Joe_Carrick

I don't think so. That's not what I do. If I need different floor finishes I use a Floor Material Region. Similar for walls

Make the Wall to the toilet "No Room Definition".

For my SIP Walls, I've defined them as "Framed" with 2x6 Studs @ 100' OC.I also specify a single top plate. This seems to work fairly well for the walls but I wish there was some way to have the Foam Insulation show and to have a maximum panel width with 2x_ splines (panel joints) I do have a way of labeling the SIP Walls using a custom macro. The Roof SIP's are another problem entirely. I'm thinking the best solution is a 3D Symbol.

How do you get SIPs to show in a 3D Framing Overview? They are structural elements but since they don't have a framing material they don't show. What trick do you use to show them?

Some great new fixes, including R-Value attribute for Wall Cavities. I'm going to start doing this and including it in my elevation wall labels. Actually the list of fixes & improvements for X11 in today's update is really nice.

Adjust the Text Style(s) in the Layers of your Plot Plan's Layerset. Check each object that has text and make sure you adjust each of these. This process is essentially the same for all scales that you are going to send something to Layout.

I suppose I could have just called the 6x12 Beams - "Rafters" - and labeled them "Exposed Beams". But then the "ceiling height" would have needed to be lower. IAE, I did model the SIP's as an integral part of the "Roof Surface" and it works pretty much the way I wanted it to.

I am working on a project with 8" thick SIP roof panels supported on 6x12 sloped beams at 7' oc. I would like to model it as accurately as possible (showing the panels structurally) but it seems to be a problem eliminating the rafters. How would you model this? Show the SIP's as a part of the Roof Framing? Show no Roof Framing and show the SIPs as a part of the Roof Finish? I'm tending to think of the second method as the best option.

We pretty much aren't allowed to build them in California either. But there are a lot of existing houses that get remodeled.

I wouldn't want to retrieve a corrupted file. But I would want to retrieve the most recent archived version.

I have not only my Project Files on Dropbox but also my Chief Data File. That means my Archives and Automatic Backups are also on Dropbox. Since Dropbox stores the files on the local computer and the cloud as well as syncing all of my other computers it works IMO better than any other system I could imagine.

You would need to copy the item from the Core, Bonus or Mfg Library and paste it in your User Library. Then you can edit the symbol by selecting the little chair on the edit bar.

I use DropBox. I can get to my files on any computer and all are synced automatically to whatever system I'm currently using.

That's basically the way I do it. I will normally start with the main floor on level 1 but then add the basement below by "Inserting a Floor Below". IAE, It allows the foundation to be separate from the Basement Walls. For me that's a lot easier. Since I use "Saved Plan Views" I can name the Floor Plans however I want in the Project Browser and just use the %view.name% macro to title them.

If you add all the detail to each apartment you might have speed issues. OTOH, if you do a detailed plan for just 1 or 2 apartments (typical) and then show just the perimeter walls, doors and windows for the rest of the units it shouldn't be a problem at all. This is the same procedure we used to use for such buildings when using manual drafting.

I can create a Spiral Stair Symbol for you. I just need the dimensions, direction parameters and desired style of railing. My charge for this is $100.

I think Scott may be correct. I personally reserve Level 0 to the Foundation. If there's a basement it's on Level 1 - which is not the same as Floor 1 (aka 1st Floor or Main Floor).

bump!

David, Is this a custom backsplash or the automatic backsplash with the cabinet?

Why not just multiple select all the windows and add the lintel in the dbx?

Your version doesn't have that feature.

If your version of Chief has this capability (X10 and above) you just need to open the schedule and add that column.

BTW, Many of those "$Globals" are available in Ruby. Example: $-I = ["D:/Dropbox/Chief Architect Premier X11 Data/Scripts/", "."] or as attributes of Chief Objects. Layout Boxes for example have some file names for the Referenced File. These can be useful but it's a matter of discovering where those attributes are located.

Yes, but even those are just "STUFFED" text into a Text Box or Label. Fortunately, Ruby provides us with those things as data by using Ruby Classes and Methods, etc. It seems CA just provided those "Global" macros internally. It's the same thing with the Global macro %scale%. I was hoping I could stuff the output into a text file and get usable data - but as you see from my response to Brown Tiger it just puts the %macro_name% in the text file. When you read that file in Ruby it just executes the built-in macro so the result is no different.

That doesn't work. The problem is that: $MyValue = "%width%" File.open('test.txt', 'w') { |file| file.write($MyValue) } simply puts %width% in the file