DianeP

Well darn,  The above options work in the 3d perspective views for the materials, but the pattern is still single lines 7" apart in the vector and 2d views I send to my layouts..  Anyway to get the pattern 5" and 3" for the 2D views? Thanks for all the great ideas!

2 hours ago, rlackore said:

You can give this a try: Wood Lap Siding 7x2.calibz

 

Wonderful!!  Thanks so  much Robert!!!

3 minutes ago, solver said:

Use an existing material. Edit in an image editor. Use the new image to create a new material.

 

Eric is there an image editor that you like to use that is easy to use?

Any suggestions on how to modify a material so that I can create this effect.  I have created a 2" reveal and a 7" reveal, but never one that alternates between two sizes.  Thanks!!!

Thanks everyone for your advise.  Didn't realize there was a section for building code questions.  I will keep it in mind for next time.  I appreciate everyone using their ESP in figuring out what I was trying to ask and giving me the help I was looking for on this stair question.  I will confirm that the landing is 44".  

On 10/8/2020 at 9:27 PM, rgardner said:

Looks good.  Btw you put up

two of these threads.  You may consider deleting the other one to keep everything clean.

23 hours ago, Dermot said:

Please check with your local building department because this stair configuration may not meet code requirements.  I was told that stairs are never supposed to get narrower along the path of egress.  

 

I would also encourage you to delete your other post.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to post both of them, but they both have some really good information in the replies,  Is there a way to merge the posts?

2 minutes ago, Ridge_Runner said:

Yours are. Your landing, as drawn, is the same width where the stair sections touch it. What doesn't work is where the landing is "narrower" than the stair section that it connects to.

Thanks Mike, that makes sense.  Not sure how/why anyone would want to create that situation.  

is this allowed?    Wanting to do this so that the opening at the top of the wider stairs will match the double door on the house.  I remember reading the landing is supposed to be the same width as the stairs, but wasn't sure if it would work if the stairs came to the landing from different directions, so thought  I would ask one of you experts.   Seems like a 6x6' landing would be incredibly large.   Thanks!  

is this allowed?    Wanting to do this so that the opening at the top of the wider stairs will match the double door on the house.  I remember reading the landing is supposed to be the same width as the stairs, but wasn't sure if it would work if the stairs came to the landing from different directions, so thought  I would ask one of you experts.   Seems like a 6x6' landing would be incredibly large.   Thanks!  

Is the  a way to have an exterior landing framed automatically with its required support posts  so it isn't floating in mid air? I alway go back and add the posts manually, but wonder if there is an easier way to do this now.

1 hour ago, solver said:

Make the roofing thicker.

 

And that often goes away when sent to layout.

Eric, The picture I attached was from my layout page.  I'll try to make the roofing material thicker.  UPDATE: Where do I make the roof material thicker? UPDATE 2:  I found it Here it is. 

Any ideas on what I did wrong that caused the rafters to show through my roof material.  I need to show the open rafters tails.   

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2 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

Yes the File must be given a Name , ie always 1st thing on opening a New Plan for a Project give it the Clients name ( Or whatever) then Chief will start making Autosaves and Archive etc.......NEVER work in a Plan that says UNTITLED.............. I also learn that the hard way  

 

The reminder for Archives will popup around 16-18 files as the Chief default is 14,  however I have mine set at 22 to see less of that annoying popup :)

 

Diane......Updates , don't usually reset Preferences , so the settings that were there should not have changed  unless you mean you went from X11-X12 ?

 

Chief does acknowledge unexpected closures with no save option given  , I've seen it myself and with Clients on both PC and MAC.

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03049/troubleshooting-chief-architect-software-closing-unexpectedly-on-windows.html

 

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It was changed somehow on mine.  I did the update around 10:00 yesterday morning and before that I had several .plans archive folders. I had 4 on the 10th which were all done before I did the update.   Today I have changed the preference back to archive every hour.  I had one at 10:17 but now that one is gone and I have one at 11:26 am.  I'm not sure what happened or is happening. (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

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1 minute ago, HumbleChief said:

Diane, not exactly sure but a manual 'save' might be part of the archiving strategy. I called tech support regarding this issue, and it's been a while, but I think I remember that being important as I had a bad/older plan file with no archives even though I thought I set up prefs to create them automatically. Made no sense at the time as the implication from the pref's etc. is that archive will be created 'automatically' but not so sure. Can anyone confirm?

I have always had several archives that were available to choose from before the update.  Not sure if it was one every hour, though.  I think they have a maximum you can set and then maybe they get over written when it gets to that point???

4 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said:

With OneDrive open in your browser select recent files, find your plan file in the list, click on it and in the menu bar at the top select version history. It should then show a list of previous versions.

Thanks for the info.  I looked that way as well and it was the older version since I had the file open working on it.  Oh well, I have started redoing my work.  Thanks for reminding me to set the archive preferences so I won't have this happen again.  I think they should add that to the list they give us to make sure certain things are done before we install the update. /They tell us to make sure we have backed up our work.  They could also tell us to be sure to reset our archive preference when we get done.

3 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said:

 

There is only one auto save file, the main one you are working on. if you are using a cloud system such as OneDrive you might be able to get it back from the cloud.

I do, but I don't know if it updates files that are open.  I will check One Drive to see.  UPDATE:  I looked, last one uploaded was 23 hrs ago which is the one I have now.  Won't upload open files, evidently.

1 minute ago, TheKitchenAbode said:

 

I assume it will. The only thing to consider is the total number of files you are going to have, as each archive save is a separate independent plan file you will really start to eat into your drive space if you are auto saving every 5 minutes.

Gotcha.  Is there a way to find the autosave files?  Are they stored on the computer in another location?

5 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said:

Auto save and archiving are two separate functions. They are set in the preferences. I believe the default for archiving is once a day, you can set it to hourly. If your system crashes then the auto save may not help as the crash may have resulted in the saved plan being corrupted. As such, the archives are your only way to get your plan back.

I wonder if i set this for the last save, would it use the last autosave as the archive?

Oh, Thanks!  Checking that now.  I wish it would have set my preferences the way I had them in the x12 before I did the update.  Then, I wouldn't have had this issue. 

I was working on this plan since I installed the CA x12 update yesterday.  I had it on save every 5 minutes.  It crashed and there are no archived plans to work on since 10:35 am yesterday.  Now I have to go back and try to remember all the changes I made.  I was nearly done with it!   Grrrrrrr!  Frustrated.

2 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Yes and no.  Those little 8" wall sections should likely just be framed conventionally.  That would mean one single 17'+ cutout.

Is there a distance I could move those windows over where it could still be ICF?  I guess what I am asking is what is the minimum space between openings where ICF can still be used?

Does anyone  know if there is a problem having windows this close to the door on an ICF build?  

Not sure why it is doing this,  It has always dimensioned to sides or middle of doors and windows, but on this plan it is only to windows.  Any ideas of what to look for.  Opening sides is selected in the dialog box, 

Thanks everyone for your guidance.  I came back to look at this problem on a day where I had a clearer mind and used some of the advice given.  Here is what I came up with as a way to change the dimensions to what I needed them to be.   I used the same technique to change the ceiling heights and remove the depth of the floor system.

4 hours ago, Richard_Z said:

This one was easy to make. Stretch plains right in the center.

X Railing.calibz

Richard I have a question,  Is there a way I can make the panels thicker, 1.5" x 4".  I tried to make it work on the dialog box for the railing but it didn't change anything visually when I changed the panel thickness to 4".  Thanks!