PitMan71

Somehow I have changed something in my .plan to cause Auto Rebuild Roofs to stop working. It's turned on but for some reason the roof isn't building. I checked my template and I am having problems there too. Things work fine is some of my earlier templates.... I can't remember ever changing anything in my templates that would cause it not to work. Thanks in advance for the help. Raquel.plan.zip

You will need to zip/compress it. Be sure and close out first.

I don't mind at all. It's a bit tricky.....but easy once you know how. First I pulled it out from the edge into the room 4'-0", then In the edit DBX had to adjust the ridge height (This is the high side) and bottom height. The tricky part is you have to lock the parameter you have already set when making a change to the next parameter. If you don't do that you will be chasing it all over. BTW.... In this particular case make plan adjustments to the plane first and then open the DBX and adjust those parameters. Doing it out of order will not give you the outcome you are looking for. Side note: It seems that the ceiling plane tool is designed for vaulted ceilings that continue to rise at fixed pitch/angle. When used as designed you would want the ridge side of the ceiling plane to continue on that pitch and rise as you pull it away from the start point. Have a play around with the tool. You will see what I am referring to. Good luck. I hope this makes sense.

Only thing I see is that it appears that some of the wall is not complete over in the location where the spear is coming from. hard to say for sure with looking at the model. Post your plan and someone will have a look.

Can't open..... 0 bytes. You should close out of the plan before compressing or attaching.

I looked into this and I can find where you can add a furniture base, but nothing I can find allowing you to add a profile. You might look into doing it with solids.

Archer Chosen Layout With Updates_auto_save_bak_auto_save.plan.zipSee if this is what you wanted.

if you want to send the original file, just close the drawing and compress/zip up the file and upload.

Yeah. Being annoyed is part of the process. Chief is a tool and learning to use it for your particular application will take time. I think what you have there looks good so far. If you want a slab on grade foundation you will select that in the rooms or under your floor defaults. Click the wrench on your tool bar. Scroll to Floors and Rooms >> Floor Levels >> 1st floor. This will open the defaults for this floor. Under Structure scroll to the bottom under floor. Most of my plans or raised so I have never used this option. When I build my foundation on my plans I select the defaults for my slab there.

Welcome to Chief and to the group! You can do most anything in Chief. I have used Softplan and I prefer Chief. I'm from Alabama where it's all of the above foundation-wise. My approach is different than most, I would suggest for you to pick a plan and start drawing it in chief. Watch some of the tutorial videos.... Learn a little and do a little. Some of the concepts can be overwhelming until you experience why they are the way they are. I would be happy to talk and share my experience. I started using Chief at the end of December so I am just over three months in.

I get it..... Hard to appreciate the videos if you don't know what the views are for. Once I learned how plan views worked, I realized just how powerful they are. Essentially, the views are for the particular ways you want to view the plan such as for presentation, layouts for construction drawings, for quick reference, etc. While the "Working Plan view" is your work space and can be manipulated layer wise however you want ... for me it's a hot mess because everything is on but it's how I work.... it doesn't affect any of your layer settings in your views.... Also, you can have your views set up with a default set drawing tools, text, etc. For instance, my mechanical drawings are all 1/8" scale so my settings in that view are set to draw in the standards (layers, text, scale, etc.) that I want for my mechanical views AND that doesn't affect any of my others views unless I turn those layers on or off. Once you get them set, you can send them to your layout to look the way you want. I would be happy to talk to you more on the phone if you have the time.

I switched from the trial and didn't have any issues. So you shouldn't either. You will just go from not being able to save to being able to.

Welcome to the group. Where specifically are you located?

This is a great video also.

You can accomplish this using roof planes. Then you will need to check Boxed Eave:" and set to the depth of your overhang, in your case 24". Create any brackets you want with 3d solids. I learned how to do manually roofs with this video. It will be helpful when building a roof where there is no room definition. Good luck.

I fixed the roof hole and the wall >> roof tool worked perfectly. Thanks

Yeah. I pulled the roof hole on that side out a bit when I was tinkering with some other things. Thanks for the information.... I will dig into it.

I have an interior wall that borders a space that has a dormer. The wall extends up above the roof and I want it to have siding above and drywall below. How can I accomplish this? See attached.Chelsea 2.plan.zip

That box is asking what layer to add the hatching on. To make it appear again.... It's under preferences. On the left click "Reset Options" then "Reset Message Boxes" - Reset suppressing of message boxes. Shane

This thread may help with stair issue.

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.