Joe_Carrick

Perhaps, but if you go to a lumber yard and order a 6x4 they'll look at you like you're an idiot. Besides, if you look at the Plan from the side then it would be what? Is your engineer basing that on North/South or Plan orientation? The standard nomenclature is what I and my engineers have always used. Maybe you need to get another engineer.

It would be changed per plan. The best way to handle this without changing the existing Wall Type is to create a new wall type and edit that one. It will automatically be given the same name with ", copy" added. Just rename the new Wall Type to what you want. If you want the new Wall Type to be available for other projects you can add it to your user library.

White Brick can be specified for that layer of the wall type by simply selecting that brick texture from the library. If you want a colored brick that isn't in the library you can create a new texture by using Mike's method in post #2.

The following tweaks should be made before the final release of X7: 1. Framing Layer Set should have "Framing Labels" displayed by default. 2. The Automatic Label should be displayed in the dbx when "Automatic Labels" is selected. 3. The "y" offset needs to be reversed (- should move the label down, not up and + should move the label up, not down.) 4. Framing member Labels should always begin with the smaller of the 2 dimensions (standard nomenclature) 5. Default position and angle for Post labels should be up and to the right. (just a change to the template plans) 6. Default position for Beams, Joists, etc should be above the member, not centered. (just a change to the template plans) 7. Rotating a Post in Plan should not rotate the Label from the angle specified. 8. Add "Framing Label Text Styles" for each member type (posts, beams, etc.) 9. When using the macro for length, there should be an option to use the major or minor units (ft or inches) without having to resort to a user defined macro to format. If possible, add Labels for Rafters, Ceiling Joists, Floor Joists, Roof Trusses, etc. All of these should be as a single Label for a set of framing members (such as a Roof or Ceiling Plane, etc and should include the spacing) and would normally be oriented perpendicular to the direction of the framing members, centered both directions. As I said before, this is a really nice addition (one of the few Labels that can might not need multi-line display) but the above items really need to be addressed to avoid a lot of complaints. Don't let this feature be one that adds to the "fix it list" in the future.

Dermot, Normally, a post is annotated as 4x4, 4x6, 4x8, 6x6, 6x8, etc. The annotation of 6x4 is not normal, regardless of the x/y orientation of the dimensions. IOW, if dim 1 is 5.5 and dim 2 is 3.5 it should still be annotated as 4x6 Post, not 6x4 Post. This is standard annotation of lumber and Chief should recognize that. Also, if I set the Label default to 45 degrees and then rotate the post 90 degrees the label should not rotate. We should be able to rotate the Post independent of the Label. The current implementation is not correct. It's almost universal practice to place post labels just to the right and above at a 45 degree angle towards the upper right. The Default editing of the Labels for Posts and Beams would be much better if it was contained in the main dialog for those items rather than having to select "Edit Post Defaults", ........ Having a secondary dialog just makes for more clicks - one to open the edit dialog and another to close that dialog.

OK, so I created a new "Framing Label Text Style" with transparent fill. That solved part of the problem. but we still need a default position and angle for each framing member type.

So now framing members have Labels on the "Framing Labels" layer. It's a nice addition but there are a couple of problems that I've found so far: 1. The Label has a solid fill and in the case of a post obscures the view of the post until you move the Label. 2. The "y" offset seems to be reversed in direction. ie: 12" actually moves the label down instead of up on the plan. 3. There's no way to set the default offsets and angles of the labels for various framing members. 4. The "Automatic Label" seems to be blank in most cases.

I notice in X7 that there's a "Post" in the Framing Tools (without a footing). AFAIK, this is new in X7.

You must have a disconnect someplace in the exterior wall.

Sorry Perry, I don't recall having drawn the pocket when I was using manual drafting.

Sorry Perry but I thought you were smarter than to do that.

It seems to me that the way Chief is displaying the sliding pocket doors in plan is fine. It's no different than we would have done manually and is as far as I can see not a problem. I've never tried to actually show the pocket. Does it really need to be that detailed at scale?

No, you can have both X6 and X7 activated at the same time. However, any plan you save in X7 can't be opened in X6 so you need to make sure you save to a different location (folder or file name). I use separate folders for each version. The Library will be migrated so everything you had in the X6 User Library will be in your X7 User Library.

I was talking to a couple of the CA people at IBS/KBIS in Las Vegas this morning. I can assure you that there were som choice words used about you. I refuse to tell you who I was talking to or anything about Chief's development plans for the coming year.

Sit down with a Door Salesman at HD or Lowes. It's really pretty amazing what you can get with a special order and the prices are a lot better.

Scott, You need to find another source. Grand Entrances is asking way too much.

Wait until next Tuesday (1-20-2015). It's fixed in X7.

I can confirm it doesn't work in X6 elevation views for anything except CAD objects. I do not know if it worked in X4 or not since I don't have that loaded on my system.

Uncheck the move box. Then use Rotate about point.

Spelling police on duty. The correct spelling should be Whether unless you are talking about sunshine vs rain!

Ditto............

Perry, If she has said: thinking is that a good architect or home designer currently using Chief wouldn't your answer be YES ? You could probably have made that condition very early and we wouldn't be sounding like a couple of warring tribes.

So eliminate the Molding Polyline, Add a Base Molding to the Room and then create a new Room Molding Polyline - converting the Base Molding.

Todd, When you create the Room Molding Polyline - select the Drop Down and select "Base Molding" as the one to convert. That should make a big difference.

Todd, Select the Room and use the "Create Room Molding Polyline" Tool. Set that as a "Base" molding. The door openings will not have a molding. If the shape isn't what you want then it's probably because you have some invisible walls that define rooms. The molding should always follow the inside perimeter of the room. Polylines can be broken wherever you don't want a molding and then by selecting that segment you can specify "no moldinge on this segment".