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Thanks Robert for your input. Jim

Good morning, When I back up a project, the zip file is pretty large. No surprised there for a 3D program. I was wondering if people have any best practices for backing up a project, namely is there a way to purge a plan file of unwanted elements, materials, images, etc. before I back up? Thanks again, Jim

Thanks! Jim

No problem. Doppelgaenger, clearly!

Must be a different Oakland Jim. I was not at the event. Jim

Rene, Thanks for your feedback. I see you're in Oakland. I lived there about a dozen years. I miss jogging around Lake Merritt! Jim

Is this a new X15 thing? I'm still on X14. Jim

Good morning, I'm looking for the setting that controls wall siding overlap on floor below. My siding overlaps my concrete slab. See snapshots below. I'd like to turn this off and show the siding stopping at the top of the slab. Once again, thanks for the help! Jim

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