Joe_Carrick

One of the problems that this could create would be interference with the door opening and hitting the ceiling - depending on the hinge side. I suspect that CA didn't want to deal with that so they didn't provide the same ability for doors as for windows.

I use Notepad++ as my editor of choice. By setting the language to "Ruby" I get things like that in color. So when I see: elsif I know it's correct elseif I know it isn't correct. There are many formatting and spelling variations and having an editor that points out problems can be very helpful. After editing in Notepad++ I simply copy/paste into Chief's Ruby Editor and save.

Common mistake. Ruby is one of the few languages that uses elsif instead of elseif.

Here's the best I could do modifying the "Slab" Barn Door. The door thickness isn't correct and the hardware is not what I would expect to be on a modern "Glass Barn Door" but otherwise - not bad. It required a bit of tweaking of both the symbol and the doorway size. I could create a better one if needed but it would help to have a pic of what you need.

Once you have a "Barn Door" in place, the "Glass" portion of the problem is to change the actual door material and thickness. You might be able to do that in the symbol dbx but it might require a completely new symbol. I'm not sure the symbols in the CA supplied library will work.

I tried it on an existing plan. I changed the layer of a Cross Section Camera to a new Layer which I created. Then in another Saved Plan View that didn't use the same Layer Set I unchecked that layer for display. It worked perfectly. When I switched back to the first Saved Plan View the Cross Section Camera was displayed.

You definitely need a custom field to use in the schedule since the "Code" column is hard coded to use the value in that OIP field. With a custom field, you can put macros in that will display what you want for the SKEW in the schedule. If you don't want to create a custom field then use the Comment field to put your macro(s) in and rename that column in the schedule.

Note that you can then use the Shelf Label to display the color by typing %component_code% in the Label. Another options would be to use a custom field SKEW_Code and enter the "J1", "D1", "G3" etc directly thus eliminating the need to convert from colors to codes.

Lance, Put your color code in the OIP for the shelf. That's what owner.component_code uses to get the "color". This is completely independent of any actual color in the shelf since there's no attribute for the color names. You could even create a custom field "color_code" which could be used instead of the "component_code" but that's only if you want. IAE, the actual object color would be irrelevant except for graphic representation.

Yes, that works. Just set that layer to not display in the plan views where you don't want to show it. There is also a setting in the Camera dbx for "Display on All Floors" which can be useful.

I am now using Wall Material Regions (3/4" thick, 2" wide, full height) and multi-copy at the desired spacing. This skips all openings and I use the exterior Room Polyline to create the horizontal bands as needed. It's full 3D with proper shadows and very easy to edit. ps: Window and Door Trim + Corner Boards provide the rest of the job.

Please add some "Shower Towers" to the Bonus Library and/or the Manufacturer Libraries. There are several examples which can be found in Houzz. Some of these fixtures are only $200-$400 and are pretty easy to install so they make a super upgrade to showers from the standard mixing valve and shower head.

No, it will show all the finishes but not which walls the finishes are on.

Hi Glenn, I didn't see it in the wall dbx before, but it's still messed up in terms of how the schedule displays it. There really needs to be a separate set of columns for each wall of a room. In addition, the Wall Material Region doesn't appear in the schedule at all.

This is so messed up it isn't funny. In the Room FinishSchedule: Wall Material and Wall Finish Material are the same. These are taken from the Wall Type definition. Schedule columns are ridiculous. Wall Coverings are listed separately but they are applied to all the wall surfaces in the room and only as horizontal bands. Separating them on different walls isn't possible. Wall Material Regions can be assigned to individual walls or even parts of walls - great flexibility but they don't appear in the Schedule.

I have a lot of wall types that I use. Just for 2x4 Interior Walls I have: 1/2" Drywall Chase (drywall on one side only) 5/8" Drywall Chase (drywall on one side only) 1/2" Drywall (drywall on both sides) 5/8" Drywall (drywall on both sides) etc Then, I have to decide if I want the "finish" to be a part of the wall type definition or to use the "wall covering" to specify paint, wall paper, tile, etc. It can get a bit complicated. Naturally, for Exterior Walls there are a lot more just because of the exterior materials. In some cases I think it's easier to do a double wall (Exterior Wall plus Interior Furred Wall) depending on the construction, especially when concrete or masonry walls are involved. The alternative to this is a lot of composite wall types. Do you break down your wall types in a similar manner? I've noticed on a lot of plans posted on the forum that there's almost no differentiation between walls in plan view. That would mean the Materials List could be off by quite a bit.

If you haven't created trusses and everything is set to auto-rebuild (foundation, roof planes, wall, ceiling and roof framing then all you need to do is move the wall. Everything will be done for you automatically. Once you use trusses it's a different story. Mostly because deleting the roof framing and ceiling framing turns off auto-rebuild. As a result you need to use edit all roof planes and rebuild the framing, etc. -Joe

Oh what the heck. Scott should be held responsible for everything. Why not?

The contractor should have checked what he was ordering matched the permitted plans. I would say he now has some extra trusses to use on another job

Right Click - Select your symbol in the Library Open the Symbol dbx (the little chair) Check the settings there You can also change them there so in many cases you don't have to go thru the "Create Symbol" process over and over to get it right.

You might need to save your Plan or Template in X10 before this will work. Some things in an X9 Plan or Template just don't work right in X10. This is not unusual when upgrading the software. As the software evolves, so does the data content in the model and that doesn't happen until you save the file. I keep separate Plans and Templates within separate folders so I can still use a prior version of the software if absolutely necessary - which is rare.

You might be able to eliminate that problem by adjusting the opening framing and clearances. If not then use a PSolid to patch it. Just one of those things that sometimes require manual intervention.

In the last panel, check the "x" stretch plane box. The stretch Plane specs tell Chief where to limit stretching. In this case width stretching will be limited to the center of the symbol height stretching will occur above the bottom frame and below the top frame depth can not be stretched since it would occur outside of the door thickness. Since you didn't check the "x" stretch plane box, the width is stretched uniformly instead of just at the center of width. Note that the origin of symbols in Chief (0,0,0) is (center,back,bottom). Stretch Plane positions are relative to the symbol origin.

You are correct. I've fixed it now

Placing "Stretch Planes" at x = 0 y = 1" z = 6" or whatever the metric equivalents are should do the trick.