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It did at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it wouldn't actually change my current workflow hardly at all. The offset would vary based on foundation type, sub-floor thickness, and joist depth at a minimum meaning I would almost certainly end up having to manually change that number for every plan anyway...which in turn means that I might as well just manually change like we already have to now. If you're always working with a flat lot and always use the same foundation/garage slab, joist, and subfloor specs, then you might as well just change that Subfloor Height above Terrain setting in your template plan. Again, just like we already can. If you're dealing with a sloping lot or dealing with multiple garage slab heights than there's no way around it, you would need to set differently for each individual scenario. Bottom line, I can't think of any situation where I wouldn't still be going through the same number of steps with or without a manual offset setting.

You bet. I’m suspecting you just didn’t click on the link. The title doesn’t make it very clear that it’s going to describe what you were looking for.

Click the Help button while you're in that dialog and then follow the link. You'll find this: "The program automatically positions Floor 1 a set distance above the terrain. To do this, it first calculates the average elevation of the building footprint's perimeter and then assigns that average elevation to the center point of the building footprint. Finally, it adds the thickness of the floor platform to this value . If a foundation is present, it also adds the thickness of any sill plates plus either 6” (150 mm) or 8” (200 mm) depending on the foundation type. The resulting value, referred to as the automatic Subfloor Height Above Terrain, is how far the default height of Floor 1 is above sea level in the current plan. See Foundations and the Terrain."

I'm all but certain that the OP simply converted to the wrong symbol type based on the last sentence in the post... If I were a betting man, I'd bet that Robert already pointed out the most likely culprit...

A few notes: Here's what you typed up... %automatic_label.Slice!(%automatic_label.index("-")+2..60% This would have actually worked just fine except that you had a number of small mistakes. What you should have typed was.... %automatic_label.slice!((automatic_label.index("-")+2)..60)% With corrections marked... %automatic_label.slice!((%automatic_label.index("-")+2)..60)% Having said that, and although it will work, I would suggest a few other things about this approach... Using slice! instead of simply slice isn't really necessary in this situation. It's not hurting anything, but it serves no purpose in the context in which you're using it. To take it one step further though... You don't even need to use slice at all. The string[index] method will actually do the same thing. Using an extra large index (60) to make sure you grab all possible characters is a sloppy way of doing so. You should really use -1 which represents the last character in the string. So a cleaned up version of your same general approach with changes would be... %automatic_label[(automatic_label.index("-")+2)..-1]% Anyway, as Eric pointed out, there are MANY ways of getting what you want, but I would suggest something I find to be a bit more succinct and explicit. That is, using partition(separator)... %automatic_label.partition(" - ")[2]% This method very deliberately breaks your string into an array containing 3 parts: a prefix, your defined separator, and a suffix. You then simply specify inside brackets which of the 3 elements you want.

There are a few keystroke sequences that will do the trick but what I normally use is Control+A (Select All) followed by Delete.

I don't feel like this would actually solve much of anything. This isn't much different from manually doing a Save As or going back to the Backup Archives. Any changes to a common feature would still require changing in all forked version of the plan.

You don't. Chief simply isn't set up for that. There are all sorts of workarounds that allow for you to place multiple items in the same locations but they aren't worth the hassle in my opinion. Until Chief creates something else, multiple plan files is the way to go. Having said that, IF all you really need to do is show floor plan changes, that IS possible in a single file and can be achieved using any number of methods. One of the easiest however is to just use multiple floors all using the same Reference Floor as the basis. Each floor is a different design iteration and its easy to Copy/Paste Hold Position between floors whenever you want. You can also use 3D Reference Display capabilities but then you're right back to using multiple plan files so the benefits are pretty minimal.

By the way, if you do decide that the entire symbol needs curving, there are a few methods you can use such as: Converting your symbol to a window symbol, placing that window symbol into a curved wall, and then converting that curved window to a fixture symbol. This method is the one I've historically used the most because it allows for pretty easy resizing of the symbol. It is however extremely nuanced and requires setting various things (wall thickness, symbol offsets, wall radius, etc.) just right and using some less than intuitive parameters that you wouldn't normally think of in order to get the desired results. Using the Window treatment method mentioned by @DBCooper. I won't get into this one as its not one I've used very much. Converting your symbol to a cabinet door symbol and then using a Bow Front cabinet to get your desired size and shape. This seems to actually be the most intuitive and easiest to control. Its pretty easy to get accurate results and only requires modifying one symbol setting (which isn't even totally necessary). I have a special "tool" set up specifically for this purpose. Here's what you do. Download the attached object. Its really just a Bow Front Cabinet set to a Filler and with every element turned off except for a single Door Front. Select the object(s) you would like to curve, and click the Convert Selected to Symbol tool. Choose Symbol Category>Cabinet Door/Drawer, check Add to Library, and check Show Advanced Options. Click Okay. When the Symbol Specification dialog opens up, change the Y Position Origin Offset to 1/16" (this will cause the door symbol to hug the cabinet front with no gap between the door and the cabinet) Drop the previously downloaded "Symbol Arching Tool" cabinet into your plan Select your previously created Door/Drawer and hover over your "Symbol Arching Tool" cabinet. You should see the Replace From Library indicator. Click to replace. Change the width and height of the cabinet to adjust the overall width and height of the newly curved object and change the Bow Front Depth to adjust the radius of the curve. NOTE: It really helps visualize things a bit better if you at least temporarily turn on Show Closed Doors/Drawers in Plan View in your General Cabinet Defaults. When you get the shape you want, simply select the cabinet, Convert Selected to Symbol, and select Symbol Category>Fixture Symbol Arching Tool.calibz

There are a couple ways to activate the Library. The most effective I've found though (at least for Windows machines) is the following keystroke sequence: Alt (activates the file menu) Menu key (has the effect of right clicking up in the menu) Down arrow (selects the Library Browser) Enter (closes the Library Browser down) Alt (activates the file menu again) Menu key (has the effect of right clicking up in the menu again) Down arrow (selects the Library Browser again) Enter (opens the Library Browser this time) When the Library Browser is opened using this sequence, the search bar in the Library Browser is activated.

I think the first step in these situations is to make sure you fully understand the geometry of the object(s) you intend to curve. Does the entire object actually curve or it it possible its only a couple specific surfaces that curve? Or perhaps its a combination of elements... ...and the more elements you have, the more complicated it can become. Once you decide exactly what needs to curve, then you can decide the best method of modeling it. Can you verify what exactly needs to curve? And what all elements are involved?

Wow. Troll much?

This is not what I was intending to communicate at all. On the contrary, I almost never have to clean anything up. I just wanted to stop shy of saying never.

Wait, what? That's cheating? Oh man, I have a lot soul searching to do.

I doubt you'll be able to. My guess is that its either a crappy texture where the top and bottom of the image don't align and therefor don't properly tile, or that the problem is with the model itself and that what you think is a single surface is actually multiple surfaces that aren't on the same plane.

They work, you just have to adjust the heights manually is all.

You can, but then you don’t get very desirable control over the textures on the tread surface.

You should really just try it yourself, but my elevations typically require very little cleanup. To be fair though, I don't recall them requiring very much cleanup way back in X7 either.

You should posts the plan and textures

You can also use a landing.... ...speaking of which, you can not only use them in lieu of the room but also in lieu of the stairs themselves. This is build with 6 landings:

You can still use either the Z or / buttons.

Select the cabinet and Use the Add To Library As tool to extract those symbols.

We cannot reorder the Drawing Groups themsleves. We can only move objects to other Drawing Groups or other positions within that group. Your best bet is to either change your Dimension Defaults to put them on Drawing Group 7 (if you run into this problem a lot) OR stick with simply moving the one specific object forward or backward as necessary.

It's definitely buggy but in my own experience, it doesn't seem to become corrupted until you try to send 2 otherwise identical things from different floors at the same time. Once that happens, the Master List seems to be broken from that point forward. Hopefully you either have or will find time to report these issues.

I always send as Plot Lines (NOT CAD Detail From View). This way I can Edit Layout Lines if desired but I can still Update View at any time. Plot Lines also result in crisper drawings since they're vector based instead of raster.