RobWhite

Thanks very helpful. Some new info for me to work

Any ideas, if its possible, of the best way to drawings a dome shade sail frame and sail. I prefer to try and do this in chief. I have tended to and prefer to use chief for creating symbols than Sketchup, but the dome shape in 3D seems limited in Chief. When I create a arch in plan view I only get an option to convert to Mold Polyline or 3D Molding Polyline, but once I have done this I need to be able to rotate in elevation to get the required 3D effect. If created in 3D solid I think I could rotate in elevation view, a single line conversion does not provide that option. Any hints in Chief or do I need to do this in Sketchup. I have loved recent upgrade of Chief that have made sketch up less necessary. See the photo of what I am trying to document. (pretty sophisticated, but unfortunately becoming more common &Y necessary: Not to mention making drawing a little more fun!)

My X14 occasional freezes. It doesn't shut down, just seems to stall or freeze for about 2-5 minutes, 5+ times a day. It seems to occur when have the program open but unused with a short period or when I jump to another program. Sometimes when I open another program but not always. I am using Microsoft Book 3 - i7 1065G7 CPU @ 1,3GHz; 32RAM; 1 TB drive about 20% used; Windows 11 Pro; NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 video card. My system was brilliant with X13, and generally good with X14. Any thoughts...anyone had this and resolved it?

I am having a problem setting the conc footing for my external wall using the wall definition menu. Attached is the screen print of the wall definition. Wall setting where the adjustments determined. Having viewed the training video I think my setting are correct but section is not updating correctly. The section view shows the hatched area where I want footings to adjust to, but the hatched area is cad drawn, not auto generated. I have tried both positive and negative ledge depth & foundation offset, but either way nothing changes. Am I missing something. I am still using CA X13, I have created a new wall definition to eliminate any corruption of past update immigration Any suggestion?

I have just done something on a reasonable size drawings that has caused it to go very slow. (38 MB plan file) I open the base cabinet dialogue box and the response time for changing a cup'd door to a draw and then adjusting the draw size is too long. I have done something the is causing excessive regeneration time for a simple action. It is only on one file. Another larger plan file @ 56MB is functioning well and quickly. I have tried the reset option in Preferences, but nothings has changed. I am wondering is the Terrain is resetting, even though it is not displayed. Any hints?

Yes I have tried view>colour, but I don't want the colour on the elevations elements . Its too busy for detailing. However, coloured cad lines would be helpful for better referencing differences line types. i.e. grid line; floor levels & ground level. Actually I can't even get coloured cad lines when ticking the view>colour menu anyway. sorry the view is a bit small but the attachment should read ok

I'm trying to display coloured lines in my section views and I understand the preference menu to turn on colour, but the menu actually states 'Display in Colour when Possible' (I don't remember that vague statement before!) Part of my displays show colored lines, (I think in the CAD management detail only) but I cannot get coloured lines in the section elevation views. Is there anyway I can turn the colour on? I only want coloured lines. I do not want to display the 'Colour Fill' option in the 'Camera View Options'. (I don't remember 'when possible') I seem to only get the options 'Black and White' or 'Grayscale' I have managed to have coloured lines on previous jobs; I think I remember correctly. (I think you fellas spell colour - color!) If I am locked into this and cannot show coloured line in sectional views, should I update to CAX14 beta?

and is there a method of changing the kerb sizes. This particular design involves existing 250 wide kerbing and I want my new additions to have 150 wide kerbing.

How do I delete the concrete road kerbing against my building? Attached is a PDF portion of the site showing the kerb against my proposed building. I have created the overall road outline using the 'Convert Polyline - Road Perimeter' tool and then within the road perimeter I have using 'convert polyline - Road Medium' to produce the internal areas for positioning buildings and medium strips etc. There should be a method of clicking on a particular line of the 'Road Perimeter' or 'Road Medium' (or any line of a road) and click or unclick where kerbing is wanted or unwanted. Any suggestions/helps?Proposed Getaway Retail Development - Kerb Delimena.pdf

Thanks I will give is a go. Hmmm...no shortcuts! This will be quite time consuming.

Is there a method to building grooves in walls. I am drawings a concrete tilt-up wall system which as a 15mm wide expansion joint plus a 20mm fillet edge on the concrete wall panels. The panels sizes are not symmetrical or an exact grid so I can't use the hatch or grid pattern on the Define Material menu of the wall type. The wall panels are full height but horizontal panel division is wherever my engineer designate the panel size. I only know how to draw 2D cad lines on the elevations or sections. Be great if there was 3D method of building this in so the elevations automatically generate the physical groove. Any suggestions?

I have tried printing as well and exporting to PDF and I have not been able to get the function transferred. I am also use the genuine Adobe DC. How to I create a link in chief? Rob

I have just completed a document with final specification/scope of works page. I produced this page in word with a link to site photos on my cloud, which works fine in word or PDF format, but once I import that PDF page to chief I lose the link. Any ideas how I keep or make the link? I thinking this can probably be done through Ruby

GlenW. I'm 'under pump' here...those the slow response. Yes that is excellent. Thanks I will pursue that. Rob

Anyone know where I can locate a garage vertical bi-fold door? Not for a garage but outdoor ktichen And any ideas for how to draw this in 3D?

Oh dear I was hopeful of a solution. I think it was early than version 13 when I first experienced and reported the fault. It is ok in a floor plan or large view to group select text boxes, but its frustrating when I need to open every room elevation to select and fix 1 item. Never mind...soldier on. Thank you.

My understanding this text box problem has been going of your years. Is there a way to solve it? For whatever reason the last word or letter in a text box disappears. Simply by opening and closing the text box the missing word/letter reappears and the resolves the issue. The problem seems to occur when I open the plan or layout on another computer. However it is now always occurring when I disconnect or reconnect my laptop from my docking station. The problem only occurs if I open the drawings while disconnected. If I don't open the drawing while disconnected and then reconnection to the docking station the problem does not occur. I mentioned this fault years ago on chief support and my response was; Chief were not sure how it occurs or how to solve it. Is this still the case? Generally I managed to solve the issue by simply going through the drawings and reopening and closing the text box. This reset and corrects the text. I have been caught occasionally by sending out a finish drawing with the end of texts missing. That's is frustrating. I now have about 20+ pages of drawings with this problem is on every page and every view. Does anyone have this problem? Is there something I am not doing or is this still a software problem?

Is the a new place for changing the opening indicators and was it there in X12? Have only ever made this change in the preferences menu?. Thanks for the tip. Indicators change and everything is sweet. Rob

I am using the Chief X13 and trying to change my door opening indicators lines, so that my elevation view show the opening indicators point to the handles. Chief X13 only has a single selection options compared to previous version's dual options. The CA X13 'preference/Architectural/Legacy File Configuration/hinge opening: hinge indicators point to hinge' if unchecked should change my view to pointing to the handle but nothing changes; whether checked or unchecked. Unless I can get the opening indicators pointing to the handle side my builders will be confused. Am I not doing something or is this a program fault?

Reckon I will call this post resolved. Thanks for your info MarkMc. I got the updated driver last night, but to no avail. I could see the quadro driver listed, but greyed out...it would turn on or be recognised the NVIDIA driver. Somehow, this morning, the RTX Quadro 3000 kicked in...with no help from Microsoft surface support, 1/2+ calls dropping out, transferred support calls from dept to dept etc. (at least it was only 1/2 hr...ish). Sometime I think these computers are living being...a good overnight sleep/rest...and they sort themselves out. Sometimes I wish they were alive enough to feel some pain! (Nothing to do with the operator of course!) Now I can catch up on my lovely patient clients.

attached is my screen shot.

I have the RTX video card which is meant to be the correct one for the X13. I returned my laptop which only had the Quadro video card, knowing the X13 would require the RTXC upgrade. The attached screen shot displays a bit of odd pixel blemishes in the menu window and the error message states 'An internal rendering error has occurred and program will terminate.'..and it does. When I do this particular room change the error occurs every time, but on other rooms and views it occurs randomly I have tried with the laptop only and with the Docking station. Their is no different. The docking station is via a USB-C cable, which just mean the full capacity of the laptop video card is used. (Other, or older USB type docking stations are limited to the video card to the docking station. I am not that technically minded...but it will probably be difficult to get the right tech support from a computer professional unfamiliar with Chief. Any thoughts?

I am experiencing frequent crashing on my X13 went make adjustments to the material selection. Sometimes changing the material happens ok and other time (frequently) the programme crashes. I am using Microsoft surface book 3, with the new required video card (). I have made the report and check the fault via the Chief website which didn't help. No doubt this is me, but any help would be appreciated. Rob White Loving all the upgrades!

Brilliant. Thank you. Problem solved. Probably not brilliant just my lack skill.

I often have a programme inconsistency which does not transfer selected light shaded lines, such as light grey, to a camera section detail. See my attached screenshot. I have set the fill (timber grain) to a light grey, but the view retains only black lines. I only know 2 ways to overcome this is open a new new plan file, but that is not an option when I have already produce a lot work and details; or converting the view to a 'CAD detail from view', but that is not helpful. Obviously when converted to a cad detail I lose all the auto 3D updates. This seems to occur when I have a lot of details on a large jobs. Although particular job is not large. Sometime, time or the age of the file, seems effect this fault. This job is now about 8 weeks old, which is my normal process of moving from preliminary design to working drawings. When transferring the camera view detail to a layout page the black lines are retained, not the light grey. The view does not correct itself if the 'send to layout' is live or plot lines. It seems the programme does not register my light grey selection. This seems to be programme fault not my settings. I use the same template, but this problem only occurs sometimes. Anyone familiar with the issue. Any helps or suggestions to overcome it.