payettedesigns

I love the saved Plan Views and use them all the time. It was a learning curve at first but it was a good upgrade in my humble opinion.

David 

Does anybody use CAD Detail Management for creating a Cad Detail in Layout? and for what purpose. In 8 years I have never used it once but If I am missing something I would like to know.

David

Here is a real tech question. Where do you change signature line on forums. I do not see it in the edit profile. I need to up date my PC info so I can impress everyone because at 61 years old that is important to me lol.

David

Yes I loved it but there were times when I would leave a window on top of a window ect so making  you go an extra step might be helpful. I just do not want Chief to change things based on low level users. I consider Chief  Architect to be an increasingly Professional Software . We use Revit as well but Chief is Streamlined for the Residential Market. Over the past six years Chief Architect has brought almost a million dollars into my business and for that I will be forever  blessed. I have little to show for that success because I like toys but hey life is short.

Cheers.

Yeah I figured that was the reason. I do the other ways as well all the time. There is still copy , paste in place on the other menu so I can still use it when I am stubborn. I love X12 lots of great things like the point to point. 

Cheers.

Please tell me why Chief Architect has decided not to put  " Copy Paste In Place" In the right click menu? x12

Does anyone use Google Drive for Cloud Storage? I have been using DropBox for years without incident and it syncs perfectly. We switched to G-Suite and I have a mountain of Google Drive storage and I am paying for both. DropBox and Google Drive If you are using  Google Drive can you weigh in and let me know of any issues.

appreciated..

Wouldn't work for me I take a table or use something in the clients house. When we do additions I measure every inch of the existing. Windows , doors everything and make a complete accurate model it usually takes me a full day or more. I also crawl under the house and get the piers etc. We  sell these completed plans back to the owner in addition to the design work. We put them in a PVC Tube with a bracket and it goes in a closet for the next homeowner if they ever sell. We list all the mechanical systems and warranty house  as well. The backpack looks interesting though but I use a laptop with a large screen.

Cheers

Never though of that. Awesome thanks for sharing.

My business has grown over the years and we brought on ancillary programs out of necessity. We use Autocad LT for the sole purpose of being able to manipulate DWG  files etc when they are sent to us. The engineering firm we use likes us to send DWG files to them which of course  can be exported from DWG with minimal manipulation of Layers. We  also brought Revit in the office for larger projects and we are in the learning phase with the software, My question is how many of you guys and gals  use other programs and which ones. I know we all have different size businesses  we do about 30 additions and usually around 10 to 15 new homes a year which I would consider a small to medium practice.  

I making a living but I am not slaying it financially by any means. We have so many monthly subscription bills I need to streamline things. We use Drop Box for all our File sharing and recently made a switch to G-Suite for everything else.  I use Nitro pro for PDF which I love and we were using Adobe Photo Suite for some post production work. We have not gone the Lumion route yet because frankly I find the Raytracing and presentation views of Chief Architect enough. I use Sketch UP to change 3ds objects or create ones we need but we are beginners with sketch up.

I would love for a bunch of you guys you weigh in.  

On 4/18/2018 at 5:15 PM, tommy1 said:

Has something changed in X10 when using point to point dimensions? In all previous versions, if you draw a dimension line using the point to point dimensions tool, it would ALWAYS place a point where you start the dimension and where you stop the dimension, no matter what. It doesn't do that in X10. If you're close enough to an object it picks that up instead of placing a point. See my image. I drew these dimensions using the point to point tool. I guess I should mention that all snaps are turned off.

Draw 4 exterior walls to make a small room. Draw a cad box, use the point to point measure tool, and measure from wall to the box then shorten or lengthen that dimension .... see what a great change this is, the Gods of Chief Architect have  smiled on us.

On 4/18/2018 at 5:15 PM, tommy1 said:

Has something changed in X10 when using point to point dimensions? In all previous versions, if you draw a dimension line using the point to point dimensions tool, it would ALWAYS place a point where you start the dimension and where you stop the dimension, no matter what. It doesn't do that in X10. If you're close enough to an object it picks that up instead of placing a point. See my image. I drew these dimensions using the point to point tool. I guess I should mention that all snaps are turned off.

On 5/8/2018 at 10:31 PM, ChiefGrego said:

In 2009 or 2010 I was submitting plans to city w/o a separate page for plumbing or HVAC.  I sat out for a while and now am drawing again just a bit.  My builder is telling me I need these pages for the city.  Can I get some clarification on this.  I show  where the bath tub and commode go and the water heater and that sort of thing.  I'm looking at Architects plan for a guest house here in Austin and I do not see any MEP just the normal items that my plans show.  Can anybody help me understand what I am needing to provide.  City is Fort Worth , TX

We just reached our 500th plan and submital. This number includes 7 states. The only time MEP plans were required in a residential home is when we did a 12,500 sft 3 story house. We hired an MEP Engineering firm and it cost us over 5000.00 dollars. I hear of it happening from time to time but I though that was just urban ledgend.

On 2/23/2018 at 4:33 PM, Renerabbitt said:

This BREAK LINE TOOL.calibz  has white fill so you can place it over solid CAD sections without needing to manually draw breaks. Must modify drawing order in some cases. Defaults to CAD drawing group

 

Just when you think you know everything a Guy like you comes along. This is awesome thanks.

On 3/3/2018 at 8:31 PM, SteveByars said:

Hey All,

I created the attached file for use when going to measure a house to capture all the default building settings and thought I'd share.

As-built Checklist.docx

Very Nice

I have a situation where I am placing a skylight close to a ridge. The ridge is centered over an oval tub below where the client wants a raised ceiling (trey) and an angled skylight shaft. Is there a way of getting the software to frame to the raised ceiling plane and not the 8' plane.?

Chief Friends:

My business is swamped right now. I have 37 projects on the boards  21 additions and 16 new home projects as well as some kitchen and baths. We do not take on addition projects unless the client agrees to and pays for a complete re-draw of the as-built ( unless they have plans.) We do this because we are sold on the importance of 3D visualization for our clients. I have a very elaborate Lake House I am working on and would like help from someone who is and expert on incorporating terrain data from a dwg provided by the surveyor. We have complete contour elevations on this survey.

 I also would like to partner up with someone who needs work and has been using Chief Architect for at least 5 years. You can be a sub-contractor for us or we can hire you as full-time employee who would work remote. We have a benefit package, a bonus structure and a decent yearly salary that matches any entry level architect. You would also be required to make bi-monthly meetings at our Raleigh , NC office and your travel and lodging would be booked and paid in advance. I have field people who would do the as built measuring local and would either use room planner or draw direct from their lap top. You would take over at that point and create con-docs per local codes, collaborate with our structural engineer and create a basic 3D presentation.  We sub- the post production 3D work out to another company who takes the 3D to another level. I have five employees but 4 of them  are committed to commercial 3D projects which is the un- advertised part of our business. Myself and another employee cannot handle all of the residential projects we are inundated with. The ability to work in Revit and Sketch up is a plus.

We would purchase a HP T520 plotter and update your graphic hardware and PC systems at our expense. We collaborate on Google Drive and have all the collaboration procedures an sop we created.

You can email me direct at payettedesigns@nc.rr.com or Call me direct at 919-697-2428

awesome I will shut up now..

David

Hey Guys:

Look Chief Tutor and Chief Experts are incredible I use them both. I am not in the  inner sanctum sanctorum of the Chief Architect Gods Squad but as a business man I would be pretty pissed of if  someone used my forum to promote or sell others products. Does Chief promote Chief Experts, Chief Tutor ( which again are incredible resources for sure) ? What is the relationship here so I understand. I am sitting over here wondering.

I  have found that  Chief Help Documents and Videos  are more than enough to learn the program. However Dan Bauman  and Michael's programs are like the icing on the cake and both of them are very passionate at what they do and surprisingly available when you need them the most. They both have unique ways of explaining things which helps immensely . Okay so I just promoted them but should we be doing that here?

David

Just bought a Hp- T520 absolutely love it..

I use w10 with three monitors never had an issue guess I am lucky. 

Yep post the plan and we will help.

Rl I just gave you one

I downloaded it and started working it the last two days. I only see one issue my render views are grainier . The ceiling lighting is poor. I know how to fix all this in Raytrace but opened  up x8 and looked at some views and they were a lot better. It begs the question of video card demand and I have a pretty dang good graphics card and my processor is not the issue. Anyone have any thoughts or is anyone experiencing the same thing. Its all most like it is using bit map on all the surfaces...

Yep and that is why I spent overt ten grand to keep Revit in our office. I am not sure I agree on the conceptual weakness of Chief but hey you guys have been at this longer than me what do I know?

I have Revit in the office three seats. I could write a book about the money and time wasted  in leaning and implementing Revit. We used it for one project. It would have been better to buy a nice boat. I have one word to say about this. Chief... Chief Chief... oops that is three words. If you have no money go to Sketch Up Pro but be prepared for a boat load of plugins that will be more expensive than Chief.  

Here is the thing  I really do not get though.. this is A Chief Forum if your not a Chief Fan what are you doing here. I am not trying to be snooty but come on really. There is rivers of ink and mountains of paper expended on Revit and Sketch Up  Forums.  We use Sketch Up to make some models (obj) but i do not talk about it here. Just saying.