Joe_Carrick

Here's a pic. I actually used 2 Wall Material Regions: 1/32" thick black material 3/4" Thick Wood (set at 12" tall and multi-copied at 14" both of the above were set to cut the exterior wall surfaces. The really nice thing about this system is that it automatically adjusts to Doors and Windows. I use basically the same system for Board and Batt siding.

Take a look at doing it with a Wall Material Region (12" tall x 1" thick). Then copy vertically at 14" spacing. Your wall can just be a black surface - paint or a black material..

Here's a way to make your symbols available for prior versions of Chief

Exporting a Library Symbol only makes it available for the current and future versions of Chief. Many times users of prior versions would like to be able to use the symbol. Here's how to make that possible: Place your symbol in a Blank Plan and display a 3D view Use one of the File>Export>Export 3D Model options ( I like 3DS but the others will work ) In your post for sharing the symbol, attach the exported file Provide instructions for Importing: 3D Origin values Options Sizing (mostly Stretch Plane info) This makes it possible for users of prior versions to Import the Symbol and have it work.

Amen !!!

Yep, that's been a problem forever. CA should provide an "Angled Back" Cabinet option. For now, all we can do is use an "Angled Front" Cabinet, make the back look the way we want it and rotate 180 degrees. I've requested CA make an "Angle Back" many times but so far no luck.

I see so many threads in this Forum "Tips and Techniques" that belong in the Q&A Forum. Why? Don't the posters read what this forum is for? It's very annoying to open a new thread just to find that it's a Question instead of a Tip. Here's my TIP for CA. Please have someone at CA monitor this forum and move threads that don't belong here to the correct Forum.

I think that's only true if you are using Chief X10's default plan template. If you are using a different plan template then you need to create those "Saved Plan Views" yourself and save the template..

The T120 Sheet Feeder will accept 12x18. Of course, you need to define the Custom size paper as 12x18. OTOH, I like my check prints a little larger so I am using the Roll Feeder with 16x24 for Arch-D reduced. It is then printing at only 1/3 less than 1/4" scale.

That's been available at least since X8, but it was called "Deactivate"

Really? I am able to switch the activation of X8 - activate, deactivate & activate on another system. I wonder why you can't - are you just missing the activation password?

As long as you have the older version installed on your computer(s) you should have no problem activating and using them. The older deactivate/activate system still works. Hopefully you've kept the old install program (preferably a backup on the cloud) that you downloaded back then. That way, even if have a computer crash you can reinstall.

I'm 76 and don't plan to ever stop practicing architecture. But I do think CA should provide me with a pension.

"Save As" works fine. Just make sure you save it to a different folder. There are some ramifications regarding Layout and Links that need to be dealt with.

Yep, I noticed a couple of days ago that CA had changed the Web Site for this. It's the same functionality but you just access it differently.

I concur with Mick's response. I did find the "Rate this Topic" (5 Star Icon) but the old "User/Member" list is gone.

Girls?

Dan, I can no longer find the "User List" or "Thread Rating". Are those things totally gone from the Forum Web Site? They were pretty useful.

Years ago (maybe version X3) I posted a thread using the same technique for Storefront Window Walls. It was in the old CT Forum so I don't have access to it any more. IAE. the procedure was almost identical, just using glass instead of screen.

You evidently don't fully understand "Saved Plan Views". This is all done within the same Plan File and a single Layout File. When you have a floor plan displayed with a specific Layer Set and use the "Save Plan View As" icon it creates a named view that remembers just about everything in terms of the open displayed view. When sent to Layout it will always have the correct Layer Set, etc and is linked back to that "Saved Plan View". When you double click on the view in your Layout, it will open that "Saved Plan View" in the Plan File. Any changes you make to that view will be updated in the Layout. Be careful not to use the "Save Plan View" icon unless you want to overwrite the existing Layer Set, Zoom Factor, Reference Floor, etc with what is currently open & displayed. Save Plan View As --> Creates a new named Plan View in the Project Browser Save Plan View --> Updates the currently displayed Plan View in the Project Browser Also make sure that it is the "Saved Plan View" that is sent to Layout in each case, not just the "Floor Plan". They are 2 different things.

I prefer to use Chain-DownSpouts - much more interesting and better looking.

Also take the time to "Save As" the Reflected Ceiling Plan View, separate from your saved Floor Plan View. Then send each "Saved Plan View" to layout separately. btw, I use almost no CAD Lines. Virtually everything is 3D Symbols from the Libraries - some of which are symbols I created myself. It takes just a little bit of time to create a new symbol and get it working correctly. Then it's available for the next time.

See this thread https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/18780-reflected-ceiling-plans/

I absolutely agree. But that doesn't mean we should have to submit for plan check as hardcopies. No matter how careful you are with your plans the plan checkers will always want something more. That means more prints, etc. Stamped & signed paper copies should only be needed on the job site.

You should see the tons of paper submitted to the City of San Diego. Initial submission for plan check is 6-7 sets, usually Arch D or above. Just for a single family home that can easily be 25-30 sheets per set. By the time all corrections are finished and the permit is issued it's not uncommon to double the sets of prints. There are separate plan checkers for planning, zoning, T-24, structural, engineering, & building. Each of those has to stamp 2 sets of the plans - one for the City and one for the job site.