Joe_Carrick

I've made a few changes and added a triangular 24x24 tile. Note that the z-origin is now offset 3/4" so that the bottom of the tiles align with the ceiling height. They are designed that way so that recessed lights will be flush with the bottom of the tiles. In order for the grid to show in 3D the "Finish Ceiling" of the room needs to be a transparent material such as "Insulation-Air Gap". I generally like to make the ceiling material at least 6" thick - Think of it as a suspended grid. Also note that these were defined as "Interior Fixtures" and will show a label and be included in the fixture schedule so it's important to suppress the label and un-check the "Include in Schedule" box. Once a tile is placed in a room and those things have been done, there are 2 basic ways to populate the grid: 1. Multi-Copy Tool 2. Transform/Replicate Tool I hope this is useful to everyone. Just trying to be helpful and maybe get a couple of rep points Suspended Ceiling Tiles.zip

I gave him one too.

You need to assign a Pattern to the Material. Basically there are Hatch Patterns for this in the Chief Folders.

Not really SOL, but you might need a few custom symbols for those conditions. OTOH, the Symbol will position to the bottom of the Ceiling Finish - which means you can have a plenum simply by making your Ceiling Finish in the Room dbx [ structure tab ] a 6"-24" air gap. The Symbol automatically is set to the bottom of that plenum, whatever height it happens to be.So are you asking me to create a triangular symbol for 45 degree walls? Maybe you also need an inside corner symbol?

Here's a recessed Ceiling Tile that can be easily used to create a Ceiling Grid. You can stretch this symbol to fit and replace any tile with a light fixture. The symbol automatically attaches to the ceiling so it matches light fixture placement. See post #6 for latest Symbols. The enhanced versions are better.

Here's how I see it - and how I use it: For every view I have a Text Box that is formatted (Font, Size, Attributes) for the View Name. This is a part of what I send to Layout. a. For Floor Plans I have a Text Box for each discipline on that disciplines Layer. Each of those I enter with the name I want displayed as per Post #3. b. For all other views (Elevations, Sections, Wall Details & CAD Details) I edit the names in the Project Browser and use %view.name% in the view before I send it to layout. c. I use the Layout Box Label to display %My Box Scale% which I position below the View Name. Note that all these View Titles are done in the Plan or Camera or Detail and are simply a part of what's sent to Layout. I have no other Text in my Layout except what's in the Title Block. Since everything is created in the Plan(s) at the same scale that I intend to send it to layout, I am assured that all text will be at the correct size according to the Annoset in use.

Are we talking about the Sheet Label or the View Label or the Layout Box Label? I thought the question was about the View itself, not the Sheet? IOW, %view.name% is I think what the OP was asking about. Chief automatically assigns the Floor Names and doesn't allow us to change those, IOW, Foundation 1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor Attic OTOH, Camera, CAD Details and Wall Details can be renamed in the Project Browser The macro %view.name% displays whatever name is shown in the Project Browser. The other macros that can be used are: %layout.label% %layout.title% %layout.description% %layout.comments% which are all defined in the layout page definitions - they are not specific to the view being sent to layout.

That works fine if all your projects have the same number of floors.

I just put the name on the Plan View (Large Text Underlined) That gets sent to Layout along with the rest of the Plan and the name is on the appropriate layer. IOW, the 1st Floor has several names: Architectural Plan Room Label Layer - FIRST FLOOR PLAN Framing Plan Room Label Layer - FIRST FLOOR FRAMING PLAN Electrical Plan Room Label Layer - FIRST FLOOR ELECTRICAL PLAN Plumbing Plan Room Label Layer - FIRST FLOOR PLUMBING PLAN etc. For the Layout Box Label I use %Box Scale% IOW, It's a matter of thinking Inside the Box. Put the Plan Name inside the Layout Box. The View Name is outside the box and I use it to indicate the scale. ;)

Gene, Here are two options: 1: Left - just pick a keystone from the Library and manually place it. 2. Right - Copy the Keystone to your user Library --- edit the z-origin to -3" --- add it as an exterior millwork above lintel --- adjust size as needed. Obviously, the first is the easiest way.

I agree with Scott, Obviously the picture is of a real building and the roof tiles & ridge caps are accurate 3D objects. I have modeled 3D Roofing with Chief (Mission Tile) and am confident that with just a little direction you could do it as well. The Stucco and Stone details - both in 2D and 3D are very easy in Chief.

What version of Chief are you using?

I just tried saving a wall with a pony wall to the Library. Everything worked fine except - the Pony Wall height which I had set at 24" was stored in the Library at 48". IIOW, the Pony Wall height simply gets stored in the Library as 48" no matter what it's height is supposed to be. CA, Please fix this.

Timmy, Do exactly as Glenn indicates. The second floor wall should be out at the front - that will take care of the area above the door. Or if necessary you can put soffits at those locations.

But to do that the Stucco Layer would have to be that thick.

Yes, I think almost everyone here knows how. It's just a matter of making the walls return back to where the doors are.

I just downloaded and installed version 16.3.0.59x64 What issues does this update address?

Check the materials. It looks like the glass material of the one you imported may have over ridden an existing material in your plan.

It doesn't appear to me that the OPs pic is a 3D View at all - as some posts have surmised. It appears that way because the wall corners have a miter line. What seems to then be upper cabinets are in fact cabinets on the other side of the walls. As Mark said, this kind of dimensioned view can be pretty easily accomplished with judicious use of Layers. You don't get the double lines delineating the cabinet construction but those aren't really accurate depictions in the OPs pic anyway.

No, there isn't any way to do that currently. The easiest way would be if Chief would provide alternate columns formatted for us. It might be possible by adding columns that could be filled in with macros - I would have to study that. My Schedules are set up with 3 additional columns (Head, Jamb & Sill Detail Reference) so I know we can add components and get extra columns but the component fields would need to be able to utilize a macro to display the values.

Very nice! Thanks

I had the same experience as Glenn. This seems to be a problem with something in the terrain, not the labels. Interestingly, displaying a 3D perspective view seems to fix the problem - weird.

Because it's a joist - DUH

My apologies, That doesn't work with railings because they are actually walls. The easiest way that I know of is to simply select one of the railings that is what you want and grab drag the "continue wall edit handle" over the other railings - basically just "draw over" the one's you want to change. BTW, you can save a wall (including a railing wall) to the Library and then just pick it from the Library to draw it wherever you need to.