GrizzlyBear

When creating my layout file from my default layout template I always have to add the custom schedules I have created. Even when I update my default layout template and leave the box unchecked next to the option to delete all CAD details (I create my schedules in their own CAD detail) they are not present on the layout page. In order to get all of my schedules in I have resorted to going back to my most recent project and copying and pasting the custom schedule from that plan file into my new projects plan file. I have a feeling that this isn't best practice. Is there a way that I am overlooking to save the custom schedule and add it to the drop down list of schedules in the tools menu?

Nice thx a lot.

Thanks Mark that definitely worked. But how did you find that measurement if I may ask?

I think that I have tried everything other than the correct way to get this ridge line to match up to create 2 roof planes instead of 4. The lower roof is 2:12 while the upper is 4:12. The wall with the lean to roof off of it (top of plan) is taller than the opposing wall. I tried lowering the ceiling to try to match the opposing eve with no luck. I have achieved this before but can't for the life of me remember how. Thanks for any help. Waters.plan.zip

Can anyone tell me why these lower fascia are not generating. I have them turned on in the DBX.Staples.plan.zip

Thanks for the reply. I figured out that it was because I had flat ceiling over this room checked in the room specifications DBX.

I would like to generate what I have always referred to as a gable wall underneath a front porch with no ceiling. I'm pretty sure that chief refers to this type of wall as an attic wall because I have one of those right in front of this wall. I tried using wall breaks on the main wall at the roof valleys to try and isolate that section and edit it but that didn't seem to work for me. How do I get this wall (highlighted in red in the image) to generate?

I just went through the same thing as you a couple of months ago switching from PC to Mac. If I understand your dilemma correctly, you only need to copy those individual files to your Mac. For instance, in my default layout template I have a company logo png. Every time I opened that layout file chief would warn me that the logo png was missing. I copied the file to my Mac and then the next time that I opened that layout file chief gave me the option to replace that "missing" file with the one that I copied over. Other than that, your Mac can read and edit any plan or layout files that were created on the PC.

I knew it had to be something simple. I was looking for a lock option and don't know why that wasn't my first thought. Thanks guys.

I just started a new plan and I am unable to select rooms in order to edit them. I've never run into this and I'm sure I'm being a bone head in some way and it is a simple setting I'm unaware of. What could this possibly be?Price.plan.zip

I'd like to make the giant black text fit inside the callout symbol circle. I know where to change the size of the circle but can't seem to find where to make the G01, G02 etc small enough to fit inside.

So I followed your advice to the Tea For some reason the numbers were different, but easy enough to draw my own lines, jot down the length, and make the move. I still couldn't quite line it up for some reason though. Then I thought, since a common point is needed anyway why not just try selecting all of the leftover bits and using point to point move which I was trying before but it was the layers you mentioned before that weren't playing nice. So turn those off and I got an easy move. I lost electrical connections and most of my layout boxes but that's the price I pay for being new. Lesson learned: If you have to move your model (which I don't think you really should) turn all layers on first.

I'm freaking out a bit because I've been working on this plan for a while....as you know because you have helped me several times. Could you post the plan file that you did that in? I have been trying all morning to right my wrongs with my backups and fear I have made it worse. Will the file that you fixed also make everything in my layout file the same as it was. Thx so much TeaTime

Yes lesson learned. What's more is that I rotated it 180 degrees from its original position. As I try to fix my mistake by lining everything back up the program won't allow me to rotate it back when attempting to select all objects at once. I am reduced to waiting patiently for some CA wisdom.

I was attempting my first plot plan. I started by importing an image of the site then scaled it accordingly. The problem arose when I attempted to drag my entire onto the image where the build site is. I am assuming that my mistake was not turning on ALL layers so I left a lot behind. This was done last night so an archive was created of my entire days work along with my screwup. I do have an archive from the day before so I guess the worst thing that can happen is I lose an entire days worth of work but is there a way to easily salvage this so that I don't lose that work? Obviously it has affected all pages my layout file as well. Hoping someone tells me it's a simple fix. ThxBouknight_rev2.plan.zip