Joe_Carrick

On the second Floor with the 1st Floor shown as the Referenced Floor - just draw the 2nd Floor Walls above the Garage. The 2nd Floor exists but until it's enclosed by walls its just space. BTW, post questions in the Q&A Forum. Tips and Techniques is for users to post their "Tricks".

Johnny, Many of us have Layout Template(s) and Plan Template(s) already linked. There are a series of views sent to Layout and a Page Schedule that exists - even though there might be little or nothing in the Model. With both the Layout and the Plan open the views in Layout are being automatically updated as the Plan is being worked on. Those Layout Boxes have at least the view name and scale displayed. The Page Schedule is valid regardless if there is anything on a given page in the Layout. Probably the easiest way to get started down this road is to save an existing Layout and Plan(s) as a "Project Template". You can delete almost everything in the Model - but not Camera Views. This will result in a nearly empty Plan but with lots of Layout Boxes in the Layout. Personally, I have a Terrain Perimeter and a simple Site Plan and 1st Floor in the Plan File that provides a starting point.

1. Annoset to optionally activate a Layer Set ----- we have that now 2. Annoset to optionally activate a Layer Set and/or a Reference Layer Set 3. Layer Set to optionally activate an Annoset and/or a Reference Layer Set Note: There's a little bit of logic that would need to be set up so that when they could all work together without stepping on each other - but it's all feasible. OTOH, using the Layout to navigate handles all three already.

No, the Plan (when you save it) is saved in the current state. Only the Layout Box knows what the state was when "Sent to Layout". btw, the Layout is a superb index in that regard. I use it extensively.

If I understand your question, just by opening the view by double clicking on the Layout Box should bring everything up as it is in that Layout Box.

Dimensions are to the wall layer specified in the Wall Types. That's where I'd start looking.

Once you have the basic floor layout, start at the top floor and adjust individual floors/rooms to the heights you want. Then go down a floor and adjust that floor and rooms. I know this sounds backwards, but that's the way Chief works. A floor above sets the ceiling below based on the structure thickness. Do not build the Foundation until you have everything above set correctly. I have done several projects with complex floor heights. The lowest floor height above effects the the entire ceiling height of any room even partially below it. Once you understand that it becomes easier to work with such projects.

Todd, See post #40 in this thread https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/6595-joes-macro-a-month-subscription-service/page-2 I am no longer offering a subscription - one year was enough but I sell any of the macros that were included in that subscription for $7.50 USD

Hmmm..... That sounds very similar to someone I know who keeps saying "I just can't figure out how to use macros".

Preferable is what works for any particular user. The export/import and the copy/paste method immediately add the Wall Type to the drop-down menu. The Library method doesn't add to the drop-down until that Wall Type has actually been used in the Plan. Export/Import allows more than one Wall Type at a time - that has it's own advantages and possibly dis-advantages. If I'm sounding like a politician

Scott, There are several ways to get Wall Types into a Plan or Template. You mentioned Copy/Paste - Perry mentioned using the Library - which by the way has some additional advantages - but any such Wall Types won't show up in the drop-down until one is added to the Plan.

Some things just have to be in CAD Details. You could experiment with "Shadow Boards". I think that will provide what you want.

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.