JKEdmo

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  1. 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
  2. Ok, good to know. I posted to suggestions. Maybe this squeaky wheel will get the grease. Jim
  3. I think Rachel is looking for a default setting instead of manual adjustment. I don't think there is one, but could be wrong.
  4. Thanks Doug for looking into this. Jim
  5. I'm placing a steel I-beam column in plan. How come the plan graphic does not show as an I-beam? Round, C-Channel and U-Channels seem to show correctly in plan, but Steel-I show as a box? Thanks again, Jim
  6. Awww shucks! Thanks! this was new to me. Jim
  7. Quick question -- Does Chief allow you to assign / paint properties from a wall railing to a stair railing? I have a railing wall defined and would like to quick-apply to my stair railing without having to go into the stair properties and adjusting the railing specs. Kind of think no, but I thought I'd ask. Thanks once again, Jim
  8. I figured it out (pats self on back). I had "Lock Tread Depth" checked. This fixed the run length of the stair. So, I unchecked "Lock Tread Depth" and instead checked "Lock Number of Treads." This allowed me to adjust the curved stair drag points to some cad helper lines I drew. Jim
  9. Good afternoon, Laying out a curved stair. How can define the overall run of the stair to be exactly 90 degrees? As you can see, the stair below is close, but slightly off. I must be overlooking a setting or unclear on technique. Thanks again, Jim
  10. I have drawn up several houses based on Matterport files from my client. (Matterport was the only provided as-built info for a few reasons). I was initially excited about the tech. as it is very whiz-bang. But, after struggling with drawing dimensional discrepancies became less so. I then took a look at Matterport's accuracy claim out of curiousity and it is 1%. This is 6" over 50 feet. To me that's a lot and a lot less accurate than a laser distance finder. That said, I do appreciate Matterport as a possible substitute for site photos. Jim
  11. Thanks for everyone's 2 cents and advice on technique. Good stuff! I think I might propose a convert / explode cad box feature to Chief on suggestions. Maybe they'll consider it. Jim
  12. Neat. But, does this method only work in plan view? I don't think it's doable in a Cad detail (?) Jim
  13. Good morning, Does Chief allow you to convert / explode a Cad Box to a polyline? I'm doing detailing. I use a lot of Cad Boxes, but there are some times I'd like to turn the boxes into adjustable polylines. Using X15. Thanks again! Jim
  14. Brett, I bet you're right. Makes perfect sense. Thanks, Jim
  15. Good morning, Getting this error message trying to access a steel angle from the CAD Block Details and Components bonus content catalog. The Knowledge Base had no info. I deleted the library catalog and reinstalled, but to no effect. Any thoughts? Working with X15. Thanks again, Jim
  16. Thanks Joe for quick reply. Worked perfectly. Jim
  17. Good morning, I've overridden an automatic roof label to add some multi-line text. The new text covers up the roof slope arrow. Any way to fix this? Thank you, Jim
  18. Works just fine for me. I'm using Firefox version 122.0 64 bit. Jim
  19. If you're looking for an email client alternate to Outlook, check out Mozilla Thunderbird. I'm very happy with it. Jim
  20. Kbird, Thank you for directing me to this article. It looks like just the ticket for me. I'll dive into it tomorrow. I was getting a lot of material texture not found error messages and I suspect it might have to do with the OneDrive pathing. So, I hope this will be the fix. In general, I am pretty happy with Windows 11. The big exception being the One Drive integration. Jim
  21. Robert, Yes, I have it checked. Jim
  22. Question towards Windows 11 PC Users: A lot of my Chief program paths are directed toward my OneDrive\Documents folder. The OneDrive folder is a special Microsoft folder used for syncing your PC to the cloud. I turned this off on my PC because I found it problematic, but I guess Chief is still trying to use it. I would like to repath the Chief program paths to my regular local Documents folder. Is this doable and how? Thanks again for your help. Jim
  23. Mark, not sure this is correct. I get the option shown below. I think at the time I decided not to add to library because it was unique to project and I did not want to clutter up my library. Thanks for the file management tips. I'll read through them. Jim
  24. Thanks DBC for quick input. Seems weird that you cannot get at a non-library symbol in order to re-use within a drawing. Do you think this feature would be a reasonable suggestion request? If so, I'll post. Good workaround. I'll try that. Jim