BrownTiger

I am not an architect, or structural engineer. 

 

I would make all wet walls 6". I had one of the houses we bought some idiot run plumbing threw the cabinet and tile floor down into a basement. It is totally bone headed.  I  mean I get it for kitchen islands, but entire house?   

 

You have, in the basement, nearly 40' span on 11 7/8 TJI most likely at L360 - while I have no clue what live / dead load is in your locality... Joist will NOT span 40', and sometimes you need the blocking...:)

 

When framing floors, Chief architect places double rim joists under every interior wall and the stairs spanning entire length. This may be off..... 

 

In the basement "Family Room" you have a flatwork floor below the footer. Garage staircase has some extra foundation walls and footers.... it is your call but at $70/ln ft plus cost of footers --- waste.

 

I assume the Storage underneath of the porch is a safe/tornado room. Food storage has no access doors and the floor is below the footers.

 

You want to use common trusses 40', 38', 36'. Not 36' 6"....

 

Dining, pantry, master rooms most likely need a beam for a 40' opening. I would check with the engineer.

many others

 

6 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Interesting.  This seems to reinforce my suspicion that a good print server might make the difference.  It introduces an entirely new driver and memory bank into the mix. 

 

What do you think BT?   Could a print server be the difference and perhaps the answer?  If so, that would point again to the printer/printer driver being the limiting factors and not necessarily Chief.  I mean Chief might be the only program that causes seem people issue but that still doesn't necessarily mean it's a Chief problem.  Chief just may be a bit more demanding than some of the other software and that demand may have increased further with X7 and onward.  

 

I don't know...just some ideas.

 

 

No, internal printer memory and internal rendering engine are the most critical. I misspoke it should say"printer memory/engine" as  T25x0 series have 320Gb hard drive and software can use 128Gb for rendering. The printer OP is using from my old X-employer and I know for a fact it is dated and flawed. My x-employer may be p* off if I comment on their hardware. 

 

In general Spoolers [print servers] do very little. They hold job file and transmit to a printer, supply headers in-between jobs, notify clients when you have an issue.

Provide ability to restrict who can and can not print to this print queue. Excluding nasty winprinters (that rely on Windows host rendering), most printers rely on internal rendering engine. [PCL/Postscript/PDF]. Qt5 that CA rely on removed Postscript support. Postscript is redundant to pdf printing IMHO. So if a printer includes PDF rendering engine and the driver supports, PDF file will be sent to this printer. Sometimes PDF rendering  engine does not produce exactly the same result as PCL5/PCL6. 

 

HP Pdf direct printing also has some issues... as it does not permit tray / paper calls. These have to be set in PJL.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

Bottom line OP should try to print a simple rectangle and see if it cuts and resets.

 

 

 

 

Bernie,

 

Try printing just a single large rectangle in A1. I wrote countless printing code and specific PCL instructions. Sometimes printer memory can not handle complex layout.Printer will reset and spooler will resubmit the job. Causing loop. 

 

Test with the simple layout page with the simple rectangle say 560x800. It should not loop and should print correctly.

Chief uses Qt5 framework.

 

> the current version of x8:
>-with metric template,
>printing a page with a drawing sheet of ISO A1 (594 x 841mm )
>with 'check plot' selected results in the top and bottom borders being cut off by about half an inch.

 

That's sounds familiar.... https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-32987 also I would not use "unsafe" margins.

Cut couple millimeters off at the bottom.

 

Also do a quick test to see if imperial layout has the same issues.Set margins 1/2" and draw a rectangle.

 

 

 

Instead of placing font directly,  right click on the font and select install or from font previewer select Install. 

 

Close and Reopen ChiefArchitect.

Because this is not an image, here is what you see:

 

 

 

And here is a real jpeg, that it displays.

 

 

This is really good use of html 5 canvas tags.

 

 

 

You do not need to export, all you need is to set checkbox Edit / Default Settings /  Plan  / Mark checkbox Allow editing in Select Home Designer Products.

 

You also need a compatible version of HD Pro https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/home-designer-pro/.

Must resist... This is as of X8 vs Softplan 2016 vs Revit 2017

 

Chief Architect 

-easy nearly trivial concepts and you can create basic residential layout right away

-true 3d modeling

-Massive cabinet library and options

-Strong roofing tools 

-Strong layout [also pretty poor templates are provided out of the box]

-Strong tech, videos and forum support

-Strong: easy to adjust the model 

-Provides automatic plan audit tools

-Provides quick import /3D export tools to allow end user walk 3D models

-Provides decent Walkthrough, with colors / textures etc

-Strong AnnoSet / Layerset tools [Quick hide what you don't need, adjust fonts, colors based on what you need or presenting ] 

-Weak: 3D tools to design new solid elements symbols [addressed by supporting Sketchup] 

-Weak: non standard stairs

-Weak: Material list

-So so: floor framing tools  

-So so: Floor options, As builts - are done by basically creating separate floor plan. 

-Avg: Plugins Ruby is supported but limited.

 

 

Softplan:

-Strong Estimation part ( SoftList ) also I believe it is pretensious  

-Strong plan Floor options

-Support for extracting some GoogleEarth data for plot plan.

-Weak nearly every place else...

 

RevIt

-Somewhat difficult to use and requires LOT more clicks and efforts

-Strong BIM

-Strong Documenting

-Provides systems (HVAC)

-Strong collaboration

-Strong plugings 

-Strong 3D tools

-Takes way TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG to design something

- adjusting structure after is a pain.

-No audit tools... 

-Weak libraries

Draw another line parallel to the one you have. Takes a sec. Move it into place.

>How do I get the section arrow to have a solid fill ? I checked off the fill box in the DBX but it will not give a solid fill.

 

 

The clear arrow  fill means cross-Section is opened in another window. 

 

 

>I drew these framing extent callouts with text above. When I move the text the lines move with the text as you can see in the bottom

framing callout. I have no idea why this is happening and how do I stop it from happening.

 

 

There are two check boxes in the Line properties Dialog box / Arrow > "Auto - position head and Autoposition Tail. 

 

 

When either of them checked and you move an object, software will autoposition your line. 

 

This is pretty good link I would recommend

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00593/turning-off-the-display-of-attic-walls.html

 

Purples icons are for ChiefArchitect Interiors.

Like Glen said, Chief Architect does automatically wrap around stairs, you need to uncheck "allow wrap", this setting is more for an exterior deck. 

50 minutes ago, OkcDesigner said:

Ok you all are going to have a good laugh. Here in the heart land a good napkin sketch, will get you a permit. Builders have it down to site plan, floor plan, good to go. I had a return client that used Chief Trial to design his own plan and just pay me to finish it. Banks are doing loans from sales drawings from plan books. The local user base for Chief Architect here is Builders, they fix all issues in field..................

 

I tell every client. I generally save you more money than I charge. Some get it and some do not. I all ways ask what you call a plan when they ask my fee over the phone. Locals will do plans for $.50 per foot....... yes Site plan and Floor plan.........

 

I believe you, same in Indiana. No 2 pencil and 8x11 for floorplan and elevations. When I worked for a builder we got one permit under 15 minutes in a different county tho.

 

PermitRequirements.pdf

 

There code enforcement was very nice lady, she would call the builder and ask the receptionist - if what is in her picture is normal and follow the code. Of course the receptionist always said "absolutely we do this all the time" as she did not know anything about construction. And in the said case it was commercial building (salt dome) with the high steel. 

I was questioning this 

type = {"base cabinet" => 'B' , "wall cabinet" => 'W', "utility cabinet" => 'U'}

cab = type[automatic_description]

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In theory

cab = automatic_description[0].upcase

 

But I am not sure how  automatic_label  and automatic_description related... And if automatic_label  is still present in X9.

Does owner.automatic_label[0] works anymore in X.?

 

 

reboot your pc to remove file lock

5 hours ago, MarkMc said:

Thanks. Alas it only works on base and utility cabinets AND only if they are 24" deep.

 

I do NOT have X9, did not have ChiefArchitect. Just used JavaDeveloper to type it. If something works - it is a miracle.

 

5 hours ago, MarkMc said:

One reason I used %xyz dims% instead of writing it in directly was I want to write this for several other brands of cabinets.

 

OOP has three principals. I followed Encapsulation rule and got rid of OWNER notation (choosing NONE instead), using global functions (macro) never a good excuse in my book.  

 

My $.02

One library or all of the libraries....

 

For  one library: Find the .calibz of that manufacture and tell the customer to import it.

For all edit/preferences/general/folder/"Show..."/Manufacture Library Folder

You also will need Proprietary Library Referenced files Folder.

There are many ways to code the same thing.....

 

This what I would have done....

 

BT

Warning Macro for X9 only

LabelCabinets.json

30 minutes ago, ChiefGrego said:

how do I get to the old forum?

 

 

http://www.chieftalk.com/forumdisplay.php?1-General-Q-amp-A

 

BT

 

I pinky promise not to comment on X9 vs Softplan until the release  ... 

> Did that CAD detail auto generate I don't remember creating it or maybe I did an old template, forgot!

 

No, it does not auto-generate.

 

> Is it better practice to put schedules in a CAD detail

 

It is a matter of personal preference, so you may get different opinions.  The benefit of having a detail is that you can place it anywhere in the layout and multiple times. You can move it when your plan may or may not completely fit the layout page.

22 minutes ago, dssharp said:

Point is im having a hard time paying for ssa year after year,and then I have to deal with stuff like attic walls,callouts (which has been talked about over and over). I don't need to see a reflection from toilet paper rolls .

+1000

 

I have hard time understanding future directions or roadmap of CA.

 

X9 appear to bring: 

a) Touch screen interface

b ) Stair paneling

c) Open shelf cabinets

d) Wall / shower niches

e) Undo / redo performance improvement

 

Probably post a design. 

 

Can't really tell what you are trying to do.

1) Are you trying to have a floor with a gable over front porch?

2) Shed roof [half gable front porch]

3) Shed roof on outside, gable on inside opened gable looking end

4) Gable porch

 

 

I do not know reasoning behind importing into plan, moving to a layout and then adding to a library. Without a file hard to tell. 

I would:

1) Create plan file called  "MyDetails.plan".

2) Create a new CAD Detail.

3) In that cad detail import your dwg detail. Make all your detail about same size and same look and feel.

repeat steps for every detail that you have.

 

In the layout file attach this details plan and send the detail you need, adjust the scale. I would not waste library space.

 

Every plan that needs details attach same details plan file.

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IMHO size doesn't matter as long as they all about same scale. You can send every detail at let's say 1/8" - 1 scale.