Joe_Carrick

Hi Maureen, California updates every 3 years. Do you know if Massachusetts is going to adopt a similar strategy? The last time was evidently an increment of 6 years.

Undoubtedly it was derived from the UBC or BOCA. I remember the time clearly and while I no longer have a copy of UBC or BOCA it appears your code is very much a version of one of those codes. As you say, it's a Frankenstein. The IBC wasn't in existence prior to 2000.

We used to have the "UBC - Uniform Building Code" in California. Is your code derived from that?

How often are the codes updated? Is it regular every 3-4 years?

This is an example of the codes list I use in San Diego County. Can you provide a list your jurisdiction requires? I'm trying to create a comprehensive macro for as many locals as possible.

In California we use modified versions of the IBC & RBC. Our current versions is 2022 CBC & CRC. Are there any jurisdictiions (States, Provinces, Countries) using anything other than the IBC & RBC?

Create a "Slab" or "Solid" of the desired base size and place the Cabinet (without a base) on top of that.

Molding Polylines might work. I'm not sure but it's worth a try.

FWIW, I use Arial and Arial Bold for almost everything. For fixed width I user Courier.

It's technically a "Lower Wall Type" vs "Upper Wall Type". I wish CA was consistent in naming these things.

Use a Pony Wall for the CMU on top of the slab.

Use a Custom Field to define the first character of the label.

Use Labels in lieu of Notes or Text. The Labels are automatically attached to the objects and when the objects move so do their Labels.

Some thoughts What are the relative depths of the appliance and the cabinets? What options are set for the appliance you are trying to insert? X17 made some changes to how some appliances fit into cabinets. It's possible one of the appliances in the library isn't compatible. Is this one from your user library? If so you might need to adjust the settings.

There are a couple of icons Chief uses for roof trusses. I can't find them in the X17 data. Roof Truss Direction Roof Girder Truss The show in the Toolbar dropdown. Anyone know where I can find them?

I think that's a result of the "File Associations" in the OS, not in Chief.

Pretty cool, but for me that takes too much room on a Layout. I'm essentially providing all the same information but in Door and Window Schedules. I don't usually show the elevations but OTOH, I do provide the number of King Studs and Trimmers. It's no unusual for me to have up to 20 different Doors and a simila number of different Windows.

In order to use differnt fonts I simply use different Layersets. OTOH, if you just want to make certain characters like 0-9 as superscript characters you can set up a global like this: $ss = ["\u2070", "\u00B9", "\u00B2", "\u00B3", "\u2074", "\u2075", "\u2076", "\u2077", "\u2078", "\u2079"] Then a superscript character "4" would be $ss[4] which can then be used in other macros to display widths and heights in feet and inches such as 3⁰6⁸ 2⁶6⁸ etc I have several macros that cover all such opening labels. My default labels for openings differintiate base on the object type and layerset (view_type which unfortunately is not an NVP). Here's an example using both Callouts and Labels.

Just put a macro in the label of something in page 0 (or the page template of tthe title sheet) of your layout. Hint: A Rectangle works well. Just make sure you macro ends with "" so it doesn't show. I always open my projects with the Layout.

No, This is a special CAD Detail automatiallly generated by the software that only includes framing members. The electrical outlets can only be displayed on a wall elevation, not on a wall detail. I think it would be cool if they could but it's not possible at this time.

I use StruCalc. It provides just about anything you can imagine and I can stamp/sign myself.

I see 3 options" It would appear that the wall is actually 3 walls: [ a long_wall - a short_wall - a long_wall. ] If you model it that way you would be able to place the outlet on the short wall. Model the Wall as a Cabinet (no doors or drawers-finish to match walls) and place the outlet on the end of that Cabinet Change the outlets' options so that it isn't "Wall Mounted"

Open the macro in the plan file using TMM. Highlight the text and use Ctrl_C to copy Go to the Layout file and open TMM Create a new macro Name it the same as the plan macro Past the contents and save No guarantee that it will work unless it's non-evaluate since very few objects in Layout will have the same NVPs as the objects in Plan.

I just posted a suggestion for exactly that capability.

Hi Clinton, Is this only if I use the Project Manager? I m not and I don't see Tools > Asset Management