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i try and make it work first by putting a terrain region at the front (all the way across the terrain(actually beyond the terrain on both sides), and then one at back ( 6 ft lower), all the way across the property. If the drop like Gene has is the only thing you need, then it works. Where it doesn't work is where corners of the property are different elevations, or if you have wing walls with a lower elevation region between them, or different elevation points(as opposed to just two regions)

CA has a good video of it

This is how I have them. But I would concur with Rene. although the new callout linking feature was very good, there is still, IMHO,  an improvement which could be done around efficient CAD detail management. And if X16 ends up with a certain way being better, I would hate to spend a bunch of time on a way which does not use any new capabilities that may come

I just put them in my library...always there...can easily duplicate..can easily edit

I think I would go another direction, similar to what rene does for details. He essentially sets all the variables graphically in a CAD detail. You could then use that in text boxes or report on them as you see fit. 

It has the advantage of keeping everything in one place, and avoiding yet more layers

I tried it on your plan. changed the reach and choose the right side. but it does have an errant "ridge line" but you can delete it.

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5 hours ago, HumbleChief said:

I have 2 buildings and the story pole seems to want to pull the correct data from one larger existing home (that will not be changed and is not part of the submittal) and not so great off the separate smaller building that is in the submittal scope of work. I'd like to pull the story pole info off the smaller building but it's not cooperating.

I did this once. If I remember correctly, I set the storey pole to the other side of the building I wanted, so if there were two buildings and you wanted the left building, set the story pole to be on the left. I dont remember if the "highest ridge" worked or if I set that manually. And I probably had to set the reach

4 hours ago, HumbleChief said:

 

I have to manually move them to look like this

4 hours ago, Chrisb222 said:

Here, it's common practice the allow 1/2" space between the stairs and any wall on either side. i.e., 38" wide staircase would be placed inside a 39" wide rough framing opening.

here too

2 hours ago, Chrisb222 said:

Here, I fixed your plan and attached it for you." THAT's where the spoon feeding goes too far IMHO.

I will say on more than one occasion Eric has created videos of how to fix my plan using my plan, but more importantly to me is the explanation he puts into them on why it's done a certain way. Once I know the why I can apply that to other problems

20 hours ago, TCB_BdnMY said:

havent done any exterior "painting" on that part at leas

Sometimes CA will paint it drywall for you, erroneously. Not sure if is the cause here but I demonstrated it in a post last year

2 hours ago, isaiasquality said:

I'm sorry for any confusion, but it seems like your question is unclear or may be missing some context. Could you please provide more details or clarify your question so I can assist you better? Additionally, if you're referring to specific codes, terms, or descriptions, providing more context would help me provide a more accurate response.

chatgpt?

I dont understand what you are looking for. 3E, 3H etc? 2 characters? what are the 3 character?

What are the objection descriptions verbatim?

maybe post the plan

2 hours ago, DBCooper said:

In your picture, it looks like your dimension is going to markers and not to the edge of the polyline (maybe a counter top?) that you are showing.

I was assuming CA is dropping the markers on the grid lines.

@Luna18, Can you confirm, are you drawing the dim left to right, and is the dim line snapping to the grid and then dropping a marker when you let go?

And I am assuming the p2p is not snapping to the cabinet at all, only to the grid?

turn off auto build anything, framing, roofs

a search for "slow" in this forum yields:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00521/troubleshooting-slowness-in-chief-architect-plans.html

4 hours ago, tsoftwerks said:

Specific areas I am struggling with are how to get the false upper room built with the short wall and gable end dormer.

is that false room viewable from the inside entry? i.e. is the entry two storeys?

If it was me, I'd have CA automatically put a shed roof on the right hand bumpout and then manually move it across. For the gable, you could maybe use a gable line, although I havent tried a gable line with a window in the gable to know that it works automatically without adding it after the fact

you can have roof heights automatically raised and lowered by adjusting the heel height (for trussed roofs). Or manually raised and lowered using transform replicate->adjust in the z direction

My 17" Aorus w/3080 works well. No heat issues that caused any damage and I used it on a desk, plane, on my lap, on my bed. My wife's laptop broke so I'm giving her this one. I just ordered an Alienware 18" 4090 as it was $1200 off the price. If the new Aorus 17.3 was on sale I would buy it as the form factor is better than the Alienware.

In my experience the fans only really start to get active when I have a rendering active, which most of the time is not the case. So to answer your question, a laptop is fine for my work.

possibilities I can think of:

1. when you switched to the new layer set, the save plan view was not actually saved. (click on the save button for the saved plan view)

2. in the layout box properties for the elevation layout box, it is not using the saved plan view which has the desired layer set. if you go in there, you can re-link

The above assumes you are using saved plan views (SPVs) for your work flow and layouts

On 11/25/2023 at 8:45 PM, OkcDesigner said:

I just got back from best buy where they just price matched my computer to their sale price of $1,999.99 today. So my total savings was $500.00 of regular price. 

I went to pay for my cart at checkout last Thursday and the Scar 18 vanished, sold out . We are fortunate up here, the higher end laptops when they go on sale end up being about 25% less than the US, but its no use if they are sold out..

27 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

Lenovo 7i Pro line

only 16" screen.

I try and get all the real estate I can. My current is a 17" so I want to be that size or larger.  HP omen was another one I was looking at although the sale it had a few weeks ago seems to be over

8 hours ago, OkcDesigner said:

Jason the computer showed up! Added the 64gb ram, Upgraded The 1TB m.2 to 2TB m.2, Added a second 2TB m.2., Upgraded Windows 11 to Pro.

I keep reading about people having problems with fan whine. Do you have any?

Its a toss up between this and the Alienware M18. The M18 with 64GB 4090, 4TB, is $1400 off with a discount. and the Scar 18 32GB, 2TB is $1000 off. So basically they are the same price. Although screen sizes are the same the M18 is 9 lbs vs 7lbs for the Scar. and the M18 is larger footprint

10 hours ago, OkcDesigner said:

I plan to update it to 64GB ram

i was thinking of the same one but pondering maybe with the 4090 with 32GB ram. Let us know how it works out

When I get frustrated with stairs, I just do the math and set the elevations for each

And if I don't need a cross section, sometimes I just draw a 45 degree cad line, but that is mostly for as builts

11 hours ago, JiAngelo said:

Ideally the Plot Plan CAD should be on its own layer. 

this is what I do, I then dimension to the CAD line from the house foundation, and then move the CAD lines to get the desired setback. I do not move the house.

I personally am not that careful to draw the initial house inside the PLs, as I will move the PLs later anyway. In other words I will draw the house, I will draw the PLs on a seperate layer, and then I will move the PLs around to meet the setbacks. I do not draw them off to the side as they are on a separate layer

But I can see the advantage of Option 1 for multiple houses in a subdivision, as you could easily move them all around.

My two cents, option 2 for one house, option 1 for multiple houses

15 hours ago, TeaTime said:

Nope, but Reference Display does. Y'all just hate that feature or what? lol

17 hours ago, TeaTime said:

FWIW This can be done easily via the Reference Display as well using a special As-Built layer set and different labeling defaults in each plan.

well now that you asked. time to delete the autodimension i do not want, 4 seconds

time to change the window label layer to red and add *NEW, 15 seconds (I already have a layer called windows, label RED)

time to manage two files, especially if I have to correct something, then I have to correct it in both files = headache.

now using layers and defaults on the same file,( as Rene shows), and/or combined with a reference layer display,  I think is a good solution. just have to invest the time to preset everything up, which is probably not that much by the looks of it

But I'll be the first to admit, if doing an interior reno, where walls are being torn down and new ones created the reference display between two plans is the best way to go if one wants to show both sets of walls. 

I tend to overuse the "revision cloud" rather than keep two plan files. call me lazy