PitMan71

Y'all are the best there is! Thank you. Shane

I have a straight stair that I want the lower portion to have open rail. BUT I want it to transition to between walls as it goes through the floor. Is there a way to break a continuous stair to have open rail to a certain point and then transition to between walls? Thanks in advance. Chelsea.plan.zip

Thanks Five years later! Learned something useful today.

I say go for it! The experience you will get working on a project like this is very valuable. Speaking of value, I would estimate how many hours it would take you. The way I would do that is I would guess that an individual unit would take hypothetically 15 hours. Each subsequent unit, because you are duplicating, along with making changes to reflect in differences might average 5 hours each. Add all that up plus the hours for the building in the middle and landscaping and add 10-20 more hours for contingencies. Of course, all of these metrics will be determined by the scope of what the client needs. The only thing that concerns me is the raw size of the model..... You might need some top end computer horse power. Someone who has worked with a large model could speak to that. Good luck!

Thanks. I am just getting to the point where I am figuring that out. AND thanks for the tip.

Okay. I googled and got what you posted.... So, I must be doing something wrong then. Seems I need to tinker with that tool a bit more. Thanks for confirming.

Is there a trick to using the fillet tool to fillet arcs to lines or other arcs? Or is it just not a thing? I was drawing a driveway and I had a parking area off of a drive with an arc and I can't figure out how to fillet the intersecting segments. Thanks

Can dimension styles be exported?

Thanks for all the replies..... I must be missing something since I can't find how to modify the 2D Symbol without affecting the elevation. A little more direction would be helpful.

Okay I will try that.... Didn't know you could edit the 2d block display. Thanks.

A lot..... elevation views, schedules, default sets, layer sets, text styles, etc. have been added as I have learned how to set all that up. The good news is that anything I would move is a model only.... Essentially I drew and developed the model and didn't go any further from there. I just know as I develop construction drawings from the models I will want all of the things that I have added in my new template. I hope this makes some sense.

I am using some stock columns from the library that have a cap and base that's wider than the actual column. Is there a way to have the columns display in plan view such that the width is the actual column and not that of the base and cap? For instance I have 8" square columns on the plan, but they show up like 12". Thanks in advance.

All. What is the best way to migrate a plan/model to a newer plan template? I have several models that I have drawn that I want to move to my updated template to finish them up. I have some ideas on how I might accomplish this, but wanted to see if I could learn from someone's experience. Thanks in advance.

Nevermind. I answered my own question. You select the planes and use the child tool framing icon on the context menu.

All... I have a project where I want some exposed rafter tails on a bump out section of a garage. Anyway, I have the roof plans drawn and want to add my rafters. I have two questions. 1. Is there a way to add the rafters to a single roof plane? 2. When adding them manually and then copying them is there a trick to make them trim to the constraints of said plane? I am adding the king rafter.... When I copy them toward the hip they are all the same length. Seems like I am doing something wrong. As always, thanks in advance.

Is there a way to have Chief extend floor joist/trusses across a bearing wall instead of breaking at the wall. In this case it would bear on each end as well as at the interior bearing wall. I know it can be done manually, but its tedious. Thanks

It's for sure a collaborative effort..... There is no doubt I am better today because of you two and the other experts in this forum. Keep up the good work!

ALL... Thanks for the feedback. Thanks @Steve_Nyhof for the fireplace download. I will have a look at all of these thoughts and suggestions.

What catalog does everyone for great fireplace symbols? Thanks

I did have to finagle things a bit. 1. pulled back sidewalk AND pulled drive through to curb. 2. Intersected sidewalk on each side of the drive. In camera view I did have to pull the walk over the curb a bit to force it to merge with the drive cut-out. THEN went bak to the plan to square things up. Once I got the first side, I mirrored the walk to the other side and repeated the process. Hope this helps.

Here is the .plan file.1549850586_forCACHIEFTALK.plan

is this the look you want?

Might want to make sure the structural part of your roof is at least 9 1/4" to make sure it's beefy. you set this on the roof options under "Structure" on the left, "Roof Layers" >> "Structure". You also have the other roof options on that same tab under "Roof Size" that you will need to adjust as well to get that look.

I had no idea about this tool. Thanks for sharing.

Im going to give this a shot. Shane