Joe_Carrick

Larry............ You know better than to post this. Most Architects know how buildings are built and produce accurate plans. The term Architect comes from the Latin meaning "Chief Builder" or "Master Builder". I will admit that there are some Architects who don't have the expertise they should but I've seen more "Builders" and "Designers" who fit that category.

Check "Outside Casing" for the Shutters. Oops, Jerry beat me to it.

It would be nice if we could set the tolerance -or- toggle the alignment message off -or- ????? In this particular case the only reason for the Pony Wall is to cover the CMU foundation wall that is 48" tall. Maybe the best solution would be to replace that furred out section with a "Railing Wall"

I have a plan where every time I open it I get the message that walls do not align from floor to floor and the plan is automatically opened at floor 1 - regardless of how it was last saved. The offending walls appear to be where there's an intentional offset of about 6". The wall on Floor 1 is a Pony Wall condition which could be confusing Chief. Is there any way to force Chief to ignore this offset?

No, it can't. Chief has never been able to handle molding transitions like that on 3D Molding Polylines. I wish it could because it would make custom stair railings much easier to do.

Mark, I've found some Shopsmith Mark 5's and Mark 7'sin 3D Warehouse, but not the DC3300 Dust Collector.

Does anyone have one of these? I really don't want to go thru the process of creating one if there's already one available.

Jonathon, $3.00 gets you my "FloatClass.rb" which allows you to simply convert any value to ft-in-fractions by simply adding .ftin(8) to the value. IOW, if width = 30.5 owner.width.ftin(8) -> 2'-6 1/2"

sorry Alan, My mistake - it should be: referenced ? obj = referenced : obj = owner obj.surface_area.round

Yes, it's possible. Subscribers to my "Macro a Month Club" can do this easily by using my custom ftin(denominator) method.

Alan, If you use a context of referenced it will only work for the text object with arrow. If you use a context of owner it will only work for labels. Try this - it should work for both labels and referenced: referenced ? obj = referenced : obj = owner owner.surface_area.round make the macro context = none Essentially, the first line allows the macro to be in the label or in a text object with arrow.

Some Defaults are active - but only those labeled (D) in the object dbx. In the case of Schedules there are none

Uncheck "Use Callout for Label" in the dbx of the Schedule. That will also work if you have that unchecked in the Defaults before you create the Schedule.

Not with the current attributes: Rooms have the following attributes that could be helpful: 1. area 2. volume 3. ceiling_elevation 4. floor_elevation Calculations could be done from that but only if the room was square. If that was true the perimeter would be 4 x sqrt of area. The key missing attribute is "perimeter" ceiling_elevation - floor_elevation = ceiling_height ceiling_height * perimeter = wall_area .

Have you tried using a "Solid Fill" with transparency at 25% or more?

Select the Layout Box > open the dbx > select Label > Specify Label > Insert > Object Specific. You should see the macro there.

The simplest way would be to create a molding profile and assign it as a crown molding in the room. You will need to set the ceiling height to the maximum height - the cCrown molding will provide the lowered area. You can assign additional crown moldings with offsets if needed.

You should post this in the HD Forum - or simply call Chief Architect Sales.

Or, you can use %box_scale% in the Layout Box Label. That will always show the scale of the Layout Box.

John, I sent you a PM. Check your Private Messages.

Chopsaw, You can also add Sub Categories to the Components Dialog and then have them available as additional columns in the Schedule. This is a slightly complex process but it does provide for some very nice customization. As an example, I have "HEAD", "JAMB" & "SILL" Detail Columns in my Door &t Window Schedules. I edit the "Description" for those in the Components dbx and the Schedule(s) show those values.

Here's a Library of 24" Ceiling Tiles (tegular edge) that I use. I have them set in the Library to place 12" below the room ceiling - can be changed in the object dbx. Once I have one placed where I want it I just use the multi-copy tool to populate the room. The tiles can be adjusted in size as needed. Note, since these are symbols, they will show up in the materials list as well. Suspended Ceiling Tiles.calibz

Rich Text doesn't block the Alt_Key combinations - but you have to use the numeric keypad.

There are some superscript characters in the Chief Macros. You can also use the Alt_Key combinations.

When I installed Windows 10 on my ASUS G74SX it turned off my NVidea GPU and activated the on-board Intel Graphics. That created a whole bunch of problems in Chief.