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  1. WhistlerBuilder
    So I have no idea what that means... "Connect Island Rooms"?
  2. WhistlerBuilder
    Thanks solver. I uploaded the file now.
  3. WhistlerBuilder
    Hi Chiefers, I have a weird issue where I have invisible walls being generated and I cannot figure out why. They appear to be generated in the middle of two other wall sections and run through a room. They do nothing, but are very annoying and I am trying to delete them but they keep being generated. I even copy pasted the area in question to a new file, tried everything to delete them, and its still not working. It's not in the room definition, heights, roofs etc... So confused by this. Any suggestions? invis wall question.plan
  4. WhistlerBuilder
    Chief is one of the best design software for single family homes. For larger multi family projects you want to be in Archicad / Revit / Vectorworks. Chief runs into problems with performance speeds in larger multi family projects. It is also not set up well to do copy/paste of identical units as the process generates a very large amount of errors that are time consuming to fix. In the multi family projects I have designed with Chief, we always moved to a different platform for building permit drawings.
  5. WhistlerBuilder
    I closed it and re-opened it and got this error...
  6. WhistlerBuilder
    Still not working, no rhyme or reason as to why some sections change direction and some do not.
  7. WhistlerBuilder
    Hi Chiefers, I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips about why Chief might be ignoring joist directions for floor joists and bearing lines. My software is changing the direction some times and not others, and is changing it on one floor, then ignoring all joist direction specifications on all the other floors. The project file is massive, (2 tower lowrise project) and not suitable to upload. Any tips welcome.
  8. WhistlerBuilder
    Once again it is close, but it is still displaying a 3D drawing from the top down. It cannot seem to display doors properly which can be VERY CONFUSING for clients. See sample from Sketchup Vs Ortho - top down from Chief. Also, clicking every door and telling it to display as open in 3D still does not show it properly....
  9. WhistlerBuilder
    Actually, as stated above this is not what I am looking for. The 3D perspective changes what is displayed, and I am specifically looking for plan view, not a 3D perspective. The results are very different, especially on large floorplans.
  10. WhistlerBuilder
    Thanks guys for the replies. I have done this already, it achieves close to what we are looking for, but not exactly. There doesn't appear to be a plan view watercolor in chief, only the top down floor plan 3D. PS, MarkMc - Very cool plan!
  11. WhistlerBuilder
    Hi Chiefers, Quick question. Is it possible to display plan view in the watercolor mode? So far I can only get watercolor to apply to the 3D views that chief generates. I have a sample of what I am talking about generated with Sketchup imported dwg from a chief file. Chief normal version = Sample 1, sketchup watercolor = sample 2
  12. WhistlerBuilder
    Hi Drawzilla, You are correct, but if you are using this for roofs you would frame lookouts for the overhangs with regular dimensional lumber attached to the joists. You can also get them custom fabricated to carry the overhang in a trimmed format. Chief can't figure out how to use this material and do that properly. It's an annoying little bug. To do a proper roof framing plan you have to draw it manually.
  13. WhistlerBuilder
    Hi Glennw, Yes I know this. For some reason chief does this when you copy / paste plans. You can have it perfect in the source of the copy, but once you paste it chief makes the walls a slightly different angle for some reason. It is a silly bug that is immensely frustrating when working with apartment style buildings where you design a unit type then copy/paste it into the structural grid. It also happens when you copy/paste whole floors when you have identical designs. To fix this you have to go around to each wall individually and click to fix it. There is no "align all" feature to compensate for this bug. It is an annoying little problem that is easier to ignore than to deal with.
  14. WhistlerBuilder
    I solved this by creating two roofs for each building split off the center line. Apparently chief bugs out when your roofs are too long because of some unpublished framing member size limit. Also, chief cannot "trim to soffit" I Joist framing members, but it can trim dimensional lumber, so swapping to lumber solves the graphical error and placing the joists in the long side overhangs. Weird bugs that I would love to see someone from QA address. My drafting/architect friends that use Revit/archicad do not have this issue...
  15. WhistlerBuilder
    So is there a maximum length for framing members now? I would really like to solve this as these plans are going in for DP soon. I can cheat and hide this issue, but it will come up when I start doing construction drawings....
  16. WhistlerBuilder
    Hi Chiefers, I am having a weird issue where the roof framing is being generated out of place. It is also ignoring the option to "Trim Framing To Soffits" option and extending the "I Joist" rafters outside of the walls. I have tried all sorts of things to get this fixed and I cant figure it out. Any suggestions? I attached 3 images of the issue and a copy of the top floor / roof in a separate file (original complete file is HUGE) Roof Problem.plan
  17. WhistlerBuilder
    My problem was that when I was converting the curved wall to a "solid" from a "Polyline Solid", I was then not converting the shape I was using to subtract to a solid as well. You cannot use a "polyline solid" to subtract from a "solid". It was a simple step that I was missing. "
  18. WhistlerBuilder
    Never mind... I just got it to work. Thank you.
  19. WhistlerBuilder
    I was trying that... I could not get the solids to actually subtract. It just kept both solids and did nothing... what am I missing?
  20. WhistlerBuilder
    Hi Chiefers, I have an interesting question for the pro's here. I am designing a very unconventional coffee kiosk with curved glulams and curved walls. I built the initial design by creating the 3D objects in plan view in a source file, then pasting the shapes into an elevation in a new 3D file, creating 3D shapes in the elevation. (See Kiosk Profile.jpg) Once the 3D Shapes were created I laid them out plan view in the 3D file and created the 3D structure. (Kiosk 3D.plan) I now need to put a window in the curved wall, and cannot figure out how to punch a hole in this shape. Any tips? Cheers, Kiosk 3D.plan
  21. WhistlerBuilder
    Hello Chiefers, I was wondering if anyone had any good cedar wood textures. I noticed that this one is specifically lacking in the stock package. I am looking for any of the following textures: 1) Lap siding 2) T&G siding or soffit 3) Beam / Posts 4) Smooth wood grain Cheers,
  22. WhistlerBuilder
    Oh I have Cad sections for details of wall connections, windows and flashing etc. The above method was just for a wall type Table I have on the first page of a plan set. It is just a quick and dirty icon image to show the colors etc on the plan set identifying what each wall type is.
  23. WhistlerBuilder
    I would absolutely love an automated version of this. I have to do this on all my con docs as well. Currently I screenshot with adobe photoshop and crop a square section of each wall, then manually type in a list of all the wall components next to the inserted wall graphics in my plan layout.
  24. WhistlerBuilder
    Weird part of this bug I discovered yesterday that helped me with my presentation drawings... When the clipping occurs, you can try to cut and paste the offending plants to fix the problem. If that does not work, you can open a new "camera" and try the same angle you were working on before. The new camera might fix the problem, and if you keep the old camera in the identical spot, one will work and one will not. This leads me to believe that the problem is with the camera somehow and not a feature of the plant. I also noticed that the only time I am getting these problems are when the plants are raised or lowered above the terrain elevation. WEIRD!!!!!
  25. WhistlerBuilder
    I tried the cut paste. Still having the same problem. Thank you for the suggestion.