Joe_Carrick

I agree, that's a wonky implementation. But you can place it in a free space and then drag it to the point you want to snap to..

Thumbnail images are too small. However, the way to insert an image is to use the "Attach Files" option below. If it's not showing select "More Reply Options". Click the "Browse" button and navigate to the file you want to attach (usually a jpg or png) and open it. Then Click the "Attach This File" button. Note, you can attach several files to a post (maximum 10MB total).

Select an object - then hit F1 key. It won't give you everything, but for the most part it should put you in the right help section. Sometimes you just have to search with key words in help to find everything.

Now that Doug Park is off on a 2 month bike trek across the USA, who is filling in as the Moderator for the Forums? He was doing a great job and will be missed while he's gone.

Place some CAD Lines with intersections where you want the Bay Corners. Once you have those spaced correctly you can simply snap the Walls to those intersections. Then just delete the CAD Lines.

Patience Grasshopper....... Rome wasn't built in a day and no one here learned to use Chief Architect in a day either. I've been using it for at least 10 years and am still learning and refining how I do things. My father had a saying I will never forget: Can't never did anything! It constantly reminds me to be patient and persistent. Just keep trying and look for the answers. I was an ACAD user before I started using Chief and I was pretty competent with it. While Chief is 3D, it needs 2D for certain things so we have no option but to learn how those things work together. Virtually all of what you see in Plan View is 2D CAD but where there's an underlying 3D Object it's connected.

Yes, a Symbol is a 3D Object. However, when you select the 2D Block that's attached to a Symbol in the Plan View (IOW, the original outlet placed on the wall) you get the overall Symbol and not just the CAD Block. You will notice on the Edit Toolbar that there are 2 icons for the object. One is the "Open Door" and one is the "Chair". This is the same as selecting the Symbol in a 3D View.

In most cases the 2D Block is a close representation of the 3D Object as viewed from above. In the case of Electrical Fxtures and some Appliances the 2D Block is just a Graphic that looks nothing like the 3D Object at all. That's why we have the option of modifying the CAD Block - but we have to tell the 3D Symbol what CAD Block to use.

You missed the step of editing the Symbol by assigning the new CAD Block using the Symbol dbx. It's not the CAD Block that you need to add to the Library, it's the Symbol after you've assigned the new CAD Block to it. Check Steps 6 & 7 again. You just need to understand that a Symbol is a 3D Object and a CAD Block is a 2D Object. 2D Objects are essentially "Dumb" as you call them. However, each 3D Symbol can (and usually does) have a 2D CAD Block associated with it to use in the 2D Plan View.

FWIW, This is a fairly complex and tedious process but it's not something that you will need to do that often. It's really a case of a special 2D CAD Block being needed with a built-in label. Most of the time Glenn's suggestion is the way to change a Label.

OK, you can do what Glenn says, but it's not the same thing. The Electrical Symbol that you get from the Library has a 2D CAD Block associated with it. The text is a part of that CAD Block. So here is the process to Change the CAD Block itself. 1. Select the Symbol that you have placed in the Plan and Open the Symbol using the little Chair Icon 2. Find the name of the 2d Block. "Outlets:Wall Mounted/110V/GFCI" 3. Go to the Menu and select CAD>CAD Block Management or just hit the V key 4. Select that CAD Block From the List and select the "Insert" Button. 5.. Once you have placed it in the Plan you can select it, Unblock, make the changes, Block it and Name the new Block 6. Now Select the Symbol and Open the Symbol dbx 7. Select your new Named 2D Block You have now assigned a new 2D Block to the Symbol Add it (The Symboi) to your Library with an appropriate name.

Just left click on the object and look on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen OTOH, it doesn't look like you even selected a CAD Block - You selected the Symbol.

Just in case you don't know how to create such a stretch plane: 1. Select the Symbol and Open it (chair icon on the Edit Toolbar) 2. Click the "Size" Tab 3. Set the z Stretch Plane at just slightly less than the height of the Symbol. That will cause any resize or stretching to occur only at that height. Everything above or below that will be unchanged.

Scott, When my friends and I were bicycle touring we averaged about 70 miles a day but we only went for 2 week trips. Two whole months living out of touring paniers (saddlebags) could be a bit of a strain.

Don't forget, once you've done that - add the symbol to your User Library so that it's available for future use. Don't continuously reinvent the wheel.

BTW, you can make it "No Room Definition" if you want. That way Interior Elevations are for the whole room and are not stopped by the shower enclosure.

Custom Half Wall (80" Tall, on 6" Curb. "No Locate" Once I've made it and added to my Library - I can use it on any project.

Yes, They would install that way because I had to select 10 at a time due to the size. The names all begin with SPEO so you can just make a sub folder "People Images" and drag them into it.

I don't believe any of them actually recess into the wall.

Don't use casings. Use a custom Symbol with whatever "Surround Features" and insert it into the opening. Ooops! We're right back to using a Custom Window Symbol and a "Back Fill Symbol" to match. LOL

Sure, add a light source (or several spaced along the spline)

My problem with the Door solution is that if I use Casings - I get them on both sides of the Wall. Except if it's an Exterior Wall.

Clever solution.

Or a Text Box or RichText Box with "Room Information Macros". You can edit it if you want to over-ride the %room.name% with something else. I store one of these in a CAD Detail Window so I can just copy and place in any room.

I do find that there are Roof Planes - but if I rebuild the Roof it's not the same. Obviously, you have edited the Roof Planes without matching points. The best way to create a Gable End, if you are going to rely on "Auto Roof" is to edit the Wall (Roof Tab) to specify that wall is a Gable End. That hasn't been done on your Plan so Rebuild Roof Planes gives much different results than you are looking for