Mackenzie

Hello, I Imported a tile into chief from a manufacturer website but I'm having trouble getting the pattern properly represented in the camera view, I usually have been able to find a large enough photo to get the right repeat pattern but in this case they only had a single photo available. My problem is that the tile Is laying out as a straight stack and we need 1/3, I was able to get the pattern to show correctly but cannot figure out how to get the texture to display the same, is it possible to do this in chief without using an outside custom tile creator? Thank you for your time and any help is appreciated!

It looks like at least part of that problem with the roof removing siding and sheathing was due to the roof line being at an angle from my messing with it at some point, I did reset all the top and bottom heights how you showed in your video and it didn't seem to cause any other issues, it even fixed an issue I had with a drywall corner not rendering near the stairway but my handrail does still poke through the floor but that's likely a problem for another day. If you have the time would you be able to show me also how to get the window wrapped in tile after I build the half wall set as a partition?

Thank you very much, that should get me where I need to keep the design process moving, I'm sure there were a lot of issues with manually sizing the walls but I was struggling quite a lot with getting the roof to look right and just went with what looked close enough but that lead me to these issues. If I manually resized the walls to be correct would that avoid having the issue with not showing siding on the exterior or is that just something I should avoid doing whenever possible?

There are most certainly at least some bad modeling practices going on here. No need to sugar coat it if it's easier to get your message across I'm still fairly new to the program and looking forward to improving. Remodel Design Geary Idea copy.plan.zip

Hello, I'm currently working on a shower with a window and knee wall on the same wall, I have two problems and help with either would be greatly appreciated. The first problem is that when I drew a straight half wall and butted it to the exterior wall it changed the size of my window opening (how much drywall was cut out around the frame) and also where it intersects the perpendicular wall it removes the drywall above. It also removed my custom backsplash that was drawn around the window which is odd but I'm assuming I can just add it back. My second problem is that I cannot figure how to display a window so that wall tile wraps around the inset of the window and ends tight to the window frame, I've tried all the window frame options and when I try to change the frame to tile material it impacts the entire window no matter which paint tool I use. this is a less important issue but would be great to learn how to fix at the same time. Thanks again for any help, I'd be happy to watch any videos that might teach me as well but there are too many for me to pick one to start with.

Thank you, I was phrasing my forum searches poorly and not finding any good answers but this will get me fixed up. I appreciate the help.

I've placed a Kohler sink into this vanity top and cannot figure out how to resize the opening cutout without resizing the entire sink and maintaining the misalignment. I'm assuming it's a simple solution I'm overlooking but could someone tell me how to resize the cutout to be correct?

That is correct and thank you, some of the historic homes in our area give chief or rather me an exceptionally difficult time but I learned a lot from those that are helping here.

I did end up doing this. It worked well, thank you

After a fair amount of Trial and error I was able to accomplish it by holding the top position and doing best fit in the object menu, after that I could lock the number of treads, readjust the size of the stairway and lock the kite heights before repositioning them. I ran into many other issues but wouldn't have known to star without your help so thank you very much. This may not be quite the right way but it worked for this purpose and I'd like to try your CAD method another time. My only problem now is that I don't know how to remove the base moulding because the open stairwell dialog wasn't working from the stairway so I had to manually put the hole in, would you mind telling me how thats done?

I didn't realize the post after yours was from a different person, I've nearly got it but have a problem where the stairs start falling apart after resizing the angled portions

This is certainly getting me a lot closer but my problem now is that after making that piece into a rectangle the stairs start falling apart when I move one piece, I ended up deleting my old staircase and fully replacing with the new U shape but I saved before trying to learn this if it's better to work off the old one. I think I've nearly got it but need a bit more help.

Good afternoon, I'm struggling getting these stairs to match the home and feel like it might be a simple solution I'm overlooking. In the existing build the top landing has two steps on the landing at an angle instead of having another set of stringers that would jut into the adjacent room like in my render. I could delete the intruding treads and get away with faking the rest of the model but when I do that it collapses all of the stairs which is a bigger issue so I need help putting the last two steps on the landing itself at an angle, is there a way to do this? I may not have described it well but did my best at drawing a photo of how it should look from what I remember. Thank you in advance, any help is appreciated!

That was exactly what I needed, thank you for the help!

Hello, I'm trying to represent a crewed in porch by changing a single one window into a screen but when I apply the screen to the glass pane it becomes Luminous and no longer see through, do you know why that is or if there is a better tool for created a screened in room in Chief architect? based on the material selector it looks like this should work but I'm getting effectively getting a new light source instead, I've tried adjusting and turning off the sun but that didn't seem to make a difference. Thank you in advance for any help!

one more question and I'll have it, what is the best way to make the opening to the box window a cased opening like in the photo?

Thats great, Thank you

Hello, I'm looking for help making a box window that has a window only one wall and no side windows but can't get it figured out. I attached an screenshot to help illustrate, any help is appreciated and thank you!

small additional question, what is the quick Icon under the edit toolbar? I looked for the word quick under the edit drop down from the top but think I'm misunderstanding

That Is a great Idea, I didn't realize I could drag those off to a separate screen but that's going to be a huge benefit for screen real estate. especially if the library browser moves as well. The house is two story and the roofs are all on I'll get my ALDo on the second monitor along with that link you shared to me and see if I can get things looking proper.

I was not aware of that tutorial help link but I did just find it and am looking forward to the new resource, thank you. I also didn't know you could turn on the context sensitive tips with f1, it has given me trouble in the past that some icons have a pop up name and others were mysteries to me so thankyou for that as well. The difference I was hoping would be to have my plan just display the roof lines and plot lines of the property. I didn't draw the entire house interior accurately (or at all in some cases) but I know the exterior dimensions and property line are accurate so was hoping to only display those. Primarily I think I want to display the roof frame floors 1 and 2 as well as the terrain but playing with the active layer display options doesn't seem to be helping.

Thank you, I've learned a lot from those videos but will have to go back and get the fundamentals down as I've been mostly learning as I build and haven't had a lot of separate study time, Do you know if Chief also has practice prompts to try and build? I'm working on drawing my own home for practice but it's a fairly basic home layout wise. I also seem to have run into another problem that I assume is a simple fix I'm unaware of, when I opened my plot plan view for my drawing it did not go to an overview showing the roof lines and property lines like the example in video no.1930, do you know what I need to do to get the same view as in the lesson video?

Thank you all and yes, it quickly became apparent to me I was missing some fundamental basics and appreciate all your help in catching me up to get a better understanding on how plan views are meant to be used.

Hello, I'm looking to make a site plan for an upcoming project and when watching the chief tutorial on how to do that it starts with selecting the plot plan view from the plan view drop down bar but mine does not have that as an option. Learning more about the plan views is something I'll need to spend more time on soon but was hoping for help with this one, I was able to make a new view called site plan in the layer display options but that doesn't transfer over to my drop down bar and seems like it's maybe altering the ones in my drop down bar so I stopped playing with that. My general question is two parts 1) why dont I have a Site plan view option 2)How do I add/Import new plan views Thanks again for taking the time to look at my question, this feels like a very basic thing I must have missed early on with the tutorial videos.

Thank you, I think I have it all right now, I certainly have it well enough to convey my ideas to the carpenters which is most important. On this plan I wanted the rest of the house to be full basement but then have that addition portion drawn as a different foundation, would you still recommend editing the defaults for that? I know I should start focusing on learning to properly use the defaults either way though as I'm surely wasting some time editing things