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Got a new computer and on the old one I had my lib on a second monitor so I need somethings off of it and I hooked it up to another monitor and only one know I can't find my lib browser andy help to get it back on this monitor would be greatly appreciated

Select the roof which is the correct fascia then copy that number, then open the roof that you want to move and paste that number in there and it will move to where you want it to be

You might want to check youtube there is a lot of vids there, also chiefexperts.com and http://www.chieftutor.com/, https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=chief%20architect%20video these are some great resoreses to learn from, others have your tube vids also

Attached is the one I just did only thing it has a roof over it, you can call it a deck or a balcony and it should come out ok, if this is what you are looking to do

If you learn to use your annotation sets all you have to do it setup an annotation set to what you want, select that annotation set and draw your line or box, it is all setup in the annotation set

Dave I have a layer setup called sq. ft. and it is a different line color, I also use annotation sets which is set to house sq. ft. and the cad layer there is active to my sq. ft. layer set so that when I draw a line it is in that color and I and move it to anywhere I want to measure to

I have suggested and would like to see us be able to take a cade block, or lets say if we are making a manufacture's lib for a window company we us all the time once we get it to what we want that window to be and we want to add it to our lib, we can select a lib that we have made and when we save it the object goes into that llb not into the my cad blocks lib and then we have to move it to the lib we want it in, this would save steps.

I also would like to be able to have the window manuf. in the windows dbx not in the components or the components lib in the window dbx

Someone a long time posted how to make an invisible electrical symbol not sure who, so I have an invisible light fixture and sw that doesn't show on the plan put when I put them together I put a note on my plan that says run to switch above and then upstairs I do the same thing with the note run to switch below, so far this has worked for me and the extra symbols don't show on the plan

basements are auto built just select build floor then foundation set your defaults for the type foundation wall footing and height of basement and garage walls if there is a garage attached

thron maybe home designer software would be a better fit for what you do, just a suggestion

Lew if what you say is for lazy people I am all for it LOL

maybe could be the walls are just reversed

If you mean modernizing the code base and I have to learn computer codes I not for that, I think most of us come from a construction background or drafting background, I know building and I can build it and draw it I don't know computer codes, Scott this might be a studid  statement worst then you ?

Mr. Scott I think you are onto somrthing as long as the spline tool made the connection so as you stated if you move a light or switch it goes with it

Kelly I have suggested that also, wish we could have something like the arc tool so we can draw our own arc and a straight like that makes the connection also

I would raise the ceiling in that room and use the soffit tool or a polyline solid and make my adjustments and as Curt said it depends on what you are doing if it is a truss roof or stick built which I always did and I would raise the clg jsts to the height that I wanted and then box down for the stepped clg

STAIRS which has been asked for a couple of versions

Jim you might want to check out chiefexperts Dan has done some amazing things with chief and is a good trainer doing classes he has done whole developments using 

chief and I have done 3-4 unit townhouses with chief, like Perry says once you get to think like the program its a great too, Scott Hall has a lot of video's also he is a great help

you might want to check youtube for them or his site chieftutor.com great people along with all the Chief people on here they are very very helpful

I agree with Larry and the one an only D. Scott Hall great group of guys and gals  , hope everyone has a great holiday I might not be on here tomorrow since I already got call out for 6 am with the plow truck for the state

I just changer the floor surface to 1/8" and made the material concrete and it looks like the concrete floor in overview if that bis what yi\ou are looking for

Perry I tried that but still seen the floor surface in overview, wonder id the floor surface was call air

you want to to delete floor finish in your default plan and then it should work when you do other plans

Larry same plan we are just working on different area's, he is using 3d cad blocks on some of the corners I woked on the one where the car is and jus moved the bacg of the cad block back into the wall some

Larry totally agree with you about the walls needing to be correct, attached is where I see the cwd block that I moved

Larry when I looked at the floor plan I seen there was a cad block at that area when I mived it back the inside line went away