Chopsaw

That is definitely how it should be but I recently got one from a surveyor that was scaled and when I asked about it they said they have always done it that way.

I think this is the problem Johnny is referring to. If so it is a known limitation that should not be. We just need more people to tell Chief about it so they will have reason to fix it.

If you post the DWG file someone may be able to take a look and provide some suggestions. I would not suggest messing with unit conversions. Most North American surveys seem to import in ft unless it is clear they are metric and they may still import in ft. Bring the survey in and measure a known distance an use transform and replicate to correct the scale.

See if this helps.

I usually use an attic wall specifically defined with just a sheathing layer and siding that will attach directly to the gable end wall truss. Not sure about a pole barn. Would that be just strapping and sheet metal ? If so you would strap manually and then the wall would just be sheet metal or if you have trouble with the wall just use a p-solid drawn in elevation view. Sorry about the chatter. Glad you interrupted. If that does not work @ShaneK will be happy to tell you how he does it.

I may have actually posted before you on that one Mick. Your just closer to the server.

Interesting concept Johnny. I suppose it would also need to rotate the North Arrow accordingly. An on screen display might also be helpful to prevent any unnecessary errors. You might want to get that posted into suggestions.

Frame it and it should render properly.

Ok Glenn's way you will need to create a cad overlay for the posts in plan view. My way you would need a cad overlay for the walls and wall framing. I think Eric's method will give the best result even though it will take a little more setup. Framing should also not require any editing with Eric's method, maybe.

I cheated a little. Eric's idea will work but Glenn's might be more straight forward. Trying it now. Hang on.

Something Like this ?

No not a framed wall unless you absolutely need to show that. Is it actually going to be finished like your original posting but with the corner posts to the floor ?

Make it a Railing Wall with a panel railing. Not really sure what the panel should look like but you can make it what ever you like. Post the plan and a picture of what it should look like and someone will help you out. Also helpful to know what version you are using.

Yes Glenn is correct, it works on a PC as well. You will need to set your bisecting angles but with one entry you will get all four 90° vector angles. Also easy to forget those rare tools that only show up occasionally. Thanks Glenn.

Go to General Plan Defaults and set the odd angle in the "Additional Angles" boxes and turn on. I believe they need to be set at the actual angle and the 180 deg. equivalent. Check by turning on your "Angle Snap Grid". P.S. When setting up your elevation cameras turn off Allowed Angles and snap to a perpendicular cad line. If you leave Allowed angles set to the same angle there is a bug in X10 that will give you a snap that is just slightly off and screw up anything but a simple vertical measurement.

That should give you time to fill out your signature for next time you need help.

Yes that took an extra millisecond but it was hauntingly similar to your post.

When you installed the program did it ask you to download Core Catalogs ? If you did not go to Library > Install Core Content.

Chief Architect Core Catalogs > Materials > Sheet Metal.......

Thank you Eric. Now I have something useful and I may have a renewed interest in ruby for other uses. Happy New Year !!

Ok the you explained the gsub and it makes perfect sense but where does it go ? This is just for display of data as text not an actual schedule as I could not get that to work in chief for this particular situation if you did not pick that up already.

You make that look easy Eric. Thanks so much. I did not even imagine it would be possible. Will give it a try and see how it goes. Fingers crossed.

Post a representative example of the data and I'll have a look. Thanks Eric, this is just the sample file I have been tinkering with. Siding Test.txt

Thanks, that worked. Would that search the entire imported text file and fix all instances ? If so that would be great. Could you help with that ? Ruby is something I hope to learn in the future but have not begun to grasp it quite yet.

Thanks Gerry, I am working on a slightly different project but this looks like a nice solution for me and I think it will work for Mark if I am following along correctly. Any idea why X10 would be referencing my X8 scripts folder when the file path in Preferences is clearly marked as X10 ? Also wondering if there is a way to deal with the extra " "" that the text file generates around a measurement in feet and inches ie. ( 6' 8" ) seems to automatically come out as ( " 6' 8""" ) in the text file originally sourced from excel. Can ruby handle this within Chief and find and remove the three extra " 's ?