joey_martin

Open the wall DBX and tell Chief to build the foundation where you want it to build and it will do the rest for you. Nothing to move.

Triforce has an 11-7/8" truss, but as @robdyck you really need the 16" if you are going to use these. They are great for my area to keep posts and bulkheads out of finished basements. https://www.openjoisttriforce.com/triforce-features-and-benefits/#joistsize

2 words... Floor Truss

Simply rename the rooms you don't use. For instance, a patio can be renamed to "terrace" or copy a bedroom or living room and rename the copy to say "den" or what ever you want.

unblock them.

JK. Seriously though, depending where in Indiana can make a huge difference. I am less than hour north on Monument Circle, and yet don't get a lot of work out of Indy. Locally, the jurisdictions don't even require plans. "Builders" are getting permits from sketches and ideas and a piece of paper. Remodels? Forget about it. I have just recently starting getting referrals for those. I hate doing them, but.... My biggest repeat clients are in Ohio (2), South Carolina, and Jacksonville Florida. One builder in the metro Indy are uses me, everything else is out of my area. For larger contracts and builders that are going to use my services long term, I travel. The only feasible way I could get to where I wanted to be, was to get on a plane every now and then. Can you make 6 figures? Hmm....maybe. Can you bill 6 figures? Yes. But it will take getting into your local HBA and putting in some work. Getting on a plane now and then will help too.

There's no work in Indiana...none....better move on

Info?!?

Then use a pocket door. The tool is still the same, you are simply using the wrong door.

Select the door in 3D and click the open in 3D button

I need this detail drafted up today and I am simply too busy. Someone shoot me a price and if you can get it done today. joeymdp@gmail.com

Click in the "room" and select the SHELF CEILING option for those rooms and set the height. See if that works for what you want.

I found some, thanks. I may eventually place these blocks on the silhouette though. CAD People.calibz

Anyone have 2D people? Not the silhouettes, but plan view people?

My anno set is set up to handle those labels.

I prefer this method over the letters and/or numbers.

Open the PDF and take a snap shot and paste the snap shot into Chief. Easier to work with.

Select the Andersen library to activate it, then hit the delete key. OK, ok...not funny I know, but the window catalogs are useless. If you know the brand of window you are using for a project, set up the default window using that info to save yourself the headache. Andersen uses some odd sizing, which means there will be some xx 5/8" windows with 3/8" ea side rough openings to get the schedule correct. Either way, if you are specifying windows for your project you are going to need to do some "leg work" within Chief and give it the proper time. Here are schedules from a custom project when I needed to spec the windows and doors...put in the time.

It's not a material. I used the material region tool and drew them manually. Set the "region" to 2"w x 3/4" thick and multiple copy them.

You had me until there. What if there are changes and/or revisions. Budget constraints etc...you have to keep make CAD details to update the site plan. Leave everything live. Site, plans, elevations, sections, details, all of it...it's all live!

Turn on WALL, MAIN LAYER ONLY and it turns off all the wall layers. You can also make a LIVING AREA polyline and have it on the layer you need to show on the site plan but not the floor plan.

Flux Architect

I have a layer/anno set for site plans. Easy peasy. There are times this doesn't work well, but for the most part it's how I handle site plans.

Made my own closet block years ago to give me the look I want. Just CAD lines blocked and added as needed.