Joe_Carrick

Yep, as long as that Template is transferred to new versions

Did you then specify "About Current Point"? Works for me

Nothing, but she's using a Template Plan and needs to have those saved in that Template.

Find them in one of your older plans and export them. Them import into your current Template. Wall Types are Plan specific, not system wide.

Chief Architect doesn't provide any structural analysis. That's up to the user to provide. As Scott said, use Wall Types with plywood shear panels.

Add my "Counter Top" macros and you can have a table listing all the individual Counter Tops, their areas, thicknesses and locations.

Mark, Uncheck "Treat as One Object" in the CAD Block dbx. That's what's causing the problem in your plan. The single object included in the Block is a Cabinet and will show in the Schedule correctly. Only use that option when you are blocking 2 or more cabinets and want them to appear to be a single cabinet. With the Custom Cabinet Face capabilities introduced in X7 & X8 I seldom need to use "Treat as One Object". Only when I put cabinets together of different heights or depths that I want to be built as single units is that needed. One other possibility is when blocking other object types such as a piece of furniture and a cabinet that I want to be considered a single cabinet unit.

Not when I do it. 3 identical Cabinets (18w24d36h) Rotate #1 90 degrees and Block it Block #3 and rotate 90 degrees All three show correctly in the Cabinet Schedule. I don't know what you're doing, but I am not getting any discrepancy in my Schedule.

Mark, I don't see what you are talking about. It appears that you had different cabinet widths and depths. The Label Column and the Dimension Columns seem to be consistent.

I think those were on one of the secondary disks as Millwork, 3D Moldings.

Closed Toe is easy. Just block each Cabinet - or even every other one. You can do this by selecting a cabinet, then shift-select the same cabinet and click on the block icon. Once blocked, the closed toe will remain even when adjacent to a cabinet that's not blocked.

So really, the best way to model this would be (3) walls with "open below" for the air space room between the fire (shaft) wall and the structural walls. To actually build it the contractor would have to start at one end of the building and progress building framing walls, shaft wall, framing wall --- framing wall, shaft wall, framing wall --- .......

Normally I don't want any particular layer to be visible on every Layer Set - but occasionally I do. Here's an example: Lets say you want some text (maybe the project name) to be visible on every Layer Set. First, create the text (for this example it could be %file.name%) and edit the size, font, color, etc Then select it, open the dbx and edit the layer (copy to a new name - Text, All Layer Sets) and close the dbx Now open the Display Options and highlight the Text, All Layer Sets layer. Check the box to "Modify All Layer Sets" and then uncheck / check "Disp" Now your new layer containing the text will be displayed on all Layer Sets.

Ray, I often have a problem with such walls from the standpoint of the fire separation at the floor/ceiling/attic where it should actually go all the way from foundation thru the roof. Most codes allow the fire separation at the roof to be substituted by extending it 2-4 feet perpendicular to the wall. How do you handle the floor platforms with both fire, sound and structural requirements? It's easy to detail something that appears to do the job but not so easy to actually build it.

I normally use a Symbol for the Columns and Place them in either: 1. A Large Doorway 2. An Invisible Wall Another Option is to use Molding Polylines and Millwork Symbols.

It may be a problem that has been fixed since your X6 version of the software.

Simple way to check these kinds of things is to use the "Delete Surface" tool in a Perspective View. Report the offending Library Symbol to Chief Content (Adrean) so they can fix it.

Set it up in your default Template. Or you can just save the current project as a Template and then do a "Clean-up" to get rid of the building, etc when you start a new job. Some call this the SAM method.

ps: You can even add that WMR to the Library. The next time you want to use it just select it from the Library and click on a wall in any 3D view.

Chief gave us the "Room Polyline" but sometimes I need a Wall Polyline, something that can be labeled without using the "Wall Label" which is generally only usable in the Plan View. So here's the trick: 1. In an Elevation View a. Select the Wall Material Region Tool b. Click on the desired Wall c. Click the "Convert to Plain Polyline" icon on the Edit Toolbar 2. You now have a Polyline to which you can: a. Add a Fill - Solid, Semi-Transparent, X-Hatch Patten, etc. b. Edit the LineStyle, etc c. Add a Label which can have an embedded macro It's not what I would call the ultimate solution for labeling - but it's a lot better than nothing.

Not sure what version of HD you are using. Most people on this Forum are using Chief Architect Premier X8 so the capabilities of our software are more than yours. IAE, without having your actual Plan file we would only be guessing as to what your problem might be.

See post #4

Gene, I tried it and it didn't work either. The rotation seems to be about the incorrect 3D point. This has something to do with Framing Members and how they can be rotated. The only option I can come up with is to create box solids or symbols to emulate the Studs and perform the copy/rotation of those.

Gene, 1. Place a point at the center of the octagon (roof peak) 2. Delete all the corner studs except the pair adjacent to the door hinge point. 3. Use the Transform/Replicate tool to copy-rotate about current point at 22.5 degrees.

DWG is a 2D format and when imported into Chief it's just "dumb lines". Chief is a 3D format. The best way is to import the DWG and then draw the Chief Walls, Doors, Windows, etc. over the top of the imported DWG. That way you will have a 3D Chief Plan to work with.