Joe_Carrick

What was the result? I assume you just didn't get the "Live Elevations". If the Elevations were sent to Layout as "Plot Lines" it should work.

I don't know why not. Have you tried it?

Why not just create your own garage door symbol. You just need a single panel. Chief will use as many as needed for the height of the door.

The answer to this problem is to select the wall, open it and set the exterior wall material to use the Plan "Use Default" material. This get's you back to where you were before you "painted" the wall.

Group select - then use Transform/Replicate to move the exact x & y distance you want. Or as Jere suggested use Point to Point - but you'll need an object to select as the 2nd point of the move.

FWIW, you could add a transparent layer to the outside of the upper wall type to match the main layer of the lower wall and set it as the main layer of the upper wall........... But just aligning to the "Inner Surface" is much easier.

Johnny, Select the Radio Button next to "Inner Surface"

Richard, It would make it a little easier to answer your question if your could show some examples of what you've been doing and why. Since Chief is 3D Object based, much of the specification is already in dialogs - some with drop-downs and others with check-boxes & radio-buttons. Schedules pick up the data from the Objects so it's a similar thing to having MS Excel tables but they are dynamically linked to the 3D Model. If the Model is changed then the Schedules change simultaneously. It would be nice if we could change the data in the Schedules and have the Model change - that has been requested but is not currently available.

The macro language is fine - but the lack of attributes at the material level is not. BTW, Room Floor Finish is one of the few material attributes available but there's no "Room Context" which is sorely needed.

I spend a lot of time getting the Model correct (Wall Types, Materials, etc) but there's no way to transfer all that information to the ConDocs. For Elevation and Section Views I need the Wall and Roof Materials available for automatic annotation - preferably as "Elevation Labels". As it is now, the best I can do is manually type that data as notes. We have all this BIM data but we can't use it. We need the ability to annotate our Elevations and Sections with accuracy so that it matches what's in the model. Without having the attributes and separate Labels the only thing we get is pretty pictures. I need to be able to get my projects built and that requires a way to convey to the builder what the materials are supposed to be.

Latest method - thanks to Johnny for the idea. 1. Use Corner Boards 2. Use a Wall Material Region (don't cut Wall Surface layer) for the vertical Batts 3. Use Multi-Copy to copy them 4. For horizontal Batts just use additional Wall Material Regions or Molding Polylines. The beauty of this solution is that Doors and Windows will automatically cut the Wall Material Regions.

So I was thinking about Johnny's solution and came up with a way to make it even easier. 1. Do not change the thickness of the wall material 2. For the Wall Material Region a. Make it the thickness of the applied boards b. Do not have it cut the Surface Layer of the wall. 3. Use Corner Boards 4. If you need top and bottom boards (bands) you can use either a. Molding Polylines b. Additional Wall Material Regions

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Johnny, That's a super solution. I gave you a point.

I suggest you post this on the HD Forum.

When using a Floor Material Region the Material List will show the Material Region - but the Finish Schedule will show the "Floor Finish" as specified in the Structure Tab of the Room dbx. These things can be different. The Material List shows the correct materials and quantities but the Finish Schedule doesn't show any of the Floor Material Region. Both materials should be listed in the Finish Schedule - but if the Floor Material Region covers the Entire Room and it "Cuts Finish Layers of Parent Object" then the Finish Schedule should only show the "Floor Material Region". The same thing is true for Wall Material Regions. Basically Floor and Wall Material Regions are not reflected in the Finish Schedule. I will report this to Customer Support

When you indicate "Best Answer" it should be the post that provided that answer, not one of your own posts. Otherwise, we have no idea which post was the answer.

I believe you could do this by using a "Billboard Technique" with a large cylinder surrounding the building. Explode that and place the image (texture) on the inside face of the cylinder. There are several other ways to create the surface to apply the image to.

Technically you can only have one copy of the Plan File open at any time. There's only 1 Plan View and it covers all floors (like pages in the Layout) and 1 active Layer Set. By dragging it to another Monitor you are just creating a new viewport. When you then open the Framing Plan from the Layout it opens a new viewport and sets the Layer Set to "Framing". You now have 2 viewports of the Plan and the Layer Set is the same in both. If it was 2 different Plan Files you could have different Layer Sets.

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Symbols have a 2D Block for the Plan View. That's automatically created when the Symbol is created and will generally be a "Top View". There are several ways to create additional 2D Blocks that could be substituted. Once you create the additional 2D Blocks, store them in the Library so you can add them to any Plan and assign them to the Symbol in that Plan.

Rob, When you send to Layout do you copy the Layer Set? It sounds like the same named Layer Sets are used and the views when you change one view it's updating the common Layer Set in the Layout.

Try just using a marque select (walls, roof, etc) and copy/paste to your new plan. Edit Area requires a little sophistication in the display and selection process. IAE, either method will work if done correctly.

Edit Area -> Copy/Paste

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