joey_martin

I hope that I am missing something in your explanation. What does AutoCAD, Chief, or any other software have to do with architecture school? Granted it's been 30 years since I finished arch school, but then AutoCAD was an "elective" and not very highly attended. I'm sure...30 years later...that working with software is a part of the curriculum now, but my guess is it's a very small part. An education in architecture has very, very little to do with "drawing plans". In fact, 5 years ago I had an intern from an arch school in Michigan come home for the summer and work in my office as he was about to graduate with his B.A. and he had never put together a full set of construction documents. His school used the philosophy that the firm(s) he worked for would teach him that information. Perhaps you need to look at a Tech School or Community College for drafting classes, and go ahead and learn AutoCAD...it couldn't hurt...but if you are only looking to "stamp" plans, you are being naive as to what you are going to have to go through. Do you have any college credits heading in? If not, you are going to spend a couple years go through all the freshman and soph college classes before entering "architecture school". My opinion. This is wrong on so many levels.

Just open the schedule and use the label as the identifier.

Unless that is a window down there and not a panel. Otherwise as others have suggested, you will need to stack 2 window, or use a custom muntin.

Use a door..not a window and you can adjust the size of the frame.

Just click in the room to select the room. You can also select that line in the schedule, and look down in the toolbar for "open item" tool that will open the room you selected.

Select the roof at the valley, hit 2 on the keyboard, and then select the roof edge of the main roof you want it connected to and it will connect. Do that for both sides.

Unless I spec a specific model and style. Sometimes it matters. When I do a custom home I spec a lot of fixtures and finishes. No sense in letting someone else rack up those fees...that's what they come to me for.

Also check your wall definitions to make sure you havent set the main/dim layer as the sheetrock/

I tried them for a project...didn't work for me.

back to @decorators3 question. Why the large pantry? I hate to see clients pay to heat and cool large closets and storage spaces. That staircase could easily fit back in there what you had it.

Yes it does. I didn't mean to make it sound like we are building from napkin sketches, even the smaller jurisdiction I work in will ask for plans. The difference is, they don't get kick back for revision upon revision because one examiner interprets a code different than another. I can go from printer, to building office, to job site in less than 5 business days. That makes everyone happy!

@Doug_N I'm glad I work where I do then...none of those items would apply to the great state of Indiana!

I don't think, in all 15 of my years with Chief, that I have not used the reverse plan tool. There will be some text items that need fixed, and you will need to make a couple adjustments with elevation and section cameras. Not sure what happens with a line and edit area tool.

^^What Joe said^^ and if that isn't working then you have a wall set as no room definition or the deck should simply build.

With Auto Roofs on, select the wall and set the pitches and distances.

Yes...inquiring minds want to know.

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That's just a regular full height cabinet turned 45 degrees.

I don't have X6 installed any longer, but how did you apply the tile? Spay can? New wall type? P-solid? Depending on how the tile was applied will change the answer. Also, are you talking about the actual material or the vector pattern?

Draw the framing member outside the structure and it will create a general framing member. You can then place it on the floor framing layer and set the height.

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For flying through Electrical Plans: S = Switch O = outlet L = lights C = Connect Roof plans: 2 = Join the Roof Planes

Use the edit area tool and select one or the other and set the rotation angle. Ideally, you want to have these sorts of design decisions made before you start building the model so that you can set the angle, or use temp construction lines to keep everything organized.

@DzinEye I'm still a little old school when it comes to hashing out ideas. I don't sit in front of Chief and do a ton of changes. I print the floor plan(s) and elevations and use a roll of tracing paper with the client to work out options. Changing Chief files over and over again is not something I am going to do. Old school still works for planning and talking with clients.