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Thanks Joey. Then there must be a way to reference both of them in layout?

I liked the ease of using the wall hatching tool, but I don't see there is a way to leave the hatching and remove the wall. Super helpful, thank you.

Shcanada. Thank you. Are you just using cad box with hatching then instead of the wall hatch tool?

Renerabbitt So how do you do it?

SHCanada. When you hatch over a wall, it is not removed, right? So it still shows up on elevations and renderings?

Can you select two objects and copy multiple while dragging over a specified oc?

Say I wanted CA to even place the blocks down the foundation and figure out how many it should be? Or do I have to figure out manually how many piers and place them manually each time?

Trying to stay up-to-date on best practices. Chief makes a video of a process but then I don't ever see an update for years. I am wondering if there is any new developments in the chief program that makes this better? I've been using this as-built to demo to new construction method https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/9867/remodel-process.html Which is creating the as-built, then duplicating that and continuing to develop the demo and new construction, then overlaying the as-built on the remodel. What has been the best for others?

The engineer says 5' 10" OC for each, so I need to hit their measurements.

Say I wanted CA to even place the blocks down the foundation and figure out how many it should be? Or do I have to figure out manually how many piers and place them manually each time?

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/302/multiple-copy.html Select both objects. Multiple copy from bottom tool bar. Click multiple copy interval in secondary menu and chose "evenly distribute objects with dragging." chose a number of objects. Chose a secondary number if you want another row placed from that one. right click and drag to location of last block.

I have created a foundation pier with concrete pad and concrete block. I want 13 spread out evenly. When I select the footer and post can I place them spread out evenly with multiple copy? If I place 13 and try to distribute evenly, it separates the post and footer and distributes 26 objects evenly. Seems like this is an elementary task, but I cannot figure it out.

Both texts say they are the same. Yet the rich text box looks bold and much bigger.

Where would one find the Header label text settings. When I go to framing specification (header) I don't see a text option but 6" arial rich text and 6" arial in the header text looks way different. I would like them to look the same.

I would enjoy learning what other have found is the best Font and Size for Plan and Layouts that is not Chief Blueprint. I need to change all text to a font and sizes that works for Rich Text and also keeps regular text looking the same as the rich text. Not only text but dimensions also. Maybe there is a way to do this globally so that it does not have to be done for every single dimension set and each text set?

GOT IT. SELECT THE UNIT INDICATOR IN NUMBER FORMATTING.

How did you format the numbers to include sf?

I don't really understand why there is an option for rich text and regular text. However, I decided to automate my plan square footage information using the polyline schedule methods from this When placing a schedule in layout it does not give much look option and rich text is not an option. I would like to get the text in the top box (schedule) to look like the bottom box which was the manually placed rich text. The rich text looks so much better. It's the same font same weight but looks so different. Is there a way to get schedule text to look as good as rich text?

The grade level needs to be 36" below the bottom of the floor joists but it seems to pick a random place in the middle of the floor.

I am struggling with some foundation settings and cannot seem to figure it out. I need exterior footings to extend a minimum of 12 inches below undisturbed ground to reach the undisturbed soil. Then the grade (ground level) Then 36" of CMU block (because it is in a flood zone and required) Then the sill Then the floor structure 12 5/8 Then 1/2 of floor covering The first and second floor is 10' (finished ceiling 120") I set my terrain perimeter to -56 5/8" at contour 0 but I don't think that has anything to do with what the story pole dimensions say. I must have one or more of the definitions wrong below because the story pole dimentions show my grade and other wrong. These are the definitions I use: Floor above = the top of the second floor or the ceiling height of first floor plus the floor structure (12" or 16") Ceiling = the top of the floor sheathing to the top of the ceiling drywall Finished ceiling = top of floor material to bottom of ceiling drywall Ceiling Below = the bottom of the floor joist (top of sill plate) to grade (level of dirt) Stem Wall = top of block wall to top of footings (no sill plate) Floor below is the grade. Set the floor below at the depth you want from the bottom of the floor joist to the grade. Set the ceiling below to be how much you want the foundation to show above the grade. Set the Stem Wall height to 12" The stem wall height is the height of the concrete block wall from the top of the footer to the bottom of the floor joist. In Virginia Beach, exterior footings must generally extend a minimum of 12 inches below undisturbed ground to reach the undisturbed soil, and also to or below the local frost line, which is 12 inches in this area.

I am able to display only living area, porches and garage. Just trying to figure out what I should provide at a minimum.

I saw in one example the %area.to_sq_m.round(2)% formula was in the polyline custom object fields. In the other one I did not see a physical formula anywhere.

Thanks. Helpful. I am guessing one would draw the polyline around the area they want or "make room polyline" Drag that off to the side of the drawing, or on a separate layer. Include in schedule, and do that for each area they want included. At the end a person would have a bunch of polyline shapes like you have each drawn from the plan and dragged off to the side or on a separate layer that can be turned on and off? Should I have that formula %area.to_sq_m.round(2)% in macros someplace or is that information known?

OK. How would one accomplish this? Can I pay for help?

I have a box in my plans that I would like to populate with square footage for the different areas listed. It would seem that this is common and there would be a tool that made this effortless. Yet, I think I need to figure out custom Macros? If anyone has a great way of doing this with easy automation I would enjoy learning it. I will even pay someone to jump online and help me get this working.