Joe_Carrick

The render looks perfect on my system also. Updating a video driver should not have any detrimental affect on other programs.

BT, Since you rounded height to 0 places - the denominator of 8 is superfluous.

Also update your video card driver. I just had an unexpected problem that I wouldn't have expected was caused by a driver problem - but updating eliminated the glitch.

I agree with Michael. Note that you don't need to use .to_in when using the NumberFormatter. I actually have several predefined NumberFormatters saved as $Globals so that I can just specify which one I want: $NF_in $NF_ft $NF_ft_in They are all automatically loaded into memory when I open my Layout (macro in a text box on page 0)

I added it just now, but I think there's also an x & y offset to the edges. Could be a difficult edit.

I think Sketchup Textures has some that are seamless but I'm not sure exactly how to get them. Here's one that I like but it needs to have the opposite edges spliced on so the pic is square without any white space.

Does anyone have a good Flagstone texture (random sizes - not rectangular)? I'm looking for something that I can use on about a 16'-24' rectangular patio. It needs to look right Standard, PB and Line drawing views.

Michael, I think you'll find that not only Walls; but Roofs, Material Regions, Backsplashes, Floors and Ceilings should also not be modified by the Paint Tool. All of these elements are made up of material Layers and could give incorrect Material List results if "Painted".

OK, I guess it's a matter of how you work. I don't place cabinets first. I almost always place the doors and windows before cabinets. If I place a window with a 30" sill height and then place a base cabinet that's 36" tall. The window doesn't resize. OTOH, if I reverse the the process, the window will be auto adjusted so that it doesn't go below the top of the cabinet or backsplash. I prefer my design order since it doesn't allow Chief to do something that I don't want it to.

I'm not finding this behavior. What default settings make it happen?

You need to right click on the library item and "Place Molding Profile". You can do this in a CAD Detail Window. What's happening in your example pdf is that you are placing a molding line with that molding. Display it in a 3D view and you will see that you have a square molding polyline with that molding.

I think the problem is that the Interior wall just needs to be reversed. Then it should connect to the interior face of the main layer of the exterior wall. I know that's strange, but it seems to work - at least most of the time.

email me the plan

Try placing the "drawing-units" macro in the text box ahead of the "stair_Label_All_Sections" macro. ie: %drawing_units%%stair_Label_All_Sections%

I got it but I'm out of town until Sunday. I'll email you the package as soon as I get back.

Yes, all my macros have been updated to function correctly in Chief Architect X12. They are also fully "unit" compatible. Payment can be made to my PayPal account: joe.carrick@dslextreme.com

I have a set of 5 macros: stair_Label_All_Sections ( the one shown in the picture) stair_Label_One_Section stair_Label_One_Section_up stair_Landing_Label stair_Railing_Label I sell the package for $75

I'm using a 55" HDTV and 2 30" Monitors in Portrait orientation. Project Project Browser and Library are on the 30" Monitors, allowing the 55" HDTV to display the Layout/Plans at almost full size. I still zoom quite a bit. There's still room for other tools (Calculator, Email, Windows Explorer, Internet, etc) on one of the 30" Monitors - or simply over-layed as needed.

Would something like the attached pic suit your needs? It's all done with a single custom macro.

That macro was specifically designed to be in a Text or Rich_Text placed in a room. The owner of the macro is the Text. The text's room is the object that has the internal_area.

I suggest printing the 3D views to PDF, then converting to a JPG, then placing the JPG in the layout. You can then use the image edit handles to resize and crop the image. This will greatly improve the speed of printing your Layout.

If you've inadvertently allowed Chief to "fix" your macro name, it may cause problems when the old macro name was already being used in your plan. This is because macro names are case sensitive and must be exactly the same as they are saved. In order to return to the original name: open the macro for edit in TMM set it to "not evaluated" edit the name to the original name reset it to "evaluated" save - but don't allow Chief to "Fix" the name. exit TMM

Another way to trap errors is to use the following: begin if $roof_ti < 35.0 # This line could generate an error if $roof_ti has not been initiated $roof_ti = 40.0 end rescue $roof_ti = 40.0 end In this case if the error occurs in the line #2 it's trapped and line #6 is processed. This is standard Ruby error handling.

The error in post #3 is in line 28. from (eval):28:in '+' wall_wt= ((wall_ht + 2.0) * cmu8psf) # 10'-0" CMU wall weight with 3 course stem wall = 12' total height You have tried to add a floating point value to a measurement. wall_ht is a measurement in X12 2.0 is a floating point value This is not allowed in Chief so you either need to change 2.0 to a measurement or wall_ht to a floating point. Adding or subtracting measurements and non-measurements is not allowed. IMO Chief should have made this work by automatically converting the non-measurement value to a measurement of the same units.