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Glenn - Thanks for the reminder! Fixed.

Hi, Working on a split level and have 2 questions / problems: 1) I can't seem to get an attic room to form below the uppermost roof (shown below with "?" at the left). I have one working for the lower roof (shown with check mark on the right). 2) I often get these exterior wall blips on these split levels. Can I get these to fix by learning a better technique or is it something I need to live with and manually adjust? I'm guessing Chief is having a tough time resolving the wall cleanup with the level offset... Plan attached. Thanks again! Jim CARTWRIGHT - AS-BUILTS.zip

If Chief makes it difficult, you might try printing as PDF then print the PDF to the plotter from (for example) Adobe. Your PDF software might make it easier to print the rotated sheets. Jim

Thanks. I'll make a suggestion. Jim

Unlike some other programs (e.g. Autocad), Chief layers do not have an option to be visible and non-printing at the same time.

Anybody know if the library filter results can be set to display in color? This will help me in selecting items faster. Thanks again, Jim

DB, Yes, I understood. Thanks for the follow-up. After working with Autocad for 30 years or so, still getting used to Chief's features/quirks! Jim

I did this for a new project. Seems to offer more display control. Thanks to everyone for the input. Jim

Thanks Alan. Was just looking for this confirmation. I was thinking maybe in future I should just make my property boundaries a reference file. Maybe this is best practice. That way I should be able to control display of individual layers. Jim

Thank you. I'm still confused how you can turn off an individual layer within a block from outside the block, i.e. if you can at all. Coming from Autocad world. I guess I need to spend some more time with this. Jim

Thanks Gene for the explanation. I find it peculiar that while toggling the display attribute does not affect the layer contained by the block, changing the layer color, linetype, or line weight attribute does. Not sure if I understand that logic, but I guess I'll need to get used to this. Thanks again, Jim

Hello, I created an orange layer called "CAD, SKETCH" for layout / helping lines, etc. in my PLAN files. In today's project, I created a CAD block that happened to include line work on the CAD, SKETCH layer. I noticed if I toggle the layer display, the layer linework turns on/off as expected. But, the CAD, SKETCH layer linework within the CAD block is not at all affected. My question -- how is linework within a CAD block controlled? I'm a little confused here... I hope my question is not too confusing. Thanks again, Jim

Nice! Good luck and stay cool.

I'm a little surprised by this and you might want to double check his claim with your jurisdiction. I took a quick look at your Cave Creek, AZ building department website. They say they're on the 2021 IRC and it seems it is still a requirement to slope garage slabs. In my experience, a slope of 1/8" per foot is about as flat as you can go realistically... Here's excerpt from 2021 IRC:

Here's an idea. I think this came from one of Eric Solver's previous posts. 3 fixed windows units: Sashes turned off. Frames on and set to 2" wide. End units have 2" wide frames all around. Middle unit(s) has frame side width set to 0". When you mull together, looks good in elevation: and plan: I think kind of fussy, but maybe pretty good method. Jim

I'm no concrete guy, but I'd assume so. To achieve the design it'd be a means and methods item and up to the contractor. You could also talk it through with a concrete subcontractor to see if there are any potential issues.

Thanks for your insight TT. Jim

Thanks TT, I think a wonky angle does affect distance. Here's a test door. I move it 18" left with angle not corrected: The result is not a true 18" move: For other objects like bathtubs, lines, text, etc., the tab move angle is orthogonal... So, behavior between objects seems inconsistent to me unless there is some deeper "Chief logic" I don't understand. (This being entirely possible and the reason I use this forum!) Jim

Good morning - I think there's an easy answer to this and probably a setting I'm overlooking. Trying to drag / move a window left and using TAB move to enter distance and angle. Getting weird angles... Is there a setting to lock in the angle to "normal" angles, e.g. 15 degree increments? Thanks again, Jim

Just added. Thank you. Jim

You can create this pattern using "Grid, Offset" under Fill Style. Here's a 12" x 24" running bond pattern:

That worked perfectly. Thank you. Jim

Good afternoon, I've got some partial-height solid railing walls in the middle of my room. How the heck do I get wall base to show up in order to match the room perimeter? Thanks once again, Jim

Thanks for the quick and correct response! Jim

Good afternoon, I created a base building PLAN file with gridlines and 4 structural columns. It looks like this: I added it to my proposed tenant improvement PLAN file as a "background" reference display file. Seemed like a good idea, as I want these base building items to be unchangeable and also available across other plans. However, there are display discrepancies! In the proposed plan, the gridlines come in as continuous lines (not centerlines) and the structural columns do not show their hatch display of concrete with light yellow fill. What's going on? I have attached the PLAN files. As usual, thanks for all the help. Jim files.zip