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Price vs. features. I felt it was very competitive compared to other products such as Vectorworks, Autocad Architecture, etc. You might even say I made the jump because of the lower cost.

I'm a Chief newbie and I'd like to add that a big reason I bought X14 was its value relative to its competitors. For what it's worth, that's my two cents! Jim

You might double check the zoning code to see if certain projections above height limit are allowable, eg. chimneys, antennae, etc. Just a thought. Here's an example from project I'm working on. Jim

Oh, I may have figured it out. Is it just a matter of manually dragging the dimension nodes / markers after the dimension is placed? Jim

Good morning, I have a shower enclosure that I'm dimensioning (see screenshot). The wall type is: I'd like to dimension to the shower curb below rather than to the glass above. I'm having trouble finding the setting. Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you, Jim

Ironically, I'm currently working on a similar project with a roof deck and I haven't given vents one thought until now. Thanks for bringing to my attention Alan. Jim

First gut reaction is you probably need to provide a vertical element to house the vent. I have worked on multifamily housing with roof decks and this was handled with a "chimney" to house these vents. But, perhaps others can chime in. Jim

Thanks DB for the tip. Jim

Thanks to all for the workarounds. I sent a feature request to Chief for their consideration. Maybe there are good technical reasons for the current way it works. Seems to me though that the ability to relocate the graphical tag from the camera might be a nice ease of use addition. Jim

Michael, I just discovered that. I changed the default setting in Walls, Pony Wall and got the desired result. Thanks to all for help. Jim

Kelly, The Wall, Railing layer is turned on in my Electrical Plan View. Jim

Good morning, I have a shower curb showing in my Working Plan View. The shower wall is built as framed pony wall below with shower glass above. When I switch to Electrical Plan View, the curb disappears. I just want to switch the layer back on so it shows in Electrical Plan View, but I cannot find the specific layer. I looked under Walls, searched for "partial", "low", etc., but no luck. Does anyone know the name of the layer? Thanks, Jim

Jim, Thanks for the idea. I get it now. Seems like a clever solution! Jim

Thanks Joey for clarifying. Jim

Thank you for your feedback. Sounds like the workaround is to put the cameras on a layer that can be turned off. The callouts can be "dumb" and graphical only. Maybe I'll suggest this to Chief as a possible feature. Seems like a relocated callout could have a reference leader / anchor back to it's actual location in the room. Maybe this reference leader appears when you click on the callout. Jim

When space is tight I sometimes set my interior elevation tags outside of a room. Is it possible to relocate the camera callouts in this way, but still have the cameras remain inside the room to generate the needed wall elevations? Highlight below shows where I would relocate the tags for example. Thanks, Jim

Thanks Scott. I'll take a closer look at this. Would Chief consider giving the user some ability to customize the dimension string order/heirarchy in a future version? My habit is dimensioning from outside in, i.e. overall exterior first, then exterior window and door openings and lastly interior walls. Jim

Thanks Mick. That's very helpful. I'll read up more on dimensions in the manual. Jim

Just getting into automatic exterior dimensions. I like what I see. Is there a setting that specifies the order or sequence of the automatic dimension strings? The result I get (screenshot below) is... 1. exterior overall 2. interiors 3. exterior wall openings (windows) I would like to reverse 2 and 3 so that dimensions in order from exterior to interior. Hopefully makes sense. Thanks, Jim

Thanks Joey. I did just that. Jim

Hello, I'm confused on how to get a continuous railing at the head of this stair. How do I correct this gap? Thanks again, Jim

Thanks. You're right -- a big part of learning the software is learning its limits, then learning the workarounds. Jim

Thanks Michael for your quick reply. Is there any setting in Chief to turn off wall cleanup on a single wall basis? (I believe the answer is no...) Jim

Hello, I have a shower stall with a corner glass door as shown. Two of the walls are pony interior stud walls for the curb with shower glass walls above (centered). The bottom plumbing wall is a full height stud wall. Having issues with the wall merge circled below. I tried "edit wall layer intersections" unsuccessfully. Any hints or tips? Thanks once again for your help, Jim

Thanks both of you. Ha - I patted myself on the shoulder that I figured it out. BTW, I appreciate everyone's patience as I'm coming from the Autocad world and I'm 54 years old. Fun yet frustrating learning new software! Jim