Joe_Carrick

Here's another version.

You have to adjust the depth of the sides. The attached pics show how it works. I set the back to have a "Left Door" and the Front to have just a "Blank Area". I also suppressed the "Toe Kick" and I would create a separate base for the "Toe Kick" using a PSolid.

Marshall, I don't think there are many users here that are still using version 10. Most are using X8 or X9. Your Plans would have to be converted and then you wouldn't be able to open them unless you upgraded. I think X9 can still open a version 10 Plan but I'm not sure.

Glenn, Check the Scale of your Plan. That should only happen if the scale is way off. btw, this only happens when decimal units are used. Since my Plans are Imperial using ft-in ('-") Chief converts internally and the Scientific E notation is irrelevant. With Metric Plans if the scale is "wonky" you could get that result. I'm not sure what the ratio would need to be, but a very large number of mm would cause Chief to return the Scientific E notation.

Another way to do it is to use an "Angle Front Cabinet and set the Back to match the Front. Then just turn the Cabinet around 180 degrees.

Decks are defined in Chief similarly to Wall Types. If you set them up in the Room Defaults for each "Deck Room Type" they will conform to the materials defined in the "Floor Structure Definition" for each Layer of the assembly. You can edit the individual Deck Rooms in the same way, but if the materials are set to "Use Default" then it it will pick up what you have in that default.

Nothing, Decks are just different. The Deck Planks are treated as individual pieces, not as just a material like other rooms.

Scott, Open the Deck Room dbx. Click on the Deck Tag Set the Deck Planking Material & Direction. Set the Joist Direction (not within 30 degrees of the Planking)

Scott, If you are trying to change the deck planking direction I think you need to change the deck joist direction. Typically Chief makes the planking 90 degrees to the Joists.

No, for that you should just create the geometry and textures and convert the whole thing to a Door Symbol.

I haven't opened your Plan but I suspect that the Fascia simply isn't big enough. The Soffits are applied to the bottom of the rafters. If the finished Fascia size isn't large enough, it won't cover the Soffit.

Johnny, I'm getting about the same results you are. Line Extensions just don't seem to exist in the PDF.

Sometimes Interior Elevations show some part of the Wall thru an opening (Doorway). Is there a way to control that other than using a Back Clipped Cross Section? Note: This usually happens when a 3D Molding is on a Wall beyond the Opening. I use such 3D Moldings for Wainscot vertical boards. IMO, since they are not in the Room, they shouldn't be visible in the Interior Elevation.

No Michael, I didn't miss it. Glenn had said to change that to 100, not -100. He also said to set it relative to the 1st Floor SubFloor vs the Grade Marker. This was in the Storey Pole Dimension Defaults for Locate Elevations.

I think you need to see post #20 in this thread. Why does Michael get a point for repeating what I had already said?

OK, I got this to work by setting the Subfloor Height Above Terrain to -114' (note the negative value) and specifying "Grade Level Marker" as the Elevation Reference. Now my Elevation Datum is relative to Sea Level. This is definitely not intuitive. It has taken far too many hours to get this to work correctly.

Hi Glenn, I can't get this to work. I have the Subfloor Height Above Terrain set at 114' (actual height above sea level) but my Storey Pole Dims still show the Elevations relative to the first floor at 0.00' I tried using Edit Area to move everything up 114' but that just made a mess of the Terrain, causing my structure to be on a 114' high pedestal. This is a 2 storey house and editing all the room elevations may be the only solution but it will take a lot of time, starting with the upper floor and working down. Do you have any other suggestions? ps: It would really be nice if Chief just had a setting in the Storey Pole Dims to add a value to the displayed Elevation Datum. Maybe they could add a First Floor Elevation Datum Marker (a Special Marker) that would work similar to how a North Arrow deals with Bearings and Sun Angles.

It depends on the size of the SSD, how it's partitioned as to what you want to put where. By Default, Chief will install everything on the C: drive. After that, you have a lot of flexibility. My SSD has a C: drive for the OS and programs plus a fairly large D: drive. I moved the Chief Data Folder and my Chief Projects Folders to the D: drive - then set those paths in Chief's Preferences. I use the HDD for archives, including older versions of the Chief Data Folder.

Generator works for me but only after downloading and installing the Home Essentials No.1 Emergency Supplies catalog.

Jerry, It's not a part of the Wall. It's a part of the Room Moldings. You can select a room and create a "Room Molding Polyline" that can be edited. I would suggest setting it as a "Chair Rail" molding at the elevation of the top of your Pony Wall. That will cause the molding to be suppressed at openings. You can also suppress any selected segment ("No Molding on Selected Edge".

Not possible within a single running instance of Chief Architect. IAE, you should post questions in the "Q&A Forum", not the "Tips & Techniques" Forum.

Notes: Schedules allow labels to be "Not Displayed" which eliminates the multiple Callouts / Labels The Objects can be limited to Floor and Object types (Base, Wall, Utility, Other) These settings allow a Graphic Legend to be created while limiting the size.

Dermot, Ideally, we would be able to create a "Graphic Legend" with a Cabinet Type (B1, B2, B3, W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3...) Then in the Cabinet Schedule there would be a Column for "Cabinet Type". We could use the Comment Field in the OIP for "Cabinet Type". If there was a way of having more than one Schedule without duplicating Labels, the Graphic Legend could just be a 2nd Schedule. This concept would work for Cabinets, Doors, Windows, Fixtures of all types, etc. I think the simple way of doing this would be to have a radio button in the Schedule for "Suppress Labels". That way you could have labels from one schedule but not another schedule of the same items. Actually, after looking further at this concept - It basically works already. This example isn't perfect but it shows the concept.

I absolutely agree - but he did ask for it.

By having more than one Layout Page Template, you can have extra information displayed on some of the Layout Sheets. For Example, if you wanted "Exterior Notes" displayed on all the Elevation Sheets: Open Page "0" Select everything (Border, Title Block, etc) and copy to the clip board. Create a new Layout Page and Paste-Hold-Position Right Click on this Page in the Project Browser and Edit the Page Information Title = "Elevation Template", check "Use as Template" Add the "Elevation Notes" to this Page. For each of your Elevation Pages select this Template as the one to use. In the future if you need to change any of those notes, you just edit them on the template and they will be changed on all the sheets that use that Template. This is just one example - and maybe one that isn't needed but you get the idea. You could use it for a series of sheet that all nee the same graphic legend (Electrical for example).