Joe_Carrick

In order to maintain any responses you can contact a CA moderator to move it. If you want, I can report the topic and have that done. Otherwise you would need to delete it and repost in the correct forum. That would lose all the existing responses.

I have done several of log homes, both square dovetail and swedish cope. I have symbols for both which I "stack" within a transparent full log thickness wall, centering the logs on those walls. This also allow me to place Doors and Windows in those Walls. I do not use "Corner Log Symbols", rather I use actual "Log Symbols" to stack just as if I was building the structure in the field. The Log Symbol Libraries naturally have to have several different Logs to accommodate Sill & Top conditions as well as the various end conditions.

There are at least 2 possibilities: Specify the Exterior Casing size and apply a "solder course brick" as the material. Create a circle in an elevation view around the window, convert it to a #D Molding Polyline and then apply a 3D Brick Millwork Symbol.

Thanks Chop.

I have a combination sink base with drawers on one side. When I try to place a sink in the cabinet Chief wants to change the top drawer to a drawer panel. It will only let me place the sink at the center of the cabinet. What's the best way to get around this problem?

The "CorePlants" library file should be located in "C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X10\Core Libraries" unless you moved it someplace else. In fact, all the "Core Library" files should be at that location. It's possible you moved them to Dropbox or another location.

I agree with Larry. My procedure is to have a separate Layout for each Project - even if it's a modification of an older Project. So I simply copy the old/existing Project Folder, re-link and then create a "New Plan" to modify. That can be a separate copy of the "Old Plan" with a different name. Some of the Layout Boxes in the "New Project" will still reference the "Old Plan" but others will be sent from the "New Plan".

TIC.....

Personally, I think it's easier to use a "Post to Beam" railing wall without a top or bottom rail. The post (newel) spacing is automatically adjusted and you can set both the newel size and the beam size. That way, you don't have to mess with the spacing of the "Studs".

Interestingly, you could probably have: modeled this using the wall & window tools in Chief. Maybe added a frame around it using a molding. exported it to 3DS imported that back into Chief as a "Door Symbol" used the Symbol dbx and the Door dbx to make it work as a Garage Door. IOW, use of another software package wasn't necessary. In fact, you could probably have skipped the 2nd/3rd steps and just used "Convert to Symbol"

One thing you don't want to do is change the width/height ratio or rotate a pdf other than 90 degree increments. Also limit resolution to 300 dpi.

1st floor invisible walls for the slab/deck Timber framing using posts, beams, general framing members. 2nd floor (open below) using solid curb wall (wood perimeter beam?). Set floor height as 6-8" or whatever that perimeter beam height is Roof sits on 2nd floor No Ceilings at all.

Whatever the "Help" key is. Or just open Help and search for "Distributed Path"

Try the F1 Key Experiment I'm not a big fan of the Tutorials because they tend to deal with only the simplest cases.

You might also notice that there is what appears to be an extra tall post at the end of the brick pony wall. It's actually another fence/railing wall which contains some junk - the original stone artifact. Deleting it caused some problems so you can either check it as invisible so it's not seen - or go ahead and recreate the fence and rebuild as in my previous post.

Go ahead and insert a door. It will be a "doorway" but you can select it and change it to "Hinged". Now you have a gate that can be "painted" with any of the gates in the core library - one of which is "chain link".

FWIW, I just deleted the fence section with the gate and rebuilt it by drag/continue the side yard fence. Then I inserted the gate and it was all fine. Sometimes when something is goofy the best solution is to start over. In this case the fence with the gate was just not behaving the way it should.

I just googled "tji ceiling joists"

Not on your plan, but that's the way I have my plan set up so when I create a fence it won't "Frame". Also, it appears you have the Wall Framing Layer turned on in that view - why?

Here you go. Note however that this is to support attic floor loads as well - it's overkill. TB-824.pdf

What is your span and loading. I can run it thru Strucalc.

Scott, You should probably select a simpler Wall_Type for your fences. I use a single transparent layer just the thickness I need. Never use a Wall_Type with a framing material and avoid Pony Walls. This pretty much goes for Railing Walls as well. I think Chief's Default Fence Wall_Type uses 2x4 Fir Studs. Change that material to a non-framing material (preferably transparent) and the framing problem will go away.

Bob, All of this is pretty much basic CAD drafting. Chief does provide the ability to: Create Framing of Walls, Floors, Ceilings, Roofs, etc. Create Cross Section Views Auto Detail those with fill, etc. Convert all or a portion of those views to CAD Details (View to CAD) It also provides some basic details in the "Libraries" but as Larry said, they are almost never exactly what you want or need. While you can edit them, it's usually just as easy to use some of the components to build your own details - or add to / modify the result of "View to CAD. Chief is never going to do everything automatically. It looks like you've been using Chief for a long time. I'm a little surprised you don't more familiarity with the capabilities and limitations. The videos in the KB are basic & intended to show the general proceedure. Trying to follow them exactly will only work in a very few cases.

You can't. The Sketchup object has to have separate materials.

Marque select it