PitMan71

That's awesome! So glad you got what you needed. Please mark whichever response above was the solution for anyone else who runs into this issue. Also, when you can update your signature to have what eversion of chief you are using..... Currently it shows X14. Have a great day!

Edit Area tool is awesome. Thanks for the tips all. Shane

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/sysreq.html This may help.

Thanks for the help everyone. Rob's solution seemed to be the cleanest, most direct way to accomplish this.

A couple things I noticed when opening file.... The wall that has the man door and windows is marked as a foundation wall. ALSO, the lower part of the pony wall w/stone is set to generate foundation to the outside of the stone (This is in the wall type settings under the "properties" tab.) which may be contributing to the behavior you're experiencing when generating the foundation. When I corrected those two things and generated the foundation using a stem wall the foundation generated correctly. I have X16 so I can't save to X15 or at least I don't know how. Good luck.

Thanks all.

Morning guys... How can I create this porch with Chief, specifically the arched stone above the columns? I have tried multiple methods but I am not able to get the look I am looking for. I would like to do it all on the ground floor.

I will give that a shot. Thanks

I think I figured it out. There was a piece of moulding that was creating the headache or so it seems.

Hey guys.... Is there some secret to rotating many objects at one time? In this case it's a detached garage. I have spent too much time trying to demystify the code. Seems like there are some items that when selected they make the rotate handle disappear. Anyway, any tips on that process? Thanks in advance.

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Add a ceiling and roof over the deck. Open the room dialogue box (dbx) for the deck. On the left navigate to the "Structure" panel.... Under the ceiling heading click "Flat ceiling over this room"... doing this should activate the "Roof Over This Room" box as well. Once you do that you will need to set the sides of the deck to gables. Click the long wall/rail of the deck and open the dbx. Navigate to the "roof" panel. Under the "pitch" you have the option of adding an "Upper Pitch". Select that box and change the upper pitch to 8 and the main pitch to 4. You will have to jigger with the "in from baseline" or "Starts a height" value to get the look you want. You might even cut a live section through it so you can see how things are lining up and change the values mentioned so you can see the resulting affect under the roof, if that makes sense.

Hey, foundations can be complicated at first because there are so many settings. I assume what you mean is a block up raised slab filled with sand?

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