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  1. On 6/19/2017 at 10:09 AM, DRAWZILLA said:

    I'm not sure as I have a lot of "pdf's" in a final plan but never put them in the actual plan, I put them in the layout. The only slowness I see might be a couple seconds only on the pages with the full size "pdf's" on them like a title 24 pages at the end of the plan. With larger plans I will just not open the layout while working on the plan. I really don't see much of a slowness as you do. Lots of round railing can also slow it down, looks like you have lots of railings, try to turn them off while working on the plan. Also not sure if the Zeon's are the best CPU for Chief, ask Larry H. about that, something about multi-threading. I know he was having the same slowness.

    Perry,

     

    I found the issues. 1) have layout open while working on a plan does slow things down a bit but the real issue is...2) I have sheets in my layout that were some how still look for data that was no long directly linked to the plan file...even though I am using the SAM method when starting new plans. Dan at Chief Experts helped me clean house and fix the issue.

     

    thanks for your suggestions.

  2. Hum! I'll take a look at that approach. If the image was not clear, These "Floor Beams" 4 - 2" x 12"s Double on each side (Stringers" as they are called along to the Coast) sit on notched Posts(aka Pilings). Perpendicular to the the Beams sit are your Floor Joist, 1-1/4" T&G sub floor (4 x 8 sheets) and then you start framing the first floor walls from there. Using the Floor Beams allows me to set the structure for level 0 so when I draw the floor beams manually across the Pilings there elevation is correct.  So, I may be able to accomplish the same this with Trusses if I can make them solid.

     

    Thanks again,

  3. David and ChipSaw,

     

    You both hit on two points I had considered. 

    1) the CAD details are PDF's and I do have live views set but only on demand. It actually sped up after I saved and relinked the files.. a bit, but I will do away with the PDF files and stick to only CAD detail management.

     

    many thanks!

  4. On 6/14/2017 at 8:57 PM, lbuttery said:

    Everyone of my Brother printers broke

     

    printing black fine

     

    replaced the cartridge and no black at all

     

    did clean - then secret clean - then super secret clean

     

    Brother was good about sending replacements multiple times

    until warranty ran out

     

    I had about 6 of them - same problem with all

     

    no more Brother printers for me :(

     

    Lew

    Dang Lew! 

     

    I feel the same way about HP. I have rarely had consistent success with HP Wireless and Network printing. They also eat a lot of ink.

     

    Just connected my new Brother MFC-J6930DW and what a difference!!!! Faster printing than the HP and and way better quality. Even spits out the 11 x 17 in seconds. For the price (Amazon Prime) it was hard to beat so we'll see. This is a great thread and thank everyone who contributes feedback.

     

    Much appreciated,

     

  5. On 9/19/2014 at 0:59 PM, lbuttery said:

    be sure each color is a separate cart.

     

    I gave up on having a wide format printer

     

    a nice 13 x 19 model fit my office needs

     

    for the clients prints I create a PDF and let them print them at the local shop

     

    be sure to have a clause in your contract that if they print they

    they found them acceptable

     

    twice I sent DRAFTS to a client and the first time he dashed them to the printer

    then then engineer marked them up and he complained about wasting $200+

     

    second draft  I hand delivered and he tells the secretary to take to printers

    I said NO, you need to review them first...

     

    from then on I had that clause in the contract :(

     

    Lew

    Lew,

    I, too, have the Printing clause in my contract but I would still like to have an "ALL IN ONE 13 x 19 Printer" in my Home Office. All brand and model recommendations appreciated. The New HP 7740 looks nice, until I read a review from a Revit user that could not get it to work without streaks. My wife would like it to support Mobil devise printing too. I know this is a pretty big wish list but my main concern is quality Color Printing with Chief Architect.

     

    Thanks,

  6. 10 hours ago, johnny said:

     

    It depends what product you're talking about.  I can tell you Office 365 has 24-7 support since the calls are forwarded to somewhere in India as the support center.

     

    Myself, I find t he forums here to be better than any tech support i've seen. 

    I concur whole heartedly! I only wish I had more time spend on the forum. 

  7. David,

     

    Since the point of this Thread is to learn how to maximize Chief's RT capabilities, please provide the setting used to produce these fine pictures. Your work is very nice and we all appreciate and respect your expertise. 

     

     

    Thanks

  8. Just now, glennw said:

    Scott,

     

    You are confused.

    The Plan View in the Layout Box Specification IS reporting the Current Annotation Set being used.

    The macro %referenced_layer_set% IS reporting the layer set used.

     

    The reason you are getting confused is that you have both the Layer Set and the Anno set named exactly the same.

    Change the name of the layer set and see what happens to the label.

     

    Glenn,

     

    You are absolutely right... I am confused in attempting understand Chief's logic in their DBX. I have it working just fine using my Same name method. What's missing is the ability to label "via macro" a Reference Floor and Layer Set.

     

    Hope the Typhoon does not hit you guys!

     

     

  9. 19 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:
    1. Open the Layout Box
    2. Open the Label
    3. M>
    4. Object Specific .... This will give you the Referenced File NameBox Scale, Layer  Set, Layer, and a few other things.

    I don't think there's anything for Annotation Set.

    Joe,

     

    The "PLAN VIEW" menu item within the "Layout Box Specification" dbx actually says "Current Annotation Set". This works well because my template method has a matching AnnoSet and LayerSet. See Video for more detail.

     

     

     

  10. I'm currently using one method but it is not yielding the desired results. Is there a way to create a Label Macro in Layout to show me what Annotation Set and Reference Sets are being used for this view? I hope the video below will explain what I want and why I want it.

     

    Thanks,

     

     

  11. Chop,

     

    Thanks for the followup. I double checked the Layout box and there is only one VIEW there. I was pretty sure because I just updated view to my revised layout template. So, I guess it is a carryover from X8. Are you able to reproduce it on you side?

  12. While I wait (Since March 3rd) for the developers to correct their programming errors, please check this video let me know what you think might be happening and how I can correct it without removing all the features Chief is advertising. If you need the plan and Layout I can upload them separately  as they are 27MB in one zip.

     

     

     

    Thanks again for all your help!