PitMan71

Anybody have any success with wall hatching for making a handout or presentation style floor plan? I have tried the wall hatching, but it covers the entire wall and I would prefer it only cover the main layer and let brick hatching be what it is. Not only that but it leaves gaps at 3 and 4 way intersections. It would be nice to have control over wall display and hatching in different views which help streamline things. I am also open to a better way to accomplish this. Im sure someone has encountered this before.

Yes.... Fan/Light combos. So that both switches don't report three way.

This is the response from Chief Support. Hi Shane,I have tried to reproduce this condition without any success. While we have not been able to determine how the connections got into this state, I have found a faster solution than replacing all of those connections. I was able to use the marquee select tool to select all of the electrical connections at once, use open object, then click OK. Doing so restored the connections when testing on Mac and PC here. See if that works for you as well.Kind Regards,Brian What he suggested to fix this condition worked BTW.

Me too. And thanks @Chrisb222for the "Tips and tricks file" tip.

Here is the plan that I was having issues with when I made the post. Some of the devices are connected, but most are not. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4bpqkpyasf9xzkn3whi91/260011-24B.plan.zip?rlkey=73f9y4vgdokeuqskxxm9xr6gd&dl=0 Thanks for having a look.

I worked in another one of my plans yesterday and it didn't have any issues. Im going pay more attention to see if I can find what's going on and then report it to chief.

From Chief Support: Hi Shane, Thank you for contacting Chief Architect Technical Support. This has been logged with the developers as a bug. Based on our testing, it only seems to apply to leaders that were curved using either the Ctrl or Right-Click function. I've been unable to reproduce if you instead select the leader line and use the "Change Selected Line to Arc" tool. This is a workaround for the meantime. Please let me know if you have any other questions. -Brock Zeller

Until you get the hang of it, its easy to get confused in the wall type dbx view.

I’m running into a couple of issues that seem like software bugs, but I wanted to check with the group to see if others are experiencing the same thing or if I may be missing something. First – Electrical connections When I initially create my electrical plan, everything connects and behaves as expected. However, if I go back later and make small adjustments—like nudging a switch to accommodate a wider doorway—I sometimes notice the switch disconnects from the circuit or no longer appears to be connected. I don’t remember this happening in X16. I’ve also noticed a few related behaviors: If I delete a switch from a 3-way setup, the remaining switch doesn’t automatically update. I usually have to delete and recreate it. If I add a second switch to an existing set of recessed cans to create a 3-way, neither the existing switch nor the newly added one updates to reflect the 3-way configuration. The only workaround I’ve found is reconnecting all the cans, which adds extra steps and time. Second – Leaders disconnecting from notes I’ve also noticed leaders occasionally disconnecting from the notes they’re attached to. This becomes more noticeable when the leader is attached to an object and the note contains a macro. My normal workflow is to place the text (text or rich text), then use the diamond handle on the text box to create the leader. I’m not sure if there’s something I’m doing incorrectly, but it seems somewhat random when the leader detaches. General thought One thing I’ve always appreciated about Chief is the intelligence built into many of the tools—electrical connections, smart switches, leaders attached to objects, etc. When those systems are working, they’re incredibly efficient and help produce clean, professional drawings quickly. However, when they behave inconsistently, it can slow things down quite a bit. Tasks that should take seconds can turn into several minutes of troubleshooting, and there’s always the risk that something small gets overlooked in the process, potentially resulting in errors in the final construction documents. Curious if others have seen similar behavior in X17, or if there’s a workflow adjustment that helps avoid these issues.

Good advice. Thanks for having a look.

I have done several brick homes and for some reason on this one I am having some kind of strange thing happening at the corners. The brick wall is extending down into the foundation brick creating block looking artifact on my elevations. You can see it in the image I posted. the wall is set to not extend so I am not sure what's happening and I have checked other brick homes I have drawn with the same method and none of them are doing this so I am not sure what is causing this mystery. thanks in advance for looking. link to file --> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2e0rhz16wyi68ykdnuigw/260005-21A.plan.zip?rlkey=z1z8gw05omixm6e4yay0802d5&dl=0

Create a room for the shower and change the ceiling finish.

Thanks for the tip!

I have noticed in X17 that my .plans have multiple materials with the same name. Anybody else notice this? It's kinda irritating since the where the materials meet there is a line formed in plot views. I don't remember having these issues in X16.

More detail please, OR post your plan. You will need to compress it first.