rwaldrondesigns

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  1. Okay, I know this sounds like a kooky question, but I have a wonderfully kooky client I would like the bottom drawers in my kitchen design to be, say purple, then the next row be blue, and the next row pink, etc. I'm thinking the best way to do this is to create a cabinet that is the height of the bottom drawers with no counter, then another cabinet with no toe kick or counter, and however many inches off the ground to put it on top of the first, etc. This works great for presentation purposes, but of course, messes up my cabinet schedule. I'm thinking photoshop will have to jump in here, but thought I'd check to see if you folks knew another way to do this. Thanks!!
  2. I'm having a similar problem, which makes it quite difficult to properly dimension interior elevations.My wall is drawn to be 82", but I can't get a proper dimension! Did we ever figure this out?
  3. I send my views as "plot lines". I can manually adjust each and every lineweight (when it cooperates), but what I can't do is tell the system that I want all cut lines to be bolder. I'd have to modify it every single time, and if I refresh it, I start from scratch. There has to be a better way.
  4. Just to confirm, you're saying this as a hypothetical, not as something that currently exists?
  5. I would say that lineweights is one of my biggest beefs with Chief. Today, I took three elevations and converted them to details so that I could adjust the lineweights and make them more presentable. The difference between the two is amazing, which frustrated me even further. Is there anything I'm missing and it actually is possible to modify elevation lineweights particularly with interiors? I've attached the before and afters of my elevations to show a bit of what I'm aiming for. Given, the presentation one also looks better because I added poche and more detail, but we can see how much more depth there is when the lineweights are properly adjusted.
  6. JKEdmo is right, I'm looking for a default. I did drag them manually, but that's a bit of a nightmare for a large set!
  7. When I put leaders with text on my drawings, the default centers the text vertically with the leader line. What this means is that if I have several notes, it gets muddy and unclear as to what notes belong to what leader. I'd like to update it so that my leader line aligns with the first row of text or the top of the text box, rather than the center. Does anyone know how to do this? thank you!!
  8. OMG, Who knew that the doors would default as elevation beting to floor rather than finished floor!? Who does that?! LOL
  9. I'm on a roll today with questions - I've had this problem for a while and have been trying to trick the system with hidden lines to get my elevation dimensions to accurately represent what they are supposed to. I'm attaching two images, one that shows my dimension line from the floor to the bottom of the window, and one where I've opened the window and we can see that I've specified its height at 16". I've had this issue with doors and windows primarily, but I'm seeing it across the board. Any tips? EDIT: I discovered the issue with this window - it was not set to 16" Above finished floor - doors are still the same issue though.
  10. LOL, of course it's that simple! thanks so much, Eric!
  11. I have a wall where one side of it is a porcelain slab and the other side, as well as the end should be drywall. However, the porcelain is wrapping on to the end. How do I modify this to be the drywall, not the porcelain? It's not an option in the materials (why not, lol?) Thanks all!!
  12. Hi all, I'm trying to create an interior finish schedule for a project, and really don't need it to describe the manufacturer, finish, and underlayment under "floor finish" for example. I simply want it to read "tile" or "bamboo". Is this possible without converting the schedule to text?
  13. I'm a bit stumped, there is the option in the cabinet schedule to add the category of "accessories/inserts", so it seems strange that the only way these show up are in materials lists! Though, maybe this is a new thing and this discussion is from 2014 ;)
  14. I'm surprised this hasn't come up for me before, but I just placed pendant fixtures in my kitchen design with vaulted ceilings, and the fixtures went in at an angle to match the slope of the ceiling As much as I love this windblown effect, I'm wondering if there's a simple way to tell the fixture to ignore the ceiling slope, or maybe this is fixture specific? EDIT: It looks as though it IS fixture specific. Other fixtures don't do this. Totally open to using a different one, but interested to hear resolutions to correct this fixture issue.
  15. Oh yes, but there are certainly not enough to illustrate all the possible applications of tile
  16. Well shoot, I was trying to create multiple tile patterns. I have a tile manufacturer that I use who has many shapes that I would love to easily replicate by creating it once.
  17. I would like to create additional tile patterns, but for the life of me cannot see how to save a pattern I've created as a fill! I would love a pointer Editing to clarify that I have found how to import a .pat file, but I cannot see how I could create a .pat file to export.
  18. I am using a wall schedule for permitting wall assembly information but was surprised to see that there is not something similar for floors, ceilings, and roofs. Am I missing something? Or, do I need to convert the schedule to text to add that information? I would like this to be an "Assembly Schedule" rather than a wall schedule:
  19. That's so weird! Why does it have that option if we can't use it?
  20. I would like to do a double door in my floor plan with custom sized panels (left panel larger than the right panel). Unfortunately, this option is grayed out. I know I've done this before, but am having the darndest time getting that option to be available. Can someone tell me what I'm missing?
  21. I have been trying to do this exact thing. I have turned off the Opening Header lines layer and have hidden the top edge and still see this. Uh yeah... ignore me. I had lines drawn behind it
  22. LOL, I wasn't worried about the 0,0 because I'm basically supplying a few drawings (roof plan, floor plan, details) for a designer who is doing elevations, etc by hand. I have no idea how in the world that happened. I was literally getting ready to print and everything looked great, then I went back through the pages for a double check and everything was screwed up! Needless to say, I sat with my face in my hands for a while that evening.... lol. Thank you for figuring that out. I swear, I've never even locked a layer!!!
  23. Here is the file (pardon the errors, it is still in progress, lol) DUN01_DESIGN.plan
  24. I have no clue what I managed to do, but suddenly random items are showing up on my roof plan and cannot be selected. A dryer (but not the washer), select shelves, a shower column, a towel warmer and a range hood. I can see the items in elevation, but cannot select them. I cannot see the items in plan view. I don't know how to fix this error if I can't select them and open them to see what may have happened. Has anyone had this happen before and know the solution? Here is a screenshot of my plot (and yes, this was timed perfectly to happen just before my deadline to get the drawings to the engineer, so I sent them to him like this explaining the glitch... omg):