Joe_Carrick

Best to open the pony wall dbx and individually set the materials (upper and lower each side as needed.

Wall Niches only recess into walls. You need to create a Solid or PSolid with the hole built in in order to emulate what you want.

Yes, the symbol dbx just needs to specify "System Supplies Rectangular Casing" in the Options Tab. But then you will need to make sure the casings, etc match what Milgard has for that product. That's why I suggested just saving a "Window" to the Library after providing all the proper settings.

"Window Symbols" are somewhat problematical in Chief. It's really best to use Chief's Parametric Window (set everything as you want it) and then save that to the Library. That way, all the casings, frame, sash, materials, etc are saved as a "Window" rather than as a "Window Symbol". I know you are trying to get the "screen" but using a "Symbol" just creates too many problems. I would just add the screen as an "Exterior Furnishing" symbol that hangs on the wall and place that separately. You might be able to define it as an exterior window treatment but I haven't tried that.

Here's the X10 Version of the famous IKEA Round vanity Mirror. IKEA Round Vanity Mirror.calibz

I use Wall Material Regions (cut surface layer) to create those joints. It works best in Elevation Views

I actually find it easier to use the right mouse button when creating walls (continuous mode) and then go back and select individual walls to assign the dimensions to other walls.

It works with Windows on a PC - not sure about OS X on a Mac.

Look for an automatically saved archive.

post the plan

Run Plan Check

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Just my 2 cents worth: Use "Detail Plans" to scale. Do all annotation and dimensioning there . Save each Detail in a separate CAD Detail Window Use %view.name% for title (name in project browser) Place a scale (maybe even a graphic scale) Send required views to Layout Don't use the Layout Box Label All your details will then be current whenever you make a change - in all plans that are using those details. IMNSHO this is by far the best way to deal with details. You can even copy pdf's into CAD Detail Windows

Post your plan.

Add a dummy floor and use it as the roof (No Roof over this Room) . Walls of that floor should be either very low solid railing walls as a parapet or ?????? You can extend the dummy floor out to make the desired cantilever and frame with Floor Trusses. Detailing and Notes can handle the roof slope.

Did you just edit the Wall Type - or did you create new Wall Type. This is critical.

You can edit the materials if that's what you are asking.

Yes, and I think it's a bit crazy. I may just stick with StruCalc for now since it's not on a lease. The main thing I might be interested in would be Retaining Walls and Shear Walls - but those aren't even available yet.

Unless you are a licensed professional ( Architect or Engineer ) you probably are not legally able to do commercial structures. I don't know the law on this in VA but most states require a license for commercial projects.

Several years ago I tried writing a set of Ruby macros to "Label/Check" structural members for approximate sizes vs the Chief Default members. It worked but only as a quick-check / starting point to make sure the size in the dbx was close to what would be needed. I decided to get StruCalc and have been fairly happy with it - but I'm probably going to upgrade to the "Vitruvius" Project. I just need to verify that I really need it and/or that it's going to provide additional functionality. IAE, having a decent structural calculation app is well worth it for anyone licensed to sign structural calcs.

Kathleen, If you group select the object and the create an "Architectural Block" (use the Red Box on the Edit toolbar) you can open the dbx and specify to "Treat as One Object" and specify what type so that it will appear in the correct Schedule. This is a special way of making a Cabinet, Fixture, etc be recognized the way you want it to. IOW: Your Hood Symbol which was created as a "Fixture" can become a "Cabinet" and show in the Cabinet Schedule Your Towel Bars which were created as "Hardware" can become "Fixtures" and show in the Fixture Schedule etc. The other option is to place one of these items in a blank plan, display in 3D and use the "Convert to Symbol" tool to redefine it as the type you want it to be. Either method works - but I often find the "Architectural Block" is quicker and works just fine. IAE, you should add it to your User Library for future use.

One thing that's important when using macros referencing values from different floors is that each view must be displayed in order to update the $global variables. Creating a comprehensive list of areas that can be accessed isn't trivial. In my area analysis system I use a set of specifically named layers. Each Polyline is on one of those named layers and the data is accumulated into a multi-dimensional array. There are macros that calculate and display the data as desired. It's fairly complicated and in order for an individual user to customize the results requires a little bit of Ruby coding knowledge - but only a little bit. While Kirk's examples are accurate, they don't account for complex situations.

Gene, Chief set to "Full Screen" - the little rectangle at the upper corner - should fill all space except the "Taskbar". If you have the little "double rectangle" showing then Chief is resizeable and could accidently interfere with the Taskbar.

I don't use OneDrive but I do use Dropbox and I believe they are almost identical in how they function. Since all systems that are using the same Dropbox Folders get their files updated automatically, it works just as well in an office as it does remotely. It's just a matter of specifying the Folder locations in Chief on each system so that they are all the same. For actual projects, I would use network folders with file locking.

Here's a little macro I did that displays the floor name of any object. It works for any floor and can be used either in an object label or with a leader line. The result is as follows, depending on the Floor Level: Basement 1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor 4th Floor etc. floor_name.json