2 hours ago, dshall said:

if you had a granddaughter you would be cool like me.

Totally understand.

3 hours ago, DzinEye said:

I know... I know... some will argue that it's nice to have the flexibility to do things in different ways, but it sure adds a heck of a lot of complication too.

Especially if someone is a newbie and trying to learn the software. I have been using this software since 1996 (3D Home before that) and I still get confused at times!

David Michael over at https://www.chieftutor.net/ has them. Some of them may be free - don't remember right now.

2 hours ago, dshall said:

easy peasy lemon squeazy

ahh... a new addition to remember!

26 minutes ago, ChiefWariq said:

is there a way to make the staircase look just like in the first floor but with a down arrow?

Remove the CA arrow in the stair dbx and add a manual one - easy to control that way. Put it on a layerset that you want off in other views but can be turned on in your reference layerset.

26 minutes ago, DzinEye said:

Wow...yep... the word crazy is apropos there Gene.
Very nice!... but who the heck pays for that kind of detail?

No one I know!

Been running my RyZen for over a year; runs CA just fine.

I know you did not ask for any design input, but looking at you attached picture the two 2nd story roofs (gable and front hip) really need reworked; they are going to be trouble down the road and gutters will almost be impossible to install between them with the eaves so close together. I would probably bring the 2nd floor front wall (hip), which is  to the right of the 2nd floor gable, over to meet the side wall from the gable and totally eliminate that space between the two exterior walls; been down this road before. Just my 2 cents.

Would a note on an elevation to mull the windows be an easier method? Might leave a little more room for error but the windows would still show up on the different floor schedules and be included in the job. Could possibly place a note in the window schedule for each unit included that it is a part of a mulled unit. I have placed them on the same floor and moved some of them up,  but they don't look right in the plan view - pick your poison I guess.

7 hours ago, Chrisb222 said:

I have also made my own seamless brick from a photograph of a brick house where I wanted to use the same brick. Turned out great.

I do this also while I am at the remodel site, or at a house with the brick a client wants to replicate; works great. Just make sure you are as square and plumb to the brick as you can be. I usually take several shots on multiple walls and vary the number of bricks in the shot, just in case I may like one shot over another. Photographer's rule - take lots of pictures.

Making a new Saved Plan View is just as easy, to me, as making a new Annoset, but with more features. Save an existing SPV under a new name, change the layerset, dimension default, floor, zoom level, reference set(s), etc. and you are good to go - that simple. The floor and zoom level in SPV's are two I appreciate the most. I don't have dozens and dozens of SPV's; I keep them to a bare minimum to meet my needs and workflow.

12 hours ago, Rich_Winsor said:

It may not look too impressive, but it has a surprising

amount of amenities.

Must be the "cupola" to the large bunker underneath.

In my neck of the woods we have subdivisions and lots everywhere with this style front; clients want them. I do several a year.

1 hour ago, DRAWZILLA said:

Out here in the land of fruits and flat lots

You forgot "nuts." 

1 hour ago, DRAWZILLA said:

I don't get a lot of sloped lots

I don't get very many flat lots!

6 minutes ago, Dermot said:

Just select one or more layout boxes and use the Create Saved Plan View tool to generate a saved plan view that matches the settings used in the layout.

Thanks, Dermot; I did not know that.

Just now, DRAWZILLA said:

Am I missing something or can't you just create an elevation layerset and make the footing and  foundation walls a dotted line for that layerset.

The foundation walls above grade are the problem; you want those solid. If the lot is totally flat, using a pony wall for the foundation might work, but that brings in other potential problems as other posts have shown - especially with basements and windows and doors. On a sloped lot, I use the "white angle hatch fill" technique like Chris. I use an angle hatch at 45° with a border line weight of "0" and a fill line weight of 75; works good and easy to control the look.

11 minutes ago, dshall said:

We  might all be talking about the same thing,  one click and I am working on electric plan,  one click I am working on foundation plan.  This is what I did with Anno Sets.

 

This is what I use.....  The "P" which is called the SAVED PLAN VIEW CONTROL.

 

This is my workflow now. I had the annoset workflow similar to Joey before Saved Plan Views (SPV), but the addition of saving the zoom setting and, more importantly, the floor in SPV's is much better.

2 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

No need for a reference plan as electrical in the loft if their is one would show up on the wrong floor which would be wrong.

Completely agree.

8 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

Why is there a second floor and why is electrical placed on that floor? 

Maybe he thought they had to go on the 2nd floor which was created because of the loft.

Sorry, I didn't really notice you wanted the "b" in the number column; thought it was just in the label.

It would be a good idea to "tag" Eric if you have further questions (on this topic). @solver Sorry, Eric, if I am overstepping.

17 minutes ago, joey_martin said:

b) Type what ever you want in the label area of the cabinet and/or door.

Just change the label for that cabinet like Joey says.

Toooooo much work for the return, in my opinion - just my 2-cents. Not sure your reasoning for wanting an accurate floorplan showing the blocks (if that is what you are after) but no mason, again my opinion, is going to necessarily follow a plan showing the individual blocks - too many variables for that to work. Just use good notes and wall styles.

Are you using "perspective crop" by any chance when you set up your perspective camera? I had something similar happening because I use perspective crop still, even though it has been technically discontinued (deprecated) by Chief. I worked with tech support and they arrived at the Perspective Crop being the problem and basically suggested "don't use it." They gave me a workaround I will list below, but you can do a search for "perspective crop" and will come with this thread:

I think that is the confusion with me - raked walls instead of sloped walls. The walls in the original post may indeed be raked, just hard to tell from that angle.