Joe_Carrick

You didn't need to make them Symbols. Just specify the railing wall as "No Room Definition" & "No Locate". You can then select the Railing and "Center" on the Post to Beam railing. You can still adjust the ends so they stop at each post.

Not if the 2nd Railings are each separate and just go from Post to Post. I don't make such railings continuous.

Railings and Stairs are some of the most complex items in terms of options and how they are built. Chief is constantly trying to improve on what's available in these tools. I'd be very surprised not to see improvements in each new version of Chief.

It's just that there isn't a combined "Post to Beam" and "Rail to Post". You just need to treat them as 2 separate items. That's actually how they would be built - Structure 1st, then Railing. Some users would just do this as "Framing" (Posts and Beams) and then infill with "Railings". There are lot's of different ways of doing things in Chief. It's just a matter of finding the one that works best for you.

Hi Matt, Create your Post to Beam Railing as "Open" Create another Railing "Balusters", "Rail to Post", "No Room Definition" away from the first Railing Move the 2nd Railing to be Centered on the 1st. You might need to have a series of the 2nd Rail Type that just go from Post to Post. You might also need suppress the "End Posts". ie: set them to "None" There are other possibilities - but I've found the above works pretty well. You can also insert a "Doorway" into the Railing as needed. You can do a similar thing with the Stair by creating the railing off to the side and setting it to "Follow Stairs" before moving it into place. It's a little tricky getting it to match up at the deck but it can be done.

Joey, There's a way to avoid that. Set the Callout Display to Both Sides Set the Cross Section Linestyle to "Blank" Set the Callout Display to Center Create the break in the Cross Section Line Move the Callout It's a little bit of work but it's doable.

Charles, The Plus would be great for a sound studio but the XL is the way to go for Chief.

Create a Default Profile that includes a button to launch each of your Apps. For Chief you can have a button that uses Hotkey "win+#" so that if you just make Chief the active App. I have Chief as the 4th App on my Taskbar so that button is Hotkey win+4

No problem Rene. I also put a space around them so I can add Tooltips if needed.

FWIW, I prefer icons that are less than 4kw. Many of those are 10 times that much. I wound up creating my own just using Chief and Snip-it

Your analysis of how the system works is correct. It's both unfortunate and fortunate that there isn't a Stream Deck with hundreds of buttons. More buttons would make a much larger unit and it would cost proportionally more The graphic buttons can process any place from 1 - 100 (or maybe more) in a single button press. Chief's Hotkeys can have 1-4 keystrokes (and if using Ctrl, Shift, Alt) there are even more than 4 Remembering complex Hotkeys is always a problem. Chief has the potential to have over 1000 Hotkeys - assuming you wanted to replace all the Toolbar icon mouse picks with Hotkey assignments. The StreamDeck buttons are much easier to see and understand than Toolbar icons. That's true even without Tooltips which can in fact be added. In the final analysis, Even with the "Back" button it's still a lot faster. I tend to draw all my Walls first, then Doors and Windows, etc.

Have you by any chance updated to Windows 11? Some older programs won't work on newer verisons of Windows and you might need to set X4 to run in a compatibility mode.

I would just change the wall definition by adding an extra layer (air gap - no material) and setting that layer to be the edge of platform. I'm pretty sure that works to offset the actual railing inside the deck edge.

It would be pretty easy if Chief allowed us to pick a Molding Shape but currently the only shape is just a rectangle. For now the only option to get something like that is by creating a CAD Detail.

Only as wild as you set it up. Most of the videos are of "Streamers" vs "Production use.

OK Larry, I see that we are talking about 2 different things: Toolbars Style Pallets Both have a place in my workflow. I'm actually getting away from Toolbars for most cases. I've gone almost entirely into using a Stream Deck XL to replace most of Chief's graphic access tools. I prefer my mouse to be involved just in drawing. I use a "Right Click" to get the "Edit Toolbar" when I really need it but even that is mostly available on my Stream Deck XL. I have some Floating Toolbars Paint Modes Edit Toolbar (Right Click) etc The Stream Deck XL also provides Hotkeys for all my other Apps. Basically I can't remember many Hotkeys and my eyes get strained trying to look for small icons with tooltips. This setup works really well for me.

BTW; I have requested that the Door Categories be expanded to provide for the different Door Types. You might want to also make that request/suggestion. Style Pallets are great for making quick changes to an existing design. It's really easy to over-ride defaults with a new set of visual characteristics. One Style Pallet that's great to have is one that sets everything back to "defaults'. I also dismissed Style Pallets for quite a while - changed my mind BIG TIME

Do those access the Library ? A single Style Pallet can have: Room Exterior Door Interior Door Base Cabinet Full Cabinet Wall Cabinet Window Custom Countertop Custom Backsplash and there is no limit on what attributes can be included or excluded for each.

Larry, You can create folders in the Library Browser and organize that way.

Rene, I assume there are going to be a lot more modular homes added to that project.

Also check the Selected Defaults and Reference Display Tabs to fine tune.

No, Chief doesn't allow modifications of object in their Core, Bonus & Mfr Libraries. You can however request the Content Team make modifications - but they have the final decision. But you can copy Chief Libraries to your User Library. You can then open symbols in the copies and edit them. They won't however be changed in the Chief Libraries.

Create a CAD Block. Multi-Copy over your Wall @ 16" o.c. That's probably the easiest way. Note that the Chief Core Library has some Detail Blocks for CMU but they are for vertical detail sections. You would need to create CMU Plan View CAD Blocks: 8x8 8x8 Filled 8x16 8x16 Filled etc. "Multi-Copy" and "Distribute along Line" are the tools I would use but it might also be possible to create a "Fill Pattern" to use as Wall Hatching. AutoCAD Fill Patterns can be imported.

Yes, but is it worth it? IMO this is CA's mistake and it's CA that should fix it.

Michael, It's more complicated because each different Pella Window Type has a different macro. This is only going to be fixed by Chief - most likely by using some modification to Measurement vs Floating Point value comparisons. As you indicate, there may be a problem in the "Label" but I'm not sure of that. IAE, this is a job for CA to solve. I've reported it to support and I think we should just leave it to them to fix.