Joe_Carrick

No, because this is done with an AFCI breaker in the panel for those circuits. I label the circuit home runs AFCI where needed and a note in the Electrical Legend.

Michael, On the plans it is my opinion that all outlets should be properly labeled where protection is required. OTOH, it's up to the Electrician to decide how to provide that protection. Then, when installed, each protected outlet should have a physical label so indicating.

Greg, I just noticed that if you place a Duplex outlet (Chief's Drop Down) on an exterior Wall Chief labels it "WP". Shouldn't that always be "GFCI WR" ? Would it ever be correct for an exterior outlet to not be GFCI protected? IAE, with the new symbol I posted there's automatically a correct 2D Block that can be assigned to Chief's symbol.

In another thread it was mentioned that Chief's symbol in the Core Library wasn't quite right. It's labeled "GFCI WP" instead of "GFCI WR". Here's a replacement symbol. I also rotated it 90 degrees so it mounts horizontal instead of vertical. It will be in your User Library, not the Core Library, so you just need to remember where to find it. GFCI WR.calibz

Here's a modified GFCI WR symbol. I also rotated it so it mounts horizontal instead of vertical. GFCI WR.calibz

I suspect that there's a problem with the paths set in Preferences or something in your AV software. Calling Support is the way to solve this.

Thank Dave. This is a big help.

Carefully check when you send to Layout what the Scale is. You might simply be sending at a very small scale.

You probably aren't going to get an actual light (cast's shadows) but you can assign a material with emissive and specular properties to each bulb. It's pretty easy to just copy a Color Material and edit those properties. That will cause the bulb to look like it's "ON".

Chief isn't really the same sort of Cabinet detailing as 2020. There is no provision in Chief to completely detail and dimension cabinet faces automatically. However, it is possible to create a CAD Detail from View of a Cabinet Face (Cabinet Doors and Drawer Fronts Layer off) and then use manual dimensions to do all the necessary dimensions.

Hi David, Have you considered a set of Symbols 100% open? Also for Sliding vs Hinged? I'm particularly interested in being able to show the Nana Walls 100% open in both hinged and bi-pass stacking.

There's no reason at all. Any way to place them linearly works fine. The reason I don't usually use a Distribution Path is so I can reverse the "overlap direction" at the center of the ridge if I want. BTW, This same system works for Flat Tiles, Shakes or Shingles. Usually we can handle those with just a texture and bump map but there are some cases where a more accurate 3D appearance is needed. The nice thing about these symbols is that there's really no need for separate "Rake Tiles".

Rachael, I would just move the Chief Data Folder and your Chief Projects to the D Drive. In Chief Preferences you can set the Paths by browsing to the new location(s) I've been using this for several years.

Chopsaw, Notice that I have 3 symbols. Field Tile (assigned to Distribution Region) Rake Tile (assigned to Distribution Path on both Rakes - mirror for right side) Ridge Tile (Multi-Copied along Ridge) With your "S" Tiles, you just need to add a Rake Tile for the left side. In addition, if you set the angle of the tiles in the Library you won't need to do nearly as much editing and the overlaps will be consistent as long as you don't mirror the them in the wrong direction. Getting the Symbols correctly set in the beginning is key to minimizing the pain.

Eric's solution is one way. The downside is that you can't select the wall in the Plan. A second option is to have a wall type that has no fill and all the lines in the wall definition use the "blank" linestyle. It can be selected in both Plan and 3D Both methods have pros and cons. It's up to you to decide which you want to use.

Another thing to consider is how the tiles are placed. There are basically 2 options: Place one Symbol and use the "Multi-Copy" Tool. This allows different spacing in the x & y directions but can be a bit tedious. Define a "Distribution Region" matching the Roof Plane and assign the Symbol to it. In this case the spacing can only be the same in both directions. I think I've seen a suggestion to allow unequal spacing in a "Distribution Region" which would eliminate that problem. Otherwise the Symbol has to be designed so that equal spacing gives the desired result. It's also possible to use a "Distribution Path" and the "Multi-Copy" Tool to get unequal spacing since each has it's own values.

Here's a couple of pics where I used my Mission Tile Symbols. The are a little more complex symbols than Chopsaw's but the key is to have the object dbx reference "From Roof" and specify "Flush Mounted" My Symbols are tapered so they overlap as they go up the roof slope. Chopsaw's symbols would need to be set at an angle to get the same effect. That would be done in the Symbol dbx by rotating about the x axis. I would suggest about -2 degrees. It would just take a little bit of experimenting to get the right angle.

Cheryl, Look in the Core>Architecture>Cabinets Catalog. There's a couple of Corner Cabinets like already in Chief.

It can be done using custom symbols for the tile which would then be applied to a distribution region. I've done it and it works fairly well as long as the model isn't to big.

Sorry, but that is also not possible currently. Basically it's for the same reasons Michael enumerated above.

Currently, the manual method is probably the best. I've been fighting this problem for some time and have repeatedly asked CA to provide a "Room Context" for user macros. That is the only way that user macros are going to be able to be used to consistently format the Room Labels as we want and match the schedule.

My Roof Planes are all on the level they exist on. IOW: 1st floor roof is on level 1 2nd floor roof is on level 2 3rd floor roof is on level 3 My Roof Reference Layer Set then shows the adjacent floor's roof while the current floor's roof is also displayed.

It's also possible that the "Room Type" is specified as a "Court".

Maybe not, but that's about the only time I might use it. This is actually something that I do in a 3D perspective view.

Sorry Eric, that's not a very good solution - even though CA provides that ability.