Alaskan_Son

What are you doing now. Arc with arrows or curved leaders with arrows should connect just like a line with an arrow would.

Yes there is but its safer and easier to just sent to layout real quick with the desired settings.

They're a bit easier than it might seem on the surface. As Eric alluded to, it would help to know what exactly you're having trouble with, but for the most part, all you really need to do is draw one partial section, copy it, and then rotate it it till it snaps to the previous copy.

Yup. I had thought of mentioning that in my video but totally forgot to. Stairs can't be blocked and added to library so its either a warehouse plan or place off to the side in your template plan.

2 ways that come to mind: Option 1: Place a Temporary Point at Point B Draw a line from Point B to Point A Switch to the Rotate/Resize about Current Point Edit Mode Select your wall Click the Make Parallel/Perpendicular tool Choose the line you previously drew Option 2: Draw a line from Point B to Point A Place an Angular Dimension between the line and your wall Select your wall Click on the Angular Dimension Change the Dimension to zero

That's just an internal limitation Chief has with cabinets. I don't think you're missing anything.

By no means is this a comprehensive video on the subject but here are a few of my own personal thoughts along with a few power tips to add to whats been mentioned above... https://rumble.com/vkxqjg-tips-on-modeling-concrete-stairs-in-chief-architect-x13.html

Good tips. You can however change the Height Below Tread after setting to No Stringers and Open Underneath will remove all lines whereas unchecking Open Underneath can leave some goofy Side Inset Lines until you change the Side Inset to a positive value.

Depending on the situation and on my mood, I will use either stairs, landings, or solids. I usually use solids though. I suggest people really and truly familiarize themselves with the CAD tools, the various Move and Distribute tools, and the various Solid tools. You can do those with primitives in a matter of seconds when you get good at them.

Post the plan

This can happen if you have a floor above. When you adjust the ceiling height on the lower floor and that ceiling above is composed of multiple floor systems, the adjacent floor system(s) will move up/down to suit your changes because they're part of the ceiling that you're moving up. There are a few ways around this but the best method depends entirely on your specific plan details.

From tool bar Option #1: Edit Active View>Selected Defaults From tool bar Option #2: Use Active Default Set Control dropdown From tool bar Option #3: Use Active Defaults dialog From Project Browser: Edit View>Selected Defaults

Ya, I agree. Notes are getting closer as they'll actually snap to underlying 3D faces when placed in a 3D view. This results in an accurate Z Position that we can copy and paste, but Chief doesn't give us any access to that value either. Been requesting name:value pair access to global macros and Z Position/Elevation data for quite some time. You should send in a request or 2 as well.

Yup. This is one reason of many that I would like the aforementioned name:value pairs for Chief's global macros.

I made this one for you as a quick one time courtesy. Just keep me in mind if you need any additional support services in the future... Comet Vinyl Tile.calibz By the way, I just searched the material name online, copied and cropped one of the images I found, and used Plan Materials>New to create a new material using the modified image as the Texture Source. I then clicked Pattern From Texture and checked Keep Pattern/Texture In Sync.

Its a unique macro in that it reports the top or bottom of a wall at any given point on that wall. In other words, it could never work in a label because its a point measurement tool that could report any number of values for a single wall. An angled wall for example could have an infinite number of possible values. I do really wish Chief would give us name:value pairs for all their Chief defined global macros.

That was actually from 6 years ago.

Which window or tab is active when you are creating the New CAD Detail. If a Plan View is not currently active, I find that the new CAD Detail inherits its properties from the last Plan View that was activate.

Not sure what you mean by "cantilevered area" since I haven't seen the plan, but.... It was also the case in X12 that whenever a room extended underneath a cantilevered portion of the room above, adjusting the ceiling height of the lower room would also adjust the floor above.

Had I seen the OP was using X10 at the time, I would have likely given a different answer. In X10 there's no easy way to get that information into a callout. In X11 (your version) it is possible but requires you create a custom User-Define Macro set to evaluated (owner context) and then paste my recommended code into the Value field... The simplified process of placing the code directly into the callout is only possible in X12 and X13.

On my system, a New CAD Detail inherits all of its defaults from whatever Plan View is active at the time.

@Whitehorse and @PSpence, There is very little anyone is going to be able to do to help you if y'all don't post plans. There are too many variables. It would however seem that your dimension defaults aren't being managed properly, or that you're setting the defaults for one tool and using another, or that you're just using the wrong tool. A simple example plan that displays the problem would be a good start though.

What you're talking about aren't actually tools. They're Edit Modes. You just toggle between which one you want and then you stay in that edit mode until such a time as you change it. You might have the Wall tool activated but you remain in the same edit mode. And the keystrokes you see listed are only for temporarily using that particular edit mode, not for switching to it. For example, try this: Manually select the Default Edit Mode (the icon at your mouse pointer should disappear) Activate the Rectangular Polyline Tool Notice that you're still in the Default Edit Mode. This could be any of the edit modes, but in this case its the Default Edit Mode Drag out a polyline Select the polyline and drag one of the corners. You should get the expected behaviour. Now undo undo that operation and this time press and hold the F key before dragging the corner node. This time you should find that you're temporarily using the Filet Edit Mode.

I don't have much time to study it further than this, but in addition to the extra trim you show in your screenshots, you also have extra frieze being generated inside your walls... At first glance it looks like a bug to me but I'm not sure. Unless you can get it sorted some other way, I think you may just have to unlock the Roofs, Trim layer and delete the unwanted pieces manually.

....and there’s your main problem. If you’re not making relatively deliberate and educated adjustments then you’re just as likely to be making things worse with any given tweak. Anyway, I hope you have a good coach.