Alaskan_Son

Couldn’t agree more. I used to have an electrician years ago who was a good ole southern boy. I gave him quick description of a little project I needed him to do, adding that it should be pretty easy. He responded in a slow southern drawl... “It all sounds easy if you say it fast enough”. I absolutely loved it.

Richard, I’m curious...did you open that plan on the same exact system you drew it with? The reason I ask is that I see this type of thing frequently in plans from other users but almost never in my own plans. I’m just wondering if it’s caused by something unique to each system (CPU, GPU, OS, other hardware, software, etc.) and that if perhaps when we see this in our plans, if it’s possible we last saved them them on a different machine or at least a different configuration. I know, it needs to be fixed, I’m just spitballing as to what the source of the problem might be.

You're right, it's not there. I never personally use the column but I can definitely see why you might want it that as an object attribute.

Might seem like a silly question, but have you asked the company in question if they care? Maybe they won’t mind anyway. Having said that, I obviously don’t know all the details but I could DEFINITELY see situations were it might be inappropriate for you to use those renderings.

No. I just keep sending those missing attributes into Chief...asking for usable name:value pairs. I haven’t requested that one though. I’m away from my computer. Are you sure we don’t already have it?

Hold down Shift or Control while you select the object.

Yeah, that’s the other basic method I was envisioning too. I may have to take a serious look at spending some more time with 3D molding polylines though if what Graham has shown is truly all it appears to be. It just hasn’t been my experience to date.

Sweet. Thanks Graham. I just left the office heading to a job site but I’ll take a look when I get back to the office this afternoon. Honestly, I’m a little surprised you were able to do that with a single 3D molding line. I may have to spend a little more time with that tool. I can post an example when I get back to the office, but I’m curious if you can do the following (if I can explain it well enough)... Draw 2 walls that come together at an acute angle. Draw a chair rail molding on one of the walls that angles upward from the floor to the sharp outside corner. Mirror that same situation on the opposite wall. Now place a window so that it interrupts one of the moldings. My questions: 1. Can you make the molding cut parallel to the floor 2. Is the miter correct at that outside corner? 3. Is the molding flat against the wall as it should be? 4. Can you properly break the molding at the window opening?

No plan file?

Graham, Here's an example plan with a pretty simple molding extrusion wrapping around the edge of some tile. Can you mimic this with the 3D molding tool? If so, how long does it take you? Solid molding example.plan

I think this is probably pretty clear to most, but just to be clear here, I'm not talking about 3D molding symbols. I'm talking about 3D molding lines/polylines. Although they could use some improvements, 3D molding symbols are great. It's 3D molding lines/polylines that are stinky supreme.

I would go further than that. For many (if not most...or maybe even ALL) situations where a molding is applied continuously to follow more than a single plane, there is no combination of settings that actually work correctly...especially if you want proper miters. If you want accuracy, solids/faces/boolean operations are often the ONLY way in Chief.

I personally think 3D moldings kinda stink. I almost never use them...especially for any that need to be applied to more than 2 planes. For that situation though, I would probably either use three 3D molding polylines, or I would use primitives/faces/boolean operations.

Edit>Default Settings>Cabinets>General Cabinet>Show Closed Doors/Drawers in Plan Views

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Edit>Default Settings>Schedules>Custom Object Fields

Either use Delete Surface tool as Chop suggested or move the camera, change the label setting, and then move the camera back.

Switch to your MEP set, Check "Modify All Layer Sets", turn the layer on, uncheck "Modify All Layer Sets", and turn the layer off.

Here's my guess...That top wall is out of alignment and the wall below is building through to the roof above.

I would probably consider Just making 2 symbols and just moving the symbols around. After they leave you can mess with moving the terrain in the actual plan file (if necessary).

Funny, I thought that the tab entry method was acting up!! I have always made a habit of double checking the angle when I hit tab to move things though, and so I never fully realized what was going on. You are absolutely correct though Johnny, there is a problem in X10. It works fine in some circumstances, such as when drawing a brand new wall/line (not using the diamond shaped edit handle) or while in continuous draw mode, but it does not work in many other circumstances (most notably when dragging off a new wall/line section when using the diamond edit handle or when moving the corner of a polyline based object)... Thanks for pointing this out. I have reported it.

Ah, I see. You're not just trying to use a different wall type. You want to transfer all the various wall settings after the fact. Sorry, I don't have any good solutions off the top of my head and I'm bout to shut down for the night. Hopefully someone else has something that will work for you. If not, maybe I'll revisit this a bit later for you. I wouldn't hold my breath though. I really don't think there's any way to do this. Perhaps a Replace From Library option or Object Eyedropper functionality for walls would be some good suggestions.

I could be misunderstanding, but just draw a short section of wall using the wall type from the library and then delete it. This will add that wall type to the plan. Then you can simply select the wall type from the drop down.

It would be more helpful if you were to attach a copy of the PDF that the planning department is asking to be corrected. Their request that the PDF be flattened suggests that either you or your client have added notes, signatures, layers, or other information after the initial "Chief Architect Print as PDF". The easiest way to fix that after the fact is simply open the PDF and print again using a PDF print driver. Microsoft Print To PDF would be as good as any.

4 options that come to mind... 1. FIRST activate the Roof Plane tool AND THEN control or shift select your roof planes using a marquis (draw a box around them). 2. Click the Edit All Roof Planes tool. 3. Temporarily lock all layers except your roof planes and then group select them. 4. Be more careful how you group select. You’ve selected more than just roof planes.