Alaskan_Son

If I need 3D letters like that, Here what I do: Use Sketchup to create the letters Import those into Chief as a symbol Create a CAD Detail From View to get the extrusion shapes Cut/paste those into plan Convert them into polyline solids Convert to solids if necessary

My brother always calls it a Boston Hip for some reason while I call it a Dutch Hip...and we both grew up in the same place.

CAD Detail From View is probably in my top 5 favorite tools in Chief. Just remember that you don't have to actually use the CAD Detail for anything. I use it all the time to simply get snap points and then Cut/Copy Paste Hold Position back into plan. Example: Instead of zooming in and placing points at a potentially incorrect location, create a CAD Detail From View, drop a dimension into the plan, and then cut/paste hold position back into your elevation view. I typically make the points 0" in size, make them invisible, or put them onto a different layer and turn that layer off.

Framing schedules, reporting methods, layer settings, active layer sets, ML polylines, material definitions, multiple ML's, post creation editing...there are a lot of options and forks in the road for sure.

Text itself is controlled by the Roof Plane's label Text size is controlled by the Roofs, Labels layer text style

When you have the time and inclination, set up a meeting with me Scott. I think I can help you use the material list a lot more effectively.

I'm guessing it's a ceiling height issue...room above is open below for some reason?

I'm curious Scott, why do you even need a material list for the existing?

Read up on the Gable Roof Line tool. Also, another quick power tip: You can also Cut/Paste Hold Position to put framing all in a single wall detail.

Scott, You're not missing anything. I think you'll find that your best bet is to simply run 2 different material lists. One with all the objects except for Framing #2 and then one with only Framing #2 (or vicy versy), and then just manually change the name in the material list. That framing material naming issue has been around for a while. I've dug deep into all the files we typically shouldn't touch in the past and I've never found a setting that affects the way framing is named in the material list. I think the only place I really haven't checked is in the main program file. That's probably where it is.

P.S. You can also turn the brightness up on the image to get a similar effect.

Here's my personal approach. Send to the back drawing group. Draw a Polyline or CAD box over the top, set the fill style to solid>background color, and give it a transparency Send the Polyline to the back drawing group and then Move Forward In Group

We can do the same basic thing simply using the shape tab settings. You can get almost any possible roof shape you want across the top of the window using those settings...

Thanks so much Rich, you 're too kind good sir...too kind : ) And thank you Scott and Rene as well. You guys aren't so bad either!

Just noticed that you're using Interiors. That's where your problem is. Interiors doesn't have that feature. You'll have to use dimensions or dialog boxes of one sort or another. There are a lot of ways to resize things.

Thta's simply controlled by the line weight of that particular object.

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.