Alaskan_Son

Actually the break tool will still make a complete break. Its not by double clicking anymore though. Click the break tool and then on the little edit tool bar that pops up, click the Complete Break tool (looks like the break tool with a little C by it). You can also just assign Complete Break to a hotkey so you don't have to click on it...maybe use the number 4? 3 is the default hotkey for the Break Line tool so all you would have to do is type 34 and you would get a complete break wherever you click.

Probably best to post the plan.

Not sure I'm following you correctly or not, but I think the only way to get what you're after might be to create a Doorway at that location, build a no room definition wall (with whatever wall type and thickness you need) resized in plan and elevation view so it fits perfectly in the opening, then create a door that fills that no room definition wall.

You're right. I guess I wasn't thinking about that being a view specific setting. I guess your best bet might just be to get used to hitting P (the default hotkey assigned to the Perspective Crop Mode) or add the tool to your toolbar for quick access, or both. You might want to actually post this as a suggestion. I think it would be a good one. I personally like Perspective Crop Mode toggled off, but I think it should be in Preferences or Defaults somewhere for those that want it on.

Mike, Open a blank plan, toggle Crop Mode on, and then File>Templates>Save As Template...select your Profile Plan. Or, make the change, Save As and select your Profile Plan. Or, simply open your Profile Plan, make the change, and then Save and close. NOTE: If you're using a plan other than the Profile Plan as your template, make the changes to that plan file instead.

3D>Camera View Options...check Perspective Crop Mode. This should behave like what you're used to. There were some changes made to X8 to allow for better 3D navigation. By default now the camera actually moves when you zoom in (Perspective Crop Mode unchecked or toggled off). What it used to do was actually zoom the camera without moving it (Perspective Crop Mode checked or toggled on).

At the risk of being ridiculed here. I for one don't think scale is nearly as important as some people do...at least not for what I do. For example, I print pretty much all my cabinetry plans on 8-1/2" x 11" paper and I'd much rather fill the page with a good looking and readable set of plans than to stick with scale just for the sake of sticking with scale. I don't want people pulling numbers from my plans via scale anyway. We were a framing subcontractor for years and the vast majority of plans we framed off had "Do Not Scale" printed on them and for good reason. Not only was the scale sometimes off, paper media is unstable at best...especially on the jobsite where things get torn, wet and muddy, dried back out, etc. I think pulling scale from plans is actually almost always a bad idea from a subcontractors standpoint, a builders standpoint and from a designers standpoint. Having said that...I do draw to scale whenever reasonably possible, I just don't make a big issue of it and if NTS works best for a particular situation...than NTS it is.

Alrighty then. For those of you curious... I finally found where all those other libraries are hidden. I was close... They in a hidden Program Data folder. Finally found them via Preferences>Folders>All Program Paths>Show Here are some quick screenshots...Note that there's around 6,000,000 KB (6,000 MB) in the manufacturer catalog alone.

Rich is correct. Looks like magic number is 2/3. (its 50% larger than a 1:1 scale). Easiest way to tell is by simply drawing a line at a known dimension (the larger the number the more accurate) in 2 directions (just to make sure the detail hasn't been distorted) and then doing the math. In this case I measured: 1. The 2x4 ledger at the eve in the vertical direction which was 5-1/4". 3-1/2 (3.50) divided by 5-1/4 (5.25) equals 2/3 (.667) 2. The 2x6 top plate in the horizontal dimension which was 8-1/4". 5-1/2 (5.50) divided by 8-1/4 (8.25) also equals 2/3 (.667) I like to use a normal line to check dimensions like that. Draw the line, open the dbx and check the length. Its usually a lot more accurate than any dimension defaults you might have set up. Once you figure the resize factor simply group select and resize as Rich suggested. If your numbers suggested 2 different resize factors (the detail had been distorted for some reason...Simply group select, block it, open the CAD Block dbx and assign the appropriate size factors...one for the width and another for the height.

I think another problem lies when the library is NOT open in Chief (i.e. will Dropbox "lock" the library when you need to open it) and if Chief can somehow override that...due to its size (especially with slower connections) can you really be sure the library ever gets synced. Also, just to clarify, I believe the location you and Eric are referring to is nothing more than your user catalog (i.e. it does not include the core catalogs, the bonus catalogs, or any of the manufacturer catalogs. For the vast majority of users I believe the user catalog is a mere fraction of the size of the rest of the library. I believe the rest of those catalogs are hidden somewhere here... Maybe in the actual application itself? I'm really not sure. What I do know is this...if you move your entire user catalog (not including core catalogs, bonus catalogs, or manufacturer catalogs) to the trash, the size of the User_Library in that other location becomes extremely small and the Trash file in that same location changes accordingly. As I said, I also believe if you double click on the User_Library you will end up duplicating everything in your user catalog (but not in any of the others). I seem to recall making that mistake when I first started using Chief. EDIT: One more quick detail. Consider this...My User_Library file is a mere 40,000 KB. The Viking catalog alone is over 192,000 KB. Those additional catalogs must be hidden somewhere else...I don't know, maybe they're in one of the other hidden folders elsewhere...its a bit of a mystery to me but they've got to be somewhere...

That's just your user library. Click on your C drive and check you Program Files for a lot more stuff. Be careful though...don't mess with any of it unless you know what you're doing. Even clicking on that user library...which will result in duplicate files in your user library inside Chief.

Away from my computer right now but check your C Drive Program Files folder.

I was editing my post at the same time you were posting this. As I noted above, it's the syncing and file access issue that I would most suspect as a potential problem. Maybe you should go ahead and try it out and let the rest of us know how it goes :-)

Ya, I understand how it works fairly well and have used it myself in the past both manually and the automated folder system. You could be right and I may very well be wrong, it might not cause any lag, but for a file structure as large and complex as the library it seems likely that there would be issues...syncing such a large file and file access during that sync is one of the main things that comes to mind.

Yikes! That sounds crazy. Seems like you'd be asking for problems with slowness. One of the best things I think I ever did with my system was put everything onto an SSD. By putting everything into DB it seems like you would be going in the opposite direction.

Not sure this will be helpful to your cause Chopsaw, but I haven't been having the problem for some time now. I actually spent nearly half an hour recently with the reply window open and my post went through with no problem at all. FWIW, that was in the middle of the night (couldn't sleep so I got up and played around on the computer). I'm using Firefox. I still suspect some of the problems may be connectivity related.

Edit>Preferences>Reset Options>Reset Side Windows and then close and reopen Chief. I'm guessing you accidentally dragged the browser off to the edge of your screen somewhere.

You would have guessed that the OP was using holes in the floor platform? Impressive...Most Impressive. : )

Thanks for posting the plan. Your problem is in the method you're using to create the open to above/below situation. The way I would typically recommend handling that situation in Chief would not be with holes through the floor but rather with a room definition. Build walls on the second floor (either invisible or visible as necessary) to enclose a "room" above the area you would like open and then use the room type "Open Below". It may help to have your reference display turned on and you may also find it helpful to use the Align With Wall Below tool to get your walls properly positioned...either that or just Copy the appropriate walls from 1st floor and Paste/Hold Position to second floor and resize/change to invisible as necessary. I'm really glad you attached the plan. I don't think any of us would have ever guessed that one.

I think you would really be best served if you were to post the plan. There are simply too many variables to give you anything other than guesses otherwise. And at the very least you should usually post a screenshot of your problem just so we can see what you're talking about.

Gotcha. That means a person could copy and paste lines to a Plan Footprint CAD detail to get different settings on the same floor plan if they wanted. Thanks Glenn, I'm gonna have to test that out tomorrow. To answer your question Scott, It's not a feature I personally recall using but one never knows when a tool might come in handy so I figure it can't hurt to know how to use one more of those tools in the toolbox for when such a circumstance might arise. I imagine if I had to draw up more plot plans I might make pretty heavy use of it. Not something I've had to do very often though.

Interesting. I've never noticed this behavior before. I'll have to test when I get back to my computer but if what you're saying is true, I wonder...could the settings also be set differently for each CAD detail?

Yep. Text style is defined by layer settings. And I believe you are correct. There is no way to define the dimension format for individual lines or groups of lines. Any change to the dimension style affects ALL displayed lengths and angles throughout the plan.

Not sure what version you're using...might be a good idea to post that, but there are at least three things you can do that immediately come to mind... 1. You can use the Adjust Material Definition tool (little rainbow icon) and just delete the texture file from the material definition (under the Texture tab). This way you can simply paint the door whatever color you want either with the spray can or by simply changing the color on the General tab. 2. You can set the material painter to Blend Colors With Materials which will keep the material definition but change the color. It will also almost always leave some sort of remnant of the texture though which is not always welcome...depends on the look you're going for. You can also achieve the same result by using the Adjust Material Definition tool and checking Blend With Texture and selecting a new color. 3. Click on the Material Painter>Plan Material>New (or Copy if you prefer as alluded to in Option #1) and just make your own material.

...also check your Offset From Ceiling setting (although it seems you would know if you had messed with that). If none of the above helps it would probably be a good idea for you to post the plan. It would alleviate a lot of guesswork.