Alaskan_Son

By the way, just to be very very clear, I think there definitely should be angular dimension defaults.

This is highly debatable. There are many many things that have no default setting and there are many things that can be controlled via several different defaults (due to our own incessant and somewhat self destructive desire for options). Not so sure Chief needs to make a point of highlighting everything that doesn't have a default setting. That's not something I've ever seen in any software. If you can't find the setting using the appropriate channels than there probably isn't one.

No. Not really. You asked what that setting was for. You question was easily answered by reading the description and clicking on Help. And you would very naturally and easily be directed there going the other direction as well...

I feel like this is a flawed question... "Which Universities offer Architecture Studies via Chief Architect Software" No universities anywhere offer architecture studies via software of any kind. Architectural degrees have nothing whatsoever to do with software. The question is kinda like asking which universities offer law degrees using Microsoft Word. Chief Architect is simply a tool some designers choose to use and is nothing more than a supporting class a person might take. An architectural or engineering degree is a huge investment and requires a butt-load of prerequisites as others have mentioned. In addition to the academic prerequisites you're looking at several more years of study and then several more years working for someone else before you'll get your so called stamping privileges. It's no small undertaking by any means and if you ask me, "which software do you teach with?" is not even a question worth asking. You can learn software anywhere.

By and to the the way, its all right there in the Name and in the Help files... I find that Chief is far more clear with things than we often give them credit for when we take the time to slow it down a notch and actually read their descriptions.

Yes. As far back as I know. It controls the displayed angle for lines...

I don't think there's much to add. There simply is no default setting for angular dimensions. It's as simple as that. Its a longstanding gripe of many users. I personally don't care all that much though because I very rarely use the tool. Totally guessing at this, but I'd say I probably only ever use it once or twice on every 3rd job. When I do, it takes about 3 second to open it up and change the angle style. The bigger deal to me is that lack of control over rounding accuracy. Even that though I put pretty far down my list. I honestly only ever need to change that on probably 1 out of 10 angular dimensions I place at most. Easy enough to overlay text in those situations.

Because it's completely unrelated.

Ah, yes. I see what you're saying. It's always round to the nearest 1/16". This isn't a problem with most cabinets I've tested and would be fine with most cabinets we use, but it could definitely be an issue with others. Good catch. Have you reported this particular issue?

Okay, so a bit more testing and I see what's happening...at least for cabinet styles I've quickly tested... Cabinet attributes aren't properly getting refreshed unless there's a total rebuild. Only way I can seem to force this is through a Cut/Paste of the cabinet(s) or an Undo/Redo. Very strange and I will report. Panel sizes seem to be reporting perfectly accurately as long as the cabinet attributes get refreshed.

Okay. So, just as a followup, I realized I lied. It is possible. As I recall, Chief wasn't reporting those panel sizes correctly last time I tried, but they seem to be reporting just fine now.

If you want to use the Material List then this definitely changes things a bit. Also, just FYI you don't need to Export. You can simply copy and paste directly. Give it a shot.

Door opening lines are a hard coded, dashed line style. The Help files actually specifically describe them as being DASHED lines.

You are correct. I was assuming it was just a standard railing....thus my "never mind". Doesn't look like those pony walls work quite the same. It would be a lot easier of people would just post plans.

Never mind. Looks like you're trying to do something a little different than I thought.

Don't screw with the bounding box size. You need to include a custom countertop cutout (Hole In Countertop) in the 2D Block.

Just like any other wall set to Follow Stairs, it has to be on top of the stairs, but yes, it works.

Read the invites you send out Scott. They should include something like... ... Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/836869109 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (669) 224-3412 Access Code: 836-869-109 ...

Yes. You are. GTM provides an option to call in to their system using a phone. They're not calling you. They're calling into the meeting using a special phone number and access code provided by GTM.

There's actually not. It can be automated to a certain extent but for accurate door and drawer panel dimensions there has to be direct user input one way or another based on the specifics of each cabinet and it's specific openings and panels. Some of this can be sped up by creating and storing re-used cabinets and/or appropriately named panels but it's a lot of manual work no matter what you do. If and when Chief gives us a Collection of individual openings and their panels, then it would be possible. Not now though.

That wouldn't work because there can be multiple baselines. It can only use one (and I think it just uses the highest of the 2). Because they had to pick something to use. It could have been anything really. Why not just be consistent and use same In From Baseline?

There are 2 main reason I've seen this occur. One is because of Chief's addition of the Measurement class and the other is because of Chief's full implementation of unicode.

I have this happen from time to time. It seems related to nothing more than the clipboard having a bad day. At any rate, I think you can usually fix it by rebooting, but I also think it will fix itself if you copy and paste something in the problem window. Then go back and try your original operation again. It should work. At least that's how I remember resetting the clipboard when that happens. It doesn't seem to happen often enough for me to remember how to deal with it, so I always have to try one or 3 things before I get it.

I see that you have X12. Is there a reason you haven't just continued the plan in X12?

Yes. I forgot you said it was in X11.