SusanC

There is another forum called "Suggestions" for features you would like to see added to Chief in future versions. Being able to control the left and right toe kick independently would be a great feature.

Yes, it is worth the extra cost if you want realistic renderings. The learning curve is a little steep, but once you figure out how it works it is pretty nice.

Use the Text tools to put something to the effect of "Not for Construction" or "Preliminary Design" on your rough draft layout. If you put it on page 0 it will show up on every page automatically. Be sure to take advantage of the Watermark to have your company name displayed on your layout. Bottom right corner is a good location to place it. You can make a pdf of your layout to send to a client by sending your layout to print, but print it to pdf instead of sending it to a printer. There are other options for sharing designs with a client, like 360 degree views or the Chief 3d Viewer app, but making a pdf of your layout is easy and quick. As Eric mentioned, it is really helpful if you could include what version of Chief you are working in and what your computer specs are. This is helpful to anyone trying to answer your questions. Different versions of Chief often have different answers or work arounds. Thanks!

Don't feel badly, the floating dormer tool can be challenging and requires some knowledge of the settings to get it to work correctly with your roof. Please let us know what version of Chief you are working with and what your computer specs are. It is very helpful to let everyone know this information because the answers can vary depending on what version of Chief you are using and what computer you are using. I was not able to open up the attachment you posted. As Eric suggested, can you attach a zip file or a screen capture?

Honestly, no-one is trying to be critical, it is just incredibly helpful for anyone trying to answer your question to know what version of Chief you are running and what computer specs you have. There are different work arounds and answers for different versions of Chief. Thanks!

You're welcome! A few tricks that help me: Choose one topic and book only an hour. Write down your questions beforehand. Have a working plan open and ready to go so your trainer can see exactly what you need help with. Good luck!

If I'm understanding correctly, you are trying to fit an oven into a 600mm, or 23 5/8" cabinet? Easiest way I know of to do this: Make the cabinet wider than needed. I made a 30" wide cabinet. I selected a Wolf 30" oven and inserted into cabinet. Double click on the cabinet to open up the dialog box. See attachment showing oven highlighted. While dialog box is open, click on Front/Sides/Back tab. In the "Face Items" section, click on "Appliance". Look a little further down and you will see you Appliance/Door/Drawer with the option to Specify, Edit, or Clear. Click on "Edit". Now a dialog box pops open to allow you to adjust the manufacturer's appliance to any size you need. Once done, click "Ok". See attachment showing 2 dialog boxes open. Now go up to "General" tab on far left and size the cabinet down to 600mm. Click "Ok" and you will now have an appliance that fits into your cabinet. See third attachment with oven and cabinet size adjusted down. If you need a quick fix for now without making any adjustments to cabinetry, you can use the Gaggenau BO 450 612 which will fit into a 60cm cabinet without adjustments. Most of the appliances in Chief are geared to American dimensions which are larger than European sizing, but there are a few tricks, like sometimes being able to find an appliance in a manufacturer's catalog that also sell in Europe. Good luck and feel free to ask more questions!

You are off to a great start with your tile drawings! It can be tricky to figure out how the adjustments work with the pattern and texture of materials. Chief Architect does offer one on one training using your computer via an online meeting with one of their personal trainers. I've met with one of their trainers several times about various topics and found it to be incredibly helpful. Training@chiefarchitect.com Good luck!

Thanks. I see where I made my error. I generated a 3d molding polyline instead of a molding polyline. The 3d molding polyline dbx does not have the option to create a label, but the molding polyline dbx does.

I should be able to figure this out, but my searches through the forum and on Chief have not found the answer. How do I get a label to generate on a molding polyline in my plan? The molding polyline shows up on my schedule, but a label does not on show up on my plan. The layer is turned on. Thanks, Susan

And one other bit of info I just learned from another post relating to Plot Line Views... There is a button available for your toolbar called "Update All Views" and nested under that is "Update All Plot Line Views". Always amazed at what I learn on this forum!

Thank you so much for pointing out the "Update All Plot Line Views" button. I didn't realize that was an option, just added it to my toolbar, and look forward to using it!

This happened to me yesterday and the solution was to send everything to layout as "Plot Lines" instead of "Live View". Try resending each one as a "Plot Line".

Ditto!! I just ran into an issue with the latest X14 update and one of the users had already posted the problem and the solution. Very appreciative of everyone here sharing their knowledge and the Chief employees who regularly monitor the forum to answer our questions.

Thanks for posting this. I also started having issues with wonky elevations on the pdf after downloading the X14 update this morning. Re-sending the elevations to layout using Plot Lines instead of Live View fixed the problem. I had a similar issue with X13 and this same fix of using Plot Lines was the solution.

2 thoughts: 1. Are your drivers updated? 2. Have you tried re-booting your computer?

Wow!! Thanks to all of you for the great suggestions. I'm in the process of taking a look at all of them. Much appreciated!! Susan

The help desk will be your best bet.

Does this happen if you send the elevations to layout as plot lines instead of live views? I had some odd issues happening with my Mac and live views and the help desk had me try sending elevations to layout as plot lines rather than live. Took care of my problems.

How old is your Macbook Pro? Are you updated to the latest version of MacOS Monterey? Have you tried a simple reboot? Is your graphics card driver up to date? I never send renderings to layout "Live", but as "Current Screen As Image".

Thank you Chopsaw and RodCole. I am familiar with pivot tables, but I don't think they are going to help me in this application. I'm trying to manage data across a number of projects and be able to extract information across those projects to coordinate deliveries, order times, etc. We generally run 10-15 projects at a time with cabinet orders, fixture orders, hardware orders, etc. Nothing comes in as a complete order so we're trying to keep track of a lot of moving pieces and currently accomplish this manually with Excel spread sheets and Chief schedules that we export as .csv files and attach to the spread sheet. I just wanted to automate some of this.

Thank you! Great suggestion.

That is disappointing.

Have you sent that plan in to the help desk? Have you tried sending views to layout as plot lines instead of live?

Well, I found an old 5 page thread from January 2013 started by Gteacher about this very topic. Gteacher, are you still on this forum?