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I'm new to Chief. I'm using X-8 I am in the process of doing my first project in Chief. I have been using AutoCAD since 1993 and have accumulated hundreds of details and notes over these years. I have a couple of questions. Is there an easy and quicker way of importing these details and notes over to Chief other than one at a time. Question 2, Is it better to insert the details and note directly into the layout sheet or should they be inserted into the plan file first, then send them to the layout sheet from the plan file? The reason I am asking is when I inserted some note directly into the layout sheet from the user catalog the the notes came in at least 10 times the normal size. When I inserted that same note into the plan file the note came in at the correct size. It seems to me that inserting the details and notes directly into the layout sheet would same a lot of time. But it seems that doing so you have to deal with the details and notes coming in way to large. Thanks, Mike

I'm looking to make the upper cabinets more translucent. The upper cabinets are hiding the appliances below them.

When I click on the cabinet then go to fill style everything is grayed out. To make a change you have to change the pattern type to something other than default or none. But doing that you are adding a hatch pattern to the cabinets which I do not want.

Great, that works. I just have to remember how each idem is changed. For cabinets go the the default settings, cabinets, fill style, then transparency. and you do not get there by click on the cabinet itself. For the hood, range, dishwasher, etc. you do click on the appliance then go to the bottom left corner a click on open symbols, 2D block, then transparency, Thanks for the help, Mike

That worked. I was making the mistake of clicking on the cabinets itself and entering the cabinet specifications. Is there a way to change the transparency of the range hood ? I do not see anything under the default settings. I clicked on the hood to open it's specification and see nothing regarding transperency. Thanks, Mike

Chopsaw, Where do you change the transparency of the upper cabinets ? I've looked in the wall cabinet specifications. I do not see anything regarding transparency. Thanks, Mike

I'm new to Chief, I'm using X-8. I'm in the process of setting up annotation sets for my projects. I'm working on the electrical annotation set at the moment. The question I have is regarding the kitchen cabinets. The upper cabinet hides what is below the cabinets. If I have appliances below the cabinets they are hidden by the upper cabinets. Is there a way to have the appliances not be hidden by the upper cabinets? Also the lower cabinets counter top has a light salmon color fill which is o.k. for the floor plans. I would like to remove it for the electrical annotation set. Is there a way to have the counter top fill color be removed for only the electrical annotation set? Thanks, Mike

I am new to Chief. I am using X-8. I am working on my first project using Chief and am running into problems in perspective views. This is a simple room addition project. When I first input the floor plans into Chief and viewed it in perspective view everything looked correct except a part of the roof which Tommy help me correct. Now when I view the plans in perspective view some of the walls, doors and finish floors are not showing up correctly. I have attached my plan to this post and have listed the problem areas below. The removed wall between the existing bathroom and bathroom addition is showing a framed wall in the perspective floor and framing overviews. This was not showing up yesterday. Door 10 does not show up in the perspective framing overview. It does show up in the perspective floor overview, but the studs show up through the door in this view. At the end of one of the kitchen walls in perspective view the drywall is missing. In the entry the wood flooring is missing and only the concrete slab shows. All of this was showing correctly yesterday. The only thing I have done since then is to add a water heater, FAU and labeled some existing doors and windows. Does anyone know what might be happening to cause this and how to correct it ? Thanks, Mike 2016-14-Roof.zip

That did it. That just what I was looking for. Thank you, Mike

William, I did what you suggested for one of sliding glass doors. I remove the check mark for suppressing label and checked specify label and typed in (E) 8068. What I got was a new door in the door schedule called (E) 8068 and a call out circle at the door. I am not getting the (E) 8068 label at the door.

This will remove those windows from listing in the door and window schedule. Is there a way to have those unchecked doors and windows have their size show up on the floor plan and identified as an existing door or window? Or do I have to type it for each existing door and window?

I'm new to Chief, I'm using X-8 I am attempting my first project using Chief. This is an simple addition and remodel project. My question is regarding identifying new and existing doors and windows on the plans. For new doors and windows I use a door and window schedule. For existing doors and windows I identify them on the plan. For example I will call off a door as (E) 2668 and a window as (E) 6040 Window. Is there a way to have Chief call out the existing doors and window on the floor plan while at the same time showing the new doors and windows on a door and window schedule? Thanks, Mike

I'm new to Chief, I'm using X8 I'm working on my first addition/remodel project using Chief. I have been trying to find 2D symbols for bathroom and kitchen fixtures that I can show as dashed lines that will represent the fixtures being removed. I've looked everywhere I can think of and have not found any 2D symbols of bathroom or kitchen fixtures. Is there a way to convert a 3D symbol into a 2D symbol that will only show up in a plan view and not in a perspective view? Thanks, Mike

Glenn, That's exactly what I am looking for. I'm not familiar with Slab Pour Number and an auto mono slab. I tried to look those up in Chief's reference manual and on youtube. I did not find anything. Do you know of any video's regarding slab pour number an auto mono slab? Thank You, Mike

I'm new to Chief. I'm using X-8. I'm working on my first project using Chief. The client is adding 4 small one story additions to a one story house. The question I have is how do you draw the new concrete slab to the existing concrete slab? The first thing I did was input the walls, roof planes, roof framing and foundation of the existing house. Then I input the walls of the 4 additions. Then I manually added the roof planes of the new additions. I then selected the build foundation command. This re-drew the entire foundation as if it were all new. Exterior footings of the existing house that are now between the house and additions show as an interior footing. I want the line of the exterior edge of the existing house to still show as a solid line, not a dashed line. I also tried the slab with footing command. The problem there is that it adds footing on all sides of the slab where I only need the footings on the new ​exterior walls of the addition and not edge of the new slab that comes in contact with the existing house. I do need a 6"x6" thickened slab edge where the new slab comes in contact with the existing slab. Another thing is I cannot change the size of each footing separately. I attach the plan that I have been working on. I drew a partial foundation plan on how I would like to look. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike 2016-14-5-6-2016.plan

I will try that right now. Thank you, Mike

I'm new to Chief. I'm using X8 I'm working on my first project using Chief. I will be adding a 4 small room addition to a one story residence. The existing house is framed with roof trusses. There are 2 existing small room additions, each with conventional roof framing. The 4 new addition will be framed with conventional framing as well. My question is how do I show the combination of roof trusses and conventional roof framing, then showing 4 new additions with conventional roof framing? I have view a lot of roof framing videos today. None of them show how to model a roof with both trusses and conventional roof framing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike

Thanks Chopsaw and Dave. I will start viewing the videos tonight. Mike

I'm new to Chief, I'm using X-8. I have been trying to find a good video on setting up Chief for room additions. I have been viewing one called "Dalton remodel, addition". That one is o.k. but I am looking for one that will go over default setting, layer sets, annotation sets, etc. for addition projects. I Also would like to see how Chief suggests drawing new roofs that connects o an existing roof. For example, a couple of months ago I followed one of Chiefs videos on designing a house with some custom roof features. A few days latter I decided to use this plan as a practice plan to adding an addition to. When I used the build roof tool to add the new roof to the addition all of the custom roofs that where done to the original plans were changed to the default roof settings. How do I keep this from happening? I did not try to add the new foundation to the new addition yet, but I would assume I would have the same problem with the build foundation tool as i had with the build roof tool. Does anyone know the titles of some good videos for remodeling and addition projects that you would recommend? Thanks, Mike

I'm up in Simi Valley. Most of my work is within a 40 mile radius of Simi Valley. Around 70% of my work in West Lake, Thousand Oaks, Malibu Lake, Lake Sherwood and Simi Valley. Rest my work is spread out from Hollywood to Ventura to Valencia. About 70% of my work is residential and 30% commercial.

Perry, What part of Orange County are you in?

I definitely need some training. Still learning. I'm waiting for a simple project to come in so I can use Chief to design the project. I've been using AutoCAD since 1993 so it's been taking me awhile to make the transition. I just need a couple of simple projects that the clients are not in a big rush. Where are these simple projects when them. Are any of you in or around the Los Angeles area? Is there any user groups in or around the Los Angeles area?

Are any of you planning on going to Coeur d' Alene for the 2 day training?

Great idea. I will check with the tourism office to see if they have any group events planned for the days I'm attending the classes. Thank you for your suggestions, Mike

Greg, Do you know who to contact at Chief regarding the gardening seminar for the wife's? The person I spoke to at Chief last week said they had nothing planned for the spouses. I do not remember the name of the person I spoke to, but it was the phone number Chief listed to call if you have any question regarding the training seminar. Thanks, Mike