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46 minutes ago, rgardner said:

Looks more like its the railing than the beam.  Did you try pulling the railing back an inch from the wall with a room divider ?

 

If you open the file I uploaded there are no railings in the plan.  I tested this thoroughly.

This may have been reported and discussed before, but I've searched the forum and had no results.  I have found this bug using X10 and have confirmed that it also occurs in X13.

When I bump two windows together at a corner, so that the windows are tight to the inside finish layer of the wall, I sometimes find that the interior and/or exterior casing of one or both windows does not generate.  I did some investigation and found the cause.  If a floor or roof beam intersects the wall at the corner, this causes the casing to glitch.  The bottom of the beam must be 1/16" above the top of the wall or the top of the beam 1/16" below the bottom of the wall for the casing to generate correctly.

I have submitted a detailed bug report to Cheif Architect Technical Support.  I just wanted to make a post here so anyone searching for answers might find this.  I've uploaded a plan that demonstrates the conditions I've described.

Beam removes corner window casing.zip

I would suggest using "save as" to create a new plan, and delete all floors you are not working on.  Later, you can copy/paste hold position all objects from the working plan into the full model.

Also, when working in 3D or if you have a 3D view open in the background, try different rendering styles to see which one is faster.  I find for me that standard rendering is faster than vector as it uses the GPU more than the CPU.

I use this method, but can you clarify why this needs to be a pony wall?  I just use a standard wall set to no room definition.  Also, I usually drag up in cross section through the stairs to get a snap on to the stair structure, as well as to use "make parallel" to find the stair angle.

You are posting this in the incorrect section.  Please post questions for other users in the Q&A secion.  This section is to offer your own tips and techniques to others.

3 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

No, Chief only includes totals for Areas (Door, Window & Room categories).

It would be nice to have a Totals row for other dimensional data.  Maybe a suggestion would be appropriate.

Thanks.  Wanted to check here in Q&A before I made a suggestion.

Does anyone know a way to include a totals row for cabinet schedules that will add up the width of all base cabinets to give a total of the linear cabinets?  I'd like to be able to provide a quick and easy calculation for preliminary drawings so the client can get a tangible sense of how much cabinet space is provided.

I follow a workflow that goes from broad concepts to specific details, a narrowing of focus, over the time of 3 to 4 revisions.  I let my clients know that on the first meeting when we are doing space planning that cabinet doors are not important to discuss at this time.  Getting the general flow of the plan and the function and arrangement of the spaces determined BEFORE we go into too much detail is important and keeps the project on track, preventing major deviations from the original design from derailling the process near the finishing stages.

On 6/20/2016 at 2:58 PM, Adrean said:

Attempting to put together a plot plan with terrain elevation this weekend, I came across this site that I thought was handy.

https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm

It isn't an elegant site, but you can enter the address for the property that you are working on and simply click the image to find the elevation for that "point". I was able to put together a reasonable terrain in Chief quickly using this tool.

Certainly not great for a final project, but a good start for the conceptualization phase.

This would be great for a preliminary phase when we are waiting weeks for the surveyor to fit us in his schedule.  Thanks, I'll check it out!

"Tips and Tricks" is somewhat ambiguous as to the purpose of this forum, being that it is to offer new ideas.  Sort of the opposite of "General Q&A."  While the sub heading clarifies it, it seems that a lot of new users and users not familiar with the forum navigate here to ask for help instead of the Q&A section.  I think a better title might help people recognize the purpose of this sub forum.

I can't think of a name off the top of my head, but perhaps people have some suggestions.  I'll be back if I think of something.

3 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Yes.  This is one of the best new features IMO.

I've been wanting this one but never even thought to make a feature request.

On 6/5/2021 at 6:47 AM, Gr8trim4u said:

Still no railing offset on the stairs. 

 

 

 

Stairs are still a major outstanding issue in chief.  We got some things a while back to hold us over, but until we are specifying their framing, have railing offsets, and probably a bunch of other stuff they are still a very basic tool IMO.

On 6/4/2021 at 7:01 PM, glennw said:

I assume you are talking about setting a default for this?

Yes.

On 6/3/2021 at 12:40 PM, HumbleChief said:

New features look awesome...

Damn, this has a LOT of things we've been asking for for like 10 years.

I was hoping to see some position control of dimension text laterally (as in to the left or right, instead of just above, below or centered on the line.)  But maybe for X14.  Love the automatic C/L feature thought!  And framing header controls are finally fully functional!

I have my s key bound to another tool via hotkeys.  Do you know what tool or function the s key is controlling so that I can bind it to another hotkey?

You should post this on the Q&A forum if you want people to respond with help for you.  This forum is to offer tips you know that will help other users.

On 2/8/2021 at 6:35 AM, joey_martin said:

Received an email this morning asking for electrical plan help. The biggest question seems to be, "how the heck can I control the arc of the connections!!"

 

My tip, for those that don't know, is that the arcs are created in clockwise circles. As you are drawing the arcs between switch and fixture, think of the direction you are drawing around a circle (or clock) and it will speed up your electrical plan work not having to manipulate those arcs.

Didn't know that, thank you!

You should be posting this on the Q&A forum.  This forum is for you to share tips and tricks you have learned with other people.  You will get more traffic looking at your problem if you post it in the right forum.

20 hours ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

Then you might want to elaborate on that in your suggestion. I read it and had no idea what you were asking for.

I don't understand how my post wasn't clear.

25 minutes ago, joey_martin said:

You mean like this?

Nope, not like that.  I select that and have to paint objects I've already drawn.

Like I said in my post, I want to use the eyedropper, and when I select an object with it, chief assigns that layer's object as the default cad layer.

I meant to post this in suggestions. Not sure if the mods can move it or if I should delete and repost it.

I'd like a layer eyedropper tool that assigns the selected layer to be the current CAD layer.  I'd use the **** out of this tool.

Thanks!

EDIT:

Oops, meant to post this in suggestions.

18 hours ago, Designer1 said:

Thanks so much Mick!  We all can use a performance boost on our computers regardless of specs!  Thanks so much for taking the time to show us this, I really appreciate it!

IMO this post should be pinned here.  Perhaps this should be detailed in an official CA getting started guide.

Thanks for this.  I wasn't aware of these settings, and I've noticed an improvement in performance now that they are set.

Hooboy, why would I outsource this?

Do they research through the bylaws to determine setbacks and other restrictions?  Do they deterime parking requirements?  Lane width requirements?  Footpaths?  Open space?

This is just weird and the price range seems suspect to me.

IMO this level of detail amounts to "shop drawings" and isn't something that I consider part of my job.  I'm not sure how you operate, but if this was asked of me I'd have to charge extra for it.  Even then, I wouldn't guarantee anything, as I don't control what happens in the field.

Chief doesn't have any tools for this specific purpose.  My best suggestion would be to use cad polylines in a cross section to lay out the boards and casings and such.  Good luck!