tommy1

In X6, if you place an exterior room molding polyline, Chief places breaks wherever you have an interior that meets an exterior wall. Why? Is this a bug? This does not happen in X5 or previous versions. Chief, can this be fixed like it worked in previous versions? I do not want it to place breaks automatically. Is there a feature that I'm missing that controls if you want it to place breaks? I'll wait to see if there is a setting I'm missing before I report it. Thanks,

Just got a reply from Leanne S. from Tech Support and she said that she doesn't know if it will make it to the next update but will submit it for evaluation. This is frustrating. I use it a lot and may just stick with X5 for a while. I use it for many reasons which I don't have to explain here. This tool should work properly or at least as it did in previous versions.

Thank you for the support. I was feeling kinda alone here.

Thank you. I have sent this in to Tech Support.

Thank you Doug. FINALLY got an answer to my question. I will submit this to Tech Support and see if it's possible to get a fix on this.

You know, I could really care less if I'm the only one who uses it. I do use it and it's a tool that I like and Chief provides. I still want it to work like it did in previous versions. If you like to use other tools then I suggest you use what ever tool "floats your boat". I wish people would answer the question I asked initially about the tool in question instead of going off on another tool.

I know a lot of people that don't use it and when I show them how to use it, they really like it. They didn't even know it was there. I'm going to send this in because I really like it. I just want it to work the way it always did.

Joe, I have no idea why you think the plan scale macro (%scale%) us useless? I do use it on every plan I do. I have never used the "%box_scale% macro". I have been putting the plan scale macro in my plans for years. Once it's in the plan, I send it to the layout at whatever scale I need. When viewing the layout, you could always zoom in and out and see the scale change in the layout just like as if you were looking at it in plan view. When you print it or make a pdf, it shows the correct scale in the pdf from which the plan or view was sent. This has always worked in previous versions, why not X6? I'm not asking for anything new, at least in previous versions.

In previous versions, if you placed a scale macro in plan view and then send the plan view to the layout, you could scroll in and out in the layout and see the scale change in the layout. In X6, you can't do that (or at least not for me). Is there a setting I'm missing? The scale changes just fine in plan view when scrolling in and out. Why not in the layout like it used to? I use this all the time. TIA,

What I do is place the picture in a folder. Name the folder what you want and place it in your Chief Architect Premier Data folder under my textures. Then open the program and do a convert textures to materials. It will then place it in your User library and is ready to use.

Just do a Google search and you'll find images.

I have never trusted dropbox and I have to use it everyday. I have seen problems with saving and sometimes it creates "conflicted files" when saving due to having 5 computers linked to the same dropbox. As far as Scott's error message, generally, if you close Chief and Windows Explorer (if open), and then try opening again, it will. I sometimes think it's a Windows thing with that error message. Oh, When closing a file from with-in the dropbox, be sure the dropbox has finished updating. You'll see the dropbox icon spinning when it's updating.

We have a free online meeting March 3, 2014 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (Central Time). If you would like to attend, then please send me an email using my email address shown in my signature. We are the first and longest running user group and was initially started by Louis Fernandez. Our meetings are generally set for the 1st. Monday of every month. We have a great group of people. Feel free to call me if you need more information. Sincerely,

This is not a new issue by any means. Haven't checked it in X6 because most of my work is still in X5. When you have to move them closer together in an elevation or render, they look too close together in plan view. I have just got over it a long time ago.

Okay, I see replies. This is good.

Does this mean that we won't see any previous threads on this forum? Am I the first? I don't see any other posts?