Joe_Carrick

Interesting, it works for me. Are you using the default room label? I change the Room Name. In fact, I just started a new plan in X10, set the Room Type to Garage and the default label has a rotate handle that works.

That's not true. Room Labels in (at least in X10) have a rotate handle that can be used. AFAIK, the only thing that can't be edited directly is the Text itself.

Can you select the Room Labels? If not, that Layer may be locked. Without the Plan itself we are only guessing.

Only in the Building Code. That's really pretty dumb because a "Guard" by definition is generally "a person who protects or controls". There are Bank Guards, Prison Guards, even Guard Dogs - but there is no such thing as a "Wall Guard". Obviously the person(s) that wrote the code were not linguists.

The program determines if the wall is an exterior wall or an interior wall. Garages are strangely considered Exterior Rooms in Chief, so any Garage Wall is classified as Exterior. But any wall separating 2 Garages is considered as an Interior Wall. That's what determines if the door is exterior or interior. Basically, it's about weather exposure & fire rating - nothing else. IAE, you can specify whatever door type, style, thickness, description, etc.

BTW, You can actually do that for any symbol in the plan. You don't have to do it in the Library. IOW, select the Symbol and then the little chair icon on the edit toolbar.

OK, I fully understand your frustration. Stair Handrails should be independent of Guardrails and both should be available on Stairs. IMO Stair Guardrails should have all of the capabilities of general Railings (aka Guardrails). Obviously, CA either doesn't understand this or simply doesn't want to take the time to fix it. X10 improved Railings but ignored this important feature when it came to Stairs. Hopefully they will address it in X11.

Scott, For someone who can remember dozens of hotkeys I don't understand how you could have forgotten that process.

Not that I know of - but you can specify a "Border" for the text.

Most of the work in a project is the functional layout, finishes, electrical, mechanical, energy, etc. Those things keep changing and will almost always take more time than you expect. When you are working on your own projects it's easier to stay on schedule but when you have a client it's not so easy. So I break it down like this: For finished livable space I charge my normal sq.ft. rate. ie: 100% For semi-finished (garage or shop) I charge 50%. For unfinished with just a slab floor I charge 25%. I add for Permit processing, Consultants, Supervision, Renderings & Printing to cover time and additional costs. Generally these are broken down as time & material fees. Don't under-charge - but be reasonable. Only you can set the actual rate based on your level of expertise and the value of your time.

Check on the Home Designer Forum. The capabilities vs Chief Architect are different.

In that case it should be fine. Make sure you set up the NVidea card to be in control (PhysX setting). Also you should set the resolution for that monitor.

The main problem for me would be the 15" screen.

In my case I only opened it in X10. IAE, I'm pretty sure the problem would have something to do with the room ceiling height and/or the roof baseline elevation. Obviously X9 and X10 are handling this differently.

Ray Traces will be much more accurate - but as Perry said; lighting, shade and shadow will all effect colors. Using photo quality paper and printing from a Ray Trace will also help. IAE, you really can't rely on screen colors - even when calibrated.

The things I noticed: 2nd Floor Ceiling height has been edited (at least for that room) instead of editing the ceiling structure or finish. This is inconsistent with the Roof Baselines, etc. It would be much better to set the Floor defaults and let most if not everything conform to those defauts Room types have not been assigned. ps: I also am not seeing the problem you are.

FWIW, I would just eliminate that "False Gable". It serves no purpose and would just be an added expense.

Added a new "Wall Labels" package to include labels for: Elevations Sections Plan Wall Legend

Here's the simple way to solve this: Create your Roof Plane over the 1st Floor Add a 2nd Floor with no Roof or Ceiling and no Floor Below Set the 2nd Floor Height to 30" Select the Parapet Walls and designate as Solid Railings with a Wall Cap and a Wall Height of 24" (<30") The attached pic shows the result. Note that the 2nd Floor Height and Parapet Height may need to be different for your plan - and you may need to edit one of the walls to be lower than the top of your "Flat Roof". But the procedure is the same. I call this method "Parapet Room/Roof"

Yes, that is their purpose. But Schedules are not technically a part of the view nor are they settings. The are simply an accumulation & display of data of various objects in the model. They can be limited to a single floor and to specific classes of objects. That's not going to work for what you want.

Use a dummy Floor. Then exclude all other Floors from the Schedule. The only other option I know of would be to use a separate Plan File.

FWIW, The problem is probably that the Text Style is larger than the Room Label Text Style. This is one of those cases where Chief simply doesn't resize the text box enough to account for a larger text style. I've seen this happen in Elevations where I use a Text Box within a Room to display the Room Label. I accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the above supposition.

That means you are not using X10. I don't think CA will fix this on any prior version.

I've seen several threads that complained about the lack of a "Reflected Ceiling Plan" tool in Chief. From my viewpoint, it's not just a matter of a "Ceiling Grid" but actually using the needed tools that already exist. Sometimes there are soffits, moldings, light fixtures, smoke detectors, fire sprinklers, skylights and all sorts of other things that need to be shown. And yes, sometimes there is an actual "Ceiling Grid" that needs to be shown Instead of concentrating on a Hatch Pattern and moaning about the fact that we can't offset the pattern within a room, I prefer to actually model everything and then use a Layer Set to show those items. Virtually all of the above already exist in the model using existing symbols that Chief provides in the Core, Bonus and Mfr Libraries. The one exception is "Ceiling Tiles". But it's very easy to create those as Symbols and add them to the User Library. Then it's a simple matter of placing one in a room and using Multi-Copy or Transform Replicate to spread them throughout the space. By doing this, I also get the advantage of being able to show a true representation of the ceiling in Perspectives. A dedicated Layer Set can display all the objects which can easily be labeled and dimensioned as desired for the "Reflected Ceiling Plan".

You have to set that up in the Electrical Annoset.