Alaskan_Son

Agreed. I've always wondered why it was located in such an odd spot.

I wonder if perhaps you aren't hitting the key(s) more than once or if maybe you have a sticky keyboard or something along those lines.

Doubtful. That's what I use too. On a side note...I've found "Control Z" to be a rather humorous way to communicate that you wish you could undo what you just did. I find myself at the job site yelling "Control Z!!" sometimes : ) I'm thinking a "Hotkeys For Life" thread might be in order. That would be one expensive keyboard...

This I have never seen. Can you elaborate a bit? The only way I can see this happening is if your changes were all made in a single dbx (i.e. it was only one operation).

Can you post a screenshot? Or better yet...a plan?

Block them and then make your move. When you're done with the operation, unblock...or perhaps even leave them blocked for a while depending on your situation.

Yes, please post a suggestion. This is something I run into fairly often. I've tried to learn from those mistakes and block those complicated groups before I try to move them, but I often times still forget.

The temperature thing is a very good point. I learned that a few years ago. I take my PC apart every so often and clean all the dust out really well to avoid those crashes.

Without seeing your plan or plans this is just a stab in the dark, but I'm assuming you have 2 different plans for existing and proposed. If you were already using layers I assume you would have known the answer. If my assumptions are correct, I would probably do the following... 1. Do a Save As of the "existing" giving it a new name like "Existing Temp" or whatever you want and delete the house (or portion thereof) that you need to replace. 2. Do a Save As of the "proposed" giving it a new name like "Proposed Temp" or whatever you want and delete everything that you might not need (can skip this step if there's nothing extra in that plan). 3. Make sure all your layers are turned on and Select All. Now Cut or Copy and then Paste Hold Position into your previously cleaned up "existing" plan. 4. As long as everything above went smoothly, you can rename your new file(s), delete the temporary versions, and then relink your layout views as necessary.

Definitely seems odd. As long as you've tried deactivating the license several times with no success, I think tech support may be your best bet. You could try downloading the trial version for now just to keep you moving in the meantime, but I'm not sure whether you can save changes or not.

I still do 45 degree uppers all the time. 45 degree lowers...I don't recall EVER using.

2 things... 1. Is Chief open on your Mac? If so, that may be your problem. You may not be able to deactivate a license that is currently in use. 2. There's really no reason you should need to deactivate the license from your Mac (except maybe that the program needs to actually be closed down). You should be able to do it from any computer. Maybe try disconnecting from the internet and starting up Chief. I often times don't have internet access on jobsites and Chief essentially lets you run the program without activation but stipulates that you need to activate the license within so many days (I think its 2 weeks).

Very creative Jintu!!

I would personally probably just use either a wall covering or a wall material region for the wainscoting and a moulding polyline for the other 3 items. I obviously haven't seen your plan, but I imagine its only the wainscoting that needs notching.

Not too shabby Rich!

I think the way you ended up building those walls (solids/symbol) was the best way. Just for the heck of it I tried to use the wall tools to reach the same result. Here's the best I could do. Its not bad, but what you did was better. Cinder block.plan

I agree. We use SU but never very often, I've become proficient enough with Chief's tools that I usually find it faster to model in Chief, however if you are already proficient with SU and a relative new comer to Chief, as Joe said, just model it in SU and import it as a symbol or just do the whole project in SU. Don't get me wrong. As the guys above pointed out, its totally doable...just not very automatic and not very efficient if you're new to the program. That being said, it would probably be an EXCELLENT exercise in learning Chief's various primitive modeling tools if you actually take the time to model it in Chief.

Which one? If its the wainscoting thing you can also consider using a wall covering.

I can get + and - to work in one of 2 ways... 1. X" +/- Y 2. X" +/- Y" Division only seems to work because it is essentially calculating a fraction for you and NOT dividing a dimensions for you, so it will also only work in one of 2 ways... 1. X/Y As usual, Chief will by default add the " for you once the fraction calculates. 2. X/Y" The inch mark is really in connection with the X/Y number (a fraction) and not the Y number (a divisor).

To add a bit to what Dermot said... If you create for example a 48" tall moulding and specify it as being 0" to bottom, it will automatically cut for the door but not for the windows (i.e. it only cuts items that fall within the 0" plane. If you use the same moulding and specify it as being 48" to top, it will cut for both the doors and the windows (i.e. it cuts for everything that falls within the 48" plane). The thing you cannot do as far as I can tell is get mouldings to "notch" for windows. It seems to be all or nothing. To get the notches for wainscoting, very tall trim details, or very low windows, you might need to use another method like wall material region or create a custom moulding profile to fill in the blanks.

Just tried it and it worked for me. 1. Create a 3D view of the house 2. Create symbol Then do one of the 2 following things... A. Draw a couple reference lines or place a point at one corner of your model and then delete the entire model (except the plants). Then replace that model with your newly created house symbol. OR B. Draw a couple reference lines or place a point at one corner of your model and select that along with all your plants tand cut and paste all that into a blank plan. Then place your previously created house symbol and align it with your lines or point. If you created the symbol before placing your plants, the above step would be even easier...Simply place your symbol and then place your plants around it. Once your SYMBOL (not the actual model itself) is created and your plants are properly positioned around it... 3. Group select your symbol and the plants and "Make Architectural Block" 4. "Add To Library" There might be other ways and maybe some more efficient steps, but the above worked for me and was super fast.

No matter...my point was that you are using the plan file itself to create your pages...that is just unusual is all.

You can also complete simple + and - calculations right in the DBX. For example, if you have a 96" top height and a 42" upper cabinet, you can enter 96"-42" and either hit tab or enter and it will automatically calculate for you (54").

You betcha! I thought it was a pretty sweet discovery myself.

I think many new users may overlook the second edit tool bar that pops up with certain tools...