Chopsaw

That was just off the top of my head, so possibly not.   We went over that exact situation in one of Scott's webinars about 5 years ago though and had it working somehow.  If I have a moment I will see if I can find it.

I guess it depends on what you are going to show in your documentation but I think a manually drawn attic wall would be a lot more compatible with most situations.

9 hours ago, para-CAD said:

So I'm assuming I should have a totally blank plan with only one item in the library.......ahhhhh.

No your library is independent of any particular plan file.  Just select an individual item and right click, or a folder will work as well.  Actually the same process for you  entire User Library...   Just what is selected.

If you want to export in a different format that is when you need a clean plan file.  .DAE or .3DS  etc.

1 hour ago, rnmbj1906 said:

I found the library with the CAD details.  I am confused if you do separate pages inside the plans do you just clear all layers so it is blank?

 

Maybe I can find the video on using the CAD details.

No that is the nice thing about Cad Detail pages,   every time you open a new one you start fresh with a blank page.  They are not connected to the plan views.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5477/adding-cad-details.html?playlist=97

It kind of depends on how many cad details you intend to work with.  Some people have a dedicated plan file just for cad details and organize them by floor level.

Plan files also have cad detail pages for all kinds of 2D information that have a separate index system in the drop down of the Project Browser.

You might want to spend some of your free time watching some of the instructional video's before you develop any bad habits.  It will also help you learn some of the Chief terminology.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/

Also we can help you out a bit better if we know a bit more about the system you are running and the version you are using at a glance.  You can add this to your signature.

29 minutes ago, para-CAD said:

Any links to an appropriate thread or video would be great.

Pretty simple after you have done it once.  Select the symbol and "Add to Library"  Then from the Library right click and "Export Library..."

Save and post the .calibz file.

1 hour ago, DBCooper said:

So you might have accidently placed it on your layout, either on page 0 (like Chopsaw guessed) or maybe on your current layout page but on a layer that is locked (less likely).  It's easy to see if it's on page 0 by just switching to page 0 and seeing if it shows up.

I don't see any locked layers so not likely that.  Also page 0 is not a blind guess as there are two previous threads that I based that on.

Any number of reasons but most likely you placed it onto page 0.  If so you can only select and delete it from page 0.

Normally you would bring a cad detail into plan view or a cad detail window so the scale can be controlled better.  If you notice when you select it, it will be one big box and you will see a tool like this  on the active tool bar which allows you access to all the components.  Not sure if it applies to chief details or not but be aware that a cad block can also have embedded cad blocks.

Those are cad blocked so they can be stored in the library. Explode the block to edit.  One handy thing before you explode is to have ALDO open and set to NOT  Show All Layers so you can be sure all applicable layers are turned on when the cad block is selected before exploding.

Generally the title block and anything else that you want to appear on every page of the layout are edited on page 0.  Normally just basic cad and text but macro's can also be used.  Once you have a setup that you like and will use again save it as your custom template.

Likely there would be a few ways you could do the but unfortunately not with the door tools.

Create a symbol with the jamb and casing using moldings and insert it into the wall.

Or use two transparent backsplashes to create a hole on each side of the wall and then trim it out with jamb and casing moldings and it would remain live and editable but a little fiddly with all those components occupying essentially the same space but also the advantage of having snap points from the backsplashes.

Good luck and I hope you can make it look as good as the picture.

It seems  that you have wi-fi in the hospital so double check your digital locker and make sure your are signed out and verify your key code.  Not sure why it would not work if those are correct.

13 minutes ago, gene1472 said:

They both have "disable file locking" selected

Maybe try loading the files onto a USB stick just to see if that works and possibly someone who has experienced that exact situation might chime in.

1 minute ago, gene1472 said:

Ok, got it to work.  I had rebooted my machine, but we needed to reboot his machine.

 

Thank you Chopsaw for your efforts. 

Wow.  I can't see that as the actual solution but it may have had an indirect benefit.

It does not look promising unless .dwg would be acceptable....

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/import-or-insert-graphics-into-visio-drawings-f05e556d-a158-4e16-9bd8-5d45071c9b8c

5 minutes ago, gene1472 said:

I am afraid it is not "file locking" feature

It would not hurt to check that to be sure it is set the same on both computers.

There is also a "File Locking" setting in Preferences but not sure if that could be a factor or not.

Just an empty plan file should be about 2-3 MB for the template information alone.   Something seems to happen if the file is uploaded while it is still open and less data is contained in the file so check the file size..    I would think a nearly complete plan would have some size like maybe 15 - 40 MB.  Possibly the upload to the cloud account is having the same issues.

That seems to be the same message you get when someone uploads a plan file to the forum here while the file is still open.  Is there anything more than the file shell based on the size ?

51 minutes ago, tinyhouseguy said:

.tried the Cad Detail from view, but now I can't enlarge it.

any suggestions.

First of all do the foundation last.  You can edit a cad detail.  It will just be tedious and you will not have any of the automation available in plan view.

If you anticipate a lot of revisions then the three plan file approach would make the most sense.

Give this a try Rene.    upper_layers.to_a[0].material_data.quantity

2 hours ago, tinyhouseguy said:

ok,thank you chop saw... ok I've looked over all the advice. So I decide to send the foundation plan to the layout as a picture, but I see there is not any options when I click on "send to layout". what is the best method to to get that foundation view to a picture?

When you send to layout there is an option "Current Screen As Image" .   However if it is a plan view it will be primarily cad so I think a Cad Detail From View would work much better, take less memory, and leave you the option of adding to the view or doing some minor edits if necessary and the detail will remain live.  Use the Images for camera views that you don't want to update.

The deck height is controlled by the deck room DBX  (Dialogue Box)  Set it so it is the same or just below the entrance landing.

Room height also controls where the roof builds.

4 minutes ago, Allen43 said:

Ok, I was kind of afraid of that. I was hoping chief would be smart enough to look past users and use relative paths, because other than the users having different names, all of the items are in the same path. Thanks for your quick response though.

Yes I was suspicious that might be a problem so it may be necessary to relink unfortunately.

Those library tool icons reference the actual library object file so the file path needs to be identical for it to work on a different machine.