RobWhite

Any suggestion for showing 'phantom' flyscreen, or retractable style flyscreens to bifold doors. The bifolds are outward openning and the phantom screen are interal, attached to either each side or one side and slide across to provide the screened protection. I have simply drawings a 2D cad arrangment with notation on the floor plan. This is not in 3D, and though not essential would be handy

What is the best way to include/show security or flyscreen doors to entry doors? The CA do that? (I have just upgraded to CAX11)

Whoopse. I take that back! The raked ceiling does show....only rakes 3º. I didn't notice. Generally I consider myself an experienced CA user...Ha!

Can I show raking ceilings in wall elevation mode. My current view don't. The view is cut off at standard ceiling level. I don't really want to edit a section view. Is there a camera adjust/method?

Excellent. Thanks you

I am aware of generally hiding the metric units on dimension lines and default door & window labels, but I am not sure how hide the units when I specify the height and width of a window under the specify label section of the window or door menu box. Can anyone tell me how to those metric units. See attached ScreenShot110119.pdf

grammar correction: I don't think I 'can' attach the detail without attaching the whole file

I am having difficulty with a CAD detail created from a view. This seems be be concerning regularly. Some of the lines freeze as if the line does not exist. The lines cannot be selected and deleted. These unwanted lines do remain visible on the layout sheet, The only way I have been able to resolve this is be re-creating the CAD detail and starting again. This gets very frustrating and time consuming. Has anyone experienced this and been able to resolve it (Other than starting again.) I don't think I have attached the detail without attached to whole file.

Found them. about 5 copies once I found them in a obscure place way off the drawing derail

I am trying to place a gutter moulding in my section detail, however it's not allowing to do so. I have located the moulding profile in the library and right click on the item and which displays a menu including the option to 'place moulding profile, which I understand allow me to place a 2D copy of the shape in the drawing detail. Its not working. Can anyone tell me what I am not doing. Hopefully its me and nor a system glinc using Cheif X10

The photo was imported in the plan (elevation view) and not directly into the layout. NO the yacht mural is a 3D symbol. I created the yatch mural via sketchup

I did just mange to dsplay in blue by converting the import to PDF. It just strange the jpeg import only work in black and white

I have imported a photo, blue coloured on the attached elevation (PDF print). The photo should be coloured blue. The same as the yacht mural blue. The elevation is in vector mode. I have set the 'send to layout' as Plot line and checked colour fill The Photo dialogue box is not set to black or white or gray scale. I have tried importing the photo as jpeg and png. Why is the image not in colour? GYC Front Elevation010818.pdf

Where are the custom library/symbols stored. I want to store is on my data cloud so my laptop updates automatically from what I create on the desktop...or vice versa. Ignore this if its too technical....

Can anyone recommend a good place to source 3D models/symbol sliding stacker doors. I have tried sketch up model but they are not really satisfactory. Is there a good method to build one in CA or should I import. My opening is 10 000m x 2800mm for a 6 panel sliding centre from each side. ie. 3 tracks

Just run into another snag. I adjusted the material regions wall in default whilst in the upper level, then viewed the elevation and drew, with a rectangular polyline the area of the material region and converted the rectangle to a material region. As long as I am in the upper level in elevation the material converts ok but as soon as produce it in the ground level the material region is not displaying in the both the plan view and the elevations. Strange. Can you help? Rob

Brilliant! Thank you...thank you. So simple. Works far better than my laborious slab manipulation.

I have not drawn it yet. I have attached photo of the existing structure which shows the concrete column and beam structure set in 50mm from the brick cavity. This will be difficult to draw using the CA cavity system as the wall will cover the columns and beam. Thus my thinking to drawing the internal brick skin only and then manually draw the outer skin, columns & beams in slab form so I can manipulate the inset concrete structure and proud brickwork. If the concrete was proud with conventional drawing cavities would be OK. I have attached a screenshot of the section of the building I have drawings to illustrate the layout. The plan file, which is part of the overall development is larger than 25MB limit so I cannot upload the complete file. (too much other info anyway) On the attached screen shot I have drawn the column as a 3D slab with the outer brick skin as a slab. I have placed the windows in inner shin brickwork, drawn as a 110mm brick wall and adjusted the window frame and off set to force the window through the outer brickwork drawn as a slab. Hopefully there is a simpler system screenshot Geraldton Yacht Club GF.pdf

What is the best method to draw a 2 storey concrete column and beam structure with the cavity brick infill panels that are 50mm proud of the concrete. I have drawn the concrete and beam as slabs and the a single skin of brickwork (inner cavity skin) and then a slab for the outer brick shin. This gives a true layout for elevations. but this makes it difficult to place windows through the cavity. I am trying to generate a model of an existing building for alterations. Anyone have experience on this style?

Found it. I realize the soffit is fixed to the underside of the eaves sub fascia. By adjusting the sub fascia I can adjust the level of the soffit. This probably falls into the category of 'foolish' considering the length of time I've been a chief user!

Can anyone tell me how to raise the height of the roof eave sheet. A boxed eave as per the attached section (PDF). I have tried deleting the eave sheet (which I am sure is the soffit) by unchecking the Roof Plane Specification>structure>soffit I have tried reducing the eave sub fascia I have played with the boxed eave: Higher Eaves Boxed check on Roof Plane Specification>options. Hopefully there is something real simple I am not doing...hopefully not too foolish! see the attachement eave sheet.pdf

Think I found it. Under Building Framing>Plan Display...but let me know if this is correct/not correct

Where has the 'Fill New Frame Members' under Cad defaults gone? This was under Cad Default>General Cad in CAX9 but has disappeared in CA X10

Is the a system to automatically draw roller doors. When placing a garage door the plan view is alway a panel lift system. I have drawn a roller door by manually creating an opening, the drawing a box in plan view to simulate a door and then done something in the elevation to show a closed door. Any short cuts? Using Chief 20

I have imported a bath symbol (a sketch up item). The actual size of the import configured at 1/10 the size. I then opened the symbol specification box and correct the symbol size using the 'Bounding Box Dimensions' (i.e. the import size was X = 167mm; Y=76mm; z=43mm, which I increased to x=1670; y=760; z=430) and the symbol adjusted correctly in plan view. However the same correctly adjusted symbol in elevation view display the bath as 1/10 the size. When I highlight the symbols in the elevation view the handles of the bounding box is the correct scale/size, but the picture is only the imported 1/10 size. See the screen print attached showing the displayed bath @1/10 and the bounding box outline @ correct scale. NOTE: the 3D camera view is also @ 1/10 the size. What do I do? Currently using cheif 20 beta Rob CA20 Elevation View (Bath).pdf