tommy1

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Is it possible to open block, make changes and save it back? Or it's necessary or explode and save it back each time  

If you try it, you'll find out real fast. To answer your question, do the last.

Draw a marquee around it to block it. then you can save it to the library.

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Okay. I was doing it a different way which automatically unchecked "outlet" and "110 volts".

Sorry, I forgot to include a step. Within the Symbol Specification dbx, Options tab, you also have do de-select any of the Options tick boxes. Then save to your User Library.

I have mine to where it hangs on the wall. To really make it work from the library, you have to do it a different way.

Insert the default the symbol from the Chief library.

Select the symbol and open the Symbol Specification dbx (toolbar icon looks like a pencil with chair).

Select the Options tab and enter the new Height Off Floor.

Close the dbx, and save the new symbol to your user library.

 

There is no need to mess with the 2D block.

Michael, if you're wanting to save it to your library to reuse again, this way as mentioned will not work. Try it. It never has worked this way for electrical. Here is a new symbol that will work. I think I have it set right. If not, it's probably close enough. 

Duplex 16 inches.calibz

I have postponed it until next Monday the 8th.

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Maybe so Scott, but we both said the same thing.

Tommy, if your just looking for the Credit- go ahead and take it, who cares.

No I'm not. That's ridiculous. I was just saying that I have already mentioned that in other words trying to explain about the old invisible wall and the new room divider.

The Room divider wall turns into a regular thickness invisible wall if it needs to frame anything above or below. It's automatic. if you are just using it to  define a room then it stays thin.

I thought I already said this (in other words).

In all previous versions (prior to X6), all invisible walls are actually a wall type of Interior 4 made invisible by default. So, if you want an invisible wall like the previous versions, place an interior 4 wall and make it invisible. In X6, they have the room divider instead of an "invisible wall" type already made. If you use the room divider, it has no thickness, but if you change the structure one side of the room that has a room divider, then that room divider gets the same definition on the old invisible wall which is actually an interior 4 wall invisible. BTW, for doing porches, I prefer to use a railing wall (wall type).

How about displaying the auto dormer or roof plane to the attic level in plan view or floor above? If you do this, you might have to turn off the roof hole in plan view.

I am still not able to get the cable to show properly on the stair.

I have been waiting for that comment. This is why I do all my cable railing manually as well as my posts(newels). Yes it's a little time consuming to do it manually but it's the only way I can get it to do the way I want (or at least make it fairly close).

We always print in greyscale but our pdfs are always in color. It works great doing it this way. If it doesn't do good for you then maybe it's a printer (plotter) setting because ours look good.

If you use point to point dimensions and you don't want to see the point markers, select the point marker, open it and change the diameter to 1/16" or something. 

Todd, as you're finding, stairs I believe is the weakest part of the program. Someone probably warned you about stairs early on. It's not quite so bad once you figure it out but yes, stairs do jump often when you open them especially when you have multiple stairs and with walls under the stairs. It's most frustrating (putting it mildly). Even the best of Chief users have problems with certain stair designs. We have been asking for better stair control for years but no luck yet. Maybe Alan can give you a hand. I was just working on a plan that had 3 flights of stairs on top of each other with different floor heights on each floor. It was a big time major PIA trying to get it to work. Once I got it, you don't want to select anything for any reason for fear that a section will jump or screw up walls.

I would draw it from an elevation using a polyline solid and shape it how you want. Set depth.

What you would want to do is to learn how to draw custom Molding Profiles and then learn how to assign them to window sills and lintels along with custom material assignments. That is how that is best done but it is based upon learning a process to lead to a wanted effect.

 

DJP

David is correct but you will also have to make a copy of the brick texture you're using for the wall (rename it if you want), change the pattern to strip and rotate the texture OR use a soldier texture of that brick and assign it to the molding. 

That setting is in the window DBX.

Have you tried doing a search for this topic?

The only thing I can think of is to select a roof plan> transform/replicate it and move it so that you can see which baseline is moving. If it's one you want to delete, delete it, if not hit the undo and select the roof plane again and tab to get the next one. Kind of a process of elimination.

Have you thought about using a flitch beam instead? It may do fine and easier to use. Just a thought.

Lew, is there a place where files are posted?

Have you thought of going to Chief's website and looking for sample plans under sample galleries?