joey_martin

Sounds like a print driver issue not a Chief issue. My Epson Sc-2100 had that happen after a Microsoft update.

Sounds like you need to do a few Kitchen Elevations with notes. Use the WALL ELEVATION camera and make your notes.

Make sure the line weights are turned on in layout.

My guess, that is a "deck" and you disconnected a wall to make a change or some sort of design move. When you do that all the decking and framing will disappear unless you check the box that tells Chief to "keep framing". Older versions were not as bad at simply dropping all your framing if you moved a wall, X16 is. Still gets me everything I have a deck or balcony. Hit the REBUILD framing button and it will come back, but be warned, the beams and posts will be different if you had moved those during your design process. Be prepared to redo all that custom framing work.

You will probably need to ZIP up the plan file and let one of have a look at it. Really no way to tell from this pic. Ensure you save the plan file and close out of Chief before ZIPPING the plan file, or it won't work.

Draw them manually, use the back-clipped back section camera and cut the details from your model, download the details library, bring CAD details into a CAD Detail and adjust. Many ways to do it.

While in Elevation camera view I draw a small strip, then open that strip to modify. Most important to me, is to uncheck the box that cuts the existing siding so that the batten sets on top of the siding. Size and shape accordingly.

Also, name it in saved plan view and use a macro label with a tag to name the view.

Change the label to whatever you want. Single click on the view while in layout, go to the label tab, and use the custom label to name it what you like.

I have completed multiple projects, new home and remodels with X16. All is good.

Was taught that in Arch school in the 80's and have always done it that way. Sometimes I put 2 different corner to corner, but always at least 1.

The walk-out basement wall is the bearing wall. Simply show it. You're overthinking it. I have SPVs for foundation and for floor plan, but on a walk-out that framed wall would show on both and I use a layer for CAD, Foundations to trace the lower "stem wall" and show it on the foundation plan only. These are accomplished with saved plan view and layer/default sets with those views.

Those aren't 3D, those are 2D details with the color turned on. Just turn your color on, and add a colored fill to your text boxes.

You put a lot in there for a software newbie. Start by fixing your foundation. Turn the auto foundation feature on and change your default foundation to slab. Once you that sorted out, turn auto foundation off, and now you can go to the garage room and add the framing layers to the top of the slab, along with the sub-floor and finished floor layer to get what you want in there.

If you really want your Battens to have some "pop", make your own with the material region tool. They will automatically trim around doors, windows, and the eaves on a gable.

Balloon framed exterior walls. The check box is in the wall dialog box.

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@vikiw_bend take a bit of time to set up a layer set for sending exterior elevations to layout. You will love the results and the time saved down the road will more then make up for any time lost up front.

Make sure you have auto attic walls turned on.

I know that those can be built into roof/ceiling trusses, but not sure I have seen them in floor trusses. The Tray ceiling tool within Chief won't build a tray into a floor platform though as far as I know, be it truss or conventional lumber.

Framing should be the only main layer. Everything else is either outside, or inside.

My guess is you have the wall main layers set up to do that. You need to fix your wall layers.

You have your sub-floor and flooring layers checked as framing. Open the floor structure tab and uncheck the FRAMING box for those layers.

Those borders don't automatically update to the paper size, you need to manually adjust those.