Joe_Carrick

IMO you are looking at this completely wrong. Chief is a 3D modeling system and you shouldn't be looking at this as drawings. It would be much better to just create each Floor in Chief using the Walls, Doors, Windows, etc Tools. The final "drawings" are views of the model sent to "Layout". Importing such a drawing into Chief will not result in a 3D model.

Mark, Try locking the Wall Layers in your Layer Set. I find that the Walls can still apparently be located but the dimensions only attach to the cabinets. They seem to still find the Wall Dimension Layer but not the Interior Wall Faces. I agree that this is a bug and should be reported.

I don't know of any way to do this. It would be possible in a user text macro but Chief doesn't provide for the use of any superscript characters beyond 0-3.

Joey, Text justification can only be done with a custom macro or Rich Text. This subject came up last year at the UGM when multi-line Labels were introduced for X8. One of the CA Staff commented: "Now I suppose you're going to want Rich Text Labels too." which received a resounding YES!

In the Label enter the following: %manufacturer% %automatic_label% (%header_count%) %header_thickness%"x%header_depth%" %header_type% HDR If you enter it in the Default Door Label and the Default Window Label it will automatically be there for all new doors and Windows.

No, that's not what I was suggesting. It's much easier than that. Also, I don't agree with Michael that it would require custom user macros.

BT isn't correct. Sub Components can be assigned macros that do this kind of formatting. Actually, the following fields in the Component's dbx can also have macros inserted in them: component_code comments description manufacturer Ther might be a few more.

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Don't do that But note that it will still be in Trash and you can restore it.

Johnny, I put the Dropbox Folder on my D: drives where I have a lot more space.

Thanks Richard. I'm going to do this immediately. It will make my life a lot easier.

I have all my Chief Projects in a Dropbox Folder. This works well for me as I have 3 different computers that I use and I'm always working on the latest version of a Plan and/or Layout. I'm considering placing the Chief Data Folder (Library, Templates, Scripts, Toolbars, Hotkeys, etc) in Dropbox as well. Has anyone else done this? Other than having to change the location in Preferences would there be any problem?

Rob, You can import the X7 User Library to X8 Library>Import Library As far as keeping everything up to date --- you could use Dropbox but you would probably need to set the Data Folder location in Preferences on each computer. There are other apps that can synchronize files (SugarSync is one that I know of)

Sometimes it helps to open "Help" and do a search.

OK, I understand. That configuration would require "Custom Muntins" to work on a Casement. You can make them just 1/4 of the Casement height by entering 4 for the vertical lites for Craftsman style lites.

Alex, You just need to select all the windows you wan to be casement and set their configuration. Do the same for the Single Hung. Then everything will show up correctly in the Schedule.

Scott, You can also use %referenced_filename% which will show a lot less. BTW, this is just one of the macros (name:value pairs) provided by Chief.

DUH!!! In your case since you don't seem to be able to follow step-by-step instructions, just enter %referenced_full_filename%

Select the Layout Box Open the dbx Select the Label Tab Specify Label Insert Object Specific > Referenced Full Filename The Label will display the Plan File name including the path.

Michael, You missed a couple of important details about the Layout View (technically the Layout Box): It knows the name and location of the Plan from whence it came. (link to Plan) It knows what view it came from (direct access to that view) It knows what its scale is. (can be modified in the Layout) It knows if it should be using the Layer Set in the Plan or a copy of the Layer Set as sent to Layout (control of changes) These are all very important characteristics. IAE, the relationship between the Layout and the Plan is fairly complex.

Scott, My "Clean Layers" Layer Set has all layers "ON". Things I want to keep: Exterior Elevation Cameras, Terrain Perimeter, Property & Setback Lines, Cross Section Lines, etc are "Locked" . By selecting that Layer Set I can then do a Marquee Select and Delete everything else.

Thanks Dan - it's working perfectly for me now.

Dan, I'm using the Firefox Browser. When I first enter a Thread it starts with Post #1. Then if I go to the next page everything is still OK - Post #26 for example. However, if I then select page #1 the numbering seems to be starting at the same number as the 2nd page. Refresh while on page #1 does reset to Post #1.

Dan, The Post #'s are not consistent. The same numbers can appear on different pages within a Thread - not always starting with #1 and then restarting on each successive page.

Alex, Michael did some excellent videos on creating a Library Object Toolbar. I don't have the link offhand but if you do a little searching in the Forum you should be able to find them.