chief58

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  1. Raul a simple answer is yes this group is great for getting answers to your questions and the support you get with the SSA not that I use it that much but is great when you need it, then there is chiefexperts site which is very helpful and you get to go on there and review his recorded classes and be a part of his webnairs, I have been using Chief since version 2 doing design build and know in my later years lol I build house on the computer for the younger guys out there building house, in 2000 I worked for a builder doing his plans and as you they did 120-130 house a year and like you cookie cutters with revisions by the client, since 2002 I have been just doing design for builders and customers in my area Pa. and have done work for customers as far away as Florida and California using the network which is a great tool, so the bottom line is go for it I don't you will be sorry

     

    JUST MY OPINION

  2. Tommy I agree about roofs when I was building house I always stick built my roofs and know doing house manually helps me do them and if I can go to the job site and build it I don't draw it so building it myself on the computer helps me an my customer. 

     

    By the way whatever happen to Louis Fernandez, he was always a great contributor to this site

  3. Joey just get your outer size divid in half and start with the basic room sizes and needs then adjust from there to the clients needs, I find it takes longer trying to find something over just using my experience to make the plan to what my clients needs are and making changes from that after they see the preliminary iI have developed from our initial meeting and the information iI received from my client

  4. Joey there is so many different things to consider, is there land and setbacks that have to be meet, is there cost involved that will be determine the over all of each apartment, like Perry said in one of his post draw the outside dimensions of you build that is requried then add the rooms your client might want to have for that space, after that show your client and it is fairly easy to adjust your walls  to make room sizes they might want or need

  5. Perry you are correct just didn't have the time then, what I did was place a symbol in the plan then selected it, select the open symbol icon the one with the chair and pencil under rotation at the bottom select the y axis, then rotate 90 deg either left or right, then I save it to MY electrical lib that I have in my user catalog

  6. 1 TO 2 inch gap doesn't help with fire if the wall is compromised then it would have a chimney effect, a lot has to do with your state or local codes also, our state codes require us the have a true fire seperation between each unit with nothing braking that bearier for that reason I I do as explained above