tommy1

Create your own line style.

Try closing Chief completely and reopen. Maybe an issue with mouse or video card.

You could make life easy on yourself and just place a slab or solid there and place it as needed under the deck and change materials to whatever you want for the ceiling under the deck.

Glad it helped

Here is a tutorial I made for placing a stair volute. This was made with version X8. Most people will be able to open it. Hope this helps.

Volute Tutorial.zip

Steven, I'll be available sometime this afternoon if you want some one on one help with this. Should be an easy fix. Using Team Viewer, we can do an online meeting so I can show you and you can ask some questions. No charge of course. If interested, email me or call me 832-754-6160.

Use solids or slabs or molding poly lines

Very simple if you use elevations.

If you're on a different computer, yes.

31 minutes ago, breannahharmon said:

Thanks, Evolution, yes I am trying to get the image as just a cad detail to show in my plan. Without having to copy and paste or snip/print screen. I didn't know if there was a way to just get a clean line drawing of the wall cross section like this into your plan. Without drawing it or using the cross section/back clip tools and having to heavily edit.

I think you're going to have to do what you don't want to do. It's not too bad once you get used to doing it and use the trim tools. I would send the elevation view to a cad detail and edit it from there.

An option if you want that specific image would be to do a "print screen" from your keyboard. Open a photo editing program and paste it as a new image. Crop as needed. Might help.

12 hours ago, ChiefUserBigRob said:

chief doesn't have this in the cad details library???? it's one of the most common foundations in the south.

 

 

Rob, I'm in Houston, TX and don't know if our details match what you all do there. I have to show a typical exterior wall section (edited for specific situation) along with the foundation detail that specifies steel (rebar) and everything. I also have another detail I use for rebar at corner connections. I can send you a library of these 3 details (cad items) in a Chief library if you like. You could edit them as needed. Email me if interested or call me at 832-754-6160.

Did you find anyone to help you?

Good morning. I'm in the Spring Branch/Memorial area. If you like, you can contact me and I may be able to find someone to help you. My engineer is leaving town for 10 days starting July 13th and I have two more projects I need to get to him for engineering before he leaves. I would not be able to get your plan ready by your timeline. If I could help in any way, let me know. Cell: 832-754-6160

1 hour ago, dshall said:

I have a Mac,  I had same problem.  this is what works for me.

 

I download file to my download library.

Then I drag the file from the download folder onto an open  CA11 plan file.

The new bonus library is now in my library.

My way is similar to Scott's.

I don't really ever have this problem. I guess it's the way I do it. When selecting the library from Chief's library content, I never do "open". I always do download and save it to my PC. then I open Chief >Library> import library and select the one I downloaded. Works just fine every time.

Graham is correct, but also keep in mind that if you have plants such as trees, flowers, etc., that could slow you down as well. If you are heavily detailing the views with other interior fixtures, then that could slow things as well. Don't use high face count symbols.

Looks like you have 3 different plate heights. Three roof planes.

Didn't save it. Maybe I'll do another one later.

7 minutes ago, SNestor said:

Tommy- can you post your example plan.  We’d love to see how you accomplished this “look”

I'll check in a little while to see if I kept the plan. Probably deleted it.

10 hours ago, JMorelli said:

I hadn't thought of using the deck tools to achieve that. Good idea!

It wouldn't fully automate the framing model but it's part of the way there. There's more than one way to build this but having SOME of the framing generate without modelling each individual member is a big plus.

Thanks!

Just so you know, I didn't use a deck tool. Look at my post again. Using the deck tool will give you a different outcome.

I simply put a 24" floor system for the 2nd floor. Added a 3rd. floor with a ceiling height of 3' or so. A roof could be put on top of that. Just trying to duplicate the look. No specifics given.

This problem has been around for many versions.

Here's something quick to make that look. Probably a different method from Eric. Made 3 floors. 2nd. floor balcony was defined as family to have same siding and made it a railing wall with railing removed. Glass railing is a railing wall with no room definition.

Looks like you need yo change the symbol origins.