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  1. joey_martin
    This issue has been around as long as I have used Chief. Not sure why it hasn't been addressed.
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    Second floor framing is the first floor clg framing in my neck of the woods. Always shown on the first floor, as the first floor framing in shown on the foundation/basement floor.
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    The line weights on you plan file do not match the line weights on your layout file. Make sure they are the same. File>Print>Drawing Sheet Setup>Advanced Line Weight Options. Make sure they are set the same on plan file and layout file.
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    Simply cut them from floor 1 and paste in place on floor 0.
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    @DecoratorsCorner I have a RCP Anno set. Everything set to gray scale except my CAD_RCP, Text_RCP, Notes/Text_RCP....etc. Anno Sets are they only way I work with Chief. Nothing better.
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    I have made the suggestion multiple times over the years to have the ability to select and shape footings as needed. There is no reason we should not be able to form footings into pads as required along a stretch of wall.
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    Chief will not AUTO build floor trusses. Delete the floor framing and manually place the floor trusses.
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    Change the layer color. I use a black background as well, all my electrical layers are orange and show just fine.
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    You re right...thinking of something else. Select the trim piece and this tool pops up, use it to delete the offending piece of trim.
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    Once you select that trim, convert it to a basic molding pline rather than a frieze (roof trim) and select the box for no trim on this line. Then select the roof plane and remove the frieze for that roof plane so that it won't keep generating.
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    You can. I honestly can't remember the last time I drew a pier/post or a footing pad. Just set up what you want in the defaults and click under the beam. If it's a basement then you set the defaults to post/pad, if a crawl then go with pier/pad.
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    Since no-one else has, I will state the obvious here....between your username and the nature of the questions I would suggest that you take a pass on this project, or purchase a nice fat insurance policy.
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    Go to the default label text box and set it transparent so that the boxes go away.
  14. joey_martin
    Change the 2"X lumber in the roof defaults to Steel-I and set the distance. The purlins will need to be added manually.
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    I think you may still be confused. I build/design basements almost exclusively. Chief calls is a post footing. You can set the defaults to go just beneath the slab, with the top of the basement slab, or if no slab is present, you set the top to the amount of exposure you want above the grade. Anyway...the tool in my post above will clear up the confusion.
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    Look here...
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    When you place the post there should be one added automatically. Just set the default(s) for the post type, and the footing type for that post.
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    One plan per project. I know some use multiple plans. A plan for this, a plan for that...too much. I want to be able to click on a view in layout and be sent to the exact spot on my model. All the text and CAD items are in the library, so it's still drag and drop, but the detail is live. I'm sure my method takes a little longer in the end, but I'm ok with it.
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    Be prepared for multiple answers. For me...I use live details. See my process in post #2 of this thread.
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    Probably not much use to you, but here in the land of beige boxes everything (that I have dealt with) is either 80" or 84". Every now and then on a custom home with tall ceilings we will do 96" across the front elevation to match a large 96" door.
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    Then why bother purchasing a 3D software? Asking for a stair tool to work properly isn't asking for an unrealistic level of precision. What if need to provide some custom millwork details around the stairs, or some interior elevations for the wall region?
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    A little off the question, but you might show them this product. I used it in a full remodel a while back. Doo/window trim that is rabbeted, which is a built it j-channel. Customer loved it, trim guy loved it. https://azek.com/products/trim/trimboard#traditional
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    Add a note to the plan and move on. My guess....you have spent wayyyy tooo much time on this. Every single garage slab, in every single home built that I have designed or prepared plans for over the past 20 years, has a sloped slab, not one is modeled that way. But...if you really want your section to show a sloped slab. Take the section cut, hit the auto detail tool, select the garage slab fill, and rotate it to your specs. Done, takes 10 seconds.
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    Don't overthink the layout process. Send your view to layout at the scale you want to the page you want....simple as that. You can use (like I do) a layer set for layouts, but not needed if you only print b/w. It's a really painless process.
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    One of biggest time savers has been.... S = switch O = Outlet C = Connect Can whip around an electrical plan in no time. I also use the cabinet hotkey you have described.