Alaskan_Son

Just to clarify here, this is the order of operation... Press (do not release mouse button yet)>Drag>Tab (now you can release the mouse button)

Hi Rachel, That was done with a doorway.

Those wall panels do the same thing. I think what you're really after needs to be done with moldings, wall material regions, primitives, or a special customized symbol set as Inserts Into Wall. Wall panels aren't the right tool though IMO.

You can also just manually place any cabinet door style from the library directly into the plan as a fixture.

There is definitely a bug that needs to be worked out with that plan/situation. Please make sure to send things like that in to tech support. I have no reason whatsoever to think it's user error in this case.

Those were actually last saved in AutoCAD version 2018

This just depends on the object type. In your particular case, for these logs, you basically have 3 different object you would most likely be working with: 1. A symbol: These should be easily rotated in any view. 2. A polyine solid: Remember that these are only 3D extrusions of a 2D shape. That means these can only be rotated in the view they were created in or in the directly opposing view since those are the only 2 views the extrusion shape (profile) actually exists in. 3. A solid: These can be rotated in any view since they are not connected to a 2D extrusion. One big limitation is that there is no Make Parallel/Perpendicular since the solid has no actual definable 2D edges for Chief to use for that operation. This means you must specifically rotate solids using another method (angle snaps for example). QUICK POWER TIP: Group (control) select the solid in an elevation view to force it to rotate perfectly perpendicular to that camera. There's a lot more that could be said about modeling custom log-work like this. For anyone interested in a more in depth discussion, please consider contacting me at alaskansons@gmail.com to set up a customized one-on-one consultation session.

The real keys to this particular topic are these... 1. You have to try and figure out what tools are and are not available in your particular version. In this particular example, there are some pretty major diffeteveces between the tool available in CA Premier and those available in HD Architectural. I always strongly recommend that anyone who does this for a living just bite the bullet and upgrade to CA Premiere...or at least Interiors. I think you’ll be glad you did. 2. You have to understand the crucial difference between TEXTURES and PATTERNS along with which view types they pertain to. The texture source files needs to be a seamless image (picture) file. Pattern files on the other hand are a special vector (CAD line) based file. I can personally create pretty much any pattern file you can dream up for use in the appropriate views. In this particular example, I could create as many as half a dozen simple repeating herringbone or offset tile pattens in about 15 minutes (including custom tile sizes AND custom grout widths). More complex custom patterns can take quite a bit longer (don’t think I’ve ever had one take more than an hour) standard tile layout pattern are pretty quick though. I charge $80 an hour with a one hour minimum though, so it’s typically most cost effective if you can place an order with several items at once. Just shoot me an email if you want to discuss further.

Yes. It's not a perfect solution, but use the Living Area label and just add "%standard_area% M2" to that label. You'll just have to mask the automatically produced portion of the label with some CAD or drag the label border way down so that portion is outside your view. This results in all text at one single height though so if you want 2 different text heights, delete the "Living Area" text and just place that part manually.

Been around for quite some time now. Please report it so that they hear it from a few more people.

There are none.

Just as a quick aside here, I know you were talking about placing notes in Layout Rene, but for those placing notes in plan, there have been quite a few developments over the last few version that made it a lot easier to use a broad range of objects (not just plants) along with their schedules...including architectural blocks even.

I have a system that doesn't renumber the sequence. I think whether or not it's worth the effort really depends on a number of specifics though. I might be able to help you set something up. Shoot me an email if you want to discuss further.

Yep. Thanks for the reminder. I knew there was an easier way I had done that in the past.

I'm trying to set up a workshop to cover how to do this exact type of thing more effectively in Chief.... In this example, I was able to isolate your broom in less than 30 seconds. A couple more minutes and I made it look a lot more like an actual broom. Just a quick and rough example of what's possible... Broom.calibz It might be worth checking out the thread above and adding your name to the list.

Sorry, your original posts didn't really specify all that much criteria. You have to get creative by using a few extra material regions, p-line solids, and adjusting your layer settings to get a lot closer... Or you can create a symbol of your plan, rotate it onto it's side, and take a section view. Adding the splashes of color that way requires some extra effort though. Seems like it would be just as easy to keep using Sketchup if you really need that exact look.

Orthographic Floor Overview... 3D>View Direction>Top View... Watercolor with Line Drawing rendering mode Easy peasy rice and cheesy

There are quite a few online resources but one of the first places I typically go is to 3D Warehouse The quality of symbols can be hit and miss though so you have to choose carefully. There are also a whole host of other online sources for symbols including manufacturer websites, Turbosquid,other 3rd party websites, etc. You just need to find symbols in a 3D format Chief can import... SKP 3DS DAE OBJ DWG DXF STL There are also a handful of services that model symbols from scratch when necessary...something I do myself. When you can't find what you want though, I recommend just modify existing symbols or modeling it yourself from scratch. Once you get a hang of all the tools available in Chief and how to efficiently leverage those capabilities, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how easy it actually can be to model many types of things yourself. But my typical search order looks something like this... Chief Architect® Core catalog Chief Architect® Bonus/Manufacturer/User catalogs 3D Warehouse Manufacturer websites (depending on the item, sometimes I will go here before 3D Warehouse) Model myself Other 3rd parties

A few quick tips on this subject... -An orthographic floor overview along with CAD Detail from view can be a very handy way of getting relevant snaps or for producing tile layout documents. -Solids can be used to display material patterns in plan views. -To deal with "drifting" during multiple copy operations, try changing your number style to decimal inches OR place a temporary marker at the destination end and use a specified number of copies instead of an offset.

Please make sure to send me an email if you want to be included on the list. Thanks.

Some are symbols and some are architectural blocks. The step you're missing is Tools>Symbol>Convert To Symbol.

Thanks Rich. Chains actually weren't too difficult. I won't go into all the little details, but here are the steps in short... Model a single link Figure out how far link needs to be offset to make contact in the next link position Use transform replicate along with that offset and a rotation angle (a little off 90 degrees) Convert that section to a Symbol Rotate chain section into position

Just for the record, it might not be the most efficient tool for every job, but I actually use Chief for 99% of my custom modeling needs. in addition to the ability to model almost anything from scratch, you can also use Chief to modify existing geometry in quite a few ways. I've modeled or modified quite a few things in Chief over the years, but I think this particular one might be my favorite. Done completely from scratch... The example pic used... The resulting model... For anyone who wants to learn a few of the lesser know tricks and techniques for modeling and manipulating symbols, check out this thread...

I would personally just build that one entirely from scratch.

We have a whole bunch of stoves under Architectural>Fireplaces>Stoves