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I am starting work on an addition / renovation for a couple who is in the process of buying the home to be renovated. Their realtor has offered to create a 3D model of the house using a service that will scan the rooms. The system can create Matterpak Bundle, E57, and BIM files. Can any of these be imported to Chief, and is it worth doing so?

Thank you all for this! JKEdmo's comment about the arch with zero radius helped me see what the key was here. Besides the full triangle in the intial post, you can also use this to create a window with 5 sides: two vertical perpendicular to the horizontal, and then two at the angle to match the ceiling line. Though you do have to play with the dimensions to match the ceiling rather than it being automatic.

I agree with WesternDesign. Would really like the trimmer defaults to control the placement of the door rather than the casing width.

Ahh. I am still in X11 at the moment. Good to know this has been fixed!

I like to use separate schedules for my electrical and light fixtures schedules. The trouble is that when I select "other" object types to go into the Electrcial schedule with outlets & switches, exhaust fans without lights go to the Electrical schedule, but exhaust fans with lights go to the light fixture schedule. Is there a way to edit what type of object the fan is so the two types of exhaust can be sorted together?

I would like to indicate whether interior doors have a privacy lock or not in the door schedule. I have been doing this by selecting the "Interior lock" in the door specification dialog, but that adds a deadbolt to the object in 3D. Is there a better way to indicate locking for interior doors in the schedule?

Thank you! I didn't think the CAD block I wanted was in the options, but it just wasn't named in a way I could identify. I've got it done now!

I would like to edit or change the 2D symbol for a library object- specifically a ceiling down light. I know how to create a new libarary object, but I'd prefer to just edit a copy of an existing object and give it a new 2D symbol. How do you get your own content into the "available CAD Blocks" when you "open symbol" for an object and select the 2D block dialog for an existing object?

Wow! Who knew. Thanks!

Is there any way to edit the revisions listed in the Revision Table? It seems like once I add a layout revision, there is no way to edit it or remove it. I can delete the table completely, but then if I add a new one all of the revisions I added in the past are still there.

Thanks! The zoom.us sounds like a good way to go, and I'll check out zoomit too!

What is the best way to "sketch" over a floor plan during a video conference, sharing my screen with a client or consultant? Occasionally it would be handy to be able to do a sketch the way I would use tracing paper during a live meeting. Can you do that directly within Chief? or would it be better to use a pdf and software that allows you to draw over the pdf?