Alaskan_Son

BTW, reshaping the layout box and using a mask are not created equal and a mask has a lot of benefits over the prior. Most notably a mask allows placement of dimensions, notations, and/or CAD work (in plan) that extend beyond the border you create. I would still use CAD masks even if we had the ability to completely reshape a layout box...no question about it.

The one thing you CAN do to a layout box is fillet it (up to a full circle). Just switch to the fillet edit mode and grab/drag one of the corners to fillet all 4 corners. Other shapes must be done with a mask.

Can you maybe try watching the video on a different computer? It works fine for me and I know plenty of other people have been able to view it as well. In the meantime, I did post somewhat of an answer to your question over in that other thread. It's hard to give you a more acurate answer without being able to see exactly what you're doing. Can you maybe post the plan, or at the very least a screenshot showing what you're doing along with a description of what you're trying to achieve? Only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that you might need to select your mask and "Move to Front of Group" or even place in Front Drawing Group (Line Style tab). Also, as I mentioned in that other thread, you don't need to use a polyline solid. You just need to use a regular polyline with a solid FILL.

Try making the associated text box on page zero (or whatever page you're using as a template) a little bigger.

Both...but mostly RT.

There are a handful of options (if I'm guessing correctly as to what you're looking for). The first 4 that come to mind... 1. Build>Image>Create Image... 2. Build>Image>Create Billboard Image... 3. Apply the image as a texture to a properly sized p-solid, solid, face, etc. 4. Using a backdrop. The various steps and options during or after those methods would depend on exactly what you're looking for.

Sorry Park, I already left the office. Maybe someone else can help you out but if not I'll try to post something when I get back to office this evening.

The pony wall thing works for me and you can get all the detail pretty quickly by utilizing the Auto Detail tool...

I say this with a lot of personal and professional experience and expertise on the matter... I would strongly recommend against using a 30" microhood over a 36" range even with the special trim kit or decorative fillers. Those microwaves are typically terrible exhaust appliances as it is and your range hood should really be at least as wide as the appliance it is serving (ideally it should be even wider). So...you would then be using one of the cheapest and lowest quality exhaust fans you could buy and then undersizing it.

I use that method to get the Z height also. The Y value in an elevation view is equal to the absolute Z value.

Just use a regular dimension or temporary dimension... or snap the text box to the corner of your page (by grabbing the corner edit handle of your text box using your center mouse button), hit tab while dragging back toward where you want it...then type in the desired dimensions for movement.

Totally depends on the situation, length of stair run, whether or not there is additional support or reinforcement, etc. but the short answer is NO. 3" x 3" would remove the vast majority of the remaining structural portion of your average 2x12 stringer...might only leave 1" or so of material to support the stairs in many situations. Just bear in mind that your not really talking about notching a 2x12 (or whatever the stringers are cut from). Those 2x12s have already been substantially compromised by the triangular notches cut on the top...usually reducing the effective remaining member to around maybe 5" (if memory serves me correctly). So you're really talking about putting a 3" notch in a 5" piece of material.

Not currently possible. You'll need to have them export a different file type that you can import such as DWG, 3D DWG, 3DS, etc. No matter what you import though you're going to just essentially have a symbol or linework (depending on the file type) and you won't be able to manipulate the 3D model itself.

You can also right or left click one of these little icons to create a link that leads directly to the post and not just the thread...

Funny I was wondering the same thing.

I'm guessing you zoomed in with one of those cameras while you had Perspective Crop Mode toggled on. That's the only way I could recreate your problem.

It sounds like what you need to do is learn to use the Join Roof Planes tool. Also, just to clarify something. Perry was deleting FRAMING in his video. As I stated above, he actually had to turn off the FASCIA in the dbx.

Sometimes it has less to do with sharing knowledge and more to do with "sharing" boatloads of time and hard work. Half the work you do as a deagner is nothing more than "sharing" your knowledge, expertise, and advice. Do you provide all that free of charge and only bill for your actual drawing time?

There was no "answer". The OP needed someone to do the conversion for them. In other words, I think it was really a request for service and not an actual question.

This is something I've had to do from time to time as well. In away from my computer now but I think the only ways to remove the fascia are through the roof plane dbx by either... A. Turning the fascia off entirely for that plane or... B. Decreasing the size of the fascia to at or near zero.

By reading the help files or going through the Ruby tutorial for starters.

I would encourage you to hire Joe to help you START to learn basic Ruby syntax and how/where to use it within Chief, but I would offer a friendly word of caution so you don't get your hopes up too high... Don't expect to walk away after one or 2 meetings with Joe and be able to just know how to use and teach macros. You might get the basic idea and a basic understanding but it takes a lot of time and energy to get truly proficient at it. It's more akin to learning a new language with all its intricacies than it is to learning how to use a piece of software. You can quickly learn how to say "hello my name is Scott, where is the bathroom" and you can probably teach others to say the same but that's about the extent of it. You won't be able to carry on a conversation or instruct anyone on the little intricacies without dedicating the time. Just be prepared to invest a lot of time and energy both to learn the language and to practice it. The thing is that in order to create anything beyond a very basic macro that you'll need to really have your head wrapped around the language before you're able to make real use of it. Which means having it seared into your subconscious. You'll probably lay awake at nights creating scripts in your head and you'll be thinking in terms of "dot to underscore s(tring)" for weeks on end.... you'll probably never be the same again. Anyway, have fun

I'm only guessing where the door is and this is just a start, but select those 3 walls and make them invisible...or make the 2 side walls railing walls with post to beam...or just manually place the roof planes... There are various methods. It really depends on the specifics of exactly what you are trying to do.

I feel the same way. I don't have these problems either. But I think the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter if it was user error that caused the problem or not. If the program is obviously misbehaving we should try to do our part to get it fixed. The last thing I want is to downplay it and then eventually run into the problem myself and end up with this workaround where attic walls won't rebuild properly. Please don't take offense to my statements either Perry, this is just one issue that really hits a sore spot with me. I don't know how many wasted hours I've seen on this forum where people complain and complain about problems or where the same issue gets brought up time and time again yet it seems like maybe only 1 out of 5 people ever take time to report it and when one of the most well known and vocal users tells someone it's just user error they're just further hampering those numbers (and the program) from improving.

I apologize Larry, I thought the square half post thing was part of your discussions but I just looked back and realized it's something that our friend Chop just sort of threw in there. Thanks again for reporting your problems to tech support.