SusanC

Going to IBS / KBIS in Vegas this week? Consider visiting booths of manufacturers you'd like to see in Chief, introduce yourself and talk with the reps. They love to hear that you spec their products. Tell them how you'd like to be able to use their products in your renders to sell to clients, populate your schedules to place orders, etc.. Also visit the booths of manufacturers who are already in Chief and let them know how much you enjoy using their products in your designs.

Place a door in your plan. Double click on the door to open the dialog box. Select "Barn" door. Go to "Options" tab. Select "Door Panels" and then "Double Door Only". Good luck!

This video gives an explanation of how to include an AsBuilt in your plan. This will allow you to show walls and other items that are existing, but will be changing. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10266/remodeling-as-built-overlays.html

I had a one on one training session yesterday and asked why this feature is not allowed through defaults. The trainer said he thought it had been set up this way intentionally, but would ask the developers for us. I agree, this is not a feature that is needed all the time, but as a kitchen / bath designer, I like being able to control where the dimensions attach and was just wondering why it can be controlled through the dbx for an individual string, but not through the defaults. Just curious!

Pam: Easy to re-sort a schedule. In the schedule, click on the cabinet you want to move and drag it to the position you want in the schedule and the numbering will adjust. That is discussed at the 6:11 minute mark in this video: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/1544/door-window-cabinet-schedules.html Good luck!

Oh good! Glad it is going to work for you.

If you're in hurry, another option is to use the Wolf ceiling hood which is flush mount and looks similar to the Nuvola 90 when it is installed up in the ceiling. You can find it in Chief's Wolf Cooking catalog. If you need to have your schedule populate correctly, you can just go into the dialog box for this hood and change the name, the specs, etc. Good luck!

And I was just reminded that the Brizo catalog is already available for download from the Chief website. Go to Chief website: User Center / Catalog Downloads / Fixtures and Appliances and you'll find the Brizo catalog for download into Chief.

If you visit the Brizo website and click on "Resources" on the top tool bar, you'll find they do have 4 options of 3d files for download and one of the options will work in Chief. You'll need to sign up for a "My BIM Smith" account on the Brizo website, which is easy. Then you can download that faucet in a .skp file format and import it into Chief. Save it into your User Library. After you import it into Chief you'll have to change the finish and manually place it into a cabinet. I did this for the Brizo "Allaria" faucet and I posted a screen shot showing you the steps to import into Chief: File / Import / Import 3d Symbol.

You're welcome Leah! However, you're going to have to do this for each dimension string for now because it appears it is not possible to make this change in the defaults. While it is time consuming, at least it is possible. I'll let you know if I find a way to do this through the defaults.

My error! I think there may be a bug in the defaults? I used the "edit active view" button when in the elevation. Selected defaults / Dimensions / Locate Manual / Cabinets and then I tried checking just "sides" vs. checking "sides" and "openings". I can get one or the other to work, but not both.

I think you are just missing a check box in the dimensions. If you double click on one of those dimension strings to open the dialog box, look for "Options" to see if you've checked "Display Gaps Between Cabinet Face Items". If that is the solution for you, you'll need to go into your defaults and check that box so all of your dimensions now work that way going forward.

Happy New Year!! Here is a super easy opportunity to have your voice heard for new catalogs in Chief: Visit the Chief Architect Software page on Face Book. Chief recently posted on their home page asking for us to comment on what brands we'd like to see in Chief's library. Please take advantage of this easy opportunity and help Chief make our requests known!! Thanks, Susan p.s. screenshot shows what to look for on the Chief Architect Software FB page.

Check to see if "drawers/doors/panels" is checked for the dimension defaults you are using. If not, the dimension tool won't pick up the panel you applied.

To change all door styles at once - 3 suggestions: Set up a Style Pallet https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/247/using-style-palettes.html or Group select all of the base cabinets and make your change so they all change at once. Then group select all of the wall cabinets, make your change, etc. or Select a door out of the library and apply it to each cabinet by clicking on the cabinet door. ------------------------- The "glass door" option in the cabinet dbx is only available for the 2 doors in the drop down menu = framed door or slab door. Those 2 doors are built differently than the library doors. Parametric vs. 3d objects. Check out this recent thread on how doors work in Chief. This is how I learned about the different types of doors in Chief's dialog boxes and how they work. Good luck! Susan

I also struggle with angled walls and after many years of working on plans for very old homes with crazy angled walls in the Boston area, I found the best way to have complete control over the dimensions at the angles was to use point markers at the end of each angle. I'd then slowly adjust each wall to be as close as possible to my point markers. Might not be the "proper" way to do things, but it gave me control.

I am always amazed at what I learn on Chief Talk! Thank you to all the Chief Staff on this thread for explaining that doors in Chief's drop down menu are parametric and library doors are created as 3d objects and what the properties are of each. I had made a request on this thread and in the suggestion box for the ability to have more customization of cabinet doors through the cabinet dbx, not understanding - until it was explained on this thread - how these doors were created on the back end and what the limitations are. I'd be happy with any improvements to the parametric doors, but understand that is not as easy as it sounds. Chief's cabinet tools are amazing and as a kitchen / bath designer, I'm constantly using them and very appreciative of their many uses and stability. I will go forward trying out some of the ideas presented on this thread for ways to create custom door styles: Eric's creative use of the door tools to create cabinet door symbols, DBCooper's link to MarkMc's countertop strategy, and really interesting - Dermot's use of the cabinet itself to create door symbols. Thanks again everyone for such great input!! Susan

Hi Eric, Thank you very much for the video. I've made custom doors from solids and countertops and saved them as symbols, but had not thought to use a door or window as a tool for creating a custom symbol. Very clever. Susan

Dermot, Thank you for responding. I did put a request for this on the Suggestions forum awhile back, which I am assuming is the place to formally submit a feature request? Thanks, Susan

Ahhh!! Thank you again kellyh, Taylor_B, and JacobB for the explanation of how parametric and 3d objects are used in both the door dbx and the cabinet door dbx. Yes, @Dermot, would you consider dusting off some code and adding some more capability to the adjustability of the basic cabinet doors in the drop down menu of the cabinet dbx? There are many users who would be very grateful to be able to select a cabinet "framed door" option from the drop down menu and be able to control muntins as well as width of the rails and stiles. Thx!

Taylorb, that is very interesting! Is this also the case in the cabinet door dialog box? The library cabinet doors are 3d objects and thus not completely adjustable while the drop down cabinet doors are parametric objects with more ability to adjust?

Hi Marlem, There is a great series of videos on Ray Tracing on the Chief Architect website under Training Videos. See attached screen shot to know what to look for. The series is really well done and will help explain how this all works and how to get good settings for the lights. The woman who narrates it also teaches for Chief through their One on One Personal Training program. I agree with Mick, if you want to play around with the Ray Tracing, make a copy of your plan so you can adjust lights. Good luck and let us know how it goes! Susan

In addition to having control over the muntins and even the width of the muntins, you also have the ability to change the width of the rails and the stiles of the glass panel door. In the screenshot below, see the section that says "Panel Frame Widths" and this is where you can make adjustments. Now if we could just get Chief to add these features to the cabinet door dialog box as well....

When I import a dwg from Dropbox, I create a new plan in Chief, and then import directly out of Dropbox. I don't download it first. When in your new Chief plan, go to File / Import Drawing dwg / browse out to your Dropbox and select the file to import. Hope this helps!

Screen shots below show a visual of what JacobB said - this can be done if you select the "Glass Panel" door style and then open the "Lites" tab to add muntins.