Joe_Carrick

Clever Glenn

If you want the "Terrain" to cover a part of the roof - you'll need to model the terrain as a solid and then cut a hole in that using boolean substraction. It won't actually be Chief's Terrain - but it will allow the hole to be like a horizontal tunnel into the hillside rather than a vertical shaft. The other option would be to model the terrain above the residence as a solid. Either way, you're going to need to learn how to create and modify solids. It would really be useful to know what version of the software you're using.

Every new Chief Version I check my AV setting to make sure Chief is "EXEMPTED".

A couple other things to check: Anti-Virus excepting Chief X14 Chief using NVidea RTX

Hi Michael, Aside from entering a bunch of "Backspaces" do you know of any way to "clear" the text in the search bar?

If a Hotkey simply starts with an alpha-numeric character it can inadvertently start searching the Library (only happens if the Library has focus). In order to avoid this I use Ctrl+Alt+[ a ] as the 1st part of the Hotkey. This insures that the Plan View has focus and the action takes place there. Some of my combinations: Ctrl+Alt+S --- Stair Tools Ctrl+Alt+C --- Cabinet Tools (conflicts with COPY/PASTE but I don't use that anyway) Ctrl+Alt+D --- Door Tools Ctrl+Alt+W --- Window Tools Ctrl+W --- Wall Tools You may find that some of these will conflict with Chief's Default Hotkeys - in which case you may want to use something else - or change the one that conflicts. Generally, I only use a few standard macros ( Ctrl_C, Ctrl_V, Ctrl_X, Ctrl_P, Ctrl_S ) so I avoid creating Chief Hotkeys that conflict with those. Note that if the Library has focus (search) then using a string of characters in a Hotkey will initiate that Library feature. So far, I haven't found any Hotkeys that gives focus to the Library Browser. I am not normally an extensive user of Hotkeys because I simply can't remember very many and my fingers aren't nimble enough to press several keys simultaneously. However, I've been setting up my StreamDeck_32 so I'm having to define a lot of unique Hotkeys. That piece of hardware provides me with a visible indication of what the command to be executed is. With 32 buttons per page, unlimited folders and pages I'm able to take advantage of Hotkeys for thousands of things I used to have to do with the mouse and Chiefs dbx's.

Hi Joey, I thought you had marked it "solved". I had no idea that anyone else could do that. In fact, the only place I've been able to find that option is in this (Q&A) Forum for my own threads. Maybe it was one of the CA Moderators. If not then you must have been "Sleep Browsing" unless someone else has your ChiefTalk login info.

I stand by my original statement. There's no way to do this without jumping thru hoops. Chief should make it possible to do this just by adjusting values in the Railing Wall dbx. All this switching from a railing to a standard wall, then dragging down in 3D, fiddling with the "Generate on Low Platform", switching back to a Railing, etc is NOT wonderful.

Ryan, How did you get the posts and the glass for that matter to go below the floor? I've not been able to find anything in the railing dbx that allows that to happen.

BTW, I've seen this cabinet configuration - but IMO it's way too expensive. It's easier and far less cost to just use a narrow (about 18" wide) cabinet set at an angle of 45 degrees. Also be very careful to provide adequate clearance between the drawer fronts and the side of the cabinet so that the drawers can actually be opened without hitting the adjacent cabinet drawers. Full overlay just won't work. I typically use a 3/4" spacer panel or extended stile on the sides of adjacent cabinets.

Yes, just use a Corner Cabinet & uncheck the "Diagonal Door" then change the Front Face to 3 Drawers. The Drawers won't open, but otherwise that's it.

Perhaps I should have said "Using the Railing Tool" alone isn't one of them. Depending on the Wall Definition the offset is definitely possible. However, the Offset Newels extending below the floor level would need to be handled another way.

There are several ways to do this in Chief. But using the "Railing Tool" isn't one of them. IOW, it requires some "Out of the Box" thinking. David's method is just one that I can think of - but not necessarily my 1st choice.

Good Job. I'm glad you were able to get a result you could work with. You might want to play with a few of the materials but otherwise if looks great.

Sorry, I'm on X14. OTOH, you can probably do the same on X8 with just the cabinet tools and materials. I used the following: frameless cabinet round pilasters - always present casters (feet) - always present - offset 2" each way open back open sides front = opening cabinet material = "No Material" or "Insulation, Air Gap" shelf material = "Wire Mesh" adjusted in width and depth no top no bottom Cabinets have always been one of the most flexible objects in Chief.

Here's a "Cabinet" as I previously described. It's not perfect but it's close. Wire Shelves with Wheels.calibz

One fairly simple way to do this is to use a "Solid" and explode it. Then select each face and add a texture similar to each surface of the shelf - you could also delete the bottom surface. As Gene indicated you may need to take the concept a bit further to include the other elements of the rack.

You need to: model the wire shelf as a 3D object (may need to include stanchions) Display it in a 3D View From the menu (Tools->Create Symbol) select "Interior Fixture" ......

Hi Lisa, Use a CABINET Create your wire Shelf as an "Interior Fixture" Symbol In the CABINET dbx set the Shelves to use that Symbol For each Shelf set the distance from the previous. (you can use equal spacing) Save the Cabinet to your User Library - name it "Wire Shelf w Wheels" Now when you place one of these from the Library you can: For each Shelf set the distance from the previous. Change the number of shelves Change any other parameters of the Cabinet. Note that in the Cabinet dbx for shelves there's a drop-down list that allows you to select individual numbered shelves.

It might be a result of an incorrectly placed "z" stretch plan in the symbol.

As Mark has shown, the key is to use a "Drawer", not a "Door".

Here's one I did with just the Cabinet dbx and some Rev-a-shelf drawer box symbols. The shelves were specified as "rollouts" using "WDB15" Rev-a-Shelf Symbols. Rollouts at 35%, 60% & 100%. Everything was in the Base Cabinet dbx.

That simply requires a modification of the Roof Plane Finish and Structure Layers. BTW, this is a pretty expensive software for designing "Chicken Coops"

Assuming that you are charging them that much then why not just upgrade to X14?

No, it's an X14 feature.