tommy1

"Z" is up to the sky or down to the ground.

Newell, just got home. I'm totally swamped with deadlines. I'm sure someone here will be looking at the plan.

Newell, if that window is for a bedroom, be sure the new shorter window will meet egress (5.7' sq. ft. clear opening). You might have to go with a casement window. The window will have to be 24" min. AFF and not more than 44" AFF. Usually when I see a window well, it's because they needed it for the window size to meet egress at the right height off the floor. Just something to keep in mind.

I have found that sometimes that doesn't work. Most of the time it does.

BTW Chad, I have several brick ledge profiles that I use for different situations.

The brick profile I'm using is one I made maybe in V10. The profile should have nothing to do with it. It's a molding profile.

No. Just used it.

If you mean the brick ledge profile, yes. Still use it. Made it many moons ago.

Chad, I typed a tutorial on how to do this roof several years ago. Wouldn't take me long to find it and do a practice roof. I could demonstrate this for you online if you like.

Barry, Glenn is right. When I have to deal with varying floor heights, it's a total must for me to tile the plan view and a back-clip section view so I can view the changes as I make them. The back-clip tool is probably the most important to for me to use for trouble shooting things.

Great upgrade. Just got around to play with the new render overlay of existing and proposed. Easy to do. Being able to overlay or reference and existing plan over the proposed is a huge plus and time saver. Very painless upgrade, Good job Chief!

Rich, I generally wait until the final release comes out hoping that most of the bugs are found and fixed. However, starting last Saturday, I've already brought two of my ongoing working plans forward from X10 to X11 and everything seems to be going fine. With that said, I'm now using X11 for all plans.

I usually us a .tiff format.

When you take a "snap shot", you mean you're getting an image right? You need to import that image to your library like it was a texture not a cad block. Maybe some other ways to do it but that's what I would do. Actually, I was able to block a picture, save it to library and then put it in a plan with no problem.

Super cool video and one of the clearest I've seen in a while when at full screen.

If you can't get the auto return to work for whatever reason (your roof may be off a little), do it manually. It only takes a minute.

Exactly. That's what I do. I actually make tiff file though of the pdf to import into Chief. I never really ever import pdfs into chief if I don't have to.

When you say "cad block", that implies it's already blocked. Select the cad block and on the edit tool bar at the bottom, you'll see where you can add it to the library. If it's not blocked, select it all and block it. then you can save it to the library from the edit tool bar at the bottom of your screen when selected.

What was the purpose of importing the pdf?

Now try it if your stairs make a 90 degree turn 3/4s of the way up.

Boy isn't that the truth. I complained about this several years ago and wished they would let us break the stairs where needed so we could make widths exactly how we want them. It's really not too bad to do though (the work around).

All I can say is in this case, If Andrea would like my help (using layer sets with Anno sets), then she can decide to call me or not. She certainly doesn't have to and as I said earlier, she could call many people including you. Andrea, if you want to use "Plan Views" for your layout then please contact someone else for I really haven't used them and have been way too busy to check into it. I certainly hope you get this worked out.

Well, I know I'm getting up there in years so I must be "old schooled" which is fine. Using layer sets with annotation sets works fine for me to do plans here. I've always thought that people should use the program as they want and you can bank that not everyone will agree with you. Using layer sets and annotation sets is not an improper way to use the program. Andrea, I bet you're even more confused now than ever. Bet you didn't see this coming. Just so you know, my offer is still good if interested. There's plenty of people you could contact.

Sorry but I use annotation sets linked to layer sets. To each his own.

Andrea, if you still need help (free), feel free to contact me at 832-754-6160. Just helped a new person on this topic. I'll do an online meeting and get you going okay. BTW, as mentioned, saved plans can really throw you off with layouts too.