button to my Layout screen similar to what I have on my Plan screen. 

     

    Current LAYOUT:

     

    image.thumb.png.188fa67019cee3cb21310bff2d62385d.png

     

    Current PLAN:

     

    image.thumb.png.857dc20971dafc824ce103dacd1e66ff.png

     

    Thanks again and have a great weekend!

     

    Jim

     

     

  14. 7 minutes ago, cbucks said:

    Jim that looks great how did you create a custom angle baluster?

    The railing tool allows you to select a Library object for the baluster.  I just drew a skewed polyline, converted to solid, and then converted to millwork symbol while adding to Library.

     

    Here's a tutorial that should help:

     

    https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02893/creating-custom-balusters-and-railing-panels.html

     

    Type "custom baluster" in Chief's search and you'll get a lot of results.  I think if you spend some quality time on this you can get a good result.

     

    Jim

  15. Here's a thought -- could you have two layout boxes "stacked" on top of each other with duplicate views but different visibilities and render styles?

     

    View 1 with everything as glass house and View 2 with only the solid object on its own layer visible?

     

    Jim

     

    • Like 1