Joe_Carrick

I've done them using a special wall type that inclusde chinking and then stacking log symbols. It works just like the actual construction. It's not as easy as normal walls with siding but the results are 100% accurate for any milled logs (round, square or "D")

Does anyone have a typical section detail for Leach Lines showing required depth, gravel, etc. ?

Doug, Are you using frameless or face frame cabinets? I don't think you can specify the thicknesses for face frame cabinets.

Hey Scott, How did that work out?

I recall someone had posted a link to a service that would create a "Site Plan" for existing property. Does anyone know where that thread is?

FWIW, you will need to have a king post & header above the doorway to support the beam. Check with your engineer.

I store my Chief projects and Data files in Dropbox on 3 computers. I have Chief (one license) installed on those 3 computers. This is IMO the most logical solution.

Rich, Are you beaming up?

May either the FORCE or the FARCE be with you.

Did you search the Library for "Claw Foot" ?

Rich will tell you that the Roswell crash was a "Weather Balloon" and our technology is a figment of our imagination.

Lew, Today, most chimneys are simply walls enclosing a duct - usually a double walled duct with supply air coming in on the outside. Then a cap fixture is placed on top of that - simple symbol to create. Why would a special tool be needed?

We used that slogan when I was in the Navy back in the 1960's. It's not new.

Open the "Object dbx" of your Library Object and set it to "Sits on Roof". That way, when you place one from the Library it will work automatically.

Look in the Object dbx under "Options"

Might be due to the iMac and the zoom level. I am using a Windows Desktop machine with multiple monitors but I seem to remember that working on a laptop with a just a single monitor results in those sort of problems sometimes.

Dan, Can you be more specific? Toolbars ? Arrangement of Icons ?

Just make sure the building you use for the symbol is limited to just it's exterior components. Eliminate all interior walls, doors, cabinets, etc.

BTW, from a practical standpoint, installation of an actual Window in anything other than a vertical or negatively sloped wall is a waterproofing disaster. Skylights are designed for such conditions but Windows aren't. Doors obviously just don't work if they are not installed plumb.

Lew, So how does that apply to Windows, Doors and Basement Walls? Perhaps CA could program a new feature but that doesn't necessarily mean they should. IAE, it would require an entirely different type of object that could be recognized as being substituted for a wall (to define a room) and would need very special handling of doors and windows. ie: Where and how are those items placed in this object? Would Doors be placed at the interior face and how thick would the Jamb be? Would the Windows be placed the same or on the slope of the exterior face and how thick would the Jamb be? The possible parameters and conditions are too varied to make this a reasonable software automated solution. It's a programming nightmare - a virtual "rabbit hole".

NO. If a wall type was to be other than uniform in thickness then what layer(s) of the wall definition should vary and by how much? This just isn't something that makes sense in terms of an "assembly" of material layers.

They DID

Note that if the walls are in fact sloped on both the inside and the outside and only "windows" exist in the sloped walls - then Roof Planes and "Skylights" would be the way to do it. However, you could not currently show the "Windows/Skylights" in Plan View since they would not be shown at the correct size. They would show correctly in 3D Views.

Take a look at this thread: Site Area Analysis Macro System - Offering Services - ChiefTalk Forum (chiefarchitect.com) The measurements use Polylines so it depends on how the Polyline is created. If it's the "Exterior Room" then it's to the "Main Layer", not the exterior veneer. This is the same as the "Standard Area" that Chief uses. Of course, you can modify that Polyline using "Concentric Resize".