rwaldrondesigns

Well, I figured it out. I set everything correctly on the default set, but not on the VIEW!!! 

I'm embarrassed to say that I've been using Chief for about 12 years now and have never set up my default sets the way I want them. Instead I used some generic set and edited everything, which I know is ridiculous and time consuming. So, I'm trying to set up the sets I want. For example, I often do counter plans, and want certain things on those plans that are not in the kitchen plans. So, I set up the default set, and adjusted all the layers, setting up lovely Counter plan specific layers, and created a dimension default called "counter plan dimension defaults" that is basically the same as the kitchen plan, but on the counter plan layer. All good so far. Now, when I go to draw a dimension string, it says, "The layer, "Legacy, Dimensions is not displayed"... but it should be automatically using my Counter plan dimensions. I checked everything at least three times, so clearly I'm missing a step in here. I'd be grateful for any advice

Thank you!

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!!

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?

15 hours ago, scottharris said:

Rachel, are you sending your views to layout as 'live views' or 'plot lines'?  Live Views are fast and look 'okay' and can be used for watercolor and other styles.  Plot Lines will give a crisper view and you can adjust your line weights by layer.

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. 

6 hours ago, GeneDavis said:

@rwaldrondesignswhy not go ahead right now and compose a suggestion that Chief have an option for this?

 

Preferences>Appearance>Text seems like the right place to have it.  Something like "Attach leader lines to text at font center first line of block" might be clear enough to understand.  Right now the attachment defaults to center of block, and the attachment point can be dragged to snap to block corners and midpoints sides and top and bottom.

 

Your option, if checked, would give you what you want, and also give users an additional snap point for moving the leader attachment point.

Just to confirm, you're saying this as a hypothetical, not as something that currently exists?

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.

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!

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!!

OMG, Who knew that the doors would default as elevation beting to floor rather than finished floor!? Who does that?! LOL

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.

LOL, of course it's that simple! thanks so much, Eric!

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!!

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?

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 ;)

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.

19 minutes ago, glennw said:

Are you aware of all the hatch patterns in the library?

Oh yes, but there are certainly not enough to illustrate all the possible applications of tile  

9 minutes ago, glennw said:

You can't create a fill pattern or export a fill pattern.

What pattern are you after? 

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.

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.

4 hours ago, robdyck said:

One relatively simple way would be to create wall types that matches the roof and floor assemblies for the sole purpose of schedule inclusion.

A custom schedule may be required to avoid the hassle of renaming the column "Wall Type".

This. is. BRILLIANT!

Thank you!

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:

That's so weird! Why does it have that option if we can't use it?

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?

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  

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!!!