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Good morning, I've created a site plan with various tiny house units populating my site terrain model using the reference display (they are all separate PLAN files): I then created a site section and sent this section view to a layout sheet. My problem -- the units do not show up in the section view. The Camera View Option is set to Plot Lines. However, when I set the Camera to Live View, the units show up: I prefer Plot Lines. Is Chief unable to generate any lines from Reference Display object? Your insight appreciated. Thanks, Jim

I have a 3080. There are newer drivers available. You might try those. Jim

I don't want to. I am duplicating topo lines from a survey drawing and I want them to closely match, so hence the manual input. I found that the auto-generated terrain contour lines don't match close enough for my purposes. Jim

Just out of the box output. I don't know anything about macros, but your second suggestion works perfectly. Thanks for that fix! Jim

Good morning, How do I change how my elevation line labels read? I'd like decimal feet with no decimal point and units for example 88 as opposed to 88.00 ft. Note that what's shown are manual terrain elevation lines and not contours. Thanks again, Jim

I suppose a solution for Ed would be to turn off the callout option in the Camera and just use a "dumb" callout. Maybe not the most elegant...

I think this is for a simple callout only. But, I don't think it's available for the callout option of the Cross Section / Elevation Specification.

Confirmed your original understanding, right? Glad it worked out.

Thanks for the tip!

thank you!

Thanks! Jim

What's the best way to do a swimming pool (simple rectangular / one depth)? First time sticking my toe in the pool. Thanks, Jim

I turned ALL LAYERS ON. Looks like it's a wall on a special electrical layer:

Look into the Custom Muntins tool: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00930/creating-custom-muntins.html

Elaine, Take a look at the Ceiling Plane tool. This might get you what you're after. Also, there is a series of Ceiling tutorial videos under the User Center on the Chief website. Jim

Step lights also in a Bonus Catalog here:

Tubular skylights are from a bonus catalog:

Thanks for the good tip. Jim

Thanks Eric for clarifying. Jim

This is how I understood the procedure after reading the help file: In my PLAN view, I place a temporary point as an alignment reference: On my layout sheet, I place another temporary point as the destination reference point... When I send to layout, the layout box will align at those two points. Is this correct? Jim

Another forum discussion touched on plans (layout boxes) aligning exactly from page to page. To achieve this I currently just copy/paste/hold position my layout box to the new sheet and update the view. But, can somebody explain to me how the other "Snap to Active CAD Point" method works in order to get exact positioning (or point me to a video)? I tried this but couldn't quite figure it out. I figure it's time I learned. Thanks, Jim

Thanks. I did not know about that tool. I'll give it a try! Jim

Does Chief have a site stair tool, where the stair follows/ conforms to the terrain? I need to do a railroad tie stair... How do you usually do site stairs? Do you just use the regular stair tool and finesse it? Jim

Thanks for your input. Jim

Shane, You have a standard keynote table (text?) as one CAD detail that you bring into the layout sheets where needed. You use "dumb" callouts or tags in the PLAN files that refer to the keynote table. Did I understand your method correctly? Thanks, Jim