Joe_Carrick

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  1. Great videos Wendy. Even as familiar as I am with Defaults and Annosets, you gave me a lot to think about and some things that will improve productivity. I gave you a rep point as well. Thanks for the ideas for some extra Annosets and ways to improve.
  2. Curt, We are not supposed to reveal (NDA) anything presented at the UGM regarding X8. There are some really nice new features in the works and most of them are pretty close to being perfect. OTOH, some of them are still being refined and you'll just have to wait until CA releases them.
  3. Scott, As I see it, the OP was asking why they didn't show on the second floor in both 2D and 3D - or in one or the other, etc. This is a 2 fold problem with the "Spiral Stair Symbols". 1. This type of Symbol doesn't cut a hole in the floor for the "Stairway". That has to be done via a Room "Open Below". 2. It will still not show the 2D Block on the Second Floor because the symbol is on the 1st floor so either your method or mine would be needed for the 2D Plan. 3. The Spiral Stair 3D Symbol on the first 1st floor would need to be the correct height and "Show Floor Below" would need to be ON in order for the display to be right in 3D. If the question isn't 100% clear then the answers we give might not be 100% either.
  4. Rob, Yes, you have missed the step of first adding a sub-category to the Component dbx for Windows. Getting additional sub-categories added into the Window Schedule is a rather complex and exacting process. There are tutorials and help file instructions and threads in the forums (maybe the old forum) about this. If all else fails, Tech Support should be able to guide you thru it. Just changing the name of a column in the Schedule won't get you what you want.
  5. There is another way. On the second floor, open "CAD Block Management", find the CAD Block for the Circular Stairway and "Insert" into the Plan. You can position it as needed.
  6. You might also check the resolution that's being printed for your PDF.
  7. IOW, it depends on what you have set as the smallest fraction. if you have dims set to display a 1/16" fraction then the +/- will only be displayed if the actual dimension is not exactly a multiple of 1/16"
  8. It's possible to select all the Interior Elevation Callouts for a Room and send them to a single Layout Page as a "Batch". They will all be "stacked" on top of each other but it's easy to separate them horizontally and move them as a group up or down on the Layout Page. If you do this, be patient as it will take some time for each Elevation.
  9. I don't think it should be too difficult for Chief to add the things I liked. I think all of them have been requested multiple times so they should be on the list for X8 or X9.
  10. They actually look like they are right out of my yard. We built on an old granitic core of an ancient volcano. Wherever I dig I hit boulders ranging from 6" to 100". Our house foundations are secured to solid rock with rebar epoxied into holes drilled into the rock.
  11. Defaults > CAD > General CAD > "Use Line for Framing" at the bottom of the dbx.
  12. FWIW, I saw some things in the Revit Demo that I liked: 1. 2 way Schedules 2. Ability to enter data directly in the Schedule 3. Ability to Group Schedule Columns 4. Levels - (Platforms, Ceilings, etc.) 5. Wall Intersections 6. Room Numbering I also saw some I didn't like: 1. Library access tied to Project rather than System Wide 2. Material Textures - very weak. Then of course there's the Price...... As far as how fast the building could be put together and the various views being created - I think Chief is just as fast, maybe faster. The Symbol Libraries available to Revit are probably more extensive but I don't know if they are better or not.
  13. Have you checked the text color? It could be "white".
  14. I'm with Richard. During my career I've done several Hospitals, Office Buildings, Custom Homes, Condos and Apartments. I won't do Condos any more because of the law suits that inevitably come after a few years. My current practice is limited to Custom Homes of various sizes. I've never done a project over 8 stories, but none of the projects that I have done couldn't be done quite quickly using Chief. There are several things I would like to see improved so that I could do less text entry, but Chief already saves a massive amount time and does a better job than any other 2D or 3D Architectural Software that I've seen. I have tried several demo versions and Chief is my favorite by a lot. I spend most of my time now making Design decisions and very little converting the design to ConDocs.
  15. Doug, .....sometimes the code that tells the program that something has changed is not always hooked up correctly. . Adding or Editing a Text Macro doesn't trigger the "something's changed" flag.
  16. David, There is nothing wrong with using the CAD Detail method. It's just not my preferred way of working. I like to be able to change the "Existing" when/if I find there was something wrong with the "as-built".
  17. Larry, As I've stated previously, I seldom do remodels. However, I have Layers for Existing, New & Demo for Walls, Doors, Windows & Cabinets. I also have Layer Sets defined for Existing, New & Demo that allow me to display the various objects. The Demo Layers are "Locked" in my "New Layerset". I wouldn't want to use separate Plans - there's just too much possibility that there would be something different between the Plans. It's easy enough to switch Layer Sets and send each to Layout. BTW, That is all in a "Remodel Template" since I don't want the extra Layers, Layer Sets and Annosets in my regular Template.
  18. Larry, It can be done using this method and different Annosets/Layersets and different Layers for the "Existing", "Demo" & "New" Walls, Doors, Windows, etc. I've never found a way to superimpose 3 walls, but 2 is not a problem.
  19. If one of those walls is "No Room Definition" they can occupy the same space. I do this quire often when I need a railing wall in a "Doorway". But it doesn't have to be a railing. You can put 2 walls in the same space as long as one of them is "No Room Definition". Try it.
  20. I just love it when you guys answer your own question - and then mark it as the "Best Answer". Nice pat on your own back.
  21. Sometimes it just takes a "Save". I have found a couple of cases where some Chief Tool apparently resulted in "reloading" something. The problem is it's almost impossible to find what caused it.