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Thanks for your help. Regarding the invisible walls. I do not recall drawing those. My wife's birthday today, we took a drive down towards San Diego today, I will be back tomorrow and take a look at the walls and curved stairs. Thanks, Mike

I just inputted cabinets on the second floor I everything works fine, no delays. The delays are only happening on the first floor plan.

The other plans I am working on work fine, no delays. This one I scanned a floor plan the client had and imported into the plan and used as a background to traced over. I deleted it from the plan to see if that would speed up things. It didn't. I even renamed the scanned image incase Chief as somehow still using it in my plan. That still did not help. Mike

I have input the floor plans from a job I just measure and Chief is acting very slow. It take Chief around 20 seconds to place one cabinet. I also have the same problem when I edit walls. Chief displays a rotating blue circle which last a bout 20 seconds before completing the edit command. I opened other job files I am working on and do experience any delays. I have tried closing down Chief and re-starting it a couple of time to see if that might help and still experience the same delays. I have attached the plan with the hope that some one might know why this is happening and how I can fix it. Thanks, Mike Levine.plan

I just started on a project where I will be tracing over an existing floor plan. The house has several areas where the walls have stepped thicknesses. I am not sure how to do this in Chief. I am also having trouble where 2 wall come together at a 45 degree angle. The corner of these walls come together with a 4" flat end. Chief wants to make this a sharp corner. How do I get a flat end of these 2 walls. I have included a snap shot of the floor plan and have circled the areas I am talking about. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike

Thanks Eric. I see that there are 2 moldings. I deleted the molding at the floor. I still get the outline of the ceiling molding on the floor. I double check to see if the floor molding was really deleted. It was. The only way I could get the floor molding to not show up was to increase the thickness of the floor finish by 1/2".

Thank You Eric, that worked. I just watched Michael David's video again and followed step by step what he did. He used a 3d molding polyline and did not get the molding showing up on the floor like I do. I tried your suggestion and used a molding polyline and everything worked out. No molding on the floor. Questions, why is it that using a 3d molding polyline is putting molding on the ceiling and the floor at the same time ? What is the deference between a molding polyline and a 3d polyline ? Both show the molding in 3d. When would you use a 3d molding polyline v. a molding polyline ? Thanks Again, Mike

I was following along with Michael David's custom ceiling tutorial. I added soffits around the room with molding. When I did the plan I get an outline of the ceiling soffits on the floor as well. I tried it again by following along with his video and got the same results. I did a third floor plan but followed along with Chief's tutorial on using the soffit tool. This time I did not get an outline of the soffits on the floor. Can anyone let me know why I am getting an outline of the ceiling soffits on the floor ? I have attached the plan and a 3D view. Thanks, Mike Untitled_10.plan

Thanks you Chopsaw and Joe. That will work. Mike

I drew a simple flat roof patio that I wanted to save to my user library. When I draw a marquee around the patio I do not get the make block command button. In the past I've made decorative posts on a base and been able to make it into a block and save to the library. On this project l used the roof planes to create the roof, the slab tool to draw the patio slab, the post and footing and beam under the framing menu for the framing. Does anyone know how I can make a block out of this patio and save it to my library ? Thanks, Mike

I just had a problem with a surveyor on a residential addition project. The lot was sloped in several directions. We ordered a topo and boundary survey. We were taking down a large carport on the side of the house and building a two story addition in its place. When I got the survey they showed that at two of the posts holding up the carport were each in there own 6' deep holes. This was not correct. The posts were at grade, not in a 6' deep hole. The surveyor also showed contour line under the existing house, again showing that there was an 8' deep hole under the house. I asked the surveyor how he was able to survey under the house. He had no answer. He had to redo the survey.

It was suggested that I create a warehouse plan for my typical details and notes. I recently created a couple of warehouse plans. One with residential notes and one with foundation details. The question I have is how do I send just one detail to the layout page without sending the entire warehouse plan that holds over 20 details ? When I used the Send to Layout tool and selected the Current Screen under the Send Options the entire warehouse plan is sent to the layout page. I zoomed into the detail I wanted to send where no other details were visible on the screen before sending it to the layout page. It does show up on the layout page as the zoomed into detail I send. When I click on the detail and drag of the edit handles the rest of the details from the warehouse plan become visible. Is there a way to send only one details from a warehouse plan without sending the entire plan ? Thanks, Mike

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How do I import annotation and layer sets from one plan into another plan ? About a year ago I was working on a project that was put on hold. The client wants me to continue with the project. Since then I have modified my annotation and layer sets. I want to use the new annotation and layer sets with this project. I see that there is and import layer set and annotation set under the file menu. Where are the layer and annotation sets files saved and how do I import them into the current drawing ? Thanks, Mike

Both the living room and entry defined as such and under floor structure is called out as concrete slabs.

I am working on a project that the living room is 12" lower than the entry. When I do a 3D view looking from the living room towards the raised entry it shows the edge of the concrete slab. It should be showing drywall. The baseboard shows correctly. Above the base board shows gray concrete. Does anyone know how to correct this ? Thanks, Mike

Chopsaw, I have been saving my details to the in the library under user catalog. I have not heard of a warehouse plan. If I am understanding you correctly, you are creating a plan file and naming it something like details, foundation details, roof details, etc. All of your typical details are on this plan. You then send the details needed to the layout page you are currently working on. When making a revision to a detail will be done on the detail plan which will be quicker than making a change to the details in the user library. Is this correct ? Thanks, Mike

Thanks for the help.

I came from AutoCAD background. In AutoCAD details and notes are saved as .DWG as are the drawing sheets. So in AutoCAD I would open the detail just Iike I would open a drawing. Then make the changes and save. In Chief the saved details and notes do not appear to be saved as a .PLAN file. I tried unsuccessfully to find the folder for the saved details and notes in Windows Explorer. I trying it as you said. I started a new plan, went to the user catalog I placed a detail in the plan, made change, highlighted detail, made into block. I do not see the command to re-save. It looks like I would have to create a new detail by clicking on the "Add the selected object to the library". This will place the revised detail in a different folder with the name "Block-2". I guess I will have to rename the detail to the correct name then delete the old detail then move the revised detail to the correct folder. Is this correct ? If so, a lot of steps to make a change to a typical detail. Or is there a way just to open the detail, make the change and save ? Thanks, Mike

I need to update some typical details and notes saved in the user catalog. How do that ? Thanks, Mike

I am working on a small accessory dwelling unit plan. Everything was good until I added a high arched window. After adding the window the stucco disappeared at the top of all exterior walls. Can someone look at my plan and let me know why this is happening and how to fix it ? Thanks, Mike 492 SF ADU-2.plan

Is there a quick way to find out what the sq. ftg. of a roof plane is ? Thanks, Mike

Attached is a screenshot of the ray traced perspective view that shows the ceiling as black instead of off white.

I am using X9. I just did a ray trace on a bedroom and the ceiling is coming out black even though the color of the ceiling is an off white. There must be a setting I did not set correctly. Thanks, Mike

I see change reference under tools, reference floor. I like Perry's idea of creating a layer set called "reference to foundation". Thanks, Eric & Perry Mike