Joe_Carrick

Lisa, You would be better of just defining "frameless" cabinets within Chief's cabinete dbx and saving them in your user library. That's the only way you will get all the editing capabilities that Chief's Cabinet dbx provides. IOW, you will be able to specify doors, drawers, openings, finishes, shelves, etc. Any IKEA cabinet symbols imported into Chief would not be parametrically editable and you wouldn't be able to change door styles, etc. OTOH, if there was a Library of IKEA cabinet doors and drawer fronts - you could simply use Chief's Cabinets (frameless) and apply those door and drawer symbols. Setting that up in a Plan Template would be quite usefull.

You've come up against one of the shortcomings of Chief's Symbol Import. The problem is that Chief creates cabinets parametrically from the data supplied in the cabinet dbx - it's an internally programmed cabinet that CA refers to as a "Native Object". Importing a cabinet as a symbol is not much more than you would get importing it as a piece of furniture. The only real differences are that you can put a countertop on it, insert a sink into the top - and it will be on the cabinets layer. There is a way to create Cabinet Symbols using "Primitive 3D Faces" for the openings, etc. I've done it but after several less that 100% successful results I decided it wasn't worth the effort. Each opening has to be a 3D Face of a different color and as I recall you name them "Drawer1, Drawer2, Door1, etc. IAE, it's a PITA so I said "forget it" and moved on.

Yep Yep.... I am thinking a "Window Symbol" and using "Fixed". One problem that I have with that however is that if you set all the Sash values to "0" then the glass disappears in 3D.

Hmmm..... Seems like I answered that one myself a couple of years back - senior moment !!!! OTOH, someone suggested a thick door

My Glass Block Windows all show as a thin sheet of glass in 3D. How do I get them to be 6" thick?

There are som cases that I've encountered where the materials tab doesn't list a particular element to modify. Sometimes this is because the Plan was migrated from a prior version that didn't include that element. In other cases it's something that CA simply missed in the software. IAE, I find that careful use of the Material Painter can take care of the problem. But be careful and make sure you uncheck Blend Colors with Materials so that you don't get a mess.

Of course that was it. One of the monitors was turned off. That's where the extra window was.

Does that mean I can go to Scott's posts and vote them down? COOL

Glenn, Did you try it on a Floor Material Region - recessed?

It must be some strange calculation. Scott has 31 Posts and 6 Reputation Points Michael has 30 Posts and only 2 Reputation Points I have just 16 Posts and 2 Reputation Points Would someone please explain this? Maybe DJP can devine it

I selected a Material Region to Edit - Then Selected EDIT When I subsequently selected Plan Material Chief hung up - nothing was selectable. ESC got me out but if I tried to open another window such as Chieftalk before hitting ESC then I couldn't do anything and had to use Task Manager to close Chief. See the attached pic. It just seems like a total "disable" of the window. Maybe there was an underlying window that I couldn't see.

What are Reputation Points ? Are they good or bad? Scott has 6 and I only have 2 - maybe it's a new Golf Handicap System. OTOH, maybe it's a grade for how verbose you are

I'm looking for a 4'x6' Tile Inset for a Wood Floor in the Entryway. I'ld like something with a medalion and a field of tiles surrounding it with an additional tile border. Does anyone have something like this or do I need to construct it myself? Maybe there's a pic on the internet someplace that would work as a material.

Gene, I don't think anyone else can see them. You are the only one that can see your own warning posts.

I want to know why they only insert into Cabinet Doors? I would have thought that they could be placed in an Opening.

Actually it would be nice if that was the default mode - or at least if we had a way of setting it as a preference.

In order to do this you simply need to select the "Use Full Editor" button at the bottom of the screen.

I would like that also

Agreed, Can we not get our status imported from the old forum?

Brian, You indicated They will however be available in an "archived" read only state for some time. Essentially thru 2014. IMO that's not long enough. OTOH, it might be nice to enforce the guidelines about keeping on topic within the new threads on the new forums. I might also say that I think that all moderators should be a bit "thick skinned" about criticism. Sometimes users get frustrated - it's not personal. I have in fact seen and been ripped by at least one moderator on a couple of occasions - which I didn't believe was in any way justified and caused me quite a bit of emotional distress.

Brian, There is a tremendous amount of useful information in the old forum. It would be a crime to lose that. There should be some way to save that content for posterity - no to mention the educational material for both current and future Chief users.