Joe_Carrick

I have a Template that's saved/shared in a dropbox folder. On one of my computers the "Designer Info" is properly available. But on one of my other computers it shows as empty. Both computers are accessing the same template but for some reason the "Designer Info" isn't available. Does anyone know why/how this could happen?

I've used a custom sheet size. Normally I use 24"x36" (Arch D) but when the house is just a little too long: 24"x42" works. (Arch D2) custom size that I can print on my HP T120 30"x42" if the 24" isn't enough. (Arch E1) 36"x48" (Arch E) when absolutely necessary. It's not that hard to create custom sheet sizes and the print shops really don't care.

The commands that are available in the "Edit Toolbar" depend on what item has been selected. Obviously, the "Make Room Polyline" button will only appear if you've selected a Room. It can be an interior room or the exterior room (select within about 12" of the exterior wall) Note, you can also right click on an object to get the context menu (basically the same as the "Edit Toolbar"

Just draw a line, then select it and "Convert to a Molding Polyline".

Yes, change it in the Cabinet dbx for that door.

They can work, but they are essentially "windows" and their properties are not correct. ie: energy values, glazing, etc. In addition, there doesn't appear to be a single mesh "Eave Vent". There also doesn't appear to be an "Eye Brow" roof vent.

It would be great if there were more attic vents in the library. The only ones I've found are "Gable End" triangular. It should be possible to create schedules with the areas to verify the provided vents are adequate. In order to make that work for the code section Scott referenced there would need to custom fields to identify the positions. Scott; Note that the 1/150 requirement is the most stringent so it will always work, regardless to the positions.

It would be more useful to upload the plan file so we can see what your problem really is. Make sure you close Chief first.

You should go back to that post by Ridge_Runner and reverse your negative vote. It's just good form and will prevent any future antimosity.

Look at your Wall Type Definition. There are settings included in that dbx. BTW, Contractors will always calculate more area than is real. and then add 10-15%

One way of dealing with the detail is to use a separate wall type with 2 layers for the R-Zip that you use to draw the wall in the Detail. I regularly use wall types in my details to get all the layers automatically. Then I just need to add the other elements.

Living Area is measured to the main wall layer of the exterior walls. It only includes the rooms that are marked as "Include in Living Area". This is the "Real Estate Standard"

Doesn't always populate in the window attributes. It could be a result of bringing a plan forward from prior versions or how the room name is displayed in the plan. IAE, the "room_name" isn't really sufficient to verify which room a window is assigned to - unless all rooms have unique names.

Chief doesn't assign the "Room_Name" or "Type_Name" to Windows - but you could have a Custom Field for that. Like Michael says it can be done and there could even be a custom Text Box with the data displayed for each room. It would be a fairly complex macro system - but not impossible. The macros would need to be able to accumulate the room data as well as the window data and then perform the calculations and display the results. This is not unlike the Area Analysis macro systems.

Call Tech Support.

If the stairs were built "manually" (psolids perhaps) the railing wall wouldn't work.

You can just uncheck the "Use Mesh". Note that this dialog will not effect anything except the Materials List. To label the foundation plan and/or details you will need to handle it separately by notes.

File> Import>Import_Default_Sets of course you first need ot export them.

length in X12 and beyond is a measurement. You need to convert it to an integer numbers_of_characters = (0.34* length.to_i) multiple_string('X', (0.34* length.to_i))

owner.upper_layers[1].thickness.to_s you would need to determine the width of the letter "X" (probably external calculations) and divide that into the wall length. Then convert that to integer and subtract 4 (just to keep it slightly smaller than the width

Ivan, Most of what you are asking for could be done. However, AFAIK there's no way to set the "text size (height)" within a Ruby Script. The length of the string would be dependent on the width of an "X" of whatever text font & size is used. It could be calculated.

It doesn't appear to me that either of your compurters have the required GPUs to use with X13. However, it could be just that you've not set Chief to use the correct GPU. The RX 6800 XT might be OK but you definitely need to check to see that the Intel GPU is not being used for Chief.

Magic

Is there a way that actually works Joe ? Copy and Paste does not seem to work with symbols to go back to previous versions. Do you have the original X13 drawing before the conversion to Symbol? If not, then export to SKP and import that into X12

I tried downloading and installing the latest driver. It wouldn't install because I'm still on Windows 10. I've been wary of upgrading to Windows 11 - I would need to install a upgrade file and I don't want to take any chances. Any advice would be appreciated, including how to get the required file. Thanks