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I was referring to the auto dimension for the random locations. I was also referring to trying to draw the individual end to end dimensions. It will not grab on any relevant point and I have to draw in arbitrary lines and dimension between them which is too inaccurate for me.

I am trying to design this hanger airplane hanger and when I put the plan in elevation view it is taking dimension points from seemingly random locations. I need to show the top of framing, top of slab, top of footing, top of roof, etc but the dimension points are completely random in the auto dimension. Is there a way to fix this? Hangar.plan

Thank you David, That worked great and showed me another trick to add to my list. Cheers,

I need to show the stairs coming off an upstairs deck on the top floor plans for a client. Since there is nothing above these stairs there is no way to create a stairwell and show the stairs from the lower floor. I can not seem to find anything that would allow the stairs to show on the top floor plans without clicking the overlay button and then showing all the elements from the lower floor in red. Can anyone tell me a way to display these stairs on the top floor plans? Thank you for your help. Cheers, Spruce st House 3.plan

Thank you!

Hi everyone, I am having an issue that I cant seem to figure out. I know I am just missing a setting somewhere and I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I have a set of plans where the floors appear to all be hovering above each other. I built the floor framing and now instead of hovering the rim joists are exposed in the floor package in between the siding of the top floor and bottom floor. How do I get the siding to cover this area? or apply a belly board or flashing for the siding break between floors? Thanks for your help! Spruce st House 3.plan

Thank you Alaskan Son. I had messed around with it like that before and gotten similar results but changing the interior 4 to zero spooked me because i had other interior 4 walls and it was messing things up. The 1/16" is working for now. I just need to figure out how to get the joist direction tool to work for me. Other people are getting it to work so I guess I need to tweek some settings or something. Thank you all for your responses. You are all very helpful! Cheers,

I tried the joist direction tool multiple times and I cant get it to work. I am sure I am doing something wrong.

plan one more time Hangar - wall issue.plan

changing the wall type from 0" to 1/16" seems to work. I couldn't get it to work before and it is working now. I am still having the issue trying to get the ceiling joists to go laterally, but that would be a separate issue. Thank you Dshall!

edited the language. Sorry. I am quite frustrated here and I didn't even realize I swore. lol.

When there is no floor or ceiling height difference it still changes it. When changing to the thicker wall profile it also changes the length of walls abutting to it and fucks up the design by giving the wrong information to the trades building it. The area I am running into the most problems with this is in a very simple airport hanger I am tasked with designing. It's basically a box with a sloped roof and the front and back "walls" open so planes can be dragged in and out. The software constantly "builds" these "walls" and shortens the actual walls that support the roof on the sides. It is so frustrating and has increased the costs in time for this simple project. I have tried creating a new wall profile with a 0" and a 1/16" thickness and it still is not working. It auto changes it back to 4 1/2" and screws up the adjacent wall lengths. I am also having trouble getting the roof joists to span laterally while the software constantly wants them to go front to back even though there is no supporting walls on the front and back. Its pretty stupid.

Is there a way to make decks or "room" areas with open walls not have a 4 1/2" invisible wall or railing section as its perimeter. This is incredibly annoying as it changes the dimensions of rooms and it effects the intersection of this space with other perimeter walls. Every time I change it back to "room divider" with a 0" wall profile it automatically changes to the 4 1/2" profile. This has created a large number of problems for me across multiple projects. Chief's help department was useless with their reply "It is just going to automatically do that tough luck". I was hoping some experienced professionals here had a work around. Looking forward to hearing from someone. Cheers,

Fixed. Thank you!

Hello Everyone, I am having an issue that I cannot seem to find help in the knowledge base section for. I am looking to have the bottom floor of my design hung off 1 wall and then sat on top of the other side. I cannot seem to find anywhere to change this? I have attached an image below showing the location of then issue. Any and all help would be appreciated. Cheers,

Hello, I am learning the software on the fly after designing previously with Softplan. My company believes that Chief is better software and I am trying to learn while in the middle of drafting a project we are currently working on. I am having trouble with a few things and could really use someone to ask brief questions or do the occasional hourly rate project specific help sessions through a screen sharing software. My company would happily pay an hourly rate for help sessions or mentor training sessions. Anyone interested please contact me via email: ryan.nadeau@innovationbuilding.com Cheers,

Newbie here with a simple question. How do I put the continuous S pattern inside a wall type to show insulation. I am more concerned with it showing up in a section. Cheers,