cjanderson66

I have always used Caps for my plans with the exception of some notes that I provide.  I have never been able to get used to Chief Blueprint font coming from AutoCAD so I have been using Graphite Standard or Architext as they look the best.  For the most part Graphite Std. looks the best in my plans

gen notes_opt.pdf

1 hour ago, Rpadge said:

Those are really clean looking perspectives, what is your process?

 

Thank you Robert.  The process is not complicated but what I do is send them a standard perspective view (like the one attached).  Then I usually, in my plan view, give them a Technical perspective which is more like a line drawing.  For this specific situation I sent the entire perspective view to the layout and then cropped it to show only the entry.

19 hours ago, dshall said:

this is what I do....  and they are in chronological order.......  

 

Good God Jim!  Your telling me you have that many files for a single job.  I mean I make revisions and have changes but that must bog down your hard drive.  I have found that I have several files but I am going back to backup Archive files and saving them into the folder.  In this type of situation that I am working on, the entry is currently being built but the client wants to see several reiterations of the entry.  Where I have noticed the problem is that when I save the plan as a new plan, the layout then saves that as the new plan.  If the client changes their mind and goes back to the original design then I have to go back and change the layout to match the plan.

I currently have a client that I have been on their home for 3 years now and it is finally under construction.  The entry was changed numerous times during the design process and then finally approved.  Now that construction is moving forward and they are finally seeing the reality and the size of the project, they are making changes again.  How do you maintain the the layout or the construction set of plans when the client has decided to make numerous changes and then goes back to the original design.  I find that I am having to go back to archives and open up a previous plan and then send that back to the layout but it gets so convoluted.  Is there a better way or a more effective way to make these changes or should I just get rid of the Client.  I know I just opened up a can of worms saying that.  Great client, never not paid a bill and have referred me to many others as well.

SMITH FRONT ELEVATIONS 102919.pdf

Does anyone know how to create custom arrows for leaders.  I know Chief has many different arrows to select but I am still old school and like the thick arrows that I used to draw that are Architectural.  This has been one of my pet peeves is keeping my drawings looking Architecturally hand drawn i.e. text, line weights dims, and arrow are key.

Never mind guys I figured it out.  Looks as if I went to the attic and added the dormers windows for a second floor window schedule and it added the second callouts.  I just deleted the additional window schedule on the attic level and they all went away. 

I seem to be having a problem that I am at my wits end with.  It appears that my plan is showing double callouts for all my windows and I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of them.  I have tried deleting my window schedule and then inserting it again but nothing.  Has anyone else had this issue before?

Sosine NFP.pdf

Does anyone know how to force a Window number change to a window.  I have a window order from the supplier and the window numbers are not the same as my plan.  Let alone he decided to start off with a 00 window and not 01.  I would like to be able to manually give the window a number and it be reflected into the window schedule.  This would have been much easier if the window supplier would have started with #1 and I could have just moved that window up in the schedule.  Any thoughts....

Does anyone have a good way of doing a dimension for an arc.  I was so used to AutoCAD's nice way that you could dimension an Arc/Radius easily and have not found one way to do it nicely that I like.  I would love for CA to have an Arc dimension child menu that would be customizable.  I would also like CA to have the the dimension feature a bit more customizable as well as I don't really like the arrows either and would love a bit more of an Architectural arrow. 

Ok, if all else fails, just delete it from the layout and resend it again and it seem to have fixed the problem.

The layers set seems to be no different than all my other plans.

I have a client who hired me to finish his plan that he did in home designer(not something I normally do but he was close and I didn't have to commute) anyway, when I print the line weights are huge only on the floor plan.  All my other sheets come out just fine.  Can't figure out why this sheet is having so much difficulty.  My text looks fine but all other line weights and line  types are off.

Atkinson NFP.pdf

A little off the topic but I have a client who hired me to finish his plan that he did in home designer(not something I normally do but he was close and I didn't have to commute) anyway, when I print the line weights are huge only on the floor plan.  All my other sheets come out just fine.  Can't figure out why this sheet is having so much difficulty.  My text looks fine but all other line weights and line  types are off.

Atkinson NFP.pdf

Well after much to do this is what I have come up with.  I hate to say it but I am getting tire of this business and the bureaucratic BS that I have to put up with in the building departments and the third party Plan Checkers.  I work in an area with many jurisdictions and no city is the same but you would think that they could all collaborate when it comes to the Residential Code.  Sometimes I just want to reach through the phone and grab them and shake them.  Enough already and let us do our job.

lyon ISO GAS plan_opt.pdf

Yup... but I think I was trying to be polite and not cuss anymore than I already have.

I guess I'm just complaining because I am tired of all the additional requirements that I have to do and my clients asking why is this costing me so much.  I live in the Bay Area and we have some of the strongest code requirements along with LA and Miami.  So I figure if you can live here you are going to you can afford to pay my fees.

Thank you everyone for your responses.  Personally, I don't think this should be a part of the submittal set and that the plumbing company on site should be the responsible party.  But I must do what I must do to get the permit for my clients.

Has anyone created an isometric gas plan layout in Chief.  I am getting more and more comments from the cities to provide an isometric gas line plan and have not come up with a good way to create one.  I think it is just silly that I have to do one in the first place because I would just be guessing on the line sizes anyway and I am sure that the plumber will do it his way anyhow.  Still, I am not sure if I should just be doing a 3D of the house with a molding polyline.  Just wondering if anyone else has any thoughts or is you  guys have had to provide one.

I too am dealing with the Lag on my Desktop.  I am making small changes like editing text and I find the little circle spinning for up to 30 sec for it to make the edit at times.  This has only happened just recently after the latest update and I am not sure what is going on as it is very frustrating.  I am loosing valuable time sitting and watching this little circle and now having to come on here and see that others are having the same issue.

@dwelldesign I too am dealing with the Lag on my Desktop.  I am making small changes like editing text and I find the little circle spinning for up to 30 sec for it to make the edit at times.  This has only happened just recently after the latest update and I am not sure what is going on as it is very frustrating.

On ‎4‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 3:19 PM, Dermot said:

You might want to try changing the "Current Floor" defaults for the second floor and then use the "Reset to Defaults" tool under the main Edit menu.

See it is the little things like this that help so much.  I had no idea you could even reset the defaults under the edit menu.

Ok, I knew that.  And once I got my template back from my old drive, I opened it up and saved as my default.  Thanks for helping with my brain fart @Chopsaw

I know that I have seen this before but somehow I cannot seem to find it anywhere.  I am trying to bind my logo to my titleblock so it shows up every time and does not have to go looking for it.  I was at one of the Chief seminars and we had quickly gone over this and now I seem to have forgotten how.  Just one of those things that if you don't do it enough, You call on help from other users.  The main reason for asking is my hard drives have failed and I need to replace them and we all know that when that happens it can be days worth of time lost trying to reinstall all your programs and getting setup once again just the way you had it.  Well that is my situation and it could not have come at a worse time as I am so darn busy.  Thanks for any help.

I am wondering if there is an easy way to change the height of a current 2nd floor level.  During my initial measurement of an existing home, I thought the floor joists were 2X12's but in actuality they are 2X10's.  Now after discovering this during the construction process I need to make a few corrections but without the correct floor height it is making it challenging.  My question to you all is, is there and easy way to change the height of the second floor all at once without having to go into each room and change the floor level? 

2 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

 My terminology may not have been correct but this is actually what I meant when I said "paragraph wrapping".   By the way, there is a pretty good method I have found for doing this type of thing.   I might try to make a quick video when I have a minute or 20.

Johnny & Michael,

This is exactly what I was talking about.  How do we do this in Chief or is it even possible?