Joe_Carrick
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Maybe it's an Imperial X7 Template vs a Metric X7 Template.
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Please explain. The door needs to be in a vertical wall. You can move the walls outward after creating the roof but code would require a minimum head height at the room edges so maybe you would move each wall (except the section where the door is) out 48". That would give about a 3' height at the walls.
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Perhaps these pics will give you an idea of how to accomplish this. Basically the room encompassed by the walls has a height of 84" with no ceiling. The roof eave overhang is also 84" and the pitch is 12:12
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You should post this sort of thing in the Q&A forum rather than "Seeking Services". This forum is intended for those who want to hire someone to do something.
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Liz, Sorry - it works in X8 but not X7. This could be a secondary benefit of X8's ability to have corner windows.
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Liz, I'm not seeing the problem. Check all the Window settings, including Casings, Lintels, Sills, Frame and Framing.
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It would be really nice if we had the ability to select a camera and then have a "Set as Default" icon like we do for Doors, Windows & Cabinets. Of course, that implies that there are actual defaults. For most of what Larry is asking for there are in fact defaults that can be set. For the Sun, Defaults>Camera>Sun provides: Intensity Color Sun Follows Camera Tilt Angle Direction Angle.
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CAD to Walls doesn't seem to work if the Plan/Template is one that was brought forward from X7,
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There is a discrepancy between the Stair Height (Floor to Floor) vs the 2nd Floor Elevation. Basically, the Stair Height is 1/2" more than distance from the 1st Floor to the 2nd Floor. My Floor Finish in the dbx is the same for each floor (1/2" thick) I've reported it to support and sent them a sample plan. Is anyone else having this problem? If so, please report it to support (attn: Kirk Clemmons) Dermot has also confirmed that this is a Bug.
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When you create a custom symbol the front needs to be toward the bottom of the screen (plan view). But, you can open the Cabinet Door Symbol dbx in the Library (right click on the library object and "Open Symbol") and rotate it about the z axis 180 degrees. That should fix it.
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The best format is .txt But Ruby is good at manipulating strings. As long as I know what the delimiters are when I read in the file - no problem. -
3D Symbols Corrupted By Purple Monster
Joe_Carrick replied to ChiefRedskins's topic in Symbols and Content
It would help if you would edit your signature for the forum so we'd know your name, what version you are using, etc IAE, sometimes imported symbols don't have a material that Chief recognizes. You can quickly fix that by selecting the symbol, opening the dbx and selecting an appropriate material. Another thing that might have happened is the material has actually been edited. Without you posting the Plan itself, there's no way to be sure exactly what's wrong. -
OK, but the value seems to be the same as the Length. Is there some value to this that I'm not seeing? It really isn't reflecting the actual Span from support to support nor does it indicate the spans between web connections (which could be different on the top chord vs the bottom chord).
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Got it. I think for most people the single line syntax is not as easy to understand. It's just a little too cryptic. OTOH, the concept of setting obj this way is very nice. I can clean up a lot of spaghetti code and eliminate quite a lot of unnecessary conditional processing. Thanks again.
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Kirk, Client is not the same as Project. The Client might be a Builder but the Project could be a specific job. Also, if you look carefully, Steve has some data that is not in the Client Info. Additionally, there is no way for us to insert external data directly into the "Client Info" other than using Copy/Paste. For every job, I also have a series of consultants: Structural Surveyor Geologist Electrical Title 24 None of that is provided for by Chief so I have to maintain external files which can be read to add that to my Layout.
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Thanks Gerry, So as I understand your code it's the same as: if referenced ? obj = referenced else obj = owner end but just in a single line of code. I also understand the UUID problem - and really don't understand why CA has been so reluctant to make the data available. IMO, it has the potential to make Chief a super BIM Application.
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Steve, If you can write a script to output that information to a text file (preferably as individual lines for each piece of information) located in the Plan Folder, I can write a macro for you to store it in a global hash table along with macros to display each one. I actually have a macro package that does this for the Project Info and various Consultants. What you indicate above is just slightly different (some extra pieces of info) but basically the same.
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I find the "Little Book of Ruby" useful only to a certain point. The official Ruby site has much better documentation but your referenced ? obj = referenced : obj = owner code isn't something I understand and I've not been able to find any explanation so far. Can you explain how this is interpreted?
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Exactly. I have checked all the different framing members and none have the span attribute. I can only surmise that it's in the Schedule for a future addition to framing.
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It would be cool if there was a Hotkey or menu option to do a temporary "Lock all Except Layer (X)". Then the ability to "Remove Temporary Layer Locks". This would be essentially the same as working with a special "Layerset". That's how I do it currently. I just copy the current layerset and modify it to suit.
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OK, so I found "Span" as a possible column in the Framing Schedule but it doesn't seem to be connected to any data and there's no way to even enter values since there isn't a component dbx. Maybe CA will add this data and attribute to the Framing Members in the future based on the location of bearing walls and beams. That would be really cool as it would facilitate engineering calculations.
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I am sure I saw "span" as an attribute of some Chief object a couple of days ago. But I simply can't remember what object. Does anyone know what it is?
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Nice Gerry. I need to look at that syntax. Is it documented someplace? I can't seem to find it in my Ruby sources. BTW, sometimes I use the error trapping to actually return a "descriptive error" such as: "area doesn't exist as an attribute for this object". I would have inserted that after the second "rescue" in the above example.
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John, Another trick for Leader Lines to help the connection is to use a Fill or PSolids. This maintains the connection much better than the perimeter of a standard PLine. At the UFP/UGM Dermot commented: "I suppose now you'll want Rich Text Labels." To which all of us on the UFP responded "YES!!!" I wouldn't hold my breath on getting that anytime soon. BTW, I use very few of the "Object Specific" macros that Chief provides because you can not format or calculate based on those results.
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This would usually happen if the plan was saved in that condition. ie: If the plan was saved at the extents (Plan View full screen) then opening the floor plan from the layout should show the full extents. Sometimes we have zoomed to another area to do some work and then save without resetting to the extents. It's just a practice you need to adopt. OTOH, if it still happens then it needs to be reported to CA Tech Support.
