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Ah yes, silly me. That situation and method makes a lot more sense. For whatever reason I was picturing something like this...

Steve, Don't send as a Live View. Send as Plot Lines...

Custom muntins is probably the easiest.

It sounds to me like your scaling is the problem. Your drawing sheet set up should typically have a 1 to 1 scale. The only reasons I can personally think of for changing the print scale would be in order to print a larger layout onto a smaller sheet size or a smaller layout on to a larger sheet size. You can always shrink or expand to fit printable area but that doesn't guarantee accurate scale. Changing the print scale just gives you a way to accurately upsize or downsize a drawing for the purpose of printing at a different sheet size without losing scale accuracy.

Steve, did you refresh the views after you changed the color? Also, you control the line weights of those pattern lines in a different tab than where you set color. I'm away from my computer but I think you set the color in the material tab and the line weights in the pattern tab. Anyway, I hope that helps.

To expand upon what Graeme said, those are Ceiling Break Lines. They're automatically created lines that represent areas where your roof planes cut into the ceiling below. They live on the Ceiling Break Lines layer. They're really just informational. You don't actually have to raise or lower anything if that's how you want it built. If you don't want to see them, just turn the layer off. Having said that, just beware that they definitely can be a handy tool as they often serve as a warning that you've unintentionally created a less than satisfactory condition.

That's pretty standard with z-fighting. It always increases the further out the camera is. For those shelves in particular, I think the only good solution is to decrease the depth of your cabinet shelves. I don't know why, but Chief has a pronounced z-fighting issue when it comes to cabinet shelves. It's almost a little bug like. EDIT: I just looked at this issue a little closer and I think a big part of the problem is that some of Chief's door panels are only 1/16" thick. Another solution (and one that would result in more accurate doors) would be to use some doors with thicker panels.

Steve, I don't have the time or energy to get into it in a whole lot of detail so you'll have to play around with this a bit but here is the short of it... Those pattern line weights can be controlled by either the material settings OR the Layout Box Pattern Line Defaults depending on how you sent the view to layout (maybe re-read that thread I referred you to in your last thread on this subject). Make sure you refresh the view after you change any of the material settings too. Color settings are a little more complicated. Just like the pattern line weights the color can also be controlled by the materiel settings or by the Layout Box Pattern Line Defaults depending on how you sent the view to layout. In addition to that though, there are at least a couple other things that come into play... Whether you have Color Off set to Grayscale or Black and White in your Preferences and... Whether you are printing in color or not. NOTE: Even though you may not SEE color in layout you can still print in color. Edge lines are similar to the above and can be controlled by either the layer or the Layout Box Edge Line Defaults depending on how you send the view to layout. Specifically with regard to the roof, if those are being controlled by layer settings they would be controlled by a couple different layers... Roof Planes Roofs, Ridge Caps The frieze moldings lines would be controlled by the Roofs, Trim layer settings. In addition to the above you can also: Edit Layout Lines to change any of the above. Create a CAD Detail From View to change any of the above Draw extra CAD lines to create overlayed thicker lines in select locations (either in plan or layout) Any combination of the above. Anywho, I know that looks like a lot of information but that really IS the short of it.

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I honestly don't remember for certain but I'm thinking it started happening before X9.

I think the copy and paste problem MIGHT be a Windows thing. I started experiencing problems with that here within the past few months too. Doesn't happen very often at all and as far as I know there is no way to purposely reproduce it. It just happens sometimes. It's not just elevations either, it can happen when trying to paste between any types of views. I always forget exactly how to deal with it until it happens and then play around with it for a bit but I think what I usually do to fix it is copying and pasting an object back into its original view and then trying again. May need to also copy and paste an object from/to the second view as well. One way or another, I know the answer has something to do with refreshing the clipboard.

Im wondering if it's a new issue with X9 or maybe something having to do with a recent AutoCAD update because although I could be wrong, I don't recall seeing anything quite that extreme until recently either and I've seen almost the exact same situation twice in the about the last week or 2. Coincidence?

If you can reproduce the problem, please consider taking a moment to send that in to tech support. I too have experienced buggy behaviour when trying to change the default outlet type. I've only had to deal with it once in X9 though and I ended up realizing I didn't need to change the default after-all and so I quickly forgot about it. It should be reported though.

Tommy, The import works just fine as I suspected it probably would. You just have to do like I said...Select All, and then zoom in to find it...

I'm away from my computer but try hitting Control+A (select all) and then zoom way in on anything that gets selected. Sometimes the selection picks up some outside points and you actually have to find the drawing along one of the edges (usually at one of the corners).

Here is my take on Apple vs. PC... Apple products are notably integrated and stable. You don't have to do much of anything to link your Apple Watch, your iPhone, your iPad, and your Mac and the chances you'll ever get any major bugs, get hacked, or have your system crash seem to be notably lower than they are with a PC. On the flipside of the same token and for the same exact reasons, Apple products can be far less customizable (both physically and OS-wise, have less options when in comes to available software and hardware, are less up-gradable, and are more difficult to work on yourself. In order to gain stability and a very seamless and consistent experience across all products, Apple seems to have chosen a much more rigid, streamlined, and proprietary approach and if you don't mind the aforementioned limitations, I think Apple products are awesome. PC's on the other hand can be configured and modified in almost any way you can dream up. The possibilities are basically endless with regard to hardware and software, and you can work on them yourself pretty easily. Again, on the flipside of that same that same coin though, not all those hardware and software combinations work well together, you are more likely to have crashes and experience OS bugs, and due to the more "open" approach...are more likely to get viruses and such. You can't always link up different products or across different platforms very well either. For me personally I don't mind the limitations when it comes to my smart phone and so iPhone's are all we ever buy. They are highly stable, notoriously secure, and they communicate extremely well with each other. On the other hand, I'm not so okay with the limitations when it comes to my desktop and so for me...it's PC all the way.

3D>Camera View Options>Toggle Textures

Just got back to the office and downloaded you library. Thanks! Very nice! Do you draw all those?

Not if you use a BOX...

Justin, Sinks placed directly into cabinets have some peculiar behaviors that I think need to be looked into and addressed. They cannot be controlled at an Object level (Open Object) because they are considered part of the cabinet therefore you cannot uncheck Include In Schedule. They can only be controlled at the Symbol level (Open Symbol) which doesn't help you much. They are also considered part of the cabinet and cannot be disconnected from the cabinet no matter what you do. Even if you drag the sink away from the cabinet it will still remain connected to it's original owner cabinet. To address these issues you need to place your sink OUTSIDE the cabinet upon initial placement and then move into position. This will allow you to control the sink and cabinets independently of each other. So...at this point you will need to delete those existing sinks and place them again using the method I mentioned above.

I'm guessing there are literally thousands of possible clicks. If I had to hazard a guess I would say 3,000. That doesn't even start to cover all the possible COMBINATIONS of settings either, or radio buttons, or text fields, or trying to actually explore what happens with the various clicks, ticks, checks, and setting combinations.

I'm not sure if you're mixing up your terminology or if you're just doing something very different but you seem to be using the terms "precast wall", "frost wall", and "footer" interchangeably which seems questionable to me. A picture of what you're doing would really help.

Just a guess but I'd bet those are door symbols and not parametric doors. You'll probably just need to put those on a unique layer and turn that layer off as well. Annoying extra step but I think that's what you'll have to do.

As a person that uses chief pretty heavily for custom cabinetry I would recommend you use a different software for the manufacturing process. Chief is great for preliminary designs and can even be used for shop drawings but if you need cut lists, accurate material lists, and panel optimization you should really use a software more specifically designed for the task. You can certainly shoehorn Chief into doing the job but I would encourage you to buy a different tool. You'll just be fighting a constant battle. There are plenty of cabinet manufacturing softwares out there.

Steve, See if this post helps you at all...