Joe_Carrick

Create a Molding Polyline and assign the baseboard molding.  For a staircase the Polyline should be a 3D Molding Polyline or it needs to be drawn in an elevation view.

BTW, you should have made your post in the Q&A Forum.

7 hours ago, Sakuhano said:

How to make layers only work for only a certain room without not displaying every kind of that object.

Layers work for everything. 

   You need to layers that the only objects in those specific rooms are assigned to.

1. Create layers  for furniture_room_a,  b,  c,  d,   etc.
2. Select all the furniture in a room.
3. Set the layer for all those items to one of those layers.
4. again, again, again

Now you can select just the layers you want displayed or not.

You might want a display layer set for each room so you can switch quickly.

It might also help to know what your system specs are, especially what GPU

FWIW,  I have some room style pallets with 0", 6", 12", 18" & 24" saved in my Library to drop the ceilings automatically.  I've also added those library objects to a tool bar for easy access.

Simple.

Select a Room

On the Edit Toolbar click the icon "Create Room Elevation Views"

Dimension Defaults > Secondary Format

One thing to note is that if the custom toolbar uses custom icons they must also be copied to the same location on the second system.

If you want a consistent roof height....

• Modify the room ceiling heights by specifying the room "Ceiling Finish":
  • Air Gap (space below Floor Joists, Rafters or Trusses)
  • Framing (2x4's or 2x6's)
  • 1/2" Drywall

That will create a flat ceiling below the framing above the room.

Yes, but you also need to use an exterior room molding polyline for the horizontal at the top and bottom.

I use another wall framing Layer (extreme exterior Layer) with 2.5" width x 3/4" thickness.  It will frame with a bottom plate \ double top plate, as well as headers an sill plates.  It actually creates very manageable edits - but works pretty well.

I've also used Wall Material Regions but there are edits needed with that method as well.

5 hours ago, SWBDesign said:

Looks like we’re getting the ability to add sub-folders in the project browser!!!

Brilliant!

That might be just what it looks like in the Project Manager.  I'm not sure it's indicating an ability for us to add sub-folders.  It would be nice if it is but I don't think so.

3 hours ago, JBradleyConst said:

However my main concern is still in questions, that the GPU usage while rendering is almost nonexistent, between 5% and 8%. Should this not be higher?

Rendering a Chief Model with the GPU (PBR) doesn't tax the GPU.  The NVIDIA GPU's are designed for gaming which requires a lot more power.  You shouldn't be concerned about the low usage.  It's normal.

Place breaks in  the room molding polyline and configure it to the shape you want.  Make sure each segment you want to have a molding on is checked "Molding on this Edge".  Openings will not have a Molding.

Cailin,

It's not a "Library Door".  It's just specified in Chief's "Door Tool" which has settings for almost anything you could want.

I just make a cad rectangle that matches the sheet size.  I display the sheet boundary to get it right.  Then when I send to layout - full sheet all my plan views are perfectly aligned.

Have you turned on the "Line Weight Display"?  There's a button for this on the display toolbar.

Also note that depending on the scale of the drawing that the line weights may not be what you expect.

Do it floor plan view.  Then marque select all the characters and create a symbol.  you can rotate the symbol to be vertical and set it to attach to a wall.  Adjust the height from the floor and you should be good

I have a client who has Chief Architect X12 and wants to be able to open, view and collaborate with me.  I don't think he has maintained SSA so he will either need to update or maybe get HD Pro 2025.  I'm not sure what he would be able to do with the HD Pro.

Any help with making the decision would be appreciated.

Normally I keep the previous 2 versions of Chief installed.

IAE, you can always go log in to your Chief account and download previous versions to install.

Your X8 version should still work.  If you kept the SSA each year you should be able to download the newer versions up to X14.

AFAIK Chief hasn't terminated any old licensed versions.  The subscription model is only for new users.

At some point in the future I may decide to not upgrade and forgo SSA - depending on if I think future versions will provide  additional capabilities I will use.

Chief still has a lot of room to add features and improvements so I'm not there yet.

ps: I'll be 83 next month so I can't say how long I will need to keep up the SSA. 

5 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

Wish we had tributary nvps

Pretty difficult for Chief since it could be one side or both.  If CA wanted to do it the better method would be to accumulate loads from Rafters and Joists that bear on Beams.  It would still be fairly complicated to program the nodes, etc.

Structural Program like Strucalc have much more capabilities for transferring loads as well as different load types.

FWIW, I have custom fields:

• Tributary Width
• Span - (calculated from length - cantilevers)
• Span Left - cantilever
• Span Right - cantilever

I also have arrays for the structural properties of each member type:

• Lumber
• LVL
• PSL
• Glulam
• I-Joist
• Steel-I (WF Beams) hash for this instead of an array.

My macros check for the size required based on the maximums Moment and Vertical Shear using  the S,A & I properties of the member.

It's easy to set the size of framing in a plan. However, there's no way to verify the size is sufficient structurally.

So I've devised a macro system for labeling Joists, Rafters, Beams, Posts, etc based on Uniform Loads, Spacing, etc.

This system checks standard sizes against the specified size and labels:

• The current size vs what's actually required.
• The label is displayed as whichever is larger.
• It doesn't change what is specified in the model

I wish there was a way in Chief to automatically have the sizes modified.  But at least if gives the information to allow individual and global modifications.

This system is not a replacement for structural engineering but it provides a starting point for a licensed professional to check that the sizes, etc are OK.

An example would be:

• 2x6 Rafters @ 16" o.c. with a 28' span
• The macro Labels indicate 2x12 Rafters @ 16" o.c

Gene,

If you set you Garage Door Defaults to use the Library Object it should work for all new doors placed.

From the pic in the OP it's obvious that the correct tool would be "Mull Windows".  This is not about "Custom Muntins".

Try specifying the fill to have either a transparent background or set the fill "transparency" percentage.