joey_martin

Last time I did quick calcs for stairs I think we used 2.5sqft per tread and 2sqft per riser. 9sqft per landing if the stairs are 36" wide. Add all that and add 10% for a guestimate.

Build the floor framing.

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You can assign it any symbol you like, for speeds sake, I drag them in and go.

No. Open the actual material and make a copy. Name it and rotate it. With the material region you are rotating the "region" not the material.

The joist hangers are in the Simpson library.

There are multiple anchoring options other than the ole cast-in-place anchor bolt.

Make a copy of the material, rotate it 90d.

We don't all live and work in seismic zones.

Break the invisible wall at the width you need the gable to be. Changing the pitch will need to happen after and manually.

Yes. Use the roof tabs in the wall dbx.

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Check that the ponywall is aligned properly. Delete the line on the layout page if it's still there.

Construction Documents 101. We get hidden lines at countertops, stair nosing, and stair stringers, we should get them for overlapping roof planes, and half walls hidden by overlapping countertops.

While I appreciate the work and ideas @Alaskan_Son (Michael) that is a ridiculous amount of work and steps when all we need is for Chief to give us hidden lines. The program knows when there is a countertop on top of a cabinet, it should know when 2 roof planes overlap. Sooo, that's a big no for me on creating all that to get hidden lines.

Select the upper roof planes and set them to solid fill white so that the lower roof planes are hidden.

Yes, but why? Do you have a ROOF PLAN layer set and/or default set or SAVED PLAN VIEW? When I am ready to work on my roof plan I simply hit ROOF PLAN and Chief does the rest. I then just add notes and such. Sending anything to CAD just creates more work.

Chief doesn't do hidden lines for roof planes (don't get me started on that) so here is what I do. You can use the roof plane level tool... this tool allow you to move a roof plane up or down depending on where you want it shown. I then fill and note the "upper" roof planes so that they are noticeable and noted that they are on a different level. This one.... shows the roof planes with the fill as resting on the first floor plate line, and there is a note saying that as well.

Just add a point light for rendering where the 2D symbol you place in the soffit is.

It can still be done, it's just not as easy. Use the CAD FROM VIEW tool and delete all the "stuff" and you are left with what you need for the 2 story wall elevation.

Just use the 2D symbol and move on, don't bang your head trying to get those to work corectly. Go to CAD>CAD BLOCK MANAGEMENT and look for the outlet and light 2D symbols and INSERT and it will drop them in your plan, which you can save to your library for future use.

As an aside...check the manufacture warranty as it pertains to flat roofs and the shingles you are showing. Most will not warranty anything below a 2:12 slope. No sense in showing your homeowners a roof that isn't advisable.

I'll just toss this out there...but you could set up all your info without using the layout at all. You can place a title block on you plan file and use the PRINT PREVIEW to align everything. This method may work better for you rather than using the layout file. SImply print everything from the plan file.