Joe_Carrick

Scott's point is this:

You can add Levels without any walls.  If you don't add walls then there is no "Floor" in that area and the Roof Builds on the Floor below.  By starting with 4 Levels, he can have a 1 story structure, a 2 story structure, a 3 story structure and a 4 story structure all in the same plan and never have to add a Floor. 

Of course, this means you can have a "Floating Floor" suspended in the air as shown in the attached pic

Glenn,

Sorry for being so emphatic.  I agree you were not really wrong but since you so often have the best answer - I just couldn't resist

This time Glenn is wrong.

Select a Molding in the Library (Right Mouse Click) and select "Place Molding Profile" from the context menu.  Then place the profile in your drawing, edit it and "Add to Library" the new profile.

Attached is a Symbol Library with a Base and a Wall Cabinet that fit in Obtuse Angle Corners. This is a common problem that Chief hasn't provided an easy solution for.

The trick is pretty simple:

1. I used Angle Front Cabinets and set the Left Side to 1/16" Depth

2. I set the Back to "Match Front"

3. I rotated the Cabinet 180 degrees so the Back is now facing out.

The Width and Depths can be changed to fit other angles (these are set to 45 degrees.

Note that the Base Cabinet has no Toe Kick and is set to 4" above the Floor. Use a Slab to create a Toe-Kick Base.

You should also open the Components List and edit the Description and probably uncheck a couple of the Components that you wouldn't want in the Materials List.

Anything you change on the Front of the Cabinet will automatically be reflected on the back so this is a pretty flexible set of symbols.

Cabinets - Obtuse Angle.calibz

If you make a Molding Profile you can use that with "Wrap" checked within the Door dbx.

The Lintel Symbol has to be manually placed.  It's not connected to the Door like a Molding Profile is.

Gene,

1.  Place a wall cabinet

2.  Make it 26" wide x 14" deep

3.  Convert to Corner

Bingo!

Sorry,  I have enough trouble trying to remember more than about 10 Hot Keys - and I'm constantly searching for the right button as it is.  There are so many buttons already and they're so small that I am seriously considering a 75" 4K TV as a monitor. I'm going to need cataract surgery sometime in the next year or two to eliminate the glare.  It's a real simple operation ( about $2000 ) and it eliminates the blurriness and glare.

Note:  You should open the Component List for these Cabinets and modify the Description - and maybe the Comments.

Here's what I have as my defaults

Sure.  The trick is pretty simple:

1.  I used Angle Front Cabinets and set the Left Side to 1/16" Depth

2.  I set the Back to "Match Front"

3.  I rotated the Cabinet 180 degrees so the Back is now facing out.

Attached are the Plan and the Library containing the 2 cabinets.

Obtuse Angle Cabinets.zip

Cabinets - Obtuse Angle.calibz

Perry is right,  You have the Second Floor structure set at 30" and the Ceiling Structure also set at 30".  These values automatically set the ceiling height below at 120".  All you need to do is change the Floor Structure to 6" which will raise the ceiling to 144".  If you need more than a 6" Roof Structure then You will need to change the "Floor" Elevation of the Roof.

Note:  In Chief, the Floors above effect the Rooms below.

Also, I use to be able to resize text by holding down the "x" key and re-sizing it. It doesn't work that way anymore. You now must click the re-size default then re-size the text, they have added another 2 clicks--not good.

Works for me - select text, press and hold "x", drag corner of text.  What are you doing different?

OK, here's my solution to this problem.  The Cabinets are all done using Chief's Cabinet Tool.  The Base (Toe-Kick) is a "Slab".  The Doors and Drawer Fronts were not placed as separate symbols - this was all done totally within the Cabinet Dialog.

This sort of inter-relational editing has been requested before.  Call Support and tell them you want it.  Maybe we'll get it in XX

I would like a "Lock Layer Button" in CA while we are wishing.

Simple solution, Select an object on that layer, Open "Object Properties" on Edit Toolbar, Click on the Lock Layer Column.

Door Openings are probably not included in your Schedule.

BTW, someplace in the forum is a thread where I posted a library of "Surface Sliding Doors".  I don't know off hand what info is in the Components List for those.

I wonder why we have to go through hoops just to add some notes to schedule items, it is a bit confusing?

Custom Schedules require Custom Symbols that have those Sub Categories in their Components.  This is basically why I rarely use any of Chief's standard OOB Symbols or Generic Doors, Windows, etc.

The Custom Symbols that I have in my Library have all the appropriate Sub Categories with the Description Field, Manufacturer, etc filled in.

It would be nice if Chief was set up so that adding Schedule Columns would automatically add those Sub Categories to the Objects and make those fields available in the Object dbx rather than the very cumbersome "Components" List.

If you want to change the Comment Column for a particular Door:

1.  Open the Components List for that Door

2.  Find the Line that contains the actual Door (it will have the size and description data)  It might be D1, D2, D3 or D5 or D10 ......

3.  Edit the Comments Column of that Line.

4.  That data will now show up in the Comments Column of the Door Schedule.

I have a door schedule in the drawing. Just wanted to update/change the comment & other fields.

Change comment for D3 on one list did not change the comment on the other list.

D3 is D3 is D3 is it not? If it is local to itself the why is it displayed on the component list for D5 when I access it via D5?

NO, you misunderstand.

D3 simply refers to Door Component #3 for the particular Door.  It does not refer to Door #3 nor would it be the same for other Doors.

Each Door is made up of various components.  One of those is the Door itself.  The "D" refers only to the fact that it's a part of the door.  E is for Exterior Trim components and T is for Interior Trim Components.

Just a little clarification.

The Component List is for that particular Object and you can add or modify the data for that Object.  If you subsequently copy the Object, the components will be copied as well.  The data in the Components can be shown in columns of the Schedule (door Schedule for example) and you can create Custom Columns to match any lines you have in the Components List.

This is a fairly complex thing to set up but for example:

I have Sub Categories set up for my Doors (Hardware, Head, Jamb, Sill) and in my Door Schedule I have added those Columns.  The Data in the Description Field of the Sub Categories shows up in my Door Schedule for those Columns.

Totally Normal !!!!!!

The Component List is unique for each Door.  Interior Doors are different than Exterior Doors so the list itself is different, just as the list for a Window is different than the list for a Cabinet, etc.

Are you looking perhaps for a Door Schedule rather than the Component List for an Individual Door?

Hmmm..  That's an interesting idea.

Maybe there's a way to do it with GoToMeeting.  If you record a meeting while playing the Video .............

Scott could try it

Custom Buttons would be nice - but there are so many buttons available and so many ways to accomplish any task in Chief that it boggles the mind.  I and almost everyone here used ACAD in the past.  There's just such a big difference between Chief and ACAD that you have to change the way you work.

One thing you might want to look at would be a macro recorder.  You can record a sequence of keystrokes and mouse clicks and give it a Hotkey definition to replay it.  That might provide you with a way to initiate the commands that you want.  ie:  Change the Nudge Distance

You do know that the Ctrl Key in combination with the mouse allow you to drag without respect to Snaps.  You also get free drag if you disable snapping.

Any way so set the nudge short of jumping into the menu system?

No, the only way is to set in in the Defaults.

Almost anything in the Menu System that has an Icon can have a HotKey.  You can customize Toolbars and Hotkeys - but there are so many possibilities that it's almost impossible to remember a fraction of the HotKeys.