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Trying to add a custom muntin pattern to an arched window... I drew the linework, blocked it, but when I load it as a custom muntin pattern into the window, the muntins go a little crazy and extend too far. Any tips in getting this to play nice? I suspect there might be some rules of thumb / best practices to drawing the line work "just right" for the muntin tool. Blocked line work (before): Custom muntin result (after): Thanks again, Jim

You can do it yourself. File online with the US Copyright Office. I did one back in 2016. I recall it was pretty easy and the fee was reasonable. Jim

Just do it in Windows Settings. Windows 11 below. Probably similar in 10. Jim

Search for "mulled windows" in Help. Also, look at the online videos Chief has available for Doors / Windows. Jim

Nvidia now has the Nvidia App. You can download from the Microsoft store. It allows you to update to the latest video driver pretty easily. I have Windows 11 with an RTX 3080. Jim

I think you can Copy and Paste them over. Give it a try.

Larry, You might need to download the Bonus Catalog / Exterior Roof Attachments: Jim

You might check out this recent thread with a similar condition. See if there is useful info there. Jim

Brilliant! Worked very well. Thanks, Jim

Great idea. Thanks!

Have you checked out the tutorial videos? I think these are often overlooked. There are many help videos for roofs: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/95/roofs.html

Today I wanted to select all walls of a certain type (Interior 4 - NEW) in order to change to another type (Interior 4). I thought you could do this with the restrictive selection tool (with certain filters?), but I could not figure it out. I only got so far as selection all walls... Can somebody clue me in on this please? I think I'm missing something important with this tool. Thanks again, Jim

That's correct. They are typically inswing I believe. I worked a while in Germany -- super common there. Great windows.

Radical! I've got some homework to do. Thanks, Jim

Is there an easy way to have a "dummy" place holder for a deleted schedule item? For example, if I delete a door from a door schedule I often like to keep the schedule line item and mark it as "Not Used." This is to keep the overall schedule numbering order / total count unchanged. I feel this helps the plan checker or GC in keeping track of changes and is better than renumbering the entire schedule. Would be interested if anyone has a good method for this. Thanks again, Jim

Thanks Rob for the input. Jim

No, it's just attic.

I struggled with a tray ceiling earlier today and wound up just making it as a 3D solid due to time. I have not used the tool much, but have watched the videos. Just a simple grid / box dropped 6" from the ceiling plane as shown in white below: I was wondering... a) Will the tray ceiling tool work for this layout? I just couldn't get it to work. It seemed to me that the tray tool wants to work from the room outside perimeter in. I could not figure out how to have a tray at the room interior with a perimeter of unchanged ceiling height around it... b) if not, what's the best way? Thanks again, Jim

Thank you sir. Drawing Sheet Setup it was. D'oh! I had accidentally change my drawing scale to something weird. Changed it back and that fixed it. Jim

Good morning, For one of my projects the display line weights have "suddenly" become very fat: As opposed to this below -- another project -- which looks normal to me: Both are PLAN files with Line Weights turned on. This happened "suddenly", so I feel like I may have changed some obscure line weight setting that affected the problem PLAN file only (not global). Any thoughts? Thanks again, Jim

I don't know if you can override the primary format for a single dimension within a dimension string with multiple dimensions. But, you can create a separate dimension, override the primary format and drag it into place. Here's a screenshot. Circled in red is the single dimension whose primary format I overrode to show inches:

Layout boxes are transparent. Content will show through.

One crazy thought -- could you do it with 2 superimposed layout boxes? One behind with black and white live view with all annotation turned off. One in front with only annotations turned on and in color?

Well, it turns out you can use the batt box tool within the pattern maker tool to create a repeatable batt hatch. Nifty.

Ed, I messed around with the CAD pattern maker tool to create a custom "S" hatch. You could then use in a polyline fill (See #1 below). Seems graphically pretty good IMO. You might be able to fine-tune the pattern so it reads better. Unrelated to your question, but #2 below also shows same hatch in an exterior stud wall as a quick experiment. (I've been wanting to use this for my exterior framed walls so that the hatch is automatic and therefore no need for the somewhat tedious batt tool).