Alaskan_Son

I don't know the answer to that question. Truth is that the piles are centered beneath the upper wall section but they show in plan view as being centered beneath the lower wall section. I would consider this a bug and think you should report it. Note that if you select the pier in plan view that the edit handles show it centered under the upper wall section, only the circle representation is in the wrong place. I also think that its incorrect to automatically center the pier beneath the upper wall section. It should be centered beneath the lower wall section. With regard to moving those piers. They are a special type of "smart" structural object, not unlike the footing under a foundation or the framing for a roof. Right or wrong, they are there to serve a specific purpose (in this case to support the wall above) and therefore we have very limited control over where they can reside. Having said that, I still believe they should be placed centered beneath the lower wall if anything and I think they should have an offset value added to the dbx.

I agree. There's a huge potential for custom schedules of all sorts with relatively few changes to the software. I for one have just been trying to help offer some solutions till we can get Chief to give us some better options.

I don't think you should have to do that. The only time I've seen a callout that can't be moved independent of the symbol is when the label field is blank when you add it to the library (I actually pointed this out in the video above too) . Can you export a couple of those symbols and attach them so one of us can check them out?

No need to delete the walls. As Glenn suggested, uncheck "No Room Definition". That's what's keeping you from selecting any of the rooms. If you walls are supplying No Room Definition then there is no room to select.

I believe you are actually mistaken about this. I'm pretty certain Revit works almost exactly like Chief. The program can indeed by installed on 2 machines but never active on both machines at the same time. Nothing unusual about this for a multi-thousand dollar program.

It slightly limits my willingness, but mostly just our ability. There are just a ton of variables and I'm not really totally sure what exactly you're trying to do, what kind of layout you're talking about, where the walls in question are in relation to each other, what your wall definition settings are, what you're structure settings are, what your framing settings are, whether or not you have any framing reference markers placed, whether you have auto framing turned on or not, etc. I also don't know where you're copying from (plan, elevation, framing detail, CAD detail), where you're copying to, or what procedure you're using to copy and paste. As Eric said, you can even just attach a sample plan demonstrating your problem. That or do a Save As of the plan in question and just delete anything and everything we don't need.

Sounds like perhaps you need to learn to use the auto framing tools (possibly including framing references). Can you clarify a bit what exactly you're trying to accomplish? Preferably with a screenshot or 3 and a plan file?

I usually save as a PDF and email that but sometimes I'll just export any given view as a picture. No need to have Chief to open a PDF or picture.

I recently replaced my giant plotter with some extra office space. I'm very happy with my decision. Realized that it was cool to have but that I hardly ever used it. The very limited downsides of just using the local print shop were far outnumbered by all the benefits of getting rid of that thing.

And here's how you post the plan... -Save the plan -Close the plan -Zip the plan (right click>send to compressed folder). This step really isn't even necessary for most plans. -Attach the plan to your post using "more reply options">Browse>Attach This File If the plan file is too big, save as a different name and then delete whatever isn't necessary from the plan and try the above steps one more time...OR use Dropbox.

Yes. You can have multiple scales on the same page. The idea is that you draw everything as accurately as possible in the plan and then send views to layout. I would recommend you read up a little more, watch some of the various tutorial videos, and/or hire a tutor. Also, take advantage of Help>Launch Help. Search "Layout" and read up on some the various topics.

I made this video for another thread and question, but I would have probably just built that particular truss using a similar method... ...otherwise, I would have built it using MULTIPLE polyline solids. Thing is that you CAN rotate the material using the Adjust Material Definitions tool (rainbow tool), but to get it to look right you'll need a different material on all the various pieces.

It would probably be a good idea to attach the plan and layout so we could see exactly what you're doing, but... If you sent to layout correctly, you should have been able to specify scale when the Send To Layout dbx popped up... If you failed to do that, simply select the Layout Box and click the Rescale Layout View button in the edit toolbar...

Are you talking about the entire foundation or just the below grade portion?

Since you're so fond of anno sets, here's something that might work for you... Create a Construction Lines anno set. Set it to Use Active Layer Set and give line and point markers unique colors and layer settings (or any other settings for that matter). Alternatively, if you're just using lines, you could simply use Current CAD layer to switch to a unique "Construction Lines" layer. When you're done using the "Construction Lines", "Construction Points", etc. select one of them and then hit... -Control+J (opens up Match Properties DBX) -Tab (moves to selection pane) -Space (checks Layer) -Enter (closes DBX) -Delete (deletes all your temporary lines) I know its not a single hotkey, but until we get your request, its a pretty fast alternative.

You're more than welcome.

You can create a symbol out of the various sections but they wouldn't display right in plan views and you wouldn't be able to make any changes to anything for those areas that were converted to symbols. The best solution for you will probably be to become familiar with using Edit>Edit Area (All Floors). Using that tool you can select any given portion of the plan and move/resize as necessary. Note: You can draw and select an irregular closed polyline shape before clicking Edit Area and the aforementioned polyline will be treated as your selection area.

Sorry, just realized I may not have read your question correctly. Sounds like you want to insert just the CAD block of an existing symbol. Here's how to do that. Drop the symbol into the plan, open it and click on the 2D Block tab...take note of the name of the CAD Block assigned to the symbol. Now go to CAD>CAD Block Management, select the appropriate CAD block and click Insert.

Drop both the symbol and the CAD block into your plan (assuming you have Automatically Purge CAD Blocks checked). Open the symbol, click on the 2D Block tab, and select the block you want from the list. If desired, Add To Library.

You bet.

The issue with the box eve seems to be related to your soffits over that back little covered entry porch area. If you change the soffit from Default to Overhang you can get that to clean up. Not sure exactly why...might have something to do with the way you built the roof. The best solution might be to place a break in that roof plane so you can assign 2 different soffit depths, or to use invisible walls over the back porch to create a ceiling. Not really sure. The best solution is probably better decided by you as you know exactly what you want. That's what seems to be causing your issue though. On a side note...That's a pretty simple roof. It seems it could be done entirely done with auto roofs which might not have resulted in the same issue. Just a thought.

For the piers, I think your problem is that you are using a pony wall. The pier is automatically centering itself below the main wall (and not the lower wall section). Solutions that come to mind... -Like David said, abandon the pier and use a primitive solid, slab, or something else. -Add a an extra Opening (No Material) layer to that upper wall definition that causes the pier to center itself. -Abandon the pony wall idea and build an extra...very short...room so that the pier will be centering to the foundation wall and you can adjust the upper wall section to where you want it.

Finally had a chance to open your plan. Don't want to do the work for you, but here are a few random notes that should hopefully get you moving in the right direction... -I would really recommend trying to build that roof with auto roofs before trying to do manually. You'll just need to familiarize yourself with the roof tab of the wall dbx. so you can set pitch, overhang, roof style, etc. -You would need to place a break in that wall below the super steep hip roof so you could assign a different pitch for the 2 roof planes. -Many of your upper floor walls need to be changed to attic walls so they cut to the roof properly. -You'll probably have to get creative with an extra roof plane to create that brace that comes down from the glass railing area (maybe in conjunction with an attic wall and opening below). Either that or a simple polyline solid. -You'll probably have to define that wing wall as an attic wall as well. Anyway, hopefully that helps.

Never tried this for a layout before now, but it looks like you can probably even just import the info from AutoCAD. -Import a DWG of your page layout into a PLAN (not the layout). -Go to page zero of your layout and delete Chief's template. -Copy your page info from the plan and paste onto page zero of your layout. -Add any macros you want to your title block

Go to page zero of your layout and place it all there.