BrownTiger

>Also, when it is calc'd out automatic, is it from the interior or exterior perimeter?

Chief architect has two:

standard area - lying dimensions (middle of interior wall to outer layer of exterior wall).

interior area    - interior perimeter.

> I want to be able to calc. manually & for the life of me am not able to find where to do that.

Click on outside perimeter, create living area  polyline, or if you want room area - select a room, hit "Make Standard Area Polyline" button.

Create a macro e.g. PolylineArea - "owner.area.round(2)", assigned this new macro "%PolylineArea%" to your polyline label.

Adjust you polylines to whatever area you want calculating, hide when done.

Or you can just select this window hit property copy tool, check the properties e.g. " window trim on the interior, casing etc and a dark color on the exterior" to copy...

click .. click click.

You create a ruby macro ..

Definitions:

owner.automatic_label  is your automatic label e.g. "3450SH"

owner.width is width of your window .. 3x12 +4 = 40"

owner.trimmer_count is your number of trimmers

Create macro e.g. "My_Window_label"

Label = ""

Label += (owner.automatic_label +"\n")

ro_width = owner.width + 2*(owner.sill_framing_depth*owner.trimmer_count)

#now lets convert ro_width to_ft_in

Label += "R.O. " + your converted value + " x " ...

Label

So you can write your own conversion, or lookup mine, Alaska_son's, etc.

>In addition to the R.O., I'd also want the Andersen window name/code above, or below, the rough opening. Adding their specific window name/number is

>my next issue. Well... that, and figuring out how to get all their sizes/windows in the system!

Create an array or structure and lookup a name..

Are you talking about sharing a license or a sharing a content. 

With a content you probably need to install some sort of DMS (Document Management Systems) e.g.free https://sourceforge.net/projects/openkm/?source=directory or https://www.capterra.com/document-management-software/  just make sure this is NOT a website management system e.g. like Wix, Drupal, Zoomba <- NOT these. There you could store and version not just plan but also all the related documentation. Every employee can see project files and the related documentation. Most allow multi-versioning, store additional design files HVAC  generated by other software RHVAC. 

See above

Katharine,

You are not using ChiefArchitect PDF printer or Acrobat PDF Printer. You are using Software BullZip PDF and this software can not handle it (I think it can not handle ArchD).

Nothing is wrong, swich the printer, see destination.

BT

I am not an architect and this is my hobby. 

Wrong forum  post there https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/15-seeking-services/

I am pretty sure it is one of those..

Library > Install Core Content

or 

Library > Update Library Catalogs

It always helps to attach pdf file with an example of what are you talking about...

You can draw 2D details in CA, see <here>, you can import them from already existing DWG, you can export from revit and import CA, you can use existing details from the library, store all common details into separate plan file and attach it every layout... 

is that a metal hood with straps like this?

Not directly, but if you are willing to use fake "manual dimensions" Alaskan_Son posted pretty good library here ... 

You know it is not productive to post a plan file to troubleshoot the toolbars... Nothing in the plan is even related....

On Windows 10 system, CA toolbars are located under <My Documents>\Chief Architect Premier X9 Data\Toolbars. You should see the toolbar(s) and backups... 

Norton (Symantec) could corrupt them.

I would use a real landing. It allow you to sat a rail height. If you totally oppose to using landings because of uneven surface below, put psolid and landing on top with minimal thickness.

4 hours ago, ACADuser said:

Yes, changing to Level 1 eliminated the error.

Is that a safe level to run all the time?

 

So far there has not been a virus dedicated to Ruby in Chief Architect....

Here

Create a new macro name it "CeilingHeight"

Paste the following

val = (ceiling_elevation-floor_elevation).divmod(12)
inch_frac = ((val[1]-val[1].floor)*16).round.quo(16)
 
result = case inch_frac
  when Rational(1.0)
    "#{val[0]}'-#{val[1].ceil}\""
  when Rational(0.0)
    "#{val[0]}'-#{val[1].floor}\""
  else
    "#{val[0].floor}'-#{val[1].floor} #{inch_frac}\""
  end

Now Edit>Default Settings>Floors and Rooms>Room Label>

Into Text enter

<CR>

%CeilingHeight%

Where <CR> is carriage return.

Now go back and double click on your room and change show room label check box to unchecked and back to checked and click ok. 

16 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

Macro People..is their a way to change color of window/door/room labels on an individual basis

as the title says..cheers!

Ruby macros as implemented by CA are read only. Macro can not change anything, other than output label, text box, rich box content.

Saying that, if you are interested in having a different color of a "existing window" label vs "new window" you can assign text to two different layers:

Windows, Labels Existing and Windows, Labels New. Each layer could be assigned a different color.

I have a similar macro, can post the code.. with the similar extended Float class (I already posted).

It really makes no difference if macro is valid or not...

In the room labels default type "%Ceiling Height Label%" without the quotes.  

MarkSM did not connect the roof planes...

I am sure that he knows, but if chief does NOT display the ridge shingles - it is an indicator that the adjacent roof planes are not connected.....

Are you looking in the attic or @floor 1?

You  draw (multi-)split-floorplan as it is flat: floor one, floor 2, etc. After the plan is drawn, but before the roof... select the rooms at the top floor that you want lowered, go into the structure tab and and change Floor (C) value. Now move to the lower floor(s) and do the same thing. 

Here is my old multisplit plan, wasn't that difficult.

Staircase was a nightmare, as I could never get it to understand that I want to stop right rail at the wall.

Somebody posted this before as well... But check to see if the listed DLL was corrupted and has 0 bytes size/

Your "button" must set a global ruby variable, and cause a refresh.

Your special text items (labels) could use macros to check if/how they should supply the text.

Or you can define a special layer(set) to switch labels.

Alaskan_Son posted an example how to do this.. Beyond simple label switching, is pretty problematic - because of half hazard read/only ruby integration.

Like these https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search.html?backendClass=both&q=floating shelf    just import them....

CA has number of library items, for most residential drawing "Close shelf" can be modified and the right texture applied. 

>is there a real practical use for Auto Interior Dimension???

No, I believe it is there just to help new users, and offer a choice. Also it does not do correctly dimensioning of angled walls. Or at least not the way we were taught on engineering program.

Without a plan it would be hard to tell. I guess you may have messed with the materials, used painter or assigned materials type directly.