Joe_Carrick

There are a couple of icons Chief uses for roof trusses.  I can't find them in the X17 data.

• Roof Truss Direction
• Roof Girder Truss

The show in the Toolbar dropdown.

Anyone know where I can find them?

I think that's a result of the "File Associations" in the OS, not in Chief.

Pretty cool, but for me that takes too much room on a Layout.  I'm essentially providing all the same information but in Door and Window Schedules.  I don't usually show the elevations but OTOH, I do provide the number of King Studs and Trimmers.

It's no unusual for me to have up to 20 different Doors and a simila number of different Windows.

In order to use differnt fonts I simply use different Layersets.  OTOH, if you just want to make certain characters like 0-9 as superscript characters you can set up a global like this:

• $ss = ["\u2070", "\u00B9", "\u00B2", "\u00B3", "\u2074", "\u2075", "\u2076", "\u2077", "\u2078", "\u2079"]

Then a superscript character "4" would be $ss[4] which can then be used in other macros to display widths and heights in feet and inches such as

• 3⁰6⁸

• 2⁶6⁸

• etc

I have several macros that cover all such opening labels.  My default labels for openings differintiate base on the object type and layerset (view_type which unfortunately is not an NVP).  Here's an example using both Callouts and Labels.

3 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

Who has some clever methods to initialize globals without the need of opening an object?
I would love it if I didnt have to remember to open something in order for my schedules to populate from initalized macros. I know Joe has asked for this a billion times. Has anyone come up with workarounds?
 

Just put a macro in the label of something in page 0 (or the page template of tthe title sheet) of your layout.  Hint:

• A Rectangle works well.  Just make sure you macro ends with "" so it doesn't show.
• I always open my projects with the Layout.

No, This is a special CAD Detail automatiallly generated by the software that only includes framing members.

The electrical outlets can only be displayed on a wall elevation, not on a wall detail.  I think it would be cool if they could but it's not possible at this time.

I use StruCalc.  It provides just about anything you can imagine and I can stamp/sign myself.

I see 3 options"

1. It would appear that the wall is actually 3 walls: [ a long_wall - a short_wall - a long_wall. ] If you model it that way you would be able to place the outlet on the short wall.
2. Model the Wall as a Cabinet (no doors or drawers-finish to match walls) and place the outlet on the end of that Cabinet
3. Change the outlets' options so that it isn't "Wall Mounted" 

Open the macro in the plan file using TMM.

Highlight the text and use Ctrl_C to copy

Go to the Layout file and open TMM

Create a new macro

  Name it the same as the plan macro

   Past the contents and save

No guarantee that it will work unless it's non-evaluate since very few objects in Layout will have the same NVPs as the objects in Plan.

3 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

Also would be great if we could just set any object to cut finish layer including default room moldings. Then your custom molding would be perfect

I just posted a suggestion for exactly that capability.

24 minutes ago, ClintonM said:

Or

1. In your open plan or layout, import a file as you would in X16

2. Note, instead of appearing in the Project alongside plans and layouts, it will be imported to 'Asset Management' (See Tools > Assert Management)

3. To edit the file, use Tools > Asset Management

4. Find the file via the search bar or the ownership dropdown

5. Once the file is found, use the 'Open' or 'Open With...' buttons to edit the Asset

6. Upon saving in the external program, the file in Chief will reflect the changes made

Hi Clinton,

Is this only if I use the Project Manager?  I m not and I don't see Tools > Asset Management

Have you tried creating a style pallet for this?

I'm not sure if that will allow you to make the edits you want since style pallets don't control everything.- but maybe it would work since you can specify the floor framing is to be the thing to match

The Layer Set for Layouts is very simple.  For Plans it gets complicated and is probably evolving over time.

I owned an apple once.  It was state of the art but I had to get another computer with more capacity.  

That Apple II Plus just didn't have the power of the IBM PC - but I wish I'd kept it just because it would be worth a lot as an antique.

I just happen to have a couple extra Nvidia RTX Cards.  

• RTX 4060 - New, never removed from original packaging
• RTX 3070 - Used but in good condition.

Will take any reasonable offer for either.

I suggest you contact CA Tech Support

X17 Project Management just manages the files and resources.  In terms of multi-user collaboration, it's not really any different than prior versions.  If you use Dropbox you can put everything in it so everyone has access to the current data which will be synced when a file is closed.

OTOH, an internal network where you have all the projects, files, libraries, etc located works pretty much the same way.

The only way I have ever seen such a thing was when I inadvertently opened a plan from a prior version and then edited some macros.

• Then when I went ot save the plan I got that message.
• If I didn't save the plan
  • The macro changes were not saved
  • Simply because macros are specific to the planBacking 

Exporting macros (esentially a backup) and then importing into another plan is the only logical way to insure they are current in each plan.

Yes, it's in the Columns/Rows tab of the Window Schedule dbx

But you also need to set it in the Window Defaults for both Hinged and Sliders.

I found the problem.  It was an uninitialized variable in a macro.

Error by YODA 

I have not had this problem. 

Are you using X17? 

If so are you using the Project Management System?

Note that I am not using the Project Management System.

If you change the title and save the schedule definition in your user library - or in your default plan template (CAD Detail) - then it will have the name you want.

I use custom_fields in some of my schedules.  Some times those columns are automatically updated.  In other cases they aren't which results in potential errors when sent to layout for the condocs.  It appears this only happens when there are more than one custom_field column in the schedule.

If I open the schedule in the plan it will usually update those extra custom_field columns.  I have to go thru the entire layout and check all schedules before printing the Layout.

Does anyone have a method of making the schedules automatically update all columns - without having to open and close them?

Because the wall lengths are different each wall will be a separate line.  

"Sum Similar Rows" really means "Exactly the Same"

It's not Floor 0.  It's Level 0 which is the lowest Level possible.

OTOH, you can name any Level any thing you want: