Joe_Carrick

USING CHIEF X9 (own X14) STARTED WITH HD PRO 6 then CHIEF 9.5 Lew, Your signature is incorrect. You don't own X14. You just own a license to use it in perpetuity.

Yes, Add a trimmers custom field for the doors and windows. Populate that field in your doors and windows with %trimmer_count%. The trimmers custom field can then be added to your door and window schedules.

That's my understanding but you should contact CA to verify.

I works with the Stream Deck only because you can string together a lot of keystrokes.

Lance, I have had excellent experience with Jason and his team. They are top notch. Actually, I've had almost no problems with any of the CA people. It's a great company to work with.

Lew, You were never able to sell your License with SSA. You were only able to sell your License with CA's approval in certain specific cases. In those cases the purchaser was provided with the opportunity to purchase their own SSA. I'm not sure you're correct about CA no longer allowing transfers. I think that's still their option depending on the circumstances.

So, the rule would be no separator for anything less than 10000 mm and a space for anything more? Is there any problem if a space is never used?

Yes !!!! Just continue to pay the SSA fee each year and you will have the latest version. You can opt out of SSA at any time in the future and have the version you had updated to at that time. This should answer all the questions about the Perpetual License and SSA going forward.

That's fine. It's still useful information and maybe the "country or Language" would also be nice to have.

I know that the standard for metric dimensions is mm. What I don't know is if you use a thousands separator and if so what character do you use? space comma period none Please tell me..... Thanks

Here are a couple of my "Room Macros" that will provide the "Secondary" output for the "internal" and "standard" areas. This is just a sample of what is going to be in that Macro Package. These macros can be placed in the Default Room Label - or in a Text Box placed in a Room. Whatever the current system (Metric or Imperial) the macros will display the opposite data. Stay tuned after the 1st of the year for a complete listing of all my macro packages. I will be adding a similar macro to display the Secondary "Room Dimensions" Secondary Room Areas.json

Yes, owner.diameter owner.radius both return measurement values

I could write a couple of custom macros to do that. It shouldn't be too difficult using the Number Formatter Class. But Chief may already have something I haven't looked for. Actually the 3 object specific macros can be used and modified using 3 corresponding custom macros to provide the alternative displays. This can be done in a RTB place in the Room. I use RTB's for all my Room Labels.

Antoine, Just use a Secondary Format in the Dimension dbx. You can do it on an individual dimension string or in your Dimension Defaults.

I don't think that's correct. If you want to stay with X11 you can - without SSA. Your software will continue to function just as it has. You only need to pay for SSA if you want to continue to get support and automatic upgrades. If that's what you want, don't let SSA lapse. Otherwise you have X11 and its essentially yours to use.

In order to do that without relying on Linetype Scale or Line weight you would need to create each of the repeat patterns as a CAD Block and then use either the "Multi-Copy" tool or the "Distribute along Line" tool.

I believe that CA can't rely on the current SSA to support the existing cost of development and support. There is only a limited potential customer base and it's probably already been substantially realized. Unfortunately, a great number of those customers have elected not to pay for SSA. That means CA's revenue is too low. Since they have the "Perpetual License" even for those who don't have SSA it's a problem. If there was a way to convert all (or at least a large portion) of the "non SSA" users to "SSA_Lease" it might solve CA's profitability issue. The key would be that in order to continue using Chief Architect the users would have to pay the annual $595. That amount could be locked for all current users. New users would have a SSA_Lease fee at future $$. This would IMO be a better solution. The key would be how to convince non-SSA users to upgrade.

2D CAD or 3D Symbols? The 3D Symbols would be much better as a Catalog.

Correct.

I would also think that "Leases" are tax exempt. This may be something CA should look into. Selling a Product is one thing - but "Leases" & "Services" are another.

Generally sales tax is only charged for the state where the product is delivered. That of course can get complicated because the vendor has to keep track of the sales tax rates for each state and make payments to those States accordingly. If CA is classifying SSA as "Software" then it would be taxable on a per state basis - but only to end users, not resellers which we might be considered since the software is a tool which contributes to the product that we sell. Internet sales have made this a slippery slope.

That's weird. Isn't SSA a "service charge"? I don't think there's supposed to be tax on services.

Perry, What area of the Chief Website did you go to see that?

As of the current listing on Chief's Website - it's $595 to renew if it's expired. But there's no other price listed so I don't know if that's the normal renewal price. The key is - don't let it expire. I also note that there appears to be a sale on additional licenses right now - next 10 days - at $1995.00 IAE, I'll continue to pay my SSA every year so I will have the current version as my "owned" license. It's just the cost of the new features and the SSA Fee is quite reasonable IMO. Dinner for 2 once a week at our favorite restaurant and a couple of tanks of gas each month - is more than the annual SSA.