Joe_Carrick

Joe to the rescue ;) It's a piece of cake just relying on the correct macros.

As I thought - as well as my experience - it''s almost totally random. So any solution to automate the calculation needs to be very flexible.

I have been told that in some jurisdictions the Garage is included in the FAR and in some jurisdictions it isn't. I've also been told that some jurisdictions only include the Living Area while some count everything including unfinished basements. What do you have to include and what can you exclude?

Only way that's going to happen with Chief's built-in macros is to have a different one for each. btw, I can do it as a user preference. ;)

I got it - I'm out of town and will respond on Monday afternoon.

Lew, Until CA decides to actually ask what the output should be - and has the resources to provide custom programing............ They won't know what to fix or how to fix it. This particular item is a matter of rounding to 7 decimal places. That's obviously way to many - but how many places should it be 0,1,2,3 ? I would bet there are as many who will say 3 as will say 0 as will say 2.

Sorry, not for Slabs or Countertops but check this

BTW, some Polyline based objects (Roads, Driveways, Sidewalks, Slabs, Countertops, etc) have Default Labels that you can assign a macro to so that any time you create one of those objects it is automatically labeled. All of those have the area attribute.

only if you wanted to perform additional calculations. A macro returns the value of the last line. So if you wanted to multiply by some other value you could do this: x = area.round(0) x/3 which would display 1/3 of the area but that wouldn't be rounded. If you wanted the result rounded you would change it to: x = area (x/3).round(0) or you could write the macro as (area/3).round(0)

Scott, You might want to look at the June2016 Macro of the Month - Area_Perimeter_Volume since it already does all three (2 decimal places)

Here are pics.

OK guys, Create an "Owner Context" - "Evaluated" macro named "Area Rounded" with the following contents: x = area.round(0) then use that macro in the Polyline Label. I agree that 7 decimal places is too much and Chief should change that to 2-3 decimal places but with a user macro you have control. In addition, you actually get the numerical value so it's possible to do math calculations within the macro.

Only by using a user macro instead of the one Chief provides. This has been discussed before and the macro posted in another thread. Search the forum

I know one of the guys is using a 50" 4K TV. I think it's Bill Emery and there was a discussion in the old Chieftalk. I've been considering getting one and mounting it on a drafting table so I can stand - or sit on a stool - and be looking down. That position really relieves the neck and shoulder strain. The increased real estate should eliminate any need for a second monitor.

The Macro for July 2016 is Floor Name. It displays in a Text Box the Floor Name as follows: Level 0 --- BASEMENT PLAN or FOUNDATION PLAN if there's no Living Area on Level 0 Level 1 --- FIRST FLOOR PLAN Level 2 --- SECOND FLOOR PLAN Level 3 --- THIRD FLOOR PLAN ETC. Up to TENTH FLOOR PLAN

Agreed. AFAIK, it's just the way it is. I'm not sure if it ever worked correctly.

Create a Rich Text Box and add the "room" macros (room.name, room.dimensions, etc) that chief supplies in them. You then have total control of the fonts, sizes, colors, border and fill. When you place that RTB in any room it will pick up the data from the room and display it. If there isn't enough space in the room for the label you can just add an arrow to the RTB to get the room data.

Use 2 moldings - 1 for the base and 1 for the chair rail. Then use a Wall Material Region for the space between. That's just what I said in Post #1.

It's a matter of what looks right. Typically the top of doors should match the top of windows. But that doesn't always work. Design it so that you like how it looks.

Here's what he said in the 1st post: I removed 2 windows and want to replace with a railing using the same opening sizes.

Actually after reading Larry's original post again. Just change the Windows to "Pass-Thru's" resize so they go all the way to the Floor, remove casings, etc and place a "No Room Definition" railing wall in each opening. Pretty much what Scott was saying except that I just edited the existing windows.

I would either do it like Scott - or use a "Post to Beam" railing wall.

Alan, The other option is to use Edit Area to copy the entire Plan and mirror it so that you have a 4 unit. Save that as a separate Plan File and then send the 4 unit elevations to your Layout. You can send as many different Plans to the same Layout as you want.

Display the Elevation and create a CAD Detail from View. Then in that CAD Detail you can Mirror Copy.

Make the Roof as a 2nd Floor with a height of 2 feet and no roof over the 2nd Floor. It's no perfect but for a conceptual design it will work fine. The walls can be just 6" Concrete