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Thank you for your quick help. Jim

Good morning, What's the quickest way to query a room's area? Wanted to get my crawl space area shown below. I figured I'd open the Room Specification box and presto, all the data will be there under the "General" tab just like a Polyline, but no such luck. Any tips? Thanks once again, Jim

If you search for phrase "heel heights" in the forum, there are a number of posts that might help. Jim

Thanks, I figured out the technique. Snap to center of wall then pull line ends to each jamb edge. Seems to work well. Jim

Are Chief wall plan hatch directions always based on the direction of the wall? See masonry wall snapshot below. Is there an option to set the hatch direction so it is fixed "globally" in one direction like hand-drafting? P.S. I first thought that Chief hatch directions might be always object based, but I did a little test with a hatched polyline box. The hatch patterns there seem to behave "globally". Thank you, Jim

That's what I figured. Do you think this a feature people want, or is it easy enough to just deal with it? Jim

Rich, I think that's what I already do. But, I found I needed to manually input some of the new materials from my wall in order to exactly match same materials in existing walls. Jim

I too didn't know they were called "floating" until earlier today! Seems very "ethereal." Jim

Quick question - I wanted to know if there is a way to bring over a whole layer definition from an existing wall when I am building a new wall type? For example, if I want my "lap siding" from another wall -- complete with pattern, texture, fill and thickness -- can I say copy/paste it into the new wall type? The reason I ask is Autocad Architecture (my basis of reference) allows this and I was hoping Chief does too. It is a bit of a time saver. Thanks again, Jim

Michael, This tool: It's like a regular dormer, but without framed walls below. Jim

Ausgezeichnet! Thank you for the tip. - Jim

Good afternoon, I created some floating roof dormers. However, I would like these to be faux "dummy" dormers with no roof openings, i.e. overframed on top of the roof. I cannot figure out how to delete the roof openings below. A tip would be appreciated. Thanks again, Jim

Thanks Bob for the tip. I was wondering if you can snap to the midpoint of the door jambs themselves in plan, but it appears no. I guess I'll have to eyeball it. Jim

Good morning, I often draw cad lines at door openings to show a finish flooring change. Is there a way to snap to the midpoint of the door jamb casing to accurately place the line? I'm finding no, but maybe I'm overlooking something. Thanks, Jim

Thanks for looking. I'll read up on your tips. Jim

Thanks. I clouded the intersection. Jim TEST.plan

Hmmm, I'll rephrase. I guess my question is about how Chief resolves these tee intersections. When my walls are set up with main layers defined like this: Why does Chief resolve the intersection like this, with an offset intersection. The 3 main layer planes do not intersect. Is this a quirk or maybe I'm missing something? If quirk, maybe the question is more for Chief as you said. Thanks, Jim

Eric, I suppose curious if this is "normal" behavior or if I'm doing something wrong. I know about the manual edit layer tool. So, I know about that fix. I guess I would have expected automatic cleanup to happen at the intersection of main wall layers... Thanks, Jim

Good morning, Quick question about wall cleanup behavior. I have 3 exterior wall types coming together in a T condition. 2 same and 1 similar (grey fill): They have their main layers defined as outer face of stud. I select each separately below to illustrate this: What I don't understand is why the wall cleanup occurs at the middle of the wall and not at the face of studs of the 3 walls. In other words, my expectation would be the grey solid would stop at the right side where the intersection of the 3 main wall layers occurs and not in the middle of the tee intersection. Your insight would be appreciated. Thanks again, JIm

I'm a licensed architect so professional enough I suppose. In my case I was quite happy with Autocad Architecture having used it for years. However, the aggressive price of Chief convinced me to try their product. Cost was not the only factor, but it sure helped.

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