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Thanks! That's what I was looking for. Very good tip. Jim

OK, I see inswing and outswing is controllable (I knew that already and spaced out!). But is there a way to reverse the door swing direction on the fly before placement? If there is, I don't know the technique. Thanks, Jim

Regarding door placement tool: Does Chief have any hotkeys that toggle the door orientation during placement? For example, toggle between inswing / outswing and left / right? Thanks, Jim

Sort of related to this topic... I was looking at Alan's problem and immediately thought create a custom window type and name it "direct set." But, then I noticed that -- unlike doors -- there are only predefined window types and no way to add a Library window type. I wonder why Chief does not allow custom windows? Object-wise, they are pretty much the same thing. Am I missing something? Jim

If I may answer. The text size is worked out based on plan scale factor -- 1:48, 1:96, etc. Let's say you want your printed plan scale to be 1/4" = 1'-0". The true scale of that is really 1:48, i.e. every 1/4" printed represents 1 foot in real life (There are forty-eight 1/4 inches in 1 foot). So, the question is how big do I need to draw the text in "real life" CAD size so that on the print sheet it comes in (48 times smaller) at 3/32"? x = CAD text size x / 48 = 3/32" x = 4.5" Other scales work same. For example, 1/8" = 1'-0" is 1:96. So, x = (96)(3/32") = 9" text size. (Note that 3/32" is approximately 10 point font. Some jurisdictions request 12 point font, which is 1/8" size text. You'd just adjust accordingly.) Jim

Thanks! Jim

Thank you both Steve and Jason. I appreciate your quick responses. I guess the trick is just to do manual roofs right away. I'll give it a try. Curious, as "Chief whizzes", do you tend to rely on automatic roofs or do you just do manual roofs? Jim

Good morning, I've been struggling the last hour in getting a vaulted shed roof to plug back into a gable roof. The shed roof portion is a later master bedroom addition built onto a mid-century house. This addition roof drains back to the gable roof of the main house. (It's the short addition below at the top right of plan). Any help would be appreciated. I'm guessing the roofs could be auto-generated, but I'm not understanding the correct settings. I've attached a zipped plan. Thanks again! Jim AS-BUILTS.zip

Thank you. I was trying to understand how the tool behaves, and this helps. Jim

Anybody? Any thoughts on this? Thanks, Jim

Good morning, Maybe a nit-pick, but when I wire up my sconce to a light switch, the auto-wiring goes to the face of the wall sconce globe and not to center of the base, which I would prefer. So, I wind up manually adjusting the arc segment. My question is what controls/defines the snap points of the electrical wiring tool? Is this something defined in the fixture block? Default: My preference: Thanks again, Jim

I'd consider overframing a cricket. It could shed down to the corner. I think you could then hold the roof rake/fascia up to allow drainage below and around. Jim

That fixed it. Thanks for the quick reply! Jim

Plan uploaded. - JimTEST.zip

Good morning, Trying to figure out why I have a second dashed line at the edge of my stair plan about 1/4" outside of the stair width itself. What controls this? Also, the railing seems to align with this too. How can I get the railing to align with edge of stair? Zoomed in: Once again, thanks for your help. Jim

Thanks! Made me laugh, which I needed. Jim

Yes, I did that on purpose. I wanted the 2-story stairwell to have flush walls top to bottom at the interior and no horizontal shelf as you go down the stairs. Alternately, I could do a double stud wall on the upper floor, but I settled on this. But, these non-aligned / non-stacking walls are creating the issue. I built small roofs over the concrete walls to represent flashing. Not certain if this is the simplest or most elegant solution, but seems to work. I appreciate everyone's insight. Jim

Good morning, I have a stairwell that extends from the basement to the first floor above. The basement is below grade. I have my basement foundation walls with full 2x4 furred walls at the interior, all part of one wall type. On the first floor, I've decided to frame my 2x4 stairwell walls directly on top of the furred walls below rather than on the concrete foundation walls. These framed walls will step back from the concrete foundation wall below and will be flashed. Anyhow all seemed great... But, as soon as I built my shed roof over the stairwell, the concrete foundation walls below extended to the new roof above in front of the framed walls. How would you handle this? Would you manually edit the tops of the concrete walls? Another thought I had was build little roofs over the concrete walls -- essentially the flashing -- to stop the walls. Thanks in advance, Jim

Thanks Mick, very helpful. Jim

That's probably the best habit. Along these lines, do you happen to know if Chief ever "retires" libraries or are they more or less always available on their website? Jim

You probably could. I'm on a PC, and the file just winds up in my "downloads" folder, which I empty from time to time. Here's more info on the process: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00090/obtaining-library-content.html Jim

Rick, When I download a new library file from Chief, I just double click the file and it self-installs. Jim

I believe it's caused by this setting under Preferences / Appearance. If you set it to "0" then text will not adjust when you scroll in or out.

Alan, my interpretation is with a sprinklered residence and garage, there is no requirement addressing the door leaf construction. Only the hardware -- the door must self-close and -latch. You could contact the building official for a verdict. That said, I would be inclined to call out a 20 minute or solid core door that is self closing and latching even if the house is sprinklered. It's not much extra money and you can always exceed the code requirement especially when it comes to life safety. Jim

Good afternoon, I have a keynote schedule table and am looking to vertically align the keynote callout to the top of the cell. Is this possible? I looked and couldn't find an option. Thanks once again, Jim