PitMan71

I call myself looking there..... I will look again and dig further. Thanks

Is this a solid fill type?

Hi All Is there a way to configure the rail wall w/post to beam config to display on plan with dashed lines for the beam and solid lines for the posts? Currently the plan lifework displays the same for posts and beams alike. Before I sidestep this with a work around I wanted to make sure there want another way. Thanks Shane

I will check into this. Thanks.

That address the porch, but what about the grade beams that have sold lines on one side..... That appears to be a change in elevation. Maybe check that room elevation.

Did anyone come to some sort of conclusion on this?.... I am running into this issue as well. I want random length plates, headers, and such to be cut from 16' lengths but rafters and such to be cut from the next increment length up if it's a certain length or more.

Yes.... I was referring to plywood decking on the roof and subfloor. I would like to see a plywood decking layout with a quantity. Common takeoff methods are to calculate the roof area and divide by 32.... it would great though is the program actually placed the plywood on the roof in a way that could be displayed showing takeoff quantity is accurate with whole pieces and cut pieces. Sounds like it may be a good enhancement request.

That is odd. Post your .plan file so we can have a look.

Is there a way to have chief display or generate roof decking pattern? Ultimately I would like to see a layout with quantity. I have done some searching on this and I am not finding anything. Thanks

When adding a brick soldier above a door or window is there a way to adjust its location so it generates above the exterior top casing instead of being in lieu of it? I like to show the brick moulding around my exterior doors and my soldier above it which is how its actually built. Thanks

Is there a way to adjust the ceiling joist lap distance over support walls/beams? Thanks

Is there a way to shift the fascia board on the roof eave down? I have builder locally that I am working with. They have a specific way they construct their eaves. thanks

Never mind. i solved my own problem. "Ignore first floor " was clicked.

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.