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I think there is a nuance here. I have different versions of plans simply as checkpoints, but then there are different versions of plans because the customer wants a different option. For the checkpoints I just make copies and use the lastmodtime to figure out my last version. This means my current plan/layout is always per the name I selected: i.e. 123 abc street.layout For new customer options on the same house I will: Prior to opening in CA, I will copy both layout and plan, rename both, and then open the newly named layout and select tools->Layout-Reference Plan files, and change the reference to the new plan file The downside to this is when creating PDFs I have to add a v1 to the end, then v2, etc as I do not synchronize the PDF version to the layout or plan file name

my two cents, to compensate for the lack of wall locking, one can draw reference lines, and/or drop dimensions to markers. I did this one below last year, and it was an exercise in frustration/patience. it was a outdoor covered porch the homeowner "built". By dropping the dimension to markers, you can monitor the walls to see if they move, without having to memorize all the dimensions. I then will go back and clean them up if I can. but even below, it is not exact, mostly because I did not draw reference lines and did not do the make parallel thing for the roof, I tried to do everything with the walls and dimensions. In hindsight I should have drawn it out in CAD and then traced the walls, or just done it as CAD (which I considered, but I needed a cross section and thought that might take longer) Because in reality no one actually measures angles actual then gave up a little and went to the crazy homeowner built "roof" with the little overlap a I actually considered doing the whole thing in CAD, it might have been simpler

The easiest way I find to do this inside a building is just draw across the building using the interior dimension tool. CA has a couple videos on dimensions, including the use of this and other tools. They are worth a watch

yeah thats a BIG advantage

is there an advantage using that method vs the schedule to text? If I schedule to text, then copy that to then be two of them, then peel out what I do not want in the first one, and then peel out what i do not want for the second one, it seems straight forward as they just show like this in the text box: then I edit the two to look like: and which yields: of course if one adds a sheet to the middle one has to do it all again, but I assume that is the same for the CAD detail method?

not from what I can tell. maybe use "schedule to text" and then split it?

and this doesnt show it: Tools->layout->reference plan files? where are you seeing the link in the layout project browser?

based on the other thread there is the missing files check via Tools->checks. I've never tried it for layout

I think the unlinking feature was added in X15 or X14 , in the save as template I dont think there is a way to see what is linked. I have seen a similar thing where there is a layout box still there linked to something.in the background on a page and discovered it by clicking There is the Tools->layout->reference plan files, but that only tells if there is something, not what or where it is

That's the conclusion I came to

What are you trying to say here? I don't see a relation between dim 1 and dim 3 regarding the lines being parallel or not as there is no dimension from line 1 I can see dim 1 and 3 matching if the top building's rotated angle happens to land at a position in the rotated arc that equals dim 3. Or they could match if building 2 was a different width than drawn. But the fact they are different distances I don't think means much. Or maybe I am missing it

looks like CA added this feature to the viewer, per the release notes, thanks! "Virtual Reality has been added to the desktop Chief Architect X15 Viewer."

My list: Denoiser makes a huge difference I've used "replace fonts" many times Library browser search looking through the online catalogs Heel Height entry for trusses Sun moving with the mouse and of course, "grass"

I've been meaning to make a suggestion where there is a window on the right dedicated to the most frequently used fields which are changed for the object. for instance, door size. for walls, wall type and width, roof directives. and when you change those there is no ok to confirm, they just change.

i believe there are actual videos on how to create these google search "chief architect" column stone base

this should be posted in Q&A, and the .plan file posted

just a little 5 hour drive south There is a good video by CA on where to end the ceiling plane (inside or outside of the top plate). you may wish to watch it.

i assume you mean roof truss pitch to match the rake? yes, you use 2 ceiling planeswith the same pitch as the roof, or whatever pitch the parallel chord truss bottom chord is. CA will build the trusses between the ceiling and the roof. Its been a while since I have done it, but I would put a beam at the ridge(assuming you have a beam in the middle) and then manually draw a truss on either side, and then use the multiple copy tool to copy the trusses. if you have no beam, then the auto truss tool should just work i would think as long as the ceiling planes are correct or maybe am I missing the question to begin with

you can see this roof problem n plan view with the dashed line. this is saying the roof is encroaching into the ceiling you can fix this by setting the room height to the 6' from above, but it really depends on how you are constructing this. If it is trussed, I would put the trusses in and lift the roof planes the heel height looking some more, your plate heights are different front to back, again not sure if this was your intent if I set the north and south 2nd floor walls as gable and auto built the roof, the plates are the same If I put in trusses with 24" heel if i change that second floor room to now be flat ceiling SandyCreekHangerVer15j2.plan which, may in the end be what you want? attached

so I looked a little closer and the 2nd floor outside room definition looked odd. I rebuilt it with normal walls for the second floor, and put open to below for the two storey rooms, and I think it looks fine now. You should take a look at the footing for the brick half wall, it does not match the rest. So not sure why you were using attic walls, invisible walls, for the second floor. maybe you were trying to accomplish something? SandyCreekHangerVer15j.plan your first level is showing blue floor. I believe you need the floor under this room checked i did it for the one room and now it shows the hardwood: your roof planes are on the first level, seems odd not sure if you intended 6' walls on the end: If so I assume then you want a sloping ceiling. if so, the flat ceiling should be unchecked in the second floor room definition

thanks, my mistake, I did not remember what I actually unchecked. looking back all 3 were checked

and use the "studio driver"

SandyCreekHangerVer15j.planlooks like you have created some invisible walls to try and reduce the effect. this has led to the second story room not actually being a room, as the walls are set to "no locate". I changed them you also have a break in your front main floor wall. not sure why. I removed it (in doing so the attached lost the door windows on that side). I also removed the invisible wall on the south side, second floor your lower brick wall is also 3.5" instead of 5.5. I changed it. you can see the foundation line does not match the adjacent wall I edited the intersection of the front walls second floor to remove the vertical lines on the ortho. But because the south side balooned wall does not show on the second floor, that one is still there. maybe someone else has some ideas SandyCreekHangerVer15j.plan

see the setup at the end in this related post. it is for dimensions but the same principle applies for callouts:

put them on different layers, and create two layersets. I have 2 layersets, basement plan, and foundation plan. To avoid this problem to begin with, I have 2 SPVs to match, each with its own default set which assigns them different layers to begin with