Joe_Carrick

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

By the time you pay for courses you could just purchase the code and use it as a reference.

Probably - but Robert could copy it into an X-12 plan and then create it as an X12 Symbol.

If you're looking for a material takeoff then you would need to add those items (%) to the materials list for the ceiling tiles.

Check the first example. The 3 lines of dimensions actually match the rounded displays. 3.59-1.98-1.61 == 0.00 So it's really a matter of what you want. Do you want the dimension strings to add correctly - or do you want the rounded display to match "rounding rules" as we know them?

Yusuf, Do these extend beyond 360 degrees? Sometimes (often) it's necessary to have more treads and risers to reach from floor to floor. In order to do that the spiral stair needs to wrap around past 360 degrees.

Chris, You need to select a wall layer before the options to insert, move or delete will be available.

Do those software packages allow importing of DWG files?

I'm not sure exactly what capabilities Interiors has for Reference Floors. You should probably contact Chief Architect Support. I am assuming that you have SSA for your product. They should be able to help.