Chopsaw

Just now, Alaskan_Son said:

Not sure why you would need to do such a thing in Chief, but try increasing your DPI.

Yea Thanks.  That is the technical issue it seems but my issue is that I have a 4.5MB PDF from a Civil Engineer that I need to put a few notes on and if I send it back at 600dpi (which still does not work but is trending the right way) then the file ends up being 127MB recreated in chief.

That is a recipe for someone like that to have a good laugh and ignore my work all together not to mention Chief's reputation.

I will try going higher and then dumb it back down with another utility but this is 20 year old technology that should not be an issue for Chief.

Does anyone know of a font that chief can microprint without destroying when printed to PDF?

Arial @ .25 mm  Plan View:

Arial @ .25 mm PDF View:   Not Acceptable !

6 hours ago, Francois said:

Chopsaw, this is what I get when I select a room.

Ok that is what I suspected you were describing but like Joe I am unable to produce those results with your posted file even with the all on layerset.

Humm...   It seems to be functioning fine for me.  I assume you saved the file in the state that you were having the issue. Sometime I get a roof plane rather than a room but nothing that covers the entire structure.  Could you post a screen shot perhaps ?

29 minutes ago, Francois said:

Here is the zip

I don't think it zipped properly.  Give it another try and make sure the file is not open when you zip or upload.

I got an Early Termination Warning and the file is almost empty.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00971/message-file-being-read-is-terminated-early.html?utm_source=Chief+Architect+Premier+23+x64&utm_medium=software&utm_campaign=Resource%3A+faq&utm_content=Error+ID%3A+272004602

1 minute ago, Francois said:

all room have been assigned too

Yes that is a good habit to get into so then you can just turn on the room labels to be sure everything is connected.

The exterior room (as Glenn was suggesting) when selected will look like this but it is often difficult to select.

I assume you have SSA if you just upgraded so you can access it through your account on the website.

Or post your plan file here on the forum and one of the experts may be able to help.

That is pretty irregular.  If you don't get an answer here please make sure tech support is made aware of the details.

The plan file may help as I was unable to reproduce the situation.

Sounds to me more like you have something overlaid on the entire building.  Select it and see what it is.

Yes you can put a doorway into a railing wall but it is a little tricky to have a railing wall end with a doorway but it can be done.

There is a tool for that. 

Hole in floor on foundation level of true monoslab.

You can cut a hole through a true monoslab on the foundation level but the program complains a bit if it is at the very edge.

Having difficulties working with the mono slab but have not tried it before.  Completely workable if you replace that with a p-solid though.

1 minute ago, DeniseR said:

It's just a concrete slab...a patio (Monolithic slab with floor underneath room checked) . 

Yikes...   I guess you need a hole in the floor then or perhaps shape the room around the opening.

Usually you would edit the building terrain hole to make that work but it depends on how you crated the concrete walkway ?

P.S. Those stairs would become a bit dangerous with such a hole. 

Just now, DeniseR said:

Yes!  So, I guess I just need to find the bad wall and fix it?  

Yes. They are normally circled when the program has identified them as having a connection issue.

1 minute ago, DeniseR said:

Where did you find that chart?

Hiding in the Help Files under Pointer Icons.

Does it look anything like this ?

Change your "Exterior Wall Surface" back to "Default" at the top of the list of "Plan Materials" and you should be good to go.

How about the other side of the wall ?  If it shows drywall then two of the walls are likely inside out.

3 hours ago, ChiefUserRachel1 said:

I am need to change the scale to 1' - 0" = 1/2' scale  in the drafting before you are wanting to print. 

That is a bit irregular.    Are you referring to "Check Plot" Printing perhaps ?

There is another current thread on that subject here:

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/33854-printing-layout-sheets-on-11x17-or-24x36/?tab=comments#comment-264022

3 hours ago, para-CAD said:

On my mac, depressing the scroll wheel to pan when in 3D will cause an SEH crash 

That sounds like loads of fun.  Is tech support aware of that ?

I had a serious error when panning past ALDO and they told me that it was my mouse.

1 hour ago, johndore42 said:

Important shortcut but I can't find it - anyone know?

I don't think it can get any simpler than depressing your scroll wheel.

2 minutes ago, DGail1 said:

nope, that was the first thing I checked.  

It is possible you have found a new bug.   Are you able to post the plan file ?