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With 3D molding polylines, it's imperative that you draw and edit them in very specific views and in a very specific sequence sometimes. Anyway, I won't go into all that here because I personally wouldn't use a 3D molding polyline for that particular scenario at all or, if I did, I would use 2 or even 3 of them. What I would likely use myself would be some polyline solids or solids.

It actually just needs to be thicker than the wall is all. The wall is 6.76" thick, so a setting of 6.761" will even do it.

Make as Scott has shown using a manually drawn Polyline as a template (to get the required numbers), Convert To Symbol, set Rotation to 180 degrees and rotate once around the Y axis, set symbol to Inserts Into Wall (including appropriate Depth setting), drop into plan, and then use your original manually drawn Polyline as a template to adjust the symbol's Wall Cutout Polyline.

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All you need to do is turn your Foundation layer on and then Rebuild 3D. Depending on the type of change that was made, Chief doesn't always rebuild the model. You can get it to rebuild any number of ways, but clicking on 3D>Rebuild 3D or hitting F12 (Rebuild Walls/Floors/Ceilings) are a couple ways. You can also change the rendering style, make an actual change to the model, click undo followed by redo, etc. etc. The model just needs to be rebuilt is all. I suspect the reason the model doesn't automatically rebuild in this particular instance is because the Foundation layer is a unique layer that doesn't actually control the display of any specific objects (like the Framing, Rim Joists layer for example). It simply controls whether or not anything on Floor 0 is displayed. Anyway, Chief gives us the tools to rebuild 3D when necessary and it's something I personally use quite a bit...whenever I suspect something should have changed but didn't.

It's what Eric said. You have a wall in the attic preventing the placement. Simply change that wall to invisible temporarily, place the window, and then change the wall back.

Just beware that this will add to all walls in the plan.

A few ways you could do that, but I would personally just edit the framing in the Wall Detail.

I’m away from my computer, but as I recall, both 3D DWG and 3D DXF files carry material mapping just fine. They import as a single material, but the various faces still maintain their unique mapping. The key though is that all those various faces need to have unique material definitions assigned before exporting. After importing into Chief you just need to go through and assign the appropriate materials via the material tab or Material Painter.

As usual, your work looks like total garbage Rene Seriously though...as always, nice work bud!

You’re moving the goalpost here. Your question was this.... It was specifically in reference to the ability to copy and paste which is all I was talking about. The materials list does not need to be exported. And by the way, I don’t see why anybody would want to export something that could simply be copied and pasted.

They ARE the same. I use Copy/Paste for both almost exclusively.

Just got back to the office and had a chance to open the provided example file. Not sure I've ever made a video for you before Gene, so here's your first custom tutorial on-the-house...

Just another quick note...We don’t actually have to use actual curved roofs at all. For complex curved roofs, I will commonly use a series of standard flat roof planes with heights and pitches set appropriately. It’s like manually positioning each facet instead of changing the facet angle. Again though, I draw the whole profile in CAD and take all my numbers from that.

You already asked this and I already gave you the answer...

Quite a few ways, but one thing I commonly take advantage of is the clipboard. Example: -Explode block. -Draw temporary line snapped to desired reference. -Copy temporary line to clipboard -Undo a couple times -Paste Hold Position -Use the temporary line for your line/point feedback and then delete it. Or, another idea you might try: -Select block and tab to desired item -Copy/Paste Hold Position -Use the extra copy for your line/point feedback and then delete it.

...or use a Polyline Distribution Path.

For complex curved roofs, I usually do roughly as Robert described and use some CAD to get all the numbers I need. Commonly I do so off to the side right there in plan view. Once I have my roof shape drawn in CAD, I copy the relevant numbers one by one and paste into the appropriate places in the roof plane settings. Also, it's super helpful to draw your baseline at a good and appropriate location. I suggest you ignore the wall and just draw the baseline where it can be used to better control the roof. For complex roofs, my baseline may be located at the ridge, it may be located in the middle of the room at some beam reference, etc. For curved roofs in particular though, I commonly locate it at the very bottom of the roof plane (no overhang beyond baseline).

I believe they're the exact same dialog, just with a different name. I suspect Chief wanted to give people 2 options depending on the behavior they were expecting and that they wanted to make it clear that the wrong dialog wasn't opening up. The Help files seem to describe them as one and the same too... Printing and Exporting PDF Files You can save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting File> Export> Export PDF. This will open either thePrint View or Print Image dialog, depending on the view type. You can also save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting “Chief Architect Save as PDF” as the Destination printer Name in either of these dialogs. See Printing to a PDF File. Printing to a PDF File Portable Document Format, or .pdf files, are one of the most universally compatible and efficient file formats and can be viewed and printed on most computer platforms. You can save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting “Chief Architect Save as PDF” or any other PDF writer installed on your system as the Destination printer Name in either the Print View or Print Image dialog. SeePrint View Dialog and Print Image Dialog. You can also print to .pdf from any view by selecting File> Export> Export PDF. See PDF Files.

It's definitely a little tricky to import usable data from the Time Tracker into Excel. Here's a free starter kit though for anyone who can make use of it. Just import your text data with cell A2 selected>comma delimited. Time Tracker Export Starter Kit.xlsx NOTE: If your User field or Note field contain a comma, this starter kit likely won't work for you. I would recommend just keeping commas out of those fields.

Hey Joe, just Google “bird of paradise plant png” and you’ll find tons of them.

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You can always save file, open the plan back up, delete all entries you want excluded from your calculations, get the total you need, and then close the plan without saving. OR Delete all entries you want excluded from your calculations, get the total you need, and then hit Cancel.

What do you mean by this? By very definition a polyline can only be drawn/edited on a single 2D plane.

I suppose a popup warning with the option to Don't Show This Message Again might help the unaware. It also helps to just encourage people to use the appropriate tools and means of learning the software in the first place though.