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Jacob - You rock. Thanks! Jim

Good morning, I'm finding the cutouts of the doors in my garage are showing up in my foundation level below. I think there is an "easy" fix to this, but I can't remember(!). Plan attached. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you, Jim LEVEL1: LEVEL 0: PLAN.zip

Yes, thank you. Jim

Kelly, I've come across these wall finish gaps before. But, I never thought to adjust in plan, just in elevation. To clarify, plan is the way to go? Jim

Take a look at the Calculated Fire Resistant method outlined in the CBC, Chapter 7, 722.6 Wood Assemblies. It applies to walls up to 1 hour rating. It essentially allows a way to demonstrate a one-hour wall rating without the need to cite a tested assembly number. I think this method is often overlooked and is easier. Alternately, Section 721 "Prescriptive Fire Resistance" should have a good assembly I believe. Table 721.2(2), Item 15.

Thanks for the pro tip! Jim

Thank you. Jim

Thanks Perry for quick response. I need to explode the bay unit, to get at the Walls / Room, right? Jim

To be honest, I only got in 2-3 years of hand drafting before the office switched to CAD (Spirit Cad). Mid-90s. I envy people who have more hand drafting experience than I do. I think the beauty of hand drafting is its economy -- you learn to shown what's essential and not much more. Kind of opposite of what I call "the Tyranny of CAD", where you are tempted to draw every last nut and bolt regardless of scale. Jim

Bit of a weird one. Is a bay window unit supposed to generate a room label? I know the label is associated with the bay window because when I delete the bay unit the label goes away.

My first job was in Germany with hand drafting. That's the way we did doors at least in schematics. It occurs to me reading the replies maybe it's a European and Oceania thing and therefore not familiar to Americans. Jim

Tea Time - that's great! Thanks again, Jim

Good morning, X14 had a graphical overview of items at the folder level I found really useful: Does anyone know how to turn this on in X15? It does not show at the folder level: Thanks again, Jim

Thank you Ryan for your advice. Jim

In plan, I set the Room Specification / Fill Style option to show an existing diagonal tile pattern in a master bathroom: The pattern fills the defined rooms perfectly, but not into the door opening. Is there a workaround for this? Thanks again, Jim

Thanks Glenn and Ryan for both your input. I guess having a placeholder note off to the side is the way to go. It did not occur to me you can have the note callouts in the cad detail next to the schedule. Seems like that's a good way to have your schedule "preloaded" with standard notes you use before they get placed in plan. Jim

Ok, Joe. I get it. You don't like it. Still, it's a thing. Some people like it graphically, and the OP was interested. Indeed, Autocad and Archicad offer the straight door swing option, so maybe Chief would consider it too. Good night, Jim

It's a carryover from hand drafting. Faster to draw an angled line than an arc. In any case, having another option not the end of the world. Looks good in schematic drawings. Just a matter of taste. Jim

Sometimes see straight door wings on schematic plans. It's a nice look in my opinion. Autocad Architecture has it (see below). Might be something for Chief to consider. Seems like it'd be easy to program, but of course that's an easy claim by a non-programmer. Jim

HI Scott, I don't think that's what I'm looking for, but perhaps my original question was confusing. I'll try to rephrase: Is it possible for a schedule row to have an entry even if there is no note specification associated with it? Reason being is there are times I need to delete every instance of a particular keynote in plan, yet I'd like to keep its numbered schedule row entry and change the contents to "not used." This is usually when I'm responding to permit plan check comments. Hope that makes sense. Thanks again, Jim

I use keynotes in my plans. When I delete the last plan keynote/callout, it deletes the corresponding schedule entry/row. Here's my question - there are times I want to keep the schedule row intact and just rename it to "(not used)." Namely, during permit plan check where I do not want schedule renumbering in order to keep the keynote numbering unchanged and therefore to make the plan reviewer's job easier. How do I keep the schedule row from deleting if the last plan callout is deleted? Do I need to keep a callout "placeholder" off to the side of the plan in order to keep the row entry intact? Thanks again, Jim

Indeed a helpful tip. I also struggled with defining a triangular window recently. If I recall correctly, I instead fussed around in the "shape" category with window side heights... I never thought about an arch setting with zero radius. Why? Because in the real world a triangular window is not arched I suppose. I think this is a good example where Chief could make things a little more user friendly and accessible to the user not wise in arcane workarounds. Maybe add a window shape called triangular? No snark intended. Just my two cents. I am pretty impressed with what you can do with Chief. But, sometimes it seems things are a little mysterious and hidden. Jim

Success! Thanks again Mark and Michael. Jim

Hi Mark - I couldn't make room divider / invisible work for me. As soon as I made the adjacent wall invisible, the starter tread appears. Jim

Thanks DB! Jim