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The sill needs to span the width of the opening and go from tight against the window and extend over the wall by no more than 1 1/2"

A 1x8 ripped piece of painted pine board sill with a small piece of trim under it.

This is exactly how a good company full of dedicated people responds to a customer's issue with their product or service. This attitude and prompt action will pay more than you realize over time. Thank you!

Drywall return. Got it. Adding a full painted sill.....not happening for me. See attached picture.

Thanks. The builder only wants a painted pine sill will a skirt piece under it to cover the rough cut end of the sheetrock.

...with no interior casing or frames and only have a 1x8 ripped sill and skirt? I'm not having any luck in the manual nor the tutorial PDFs. A builder likes to minimize the trim work on the windows to just a sill and skirt. I'm not finding the right options or settings to create this in chief architect X11. If this requires some polyline solid work around, can the p-line solid be grouped to the window types as a default so I can have this as a builder specific option? v/r, perpetual n00b

When I used to frame those for "cheap" builders, siding over brick, we would nail (trying to remember) 2x10 plate to the top of the exterior wall then gable up with 2x4s pushed out to where final sheathing was flush with future brick. Then we hung the first row of siding down a couple inches to make a brick frieze. I don't know how to do that in chief, but someone will come along with the skills....like Steve.

I graduated from LTCHS in Red Deer in................................1984............... Just thought I'd chime in and say "Hey". Hope your search is a success.

I shrunk this a bit smaller (maybe too much) but I'm on a WIN machine and its not as easy as on a mac.

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I collaborate with a guy who uses join dot me. it works well. https://www.join.me/ I currently use Cisco WebX https://www.webex.com/ Screen sharing really cuts down the turn around time when I can have a builder see the model and make decisions "live".

ok wow

My 34" works great but I like your "bigger in Texas" attitude. I might be trying a second curved 34". The dell software makes a single monitor act like a multi-monitor with ZERO bezels. See attached screen capture.

I can't go there with you JCLDraft. I can do things in AutoCAD that CA seems either to not do or requires some secret society "work around" to accomplish. I wish you every success, though!

Update: i got new glasses designed for focus at arms length. And, a new more curved Dell 34” monitor......love it! Dell has some software that makes different screen windows so I can have different windows tiled in a snap.

I'm running X11. Chief is so clunky that I will probably never go 100% with it. I do some production work that I don't think many apps are built to handle. I drew this in AutoCAD and then import to CA. Total final CA exported PDF size is 54MB with all the details and other PDFs. It's not a problem so far. My level of experience with manipulating imported DWGs in CA is pretty low. It seems less capable than working natively in AutoCAD. What I lose in CA BIM I make up for in complete control over placement, alignments, text, precision, etc. Some things in CA are just plain frustrating. Much in autoCAD is intuitive and when I can't do the same in CA quickly or easily....it pains me. Thanks for your thoughts & input.

My county rep responded. The plan is to adopt 2018 codes in July 2020.

I have evolved to a way easier method. - Draw whatever it is in AutoCAD - In paper space, Print to PDF at whatever scale you choose and match paper size for CA layout (ARCH D or whatever) - Import the PDF to CA layout and position on the layout page where you want the PDF (check "Save in plan") in the imported PDF properties. ** Some of the line weights may be a bit light and need adjusting. Attached is an example that I zoomed to 75% & 100% and then took screen shots. Way easier than the crazy method I was trying before and everything remains to scale (which was my goal in the first place).

I called the local planning department to see when they would be requiring 2018 IRC references in new plans for permit. Its unknown ATT. Last time the 2015 code was adopted on 1 JULY 2016. Just wondering if anyone has migrated to 2018 code yet.

Sounds like a great feature that should be included in the s/w so custom macros don't have to be the "work around".

Didn't want to derail this thread

I wonder why CA doesn't make these things as included features in their software?

I use AutoCAD quite a bit side-by-side with chief. It looks like he has drawn all of his project layout pages in model space. If an AutoCAD drawing is just the structure/building in model space and then paper space is used to manage how the pages will appear, then the DWG file will only have the model space information when imported to chief. If I was given that plan, I would attempt to copy the relevant parts to a new blank chief plan so that I could reference the information that I needed. Since I have never run into that particular condition I don’t know if my advice will help you.

wow. Great post Jorge. I started with AutoCad R11 at Texas A&M (E.E.) so AutoCad has always been my default setting. I used SolidBuilder in a whole-house panelizing (and hand-cut roof) endeavor in TN for a while. We used MiTek WalPlus for wall panelizing as well. Then SoftPlan for a bit and finally CA. I don't frame any more so I am 85% CA and 15% AutoCad LT. I had difficulty with Softplan because I always tried to get it to work like AutoCad. Solidbuilder was awesome for framer-like accuracy. It even created accurate roof framing members, printed on cut sheets. But it is a bear if you need it to be a marketring tool. For shop drawings and production, it's great. Chief is well thought out but I still jump to AutoCad when I want granular control of details and roof cut sheets.