PitMan71

Thanks all for the responses..... I had moved on to other things. I will give these options a shot and report back.

I wonder if there is a border around the text and a border for the layout box and both are on for some reason in that layout view.

Hey guys How do I fill in this gap open to the attic where my ceiling plane is? I know I have solved this issue before I just can't remember what I did. This is at the top of the stairs looking toward the rear of the home. Thanks in advance for the assistance. Lake Home (Hampschire).plan.zip

Agreed.

That's a way shorter version..... It worked for me. inches are in decimal format though.

it definitely is.... AND I have done programming. It is confusing..... There is logic to it, but I haven't been able to figure it out yet. It is anything but straight forward. I get that it allows us to customize the program to our specific needs, but the learning curve is too high for folks that just draw. This will rub some folks the wrong way, but I am not an advocate of having to pay someone to do things that I should be able to do. In other words it should be easier to customize simple things such as what you are trying to do. I appreciate folks like Rene that share tools to help bridge that gap such as the one I shared. Good luck bro.

Following.

This is courtesy of @Renerabbitt .... He created it for us macro common folk. If it works for you, be sure and give him some kudos.

Maybe this will help..... Paste this in your field..... Got it from https://www.rabbittdesign.net/chief-architect-number-formatter?fbclid=IwY2xjawKu2cFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFucXhGakFQc1pHbTVuekF4AR4_rxL6IWqpdEPAKw-xx_NCN8xLMyYJVIkI_rQHdIXYTin8CO2rvUgo9KwIiQ_aem_K-yohSgoiUU1nN4wwzjB6A % (NumberFormatter.new.tap { |nf| nf.use_fractions = true; nf.denominator = 16; nf.unit = "'-\""; nf.show_unit = true; nf.thousands_separator = ','; nf.show_trailing_zeros = true; nf.reduce_fractions = :gcd }.apply(room.floor_elevation))%

I have run into this behavior before. For the life of me I can't recreate it right now no matter what I do. Make sure the wall type is still "room divider." This said, may still not fix your issue. Post your plan if you can. You will need to compress it. Be sure and exit the drawing before compressing.

A couple thoughts..... 1. Post your plan so we can look at. 2. It is my experience that the builder will use the rough opening size for the windows ordered which is contained in the document you posted. In a lot of cases the window folks will change the window size slightly to order a stock window rather than something custom which cost more. I used to work for a builder and that was common practice. You may even consider remove the RO information from the schedule to avoid the headache of changing them all. Juice ain't worth the squeeze, especially when it's just a couple inches here and there. The only time I would concern myself with this kind of thing is if the windows lined up in a certain way and changing the size affected the look I wanted on a particular elevation, if that makes sense.

UPDATE: Submitted to tech support. Here is my submission: NOTE: Scrolll all the way down for response from Support. Opening this ticket at the request of Dermot Dempsey who commented on a suggestion thread.Basically it would be nice to have a way to disable wall cleanup directive on walls in certain instances where there are multiple wall object converging into one location. Such that the intersection cleans up with selected walls in said group and ignores others which is some cases can change the plan display of the intersection in an unintentional way. In this case I have attached a plan with a mock up foundation plan illustrating this. The intended outcome is to have a block up slab with grade beams (16"w x 16"deep in my case) under load bearing walls or in locations where a tie beam is needed. SO I just draw them on the foundation using the foundation wall tool. The problem is when I draw a footing centered on a wall intersects the 90 degree intersection of the block up wall it changes the intended look of the lower spread footing for the block wall because it attempts to cleanup even though the wall types are different. In real life the grade beam will just be poured and die off into the exterior block wall. A couple of thoughts here....1. It would be nice to have be able to draw the grade beam footing as a wall object with the desired width and depth such that it could also contain the included material information for the footing ie, rebar, etc.2. Wall directives - It would also be helpful to prioritize wall clean ups such that an intersection ignores or gives less attention to certain walls in that intersection. This would be helpful when wall intersections are close together but not all intersect AND where you might want a certain framing look on a wall like a bump out or for whatever reason you want a wall to extend 2"-4" past the wall intersection to create a recessed door look. ointment such cases you would override a clean up saying I intended for this wall to stick out like this. Truth is a lot of builders have situations like this to give some detail and create a certain look that cost little.I will say that these things do not diminish Chief or your hard work in any way. Chief is solid and the best I have used..... These are just some nuances I have run into that might be worth a look.Thanks for taking the time to consider these things. ------------------------------------- Thank you so much for this Feature Request.I'm going to send this request to my Development Staff, and I want to make sure I have a good example of walls that converge, in the manner you describe.In the attached image, you can see an area of the foundation I have circled. Is this a good example of where multiple walls converge in one location?Thank you -Nigel FoundationTest.plan.zip

Yep. There is that. If you ever have any other questions feel free to reach out to me directly.

Welcome! Yes. Open the wall dialog for that wall, THEN navigate to the ROOF panel on the left. About 2/3 of the way down there is an option "Lower Wall if split by abutting roof" Select that and choose what type of wall it should be below the roof. Shane

Lance.... Thanks for your response.... I have tried using that feature and not had any luck using with my foundation walls...... Either it corrects it and later reverts back OR it doesn't change anything. I will say this feature has been useful in siding and brick walls.

Have you tried right clicking over a layer and copying it? Once copied you can rename it.

It would be helpful to be able to manually edit wall intersection cleanups. In some instances, the automatic cleanups result in a look on the plans that doesn't look right. For me this is particularly an issue in a block up foundation where I manually draw interior grade beams or thickened slab. When they intersect a corner where there is a block corner the block corner which I don't want disturbed tries to cleanup with the interior grade beam leaving an undesirable look on the foundation plan. I have opted to just draw the grade beams using lines so there is no interaction. My guess is a cleanup priority that could be assigned to the wall objects where multiples meet at the same intersection. OR maybe a higher priority assigned to walls you want to cleanup normally where a lower priority wall would be ignored or focused on less.

I have similar specs with more memory and I am having the same issues. I finally upgraded to a new MBP recently and the program performs well now.

Only issue with this that I can see is that in the 3D view the base molding doesn't wrap around the inside edge of the doorway. This I agree with. Seems like without any trim this would be obvious.

I have noticed that too. I haven't worried too much about it.

Nice. Shane

Thanks for the update Jim.

What is the best way to display low and high windows in a wall when they are different sizes? Seems like I have seen something on this, but I can't find it. Thanks

True rafter tails..... I have found that that Chief draws the blocking for some but not all... I haven't isolated why yet.

I have X16 and I had no issue downloading them. Try grabbing them from the website.