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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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From the album: My projects
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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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From the album: My projects
© Design Discoveries
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Wow Jon, $3600 for a Laptop... I primarily use my Desktop for Chief and then my MacBook pro 15 for client presentations. Do you do all your work on the ASUS? Still using a #2 Pencil as well, I have kids so I can't seem to keep them around so I switched to the IPad and a Disto. Chris
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Ok so I am doing an addition and have existing 2X6 rafters but will be using 2X8 rafters on the proposed. We have all pretty much come across this situation where we need the roofs to plane in with each other. In the attached drawing this is what happening to the ceiling because the wall height is lowered to accommodate the new rafters depth. How do I change the walls to match the existing height and the birdsmouths cut is deeper? The wall needs to come up 2-5/16" to match the bottom of the ceiling joists. Anybody have any answers....Chief? Elevation Image.pdf
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This Raytrace took over 50 min. and had only done 6 passes. I would agree with Kirk that if I had saved the drawing and only took a Raytrace of the area I wanted it would have been much faster. That being said it is a waste of time either way. I feel like I have a graphics card that should make lightspeed of this but I now feel that I need a new graphics card to keep up.
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I use my macbook pro all the time and it works like a charm.
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Does anyone know if there is a way to edit a dimension line without the text of the dimension line itself. I have a dimension that I don't want the text but I want my own text. I have several pier locations and they are in a general spacing 4'-0" min. - 10'-0" max. so I spaced them at 6'0 just for clarity sakes. Can you edit the text of a dimension line. In that dreaded ACAD program I used to be able to edit the dim. line.
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first attemp at a contemporary home with CA
cjanderson66 replied to cjanderson66's topic in General Q & A
Mike, Exactly. Thanks. -
I do a lot of remodels and want to be able to distinguish between the old foundation and the new foundation in plan view. In my old program (ACAD) I would crosshatch the existing T footing or even just leave it alone but on the new footing I would poche it so the contractor would know that it is a new footing. I am having a hard time trying to figure out a good way to do this. If I go in and define the wall anything other than concrete is still doesn't show up in plan view but it shows up in the section view which I still want it to be concrete. Any ideas guys? Also, I've created a slab on grade with perimeter footings. How can I create and interior footing below a wall that is part of the slab on grade. Dumbfounded!
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first attemp at a contemporary home with CA
cjanderson66 replied to cjanderson66's topic in General Q & A
Mike, mike who. Mike didn't design that. -
Have you given Chiefexperts.com a try. He does some great training as well
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first attemp at a contemporary home with CA
cjanderson66 replied to cjanderson66's topic in General Q & A
Mike, Try this. I am sure that this will help in all your questions. Chris garage walls.plan -
first attemp at a contemporary home with CA
cjanderson66 replied to cjanderson66's topic in General Q & A
Ridge Runner, I think this is what you are looking for. Like I said, I created a Polysolid and put it on the section view of the wall along with the plan view and this created the channel that I was looking for. Like to see what you come up with in your design as well. Best, Chris MacMahon plan-Floor Plan.pdf -
first attemp at a contemporary home with CA
cjanderson66 replied to cjanderson66's topic in General Q & A
That's what I do too just wish I didn't have too because I like the designing part more than grunt work. -
first attemp at a contemporary home with CA
cjanderson66 replied to cjanderson66's topic in General Q & A
Buzzsaw, Yes that is a translucent Garage door that I created in Chief. It installs just like any other door in Chief. As for the wall surface, I created a moulding that looks like a stucco channel and made it a Polyline solid and added it to the horiz and vertical surfaces in the stucco. It had to be a bit longer than the stucco surface so the stucco did not appear. Hope that Answers your question. -
first attemp at a contemporary home with CA
cjanderson66 replied to cjanderson66's topic in General Q & A
Well if that one doesn't float your boat how bout this one. Probably one of the hardest roofs I have ever designed. -
Well up here in NorCal we call it California Frame. Anyone who comes from out of state hates it. I come across this all the time since I mainly do additions and remodels.
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This is my first attempt at creating a contemporary home for a client in the Los Altos area with Chief Architect. It was much easier that I anticipated although it is a fairly simple design. I started this last night at about 7 pm and finished the design by noon today so I put about 6 hrs into the project and I have a complete design with a 3D rendering that I can show my client. This is the benefit of the software when it comes to Designing a home for a client, I only wish it would fill in the blanks when it comes to the working drawings. Would love all your feedback. Chris
