X16 on Win10 Pro, 3x monitor work station, 32Gbs
I've wasted hours trying to set the 2 floors at the correct heights. Floor on right needs to be sunk to have the joist tops flush with the sill plates on the 8" CMU's. Will be adding a beam hallway to join the 2 structures and there is a difference in t.o.w. based on the floor heights. (Both 8' walls). Included are the settings for floors. Cannot show accurately how the house / hallway roof will tie in on top of / above the fascia line of the garage conversion without the difference in floor heights.
Background and Rant: Have been using CAD since I upgraded from Win3.11 to Win95 and installed "Data Cad". Came on 30+ diskettes and ran in DOS. Builder w/ 30yrs experience w/ everything from site survey to nailing on the ridge cap. Have performed every trade required to build a house. Left a position couple years ago as a truss designer / engineer running MiTek Structure, both 20/20 and SE. Have spent at least 16 hours watching Chief training vids and for the most part they are not very useful. Many of the menus & tools shown are different or missing options shown in the vids. A lot of the vids are so old they show X9 across the top. So far Chief feels like something I'd pickup at Best Buy for $99.95. Far to many interconnected settings that should NOT be. Unnecessary complications and un-explained features / settings. Could have drawn this entire project, including rafter over-framing, in Structure in about 20 minutes. Yes, I would not get the pretty colored elevations but I'd have a complete, workable, structural drawing. Very Frustrated at this point. Read a post as to how Chief is set to build from the top down....Really? Was this code written by a troop of Monkeys on Crack???
Any guidance on what I'm missing or doing wrong will be appreciated! Also any suggestions on tools, sources, etc to learn this software would also be appreciated. The Chief site has a lot of out dated or inaccurate video's.
X16 on Win10 Pro, 3x monitor work station, 32Gbs I've wasted hours trying to set the 2 floors at the correct heights. Floor on right needs to be sunk to have the joist tops flush with the sill plates on the 8" CMU's. Will be adding a beam hallway to join the 2 structures and there is a difference in t.o.w. based on the floor heights. (Both 8' walls). Included are the settings for floors. Cannot show accurately how the house / hallway roof will tie in on top of / above the fascia line of the garage conversion without the difference in floor heights. Background and Rant: Have been using CAD since I upgraded from Win3.11 to Win95 and installed "Data Cad". Came on 30+ diskettes and ran in DOS. Builder w/ 30yrs experience w/ everything from site survey to nailing on the ridge cap. Have performed every trade required to build a house. Left a position couple years ago as a truss designer / engineer running MiTek Structure, both 20/20 and SE. Have spent at least 16 hours watching Chief training vids and for the most part they are not very useful. Many of the menus & tools shown are different or missing options shown in the vids. A lot of the vids are so old they show X9 across the top. So far Chief feels like something I'd pickup at Best Buy for $99.95. Far to many interconnected settings that should NOT be. Unnecessary complications and un-explained features / settings. Could have drawn this entire project, including rafter over-framing, in Structure in about 20 minutes. Yes, I would not get the pretty colored elevations but I'd have a complete, workable, structural drawing. Very Frustrated at this point. Read a post as to how Chief is set to build from the top down....Really? Was this code written by a troop of Monkeys on Crack??? Any guidance on what I'm missing or doing wrong will be appreciated! Also any suggestions on tools, sources, etc to learn this software would also be appreciated. The Chief site has a lot of out dated or inaccurate video's.
