Alaskan_Son

Thanks for the plug Robert : ) This tip I'll toss out there on the house though. @BlueOakEric, you should just need to change nf.unit = 'ft' to nf.unit = 'ft-in'

I’m currently not seeing any missing libraries but I do see extra libraries. Honestly not planning on reporting it though because it doesn’t hardly matter to me and I’d rather not water down Chief’s to-do list with things that are super low on my own priority list.

Just a quick tip: If you ever have something displayed and you're not sure what it is or which layer is controlling its display, you can create a CAD Detail From View. Then, in that newly created CAD Detail, you can select the desired line and see which layer its on.

Can't speak to your specific problem, but just in case you were unaware, you can always select and right click on any given folder(s) and select Search Folder(s).

You can actually do all that pretty easily with the Pyramid tool. Just draw your desired shape with CAD, increase the number of sides on the pyramid, and then change the settings accordingly...

I usually just Cut/Paste Hold Position for that functionality.

How can the wall height be the same if you have a sloped ceiling plane?

Yup. That's why I said...

Chief has a couple built-in global macros that will provide elevation data for walls at the point where your arrow head makes contact with the wall: %wall.bottom_elevation% %wall.top_elevation%

If you're trying to model cabinets more correctly (as opposed to just making it super fast to throw in place holders), then I suggest going into your General Cabinet Defaults and turning off Create Automatic Fillers. Just place those fillers manually.

By the way, if you use Rich Text instead of normal text, I think you may reduce or even completely eliminate the tracking/kerning issues. You might also consider using a font like Bahnschrift Light Condensed or similar which may allow for increasing the font height since it takes up quite a bit less horizontal space than Arial would.

Then what's the problem with the jumbled looking text? No, but neither is your idea of inserting a "hot link". At least not that I'm aware of. Are you saying that you're somehow using Chief to produce a PDF that contains a clickable link?

Does it really matter if you can't read it then? And can't you just change the link text anyway? Also, why not just add the text in your PDF editor? I feel like you're expecting Chief to do something extremely unusual and making it sound like its somehow totally shocking that Chief doesn't handle it super well. Never once in my 20 years of typing up construction related documents have I seen or needed .25mm text.

Not sure why you would need to do such a thing in Chief, but try increasing your DPI.

Might your confusion have anything to do with the fact you're quoting from an entirely unrelated thread? The thread I was responding to is waaaaaaay over HERE...

It doesn't matter. Functionally speaking they're pretty much the exact same thing. Main difference is really just that you can give your own Custom Fields a more appropriate name.

Yup. That would do it. Soffits are cabinets. You're just mounting your sconce to a cabinet which works just fine.

Looks like that's probably a railing wall. If so, you're just attaching it to a wall.

Place your fixture on a wall or cabinet, click Open Symbol>Options>Floor Mounted, and then move it to wherever you want.

Simple text macro placed into an Object Information Field. Using the #String.split method along with the #Array[] method for example you could just use %room_name.split("/")[0]%: room_name = "Dining/Balcony 201" room_name.split("/")[0] #=> "Dining" ...assumes you don't use the forward slash in your room names though. If you do, the macro would need to be a little more complex.

Are you talking about the same thing that's happening with Patio, Roof at Stairs, and Rear Entry?

Don't forget that we can also control the Schedule Number Start these days.

Just put any new windows onto a separate schedule.

Just to reiterate… If you're using the Orthogonal Movement Method, then the angle should be parallel to or perpendicular to the associated edges, otherwise you'll be using the Allowed Angles (assuming your Angle Snaps are toggled on). Try turning on your Angle Snap Grid while you're going through the exercise and I think you'll see what I mean.

It looks to be working exactly as I would expect Rene. The Movement is behaving entirely differently depending on whether you drag with your left mouse button or right.