ArthurDent

1. Turn of the layer called "layout box labels".

When you want to copy a building from one plan to another, use the "edit area all floors" tool.

Dimensions have a min and max display size. You can only adjust the min size. To see what the dimensions will look like when you print them, turn on print preview.

Turn off "walls, main layer only" in layers dialog.

Turn on print preview.

First, stop what ever you are doing. Take a deep breath. I know it's probably still early where you are, but seriously, you should consider having a glass of wine or maybe something even stronger. OK, I know this is going to be hard to hear but Chief did not do anything with your plan files. You did. No one here on this forum knows what you did either. No one knows if you lost them or just misplaced them. So here is what I think you need to do. Keep all of your associated layout files and plan files in the same folder. Name your folder something related to the project so that it is clear what is in that folder. If you are going to use any other files, such as imported cad files, pdfs or images, then put them all in the same folder. If you keep everything in the same folder, you won't lose anything. If you need to send the project to someone else or transfer it to another computer, zip up the whole folder and send the zip file. You don't need to use the backup entire plan unless you need to send it to someone that does not have Chief installed (or just has the viewer). If you need to use backup entire plan, do it on the layout file, not the plan file. If you need to create any revisions of the project, then just make a copy of the whole folder with a new name. You don't even need to rename the layout or plan files but it might be less confusing if you do. If you rename the plan files, then be sure and relink your layout to them. If you do any renaming, then always close and restart the program to make sure everything is linked up correctly

First and foremost, don't try and learn how to use new software under pressure. Since you are under a time crunch, just turn the schedule into text and type in what ever you need to get the docs done. When you have the time, come back here and ask more questions about customizing the schedules to get the info you need. There are ways to do some things but maybe not everything you want.

Your custom railing needs to be on TOP of the landing. It looks like you drew it past the landing because the newel post is inside the wall. It also looks like you have issues at the top of the stair. Don't know what's going on there but you might want to post a plan.

You can sort the layers by the used column but I really like the idea of a toggle button to show just them . Then the list would grow as your plan developed. This would probably work more or less how Todd was suggesting. Another thing that I do is use the search bar for finding layers. This is much better then scrolling to find things. And lastly, I really like using the object layers. Takes you right to the layer used by an object without having to look for anything. This is only useful when the object is already selectable in your plan.

A few more now.

You can turn any floor over view into a framing view just by changing the layer set.

If you are in wall cabinet mode, using your left mouse button will always select wall cabinets. Also, marquee selecting will just select wall cabinets. If you are in base cabinet mode, using your left mouse button or marquee selecting will just select base cabinets. If you are in full height cabinet mode, using your left mouse button or marquee selecting will select any cabinet. Using your right mouse button will always select anything. Tab will usually let you select something else when your first click did not give you what you want.

You could always convert the schedule to text. Once it is just a text table you can change the text to anything you want. It won't be live anymore though.

IMO, the best place to put your schedules is in a cad detail. You can also put them in plan views and elevations but if you want them to display on a layout by themselves than that will usually be more work. As for Bob's problem, the only way I know of to get the problem you are having is that you used the same elevation camera and sent it to two layout pages. Don't do that.

I think the labels are showing up in standard views because some of the interior doors and windows are visible. It's all about the glass. In vector views it's opaque and in standard views its transparent. You can hide them by making the windows and doors have glass that is not transparent. You can also select each of the doors or windows that you don't want labels on and turning them off just for the camera view you are in. It can be tricky to select them though and I usually use the delete surface tool to temporarily remove things that are in the way.