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Chopsaw, AMAZING! Thanks you for taking a look. You have a great weekend as well!

For some odd reason the video link didn't do what I wanted it to do. Here is the link to the video. http://www.screencast.com/t/qw5xpCsGG62

I apologize in advance for the video. I sound whiny and nasally (not to mention like a girl), and I'm not very good at making videos. Attached is the example plan I'm working with.

http://www.screencast.com/t/qw5xpCsGG62

He is here in Indiana. I handle most of my calcs, and for residential, we are still on the 2003 IRC with some updated energy amendments.

jmyers, where in Indiana are you located?

I learned priceless knowledge by shadowing a builder. I'm not talking about the owner of the company who sits in an office and makes site visits. I'm talking about the owner of the company that builds the house along with his sons and subs with his bare hands. The framing knowledge alone was a great experience! Just my 2 cents 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00772/building-a-cape-cod-roof-by-adjusting-ceiling-heights.html

Try this link and watch these two videos. Not sure if this is the direction you are heading in, and I'm also not sure if you need SSA to watch these videos.

https://video.chiefarchitect.com/?search=knee+wall

Michael, I will look into that. Thank you! Hope all is well!

Thank you both for taking the time to answer my question. I create all my labels manually. I watched a video on Macros and thought I'd give it a try. It doesn't bother me to create the labels manually because I've been doing it for years. I figured it could save me a step. Lol Thanks again!

I've never used the macros before and thought I'd give it a try. I went to the "Text" tool and clicked on "Rich Text" after the specification box opened, I typed in "Study" and then inserted a macro under that by clicking "macro>global>room info>room dimension" it gives me the dimensions from drywall to drywall. Not stud to stud which is how I normally do it. Is there a way to have is give me the dimensions from stud to stud rather than drywall to drywall?

No thanks to David for the typical canned B.S. answer he always gives  ...

Although David's comment wasn't as helpful to this post, I would try Johnathon's approach. Good Luck!

Are you trying to do something like this? (See attached pic) Like what's above the front door and garage?

Not sure if Joey Martin chimed in yet, or if he is offering training sessions at this time, but he does a very good job. He knows his stuff. Look for him and send him a message.

Jwatson, this isn't the area you post such a question in. Try the "Seeking Services" or "Local User's Group" Section of this forum, rather than hijacking someone else's post.

Holy sh*t dude, what kind of computer equipment are you buying? Lol. $2,600.00 for Computer $300.00 For a good small printer. $50.00 for a mouse $250.00 for comfortable computer chair, and $2,695.00 For Chief. You're looking around 6g. Like Scott said. I mean later on in my business I ordered business cards ($50.00) and an Ipad Pro to show plans to clients in 3D don't remember the cost on that. above 1g.

Chief 16 beat me to it. Lol

Take a look at this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPk-l0YCqIc

Try this. You may have to have SSA to view these, not quite sure. Never NOT had it. https://video.chiefarchitect.com/?search=backdrop

I'm pretty sure you can, if you look well enough, you might find a chief architect video on how to go about it. 

Wow Mike, Thanks for posting these!

Off topic question, Are these doors found in chief's library? I've been looking for the half door with divided lights and haven't found anything on 3D warehouse that I liked, or in chief. These are awesome. 

I use a polyline sold for this situation.

All I like in finishing revising this prelim. is 2 issues. I would appreciate any help.

 

1,  I need a catheral ceilng and gable all the way thru Front porch Entry, grand hall, and rear verand. When I break wall at front of porch. hit on it to make gable. I get wierd effect on left and cannot solve the issues.

I know that some people may get into a tizzy over this, but why can't you just manually draw your roof? Chief can't read my mind. I find that even though the "automatic" features are/can be useful, a lot of the times they don't produce the results I need/want. I never use automatic roof, or foundations. Are you proficient enough to use the roof tools without chief's automatic roof tools? I would highly suggest doing that, then use the ceiling plane tools to get your vault. 

StevenK, I just purchased a 12.9" Ipad Pro 256GB that is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Will that be sufficient enough to work? Not very tech savy. lol

I tried this 3D viewer out on my iPad Mini 2, which is listed in the app store as a compatible device. When starting the app, I get a message: "Notice. This device does not meet 3D Viewer's minimum memory requirements. We recommend running the app on a newer device."   Oh, okay, then I'll rush out right now and get a new tablet just so I can run your app. Please figure out which devices actually work, and skip the message. (The app ran just fine, BTW.) I find this to be is an incredibly obnoxious warning message, and one I would not want a client to see.

Richard, I have an Iphone 6 Plus 128 GB and get the same error message...