Joe_Carrick

Vector is only slightly slower than Standard. But there is a difference. I'm not sure if this is being handled by the Graphics processor or not - but there's a little more involved in creating the vectors than just displaying the surfaces.

Another thing to consider is what Render Mode are your elevations? Standard & Physically Based will be fast. --- Graphics Card Vector, Line Drawing, Technical Illustration will be slower --- CPU (software) The difference is what hardware is being used. Graphics cards are fast. Software depends on the CPU performing calculations and sending data to the display.

Michael, What do your elevation annotations consist of? Text Rich Text Macros It makes a difference. Evaluated macros drastically slow down pan & zoom because they are evaluated repeatedly during the pan/zoom operations. I've reported this several months ago - maybe it will be fixed in X12. We can hope.

I don't have a mac, but here's a couple of things that you should consider: Pan & Zoom performance is Video Card dependent Video Card may not be configured correctly. More information needed. High numbers of surfaces (3D plants, etc) will be much slower. Ray Trace is CPU and RAM dependent and have nothing to do with general performance of Chief. Excessive use of macros and schedules in Plan Views and/or Elevations will slow performance. It's best to keep those things in CAD Detail Windows. If you could post a typical Project that you consider slow, it would be much easier to determine what the problem might be.

In that case, you should submit a "Feature Request" to have Lintels optionally be above (and in addition to) the casing. Who knows, CA might implement that request - but not if they haven't been asked.

That's a cool method - I just wish any of these would work in the Ruby Console.

Within a custom evaluated macro just include another macro you want to use in quotes. example: result = "%my_other_macro%" Here's an example of how I use this technique to display the label differently depending on the layer_set name. if obj.layer_set.include? "Legend" result = "%window_label_legend_X11%" elsif obj.layer_set.include? "Wall Area Analysis Plan" result = "%wall_opening_areas%" elsif obj.layer_set.include? "Wall Area Analysis Elevation" result = "%wall_opening_areas%" elsif obj.layer_set.include? "Wall Area Analysis Plan" or obj.layer_set.include? "Wall Area Analysis Ref" result = "%wall_opening_areas%" elsif obj.layer_set.include? "Framing" result = "%opening_header_label%" elsif obj.layer_set.include? "Section" or obj.layer_set.include? "Elevation" result = obj.schedule_number + "\n" + obj.automatic_label + "\n" + obj.type_name else result = obj.schedule_number + "\n" + obj.automatic_label + " " + obj.type_name end

Michael is 100% correct. Just make a new Layer and set that layer to display.

If you use "Saved Plan Views" you can name them in the Project Browser to whatever you want. The %view.name% macro can them be used in a Text Box to show that name.

The best method is to actually create a wall type or edit the existing. Using the "Spray Can" is just not a good idea for walls.

"Evaluated" simply means that the macro should be considered a "program" rather than just "text".

Referenced doesn't need to be. None will work fine, but it does need to be Evaluated.

Macro "year" t = Time.new result = t.year returns the current year --> 2019 as a numerical value result = result.to_s returns a character string --> "2019" This is pure Ruby and doesn't require anything else from Chief.

Gene, Right Click on the Desktop Select Personalize Select Taskbar Turn on the "Hide Taskbar in Desktop Mode". Chief will now be able to use the entire screen. The Taskbar will only show when you move the mouse to the very bottom of the screen. You can of course drag it to any of the 4 boundaries of your screen and dock it there.

Exterior Casings, Sills and Aprons.

OK, so that's in the Rich Text dbx next to the Justification Icons. It's too bad it isn't available for Schedules and Standard Text

Charles, Where do you set "Line Spacing" ?

You can use Cabinet Door Symbols - any thickness you want. I'm not sure it really matters if they are exact in CA. KCD is generally the software of choice for Cabinet Makers. Chief's not particularly good at Cabinet Detailing.

I'm with the Arial gang for the most part. Still use CB for a few things but not much. For tables I generally use "Courier New" just because it's one of the few "Fixed Length" Fonts available and it seems to be the cleanest. Here's a list of some other "Fixed Fonts" Consolas DejaVu Sans Mono Letter Gothic Std New Sans Mono Orator Std

Hi Vinnie, Try this: Shut down your computer. Restart your computer Start Chief without a Plan Click Edit > Preferences What happens? If that doesn't work reinstall Chief. I see you are on X10 so you don't have SSA to get help from CA - but you can pay for their help. Also, it's possible that an Antivirus program is interfering with Chief Architect.

Vinnie, Open Chief with a new plan. It's likely that there's something wrong with the plan you've been using. If that works then you know it's the plan itself. You may be able to go back to an archived version of that plan and get that to work. You can at that point try some of the suggestions BT made as well.

Yusuf's method works for outside railings and for inside railings on "U" shaped stairs. It doesn't work for the inside railing on an "L" shaped stair" or for contiguous connected "Landings". There are "geometric" problems that have to be considered for those cases. CA development would need to do some additional programming to make it work in all cases. Provide a extension of the stair sections at "L" stairs (approximately 1/2 tread depth) at the landings Recognize connected "Landings" (2 or more contiguous) as "Stair Sections" Maybe a couple other possible conditions.

Did you email the "plan file" or a "link" ? It sounds like you did the later.

If you emailed the file then she just needs to right click on the attachment at the bottom of the email and "Save As".

You should also be careful that a macro (maybe in a label or text box) is not inadvertently creating a "loop" condition with no way out. In that case the Task Manager will indicate the Chief is "not responding".