Alaskan_Son

Build a second floor.

Read my post above. Send as PLOT LINES. Then follow Joey's directions using the EDIT LAYOUT LINES tool. P.S. I personally think the masking is typically more efficient.

Those sizes are being called out in feet and inches. This is common nomenclature in many (most) areas for windows and doors.

You know, I think you’re right. He was. I guess my real point was that it can be done in either plan or layout and that there are benefits to each. Done in layout for example it will also potentially “fog” your annotation items which could be bad. Really just depends on the situation.

And you can also do the same thing in layout instead of in plan depending on what you're after. Of particular value in layout is using solid fills (no transparency) to mask those pesky lines you have in certain views that you otherwise have to remember to delete every time your refresh the view.

That's where they get sent automatically, but you can click on the Components tab and Object Information tab and change whatever you want to get them to report to wherever you want. Here I have a beach ball set to report to the Framing category as a treated 4x12 deck beam...

There's not. You have to create those views using the proper camera type: Full Cameras get saved to their respective Floor Orthographic/Perspective Full Overviews get saved to Overviews Orthographic/Perspective Floor Overviews get saved to their respective Floor Orthographic/Perspective Framing Overviews get saved to Overviews My suggestion to you would be to stop using the Full Overview and Framing Overview cameras and use the others instead. For the framing views, all you really have to do is switch the appropriate Layer Set.

You need to send as Plot Lines. You made this comment earlier in the thread or else I would have mentioned it before... The fact is that you can also use Point To Point Move and get snaps if you are using Plot Lines. You can even snap to various lines in order to reshape your stacked views. I personally use Plot Lines almost exclusively, but they're not "Live" Views which is why I chose not to respond before now. They can of course be updated, but then you lose your edits. One of the benefits of using a filled polyline like Ryan suggested (can be done either in plan or in layout by the way) is that the views can be updated without having to redo all your Edit Layout Line work.

Manually positioned markers and custom macros. Post that plan along with your current story pole dims here soon enough and I'll give you some quick tips on the house before I need to head out.

Here you go. I offer custom tutorial videos as a service, but this first one is on the house. Hope it helps

Reshaped wall polyline, ceiling plane, and/or polyline solids. Polyline solids for both the wall and ceiling are easiest but to get the stair railing to display correctly, you’ll probably need to use an actual wall. There are a couple options there though as well...reshape the wall OR put the wall on a unique layer and turn that layer off in camera views. Post the plan though and I just might make you a quick video this morning.

Just a side note for whatever it’s worth, but I personally find that measuring to the CENTER of openings for site measurements is far less problematic. When you measure to casings, not only do you have to make sure you accurately record and set casing size, but you also need to record and set frame/jamb reveals and in some cases, even jamb/frame sizes. Instead of making casings a crucial and integral part of the process, they become a secondary detail as they typically should be since it’s the opening itself that matters the most.

My comment was made very specifically in reference to Temporary Dimensions. How they behave at openings is controlled by your Dimension Defaults.

That's controlled by your Active Dimension Defaults>Locate Objects>Openings settings.

You may want to check out the Image CAD Blocks bonus library.

What does “add as a text” mean? And how does it create a schedule?

You bet. You as well

2 potential solutions... Let Chief handle it automatically... ...or, what I usually do, just customize the cabinet face...

Double click in the Price's Formula field, you should see 3 different buttons. Click on the button on the right and select Apply Formula To Source Object. Now enter your formula in the field... =width*12.25

Or, if you want to keep your subfloor, just turn off the Rooms layer in your cross section.

Sorry, I just realized that I sent you a deceptive screenshot in my last post. The basics are the same, but you need to open up the Change Floor/Reference dialog while in a camera view. Again though, just to stress one MAJOR point, each and every element must be positioned appropriately in their respective plans. The 3D reference display basically behaves like Paste Hold Position and the various elements cannot be relocated. They are where they are.

Even .01" will fix it.

It's because your floor finish layers are set to 0" thick. With no finish layer thickness, the floors are defaulting to the 1st Floor Floor Finish Defaults.

Either you don’t quite realize what Xrefs are capable of or you aren’t understanding the limitations we have in Chief. Using your subdivision as an example: In AutoCAD you can model the buildings as usual in separate files and then insert them into your master plan as Xrefs. Upon insertion, you can adjust the insertion point, rotation, and even scale of each individual house. In Chief on the other hand, this is not possible. Individual houses would have to be modeled at off angles, at the exact size you want them, and at the exact height and X/Y location in their respective plans as where you will eventually place them in your master plan. This is a MAJOR limitation if you’re using for something like subdivision planning since you obviously would want the ability to move those various elements around, and possibly even adjust scale during massing studies.