Alaskan_Son

It all depends on how valuable your time is, how quickly you want to learn, and on exactly what you really need to learn. If you have a coupe years you can glean tips here on the forum, read up on Ruby scripting, and spend many MANY hours practicing. If your time is valuable and you want to take a notable shortcut, you can hire someone to coach you through some of the basics. I offer this type of service and there may be others as well but I can't attest to that. You can also do what a lot of people do and just learn the very basic basics and just have someone write any more complicated macros for you. Just shoot me over an email if you would like to discuss further. For what it's worth, there are some fonts that wouldn't require a custom font at all like Arial.... 1-3⁄8" In fact, so long as you're using the, in a Rich Text box they wouldn't require a custom macro either. Just copy and paste this following character into any desired Rich text box, arrow back to type in the numerator, and then arrow forward to type in the denominator... ⁄ P.S. You can also use a simple online tool to copy and paste from but again, the results may or may not be so desirable depending on the font.... https://lights0123.com/fractions/ Anything beyond that would require custom macros and possibly customized fonts.

Just tested this and you're right. It seems the only way to get them to connect is to first convert the Revision Cloud to a Plain Polyline.

This is possible using custom macros, however, depending on the font you're using, the results are typically pretty ugly. The only way to do this in Chief requires using not only custom macros but also a custom font. Anyway, its usable for a lot of things but not for actual dimension strings.

Those should be connecting like any other arrow. Did you possibly uncheck the Attach Tail and/or Attach Head settings?

Exactly some of the reason I like to use solids much of the time as well. Did you watch my video? I think you and I work pretty similarly.

I wasn't trying to correct him. Just agreeing with him. Regardless of what Robert meant though.... It really helps to have those pre-configured stairs available for future use. Most of the items we've discussed above (polyline solids, solids, landings, railings, etc.) can either be added directly to the library or blocked and added to the library. Stairs on the other hand cannot. I was just agreeing and highlighting this fact. If you want to save pre-configured stairs you have to do so in either your template plan or in a warehouse plan.

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.