Joe_Carrick

Jared, I don't know of a setting for that - maybe in the "Build Foundation Dialog" - but it seems to me to be a more realistic representation of construction practice.

No, but you can place a "Panel" on the back and assign whatever material you want to the panel.

You do realize you can just grab the Layout Box Label with the mouse and drag it wherever you want?

Bryce has it right. You just need to make sure you assign that CAD Block to the Symbol stored in the Library.

Bob, What is your reason for wanting the Layout Box Labels suppressed? Is this because you want a different Label? If so, I think I can show you how to do that without suppressing the Label.

Maureen, I have not found a way to do that. I named my Symbol Plan Note so at least it gives me an indication of what it's used for. AFAIK, there's no way to save a Symbol to the Library with that option checked.

I think this is a job for a Doorway Symbol. The Door will Hinge on the Doorway instead of the wall.

Basically the difference is that with my method it will be listed in the Cabinet Schedule as a single unit. With Dennis's method the Schedule and ML will not be as clearly defined.

These things are better stored in a CAD Detail Window of the Default Plan rather than the Library.

Place your furniture in a Blank Plan& display in a perspective view. Remove the "Top" by using the "Delete Surface" Tool Export to a 3DS File Then Import that File as a Cabinet Symbol. Now you can insert a sink into the top.

Alan, I hold down the CTRL Key, right click on the program and then Click on open. This seems to always work.

Perry, I had heard that SnagIt was free.... But when I go to download they want me to purchase it. Is this correct or am I missing something?

Yeah Scott, It's been cooking for 2 hours.

FWIW, you can create a Plant Symbol rather than using one that Chief provides. I just made a small Solid Box (1/8" x1/8"x1/8"), made it a Transparent Material and Converted it to a Plant Symbol. I named it "Plan Note" and made the Linestyle a blank line. It's invisible even if the "Plants" layer is on.

Alan, You can open Chief more than once. Just navigate to the Chief Program using Windows Explorer, hold down the Ctrl Key and open Chief. You now have 2 instances of Chief running simultaneously and you can switch between them.

Don't forget to Export the Macros from the X6 Plan and then Import them into the X7 Plan. Those functions are in the Macro Management Tool. This is the only way to transfer Macros from one Plan File to another.

Todd, I found a way: 1. Open Layout #2, select a Layout Box and use Ctrl_C to copy it to the Windows Clipboard. 2. Close Layout #2 and open Layout #1 3. Go to the Page you want and use Ctrl_V (Paste - Hold Position) to place the Layout Box. You will need to do this for each Layout Box. This is one case where having 2 instance of Chief open at the same time helps, since you don't have to go thru the Open/Close dance.

Scott, Todd was asking how to merge to Layout Files. I don't think that's possible. I believe that he would simply have to abandon one of them and resend everything from bldg 2 to the Layout File that has bldg 1.

I'm not sure that can be done. I'd just open Layout File #1, Plan File #1 & #2 and then send the views to the appropriate sheets.

Mark, you can just copy your default Plan Template from X6 to X7. The other option is to export Layersets, Annotation Sets, Macros, etc from X6 and then import them into your X7 Default Template. Note: Plan macros are not the same as Layout Templates so you need to do the same thing for the Default Layout Template.

Send the Floor Plans from Bldg 1 to sheets A-1 to A-8 and the Floor Plans from Bldg 2 to sheets A-9 to A-14. Seems like the easiest solution to me. House from one Plan, Detached Garage from another Plan & Barn from another Plan.

Here's a quick example

It can be done. It's not real easy, but using a series of Material Regions on a Wall (each region with an additional material layer) would probably be the easiest way to do it.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using more than one Plan File with a single Layout File. I do that with almost all my projects as I have a lot of Standard Details that are in their own Plan File(s). Opening the Layout File will open all the Plan Files associated with it.

Bob, I was unable to find the second set of Door & Window Schedules. However, by deleting those Schedules on your Foundation Plan Level the double callouts went away. Just one callout for each door & window. Someplace in your Plan File is another set. They could be on one of your elevation views ore someplace else. Maybe even on an undisplayed layer. It would be a good idea to set up a Default Plan Template with the Schedules already defined (preferably each in it's own CAD Detail Window). This allows you to simply open that View and send the schedule to Layout. IAE, Having Schedules on a Floor Plan isn't the best practice.