PitMan71

That was it. I tried everything to fix it. For some reason I wasn't clicking on it correctly because the "handles" to move the marker were not showing. Thank you very much.

Working on some elevation dimensions and I have one that is fouling the one beneath it. See attached. How can I move that line up and out of the way? I have seen that somewhere, but have no idea how to accomplish it. Thanks

Adjust your gable sub fascia from 5 1/2" to 11 7/8" . That might have something to do with it.

Thanks. That's what I will do.

Oooh. I like the library idea. I need to learn how to do that.

Any idea what's going on here at the corner where the brick is missing? Plan is attached. Thanks PaulJohnson.plan.zip

I will try that. I did find where the wall types can be exported and then imported to the other drawing. Thanks

How can custom wall types be moved from on drawing to another? I have a couple custom wall types that I made that I want to use in another drawing. Thanks Shane

Thanks for the response. That's why I had been doing. I didn't know if there might be a simpler way to add a line break such that you didn't have to use spaces.

The layout title field is where I include the drawings included on the page or layout. It's only one line. How can I add line breaks so I can enter the information as a list rather than it just pushing to the next line because of the width of the drawn field? Thanks Shane

PERFECT! That was super easy! Thanks bro.

How do you adjust the size of the roof pitch labels on the roof plan? I figured out how to make the elevation roof labels larger, but I can't find where to adjust the label size for the roof plan. Thanks

That did it. Thank you.

I will check that. Thanks. Shane

Hello All Anyone know how to remove the (") mark from the pitch in the %pitch% macro? I am using that to label my roofs and while it's not terrible, I would like to remove the reference to any units. Thanks Shane

PaulJohnson.plan.zip Here you go. I decide to post anyway. I still have cleanup work to do. Thanks

Rene... There is no need to post.... I fixed it. Your YouTube video on roofs helped me get it sorted out. Thanks! Shane

Rookie here.... Working on a home with a simple but difficult roof in chief.... It seems that all is required to confuse chiefs roof generator is some varying heights, varying pitches, and shed roofs. If you allow the wall to direct the pitch, the overhang gets less or more depending on whether it's steeper or lower than the primary pitch. Because of the changes in overhangs when the pitch changes, you need to "break" the roof and adjust the planes manually. The downside of that is the trim transitions at the edges with different pitches don't line up or clean up nicely despite the height of the shadow board being the same in each plane. I know that more complex roofs have been drawn than what I am drawing right now, But I can't figure out what combination of settings or roof tools will yield the result I am looking for. I refuse to compromise the design style of the home because chief can't generate the roof. Is there a way to allow chief to generate the roof on part of the home while allowing you to add roof planes for the porch sheds? Is there a tool that will allow you to draw the roof with lines and then generate the planes? Is there a way to clean up the transitions when using just roof planes? I thought I had learned enough to build to the roof on the house I am referring to, but so far working on roof is taking longer than the plan itself. Any guidance anyone can give would be appreciated. I plan to take another shot at the roof on this house in the morning. If don't have any luck I will attach the file so everyone can have a look. Thanks

This was going to be my next move because I like things a certain way.

Thanks. I will check into this.

I think I figured out part of the issue. I printed to PDF and then Printed that PDF to half scale and the textures all ran together making the elevation look bad. I am now taking a different approach to see what results I get. If there is any wisdom that you guys can provide on that I would love to hear it. Thanks.

Rookie question: How can I send my elevations to layout sheet and plot so that it looks good? I used technical illustration view setting for this front and sent to layout. When I plot to PDF, the fl plan looks great but the elevation looks like garbage and you can hardly see it. (See attached) Seems like I have seen a post on this before, but I have been unable to find it. TIA. Edwards.pdf

This DOES help. Thanks. It is frustrating to not be able to snap or dimension to the objects on plan or elevation view. Just seems like an obvious thing to me that you would want to dimension newel posts or columns in this case and the height of the beam above.

How can I snap or dimension to a square post/column created by the railing wall tool? I used it to create 8" square support columns on a front porch and I can't figure out how to snap to the column object or to dimension it for that matter. Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I have tinkered with the macro thing but have been unable to get it to work.... Most of the builders i work with dont currently get framing details, BUT i am considering adding it as a service... i'm sure once i understand how the macros work it will be much easier to get the results i am looking for. Your detail concept is really cool. and I need to look closer at the other tools in the ProPlan. Is it a one-time purchase? Would I need to update when CA releases a new version? Thanks Shane