Joe_Carrick

IOW, pretty useless.

What is actually done by Print Preview In a Layout ? In a Plan ? Does it really do anything other than turning the display on and off in the Print Dialog?

I would actually need 5 since there's a cricket at the back. Some things are not that big a deal but it would be a nice feature if CA made flashing at vertical surface intersections with roof planes automatic similar to shadow boards. Another option could be a material region. They can be either recessed or not depending on the vertical surface. Recessed for Siding Flush for Concrete or Masonry After some experimenting I prefer the "Wall Material Region" because it seems to be much easier to adjust.and it sticks to the wall nicely.

X18 has some great new features. Here are my favorites: Project Information. Project Designer Client Custom - additional consultants, etc 3D Profiles User defined to add to Walls, Roofs, etc 2D Moldings - Board & Batt, Standing Seam Roofing, etc 3D Moldings - Mission Tile Roofing, Shingles, Shakes, etc Note that profiles should be as simple as possible to avoid redraw slowdown and file bloat. Don't attempt to create either 2D or 3D profiles with extreme accuracy. Fewer surfaces will provide better performance while still enhancing the 3D rendering. Room Labels with controls for what is displayed for various view types Wall Intersection editing & Wall Layer Fills Corner Board "Recessed to Sheathing Layer" option Replace Identical Objects in Plan (from Library) Numerous Framing and Truss improvements Schedules (Include from Floors options - much more flexibility)

That's not actually the correct view in the plan. What appears to be a newel post is actually a part of the wall but without the fill.

Maybe there will be a solution for these issues in X18.

I got it to work. It was a problem with the data assignment. I just had to change it to: ($TotalFloors - floor_number + 1) it seems to be important to have the spaces on either side of the "+" and "-" signs

So I have the following in an OIP custom_field named "supported floors" ($TotalFloors + owner.floor_number + 1) which returns: 1 for the top floor 2 for the next floor down etc. those values are displayed correctly in a schedule for the custom_field["supported floors"] But when I create a user macro for an object and try to get the value of that field it simply returns ($TotalFloors + owner.floor_number + 1)

No, I use the folloowing: referenced ? obj =referenced : obj= owner then all NVPs are per obj. That way my macros always work depending on the context..

OIP field values (even calculated or macro derived) can be displayed in a schedule. However, I'm not able to use them in other locations (text or macros). Does anyone know how to extract the values of a schedule row/column or the specific OIP field ?

Yes, it will still populate in the Schedule & Masterials list. The Architectural Block just contains the Cabinet. It doesn't make it a symbol.

The cables would need to be straight segments. OTOH, curved tubes could work but it would be very difficult to actually build.

Works for me. What app is your Chief Architect Profile set to use? When you open X17 does it switch to the Chief Profile? Just making a duplicate profile and changing the name isn't going to make it work. You need to open settings in Stream Deck, select yout X18 Profile and set the app to "Chief Architect Premier X18"

Have you talked to Chief to se3e if they could accommodate you ?

Do you have your Data Folder on a Drive other than "C" ? Maybe you are using a secondary drive like Dropbox. I've set mine up to use the "D" drive and Dropbox. What's shown in my "C Drive" isn't complete - it only shows the initial X17 toolbars, not subsequent additions. Otherwise, contact Customer Support.

So the question is: In waht version did you create it ? Have you migrated from that version ? If not you can still copy that toolbar from the version data/toolbars folder.

Have you exported your custom toolbar ?

It would be real nice if there were default settings for: Plan Views Exterior Elevations Interior Elevations Cross Sections CAD Details Where we could specify the scale and maybe even the drawing sheet size.

No arguement, I'm sure they would leave all of that out. BTW, I think they should hire @Medeek to do the Stairs improvements.

Check the .....\Chief Architect Premier X17 Data\Toolbars folder. The extensions will be .toolbar

My experience is that when I develope something of value Chief will almost inevitably come up with an alternative to accomplish the same thing as a new feature within a couple of years. In a way, that's great but usually they don't make it 100%. There's also a tendency to eliminate something that's needed for my system to work - or that requires me to make changes to my system because of changes they made. A great example was the "Measurement Class". I had a lot of macros which used floating point NVPs and formatted them to feet,inches. Those NVPs were changed to measurements vs floating point and I had to rewrite every one of those macros. My bet is that Chief will at some point provide a way to "peel-back" the layers of a Perspective clipped by the Cross Section Slider , provide solid fill for objects (such as framing) cut in section and a few other enhancements. Then we'll be able to very easily create 3D Details. It's not there yet but I'm pretty sure it will be.

This is very common problem. Maybe X18 will have a solution.

create the half wall "out of plane", no room definition and then move it into placein the opening.

Elevations I just place and adjust to what looks good.

I use a different method. My drawing sheets are the same size (point markers lower left and upper right) as the layout pages. When sent to Layout they fill the page 100% automatially. Another option is to place a polyline on the drawing sheet matching the sheet boundary.