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Thanks to all, the options make sense (considering what I have been doing). Thanks for your time.

Hello all, I work for an architect who likes to make numerous revisions, options, etc (I get paid by the hour so I say bring it on). She would like each one saved and labeled in case the client wants to go back to an old version (For example I have 52 plan files for a home we just completed). Problem I have is this is very cumbersome and nonefficient. Also, every time I rename a file I have to redo the layout file. With all the online videos on the Chief website and youtube I can't find help with this...I assume I am not asking the correct questions to find what I am looking for. I have looked for file management. Where should I look? Thanks for any help.

Thanks Michael, yes I should "dust off" the manual. I did end up using construction lines and they did work great. On another note, in two weeks my family and I will be in Montreal. The kids want to go to La Ronde, I want to go to Rueben's for a smoked meat sandwich. Anyway, thanks for the help.

Hello all, I have an issue with one house plan. Whenever I try to align a wall with the wall above (or from the other floor..the wall below) the walls do not align. When I try to align the wall on the main floor with the wall in the basement the main floor wall is aligned with the center of the foundation wall. If I try from the foundation the main floor wall is almost aligned with the inside edge of the concrete wall. This is strange considering I have used the same wall types on other plans with no issues at all. The walls are nontypical as main flor wall is 2"x6" with rigid insulation and stone veneer, the foundation is ICF with stone veneer. The 2"x6" studded wall is the main layer of the foundation wall and the concrete portion of the ICF is the main layer of the foundation. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks everyone. I will try the suggestions here. I appreciate your time.

I am working on an A-Frame home (first one for me). I did the main floor and then put a roof on it. The roof is 20/12 (just testing for now) on a 48" wall. I then used the "Build New Floor" in the Build tools to build a second floor. When that was done there are corner walls (not sure how to describe them) beyond the roof in the corners of the house on the second floor. And the floor continues out over the shed dormer areas. The house is rather rough right now as it is in the preliminary stages. I've attached a pic if it helps. What am I doing wrong? Any help will be appreciated. 2022 A-Frame.pdf

I am working on a large house plan and ran across an issue with the foundation. While making a few revisions I moved the foundation wall by 5" to meet a request by the contractor I noticed the exterior layers of the foundation wall (in this case the exterior foam layer and the parging layer) now extend to the eaves. Is there a way to have these foundation exterior layers to stop at the top of the foundation wall? Thanks in advance

I have used the sun angle feature a few times especially when a client wants a sunroom. Is there and option to create a short video that would show the shadows casted throughout a day? I've used accurender with autocad years ago and was able to set a time span and a short video would be created showing the path of the sun throughout that time period. Does Chief Architect have that? I couldn't find anything online. Thanks for any help,

I tried that (Selecting the double lined railing and continuing to the wall) and nothing changed. I'd post the plan but when I tired I was told the file is too large.

No, the railing section is not marked as invisible.

Have an odd issue with railing on a roof. The house is unique with a "live" roof. The client wants a door to the flat roof from a second floor room. There is a section of the roof railing that will not appear in the elevations or renderings. In the floor plan it is shown as only a single line as opposed to the double line for every other section of railing. I clicked on it and that section of railing has all the same properties as the others. I've tried changing properties of the railing, roof and walls around the railing. No idea. Not sure if there is enough here to see what is going on here but any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Is there a way for the window and door opening indicators to be visible on the Standard Elevation view? The Opening Indicator layer is turned on. They are visible in a Vector Elevation view. Are just not available in the standard view? Client likes the standard view over the vector and I've just drawn them in manually. Would be nice though if it could be done automatically. Thanks in advance

That looks pretty good. I'll give it a shot. Thanks Joe

Is there a way to create a new window type to add the Marvin Skycove to the program? I've tried editing box windows and can get very close but can't get the top of the box window to look like the skycove. The skycove has a sloped glass top. Any help would be appreciated.

Nevermind, I did a search on this forum (I know, should have searched before) and have set the defaults properly for this project.

I have a question about room heights changing without my input. I am working on a large two story home. At the beginning of the project I set the ceiling heights for the basement (9'), main floor (10') and the second floor (9'). I just began a cross section and was surprised to see that the room heights have changed. The basement ceiling height is now 10'-6", main floor is 9' and the second floor is 8'. Is this something others have experienced? And is there an easy way to change the ceiling heights for the entire floor?

My client wants a curved section of deck with a set of steps (probably only one tread) that follows the same curve. Is there a way to do that with the stairs tool? Or, since it's probably one tread, jst make it work with another tool? I've attached the drawing the client sent showing what they have in mind.

Yes I was using the %scale% macro in a text box located in the layout border. But, it seemed to work before. Anyway I followed your advice Chopsaw and added %box_scale% macro within the layout box label. This looks like it works. Thanks for your help Chopsaw and Michael

Chopsaw, the scale on the PDF shows 1":1". Michael - I'm not sure what you are asking. I just click the "Send to layout" icon on the menu and "Send to layout" dialog box pops up. I check the page I want and I confirm the 1/4":1' scale is checked. Then send it to layout. Then scale is shown as 23/64":1' or 47/128":1' and then 1":1" once it has been printed to PDF.

Lately when I send plans to layout the scale is different than what I request. When I send a floorplan, elevation or section to layout the scale is set at 1/4":1'. But, once the drawing is in layout the scale is shown as either 23/64":1' or 47/128":1'. This is something new as it was always shown as 1/4":1' before. I don't know if I had changed something in default settings or what. Any help would be appreciated. I am running Chief Architect Premier X12 if that helps. I've attached two pics if that helps

I attempted to edit the default settings to how I wanted them but have a couple questions... First one...I mistakenly set the default base molding as crown molding. So, now the base molding is shown at the ceiling. I can't seem to find this setting to correct it. Secondly, I've set the default wall type for interior and exterior walls with the materials I want (I've also changed the Materials section of the settings to match). But, once I've started to layout the drawing some of the walls have the original default materials and some have the new default. For example, I've changed the material of the Wall (Interior) to white from "drywall". Many of the walls will be white and some will be "drywall". I've gone through the entire list of the settings to change the defaults to what I want but there must be something I am missing. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

At times I work with log houses and would like to do them up in 3D. I used to use standard Autocad and rendering software but it was a bit cumbersome and not worth the extra cost to the client. I've also read a tutorial on the Chief Architect site about doing log homes by applying log siding to the house after it has been drawn up. Looks a bit cumbersome as well. Has anyone out there used Chief Architect for log homes? Or would you have an alternative software option. Just looking for the ability to supply the customer with basic 3d renderings (raytracing not necessary) to show clients for their review. Thanks

Is there a way to add a double top railing as shown in the attached pic? Or should I just either add it in manually or make a symbol?

Thanks, that did it. Just unclicked the opaque glass option. Thanks for your help.

Not sure what you mean by camera technique options. I went through the camera default settings and couldn't find anything there.