Gr8trim4u

Printing using the chief pdf printer? Or are you trying to print to adobe

Love the script and its results and loving the new PP from Renee!!!

Yea we need more material fpr the roast!!

This a typo? Missing a couple of zeros? 

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In warren county va. Familiar with loudon and surrounding counties. Drop me a line at anthony@gr8trim4u.com 

On 3/7/2026 at 12:29 PM, robdyck said:

And what's up with the constant re-appearance of point markers in a CAD detail?!

I noticed that yesterday delete it jump back. Delete it come back.  

Virigina Seems to be on a 3 year code cycle upgrade 

2021 Virginia Existing Building Code

2021 Virginia Residential Code

2021 Virginia Mechanical Code

2021 Virginia Plumbing Code

2021 Virginia Fuel Gas Code

2021 Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code

2021 International Energy Conservation Code

2021 International Swimming Pool & Spa Code

2020 National Electrical Code

2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities

 These have worked in the following counties and jurisdictions in Virigina . City of Alexandria, Arlington, VA Beach 

Counties Fairfax, Loudon, Warren, Clark, Fauquier, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Suffolk, Princess Anne

2021 IBC

2021 International Existing Building Code

2021 International Mechanical Code

2021 International Plumbing Code

2021 International Fuel Gas Code

2018 NFPA 1

2021 International Energy Conservation Code

2021 International Swimming Pool & Spa Code

2020 National Electrical Code

2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities

Maryland Counties

Hey don't pick on RAM. I love replacing a transmission every 125k!!

You will probably need to create another floor. Draw a room and  place the window. Name the surrounding room attic. Give the new room a name. Ceiling height and such. This will force a roof truss to build as a room truss. OR  Delete that one truss and draw in you own.  CA is powerful but not all powerful. We still have work around. 

Another thing is to assign the wall to a layer. All of my as build walls are assigned to an existing wall layer.  My SP views keep them greyed out. I allow my walls to be controlled by the layers.  As you save them tonthe library assign them to whatever layers that works best. 

Lock the ridge lines. Copy and paste the reference fascia height into the one needing aligning.  They should align.

Auto roof get you close but not all the way

Set brick drop to zero

Make sure you are using the chief pdf printer. Printing to Adobe has caused me issues in the past

Wall schedule placed in a Cad detail. May help on this. 

You can bring the cad file back into chief as a dxf or dwg. It will show pretty much as it will in autocad

You really need to understand the angle of repose and what you are dealing with regarding the geo tech aspect. If you are learning I would encourage finding a geo tech company. Most building codes provide perscriptive design for sloped lots.  Without the above information it would be tough to model a correct footings. Point loads and load distribution. Is also a consideration. 

Turn off your rails. Draw a rail click follow stairs. I think x14 has that. Slept a bit since then. 

Learn to manually build roofs.  I only use  the auto roof to get me about 80 percent of the way on the simpler roof systems.  I have been using chief for a while and always built manually because I understood it better.  Be surprised how complex one can get doing it manually

Take a look at bc calc.  It has a wall designer section.  My go to for getting thr structural elements. I have an enginner review prior to submissions.  

Something like the schedule look up tool would be nice

I find the construction lines helpful in defining load paths. The reviewers seem to appreciate them also.  The engineers have a better point of references also.  Clients can use them as a way to let me know where to look. 

Layouts can have default sets. Kinda think of them as SPV for the layout. I have 7 different builder inwork for. Clicking on the default set. Brings in the information for each one.  Mainly the title blocks and cover sheets.  You can do the same with the layouts. Put you 11x 17 borders and tile blocks in a default set. Create a custom layer set that works with that default set.  It os about managong the layers. You have to change the sheeet print sizes. Other than that it is a mouse click to change doc sizes and information locations. Make it you layout template.

I had this issue on my system. Few weeks back. I rolled to windows 10 from 11 and it seemed to resolve.. i have no rhyme or reason why.  

I juat performed as as build survey. The home had 4x8 hardi panels with a 1/8 quirk between the panels this worked great for that.