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On second thought, here's another idea that might be of interest to you. I think this is a decent video probably worth watching for just about anyone using Chief pretty heavily for 3D modeling. The basic methodology can be used for quite a few things...

I think the answer to your question depends more specifically on the design of the pew. Site unseen I'm guessing the best option is probably to use a molding polyline as Eric suggested except with both 2D and 3D moldings and maybe a distributed object polyline to help provide for the two ends of each section. NOTE: You could also skip the 3D molding symbols by using multiple distributed object polylines. For example, you may be able to use a simple molding extrusion for the seat portion, a matching distributed object polyline to supply the 2 end caps, and then another matching distributed object polyline to supply intermediate components. This way you could simply copy those 3 objects and paste elsewhere to create a new resized and reshaped pews. This method would make it very easy to create all sorts of varying shapes and sizes and the distributed object polylines could be exploded to allow for further customizations.

With all due respect, they told you they don't recommend it. It seems like perhaps you should be accepting the responsibility for doing something they recommended against. It's not their fault. Also, FWIW, not everyone who moves their libraries to the cloud has these problems either. Some people have done so without issue. I don't know what it is that you have done differently but if some people are doing it and it works for them.

Hey Mike, The text style you are using has to be set to be controlled BY LAYER. See if this helps...

This setting will do that for you...

No, I meant what I said and I said what I meant. I was actually referring to the Drawing Scale found in the Drawing Sheet Setup. There are very few situations where you should be setting you Drawing Scale to anything other than 1 to 1. That scale setting is telling Chief how to translate your layout to paper (or PDF). For the VAST majority of situations you want 1" of layout "paper space" to print at 1" on your paper. The scale you send from plan to layout is an entirely different subject. You need to scale that down so that it will fit on the page. Here is an example of Chief's OOB imperial layout on 24" x 36" paper with a 1in. = 1in. Drawing Scale... Now here's an example of the exact same layout with a 1/4in. = 1in. Drawing Scale... Again, the only reason that comes to mind for changing that setting away from 1 = 1 would be in order to print on smaller paper than you had originally planned for. For example, maybe you drew things up to print on 22x34 and then decided to print on 11x17 (or visa versa). It's a way of preserving an accurate scale for a different paper size. And BTW, the reason I had guessed it was a drawing scale issue is because of this statement... "I am saving it as a 24"x36" in 1/4'=1'0" but it is not working."

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.

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

Not if you use a BOX...