Chopsaw

Pretty sure there is a little leeway with SSA payments so no need to panic quite yet but it is a little odd when you get an email like that.  Even tech support seems to have a habit of doing that and sending out emails at the end of the day just before or after closing time. 

9 minutes ago, PolArch said:

Thank you for the prompt response!  Another way I just started working on is segregating Tables by Door types viz. Exterior in one table, Hinged in other, Doorway in the third and all Others in the last table.  This way it will organize and help me checking my drawings and hopefully owner/ contractor while ordering.

Thank you again!

Yes that type of organization can really help the contractor if you can separate things by ordering lot sequence or supplier as well.

14 minutes ago, PolArch said:

Could Chopsaw please reload the vidoes or share a link?

Sorry those were not my personal video's.  Michaels method was not one I had personally used but had bookmarked for when the situation came up so can not recall all the exact details.  I think it involved some cad detail from view methods and point to point moves but not sure.

You can PM @Alaskan_Son to see if he will share an archived copy of his original video.

5 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

Says he would used premade bowed doors as rear panels.

Yes I think it could look better than the example by doing that.   The example appears to be 48" straight panels mounted on a wall to support the upper bar top but cutting that down to 24" and curving it would help create the illusion.  Not quite sure what they did on the inside as you can't see much more than the water faucet neck but the back of those cabinets would be completely hidden anyway.

1 minute ago, Renerabbitt said:

Its pretty quick to make honestly. Took me maybe 8 minutes

Yes I understand and appreciate that Rene.   The problem is there is quite a distinct difference between "making" something and "drawing" something.

The posted image creates quite a dramatic effect without using curved cabinets is my other point.

I can see some pretty straight lines there in the cabinets or at least the back panels.  

Definitely a curved custom countertop but that is pretty straight forward.

No point in spending tens of thousands extra unless that is exactly what the client wants.

It looks to me like 4-5 straight sections with a curved top.

You could but it is a long way between there and a set of finished drawings.  It is only one step better than tracing over a PDF.  The advantage of a cad file is that you will have snap points to snap your chief walls to. 

Likely it would be best to just put all your best ideas together and draw your dream house and save your money for the construction project.

Wow that is quite the dramatic difference.   What does it look like with the Color toggled on ?  

Regardless of whether or not it can be fixed that should be sent in to tech support as the images should not be larger than the row dividers ever.

Not really sure that is a cabinet option in chief unless you want to completely custom build the whole cabinet and wall details from solids.

Other wise I think the best approach would be to use the magic of digital design and mesh the cabinet to the wall and take a section view then convert that to a cad detail from view and dimension that for the fabricator.

Unless one of the cabinet guru's has a better suggestion.

Wow that sure is interesting.   You may be able to heal it by CTRL + X and then CTRL + ALT + V  but have not tried it.  Works for some other different types of issues.

54 minutes ago, ChiefPlagman said:

21 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

Is there a way to use the rest of the formatting "convert_to(unit: Symbol | String)"  to display the "units" ?

Or do you need to create a complete NumberFormatter for that with unit=("acre") in it ?

 

This method doesn't allow further control over the formatting, but you could try:

 

area.to_s("acre")

That almost works but I don't see any way to get anything other than the default six decimal places which is a bit of a deal breaker.

The problem I have with the existing documentation which seems to be quite common is that it is all written by someone who is a Ruby master and there is not distinction between the ruby code and items that need to be substituted into the ruby code.

So unless practical examples are given it is really difficult for a novice to figure out.  Someone who already knows ruby likely does not even notice this issue but for someone starting out it would be a lot easier if the items that need to be substituted were another color or italicized or something since ruby uses common words as code.

14 hours ago, lavorhaynie said:

Any ideas what causes the render issue shown in the attached picture?  The stone is not overlapping the brick in the 3D view though it is in the plan view.

Sometimes you need to fiddle with that wall layer intersection tool quite a bit and not necessarily the way you would expect or the wall you think you should adjust.   If there is no way to satisfy it you might want to post the plan file and let one of us have a try.

1 minute ago, RobUSMC said:

Try this one.  I brought into X-12, changed the materials

Thanks Rob,  I actually have X13 and was just trying to clarify what Joe said because it has totally confused me.

1 hour ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Do you have the original X13 drawing before the conversion to Symbol?

I am not sure that would work.  I can't even past an X13 cad line back into X12.

1 hour ago, Joe_Carrick said:

If not, then export to SKP and import that into X12

Perhaps .3DS but definitely not .SKP from Chief unless you are already working in the next version.

1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said:

On 12/15/2021 at 12:44 PM, Chopsaw said:

in the Ruby section of the Help File it seems to suggest that Custom Unit Conversions are supported by the Measurement Class.

They are.  You can for example do the conversion using something like %area.convert_to("acre")% or you can specify your new Unit using the NumberFormatter as well.

Thanks Michael,  That is actually one more character than the method I ended up using  %(area.to_sq_m/4047)%  but it saves me having to look up the conversion factor and maybe not get it correct every time.

Seems strange that the SHORTCUT will not work for this instance.   %area.to_acre%

Is there a way to use the rest of the formatting "convert_to(unit: Symbol | String)"  to display the "units" ?

Or do you need to create a complete NumberFormatter for that with unit=("acre") in it ?

16 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Probably - but Robert could copy it into an X-12 plan and then create it as an X12 Symbol.  

Is there a way that actually works Joe ?  Copy and Paste does not seem to work with symbols to go back to previous versions.

4 minutes ago, gregtvillage said:

I toggled the status bar but it doesn't appear. I think if I get the status bar back the edit toolbar will appear when its suppose to.

Be sure there is a little check box in the corner of the status bar toggle.

May not be a Chief setting at all.  It may just be that your window needs to be "Maximized" up at the top right.

Status Bar can be toggled under "View"

Edit tool bar only appears when an object is selected ?  Not sure it can be turned off.

8 minutes ago, Doug_N said:

I have no idea about California Building Code, but it was written by the same type of people who wrote the code here, well then you will understand how to solve Rubic's Cube.

All except for the people in California most likely did not consider that it would be a good idea to write the entire code in metric for an industry that does not use metric.

55 minutes ago, jasonn1234 said:

sooo, would one consider this a bug? It was smart enough to not put in a ceiling, except where it intersects the wall.

If you do then expect to find a lot more of them like when is 0 not actually 0, and when is a polyline perimeter not a polyline perimeter. 

22 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

Why are you trying to do it via the Unit Conversions? , rather than just writing your own macro to put into the Polyline Label for example ?

Just thinking that the software might be able to do it without a user macro for simplicity and consistency.  If you need some sort of little macro for everything you do that is a lot of macro's to keep track of without any sort of indexing system.

24 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

Just wondering if you are over thinking this? 

Perhaps but can you think of any way to access even a hard-coded default unit that is an Area or Volume in the program aside from the new Measurement Class system ?

27 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

you maybe able to use the New Number Formatter in Ruby to convert sq.ft to acre perhaps?

I don't think so.  I would like to be proven wrong of course, but I think it only "stylizes" the existing hard-coded default units.

Yes there is always a trick when dealing with Chief Architect.  You can't just turn off the ceiling, you need to actually delete it as Rob said.