joey_martin

Be prepared for multiple answers. For me...I use live details. See my process in post #2 of this thread.

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

We are way too many versions into a Professional Design Software for that phrase to be mentioned in a thread concerning what is a very, very basic residential design situation.

You said it was an older plan? How many versions back was the original created?

That's how I fixed the issue as well, but the odd...or funny...or, well....I didn't do anything in that plan set except open the floor plan to add a couple framing notes.That was all. I never opened an elevation, or camera view, or anything of the sort, just 2 framing notes and had to update the elevations.

And to add insult to injury.....Added some framing notes, re-ran the PDF so that I could send it to client, and this is what my elevations look like.

And it's not just for presentations. After all the years and all the "fixes", I just spent the better part of an HOUR working on a fairly simple 90d staircase with railing on the bottom part which ends at the wall. Simple right? Had to hit the delete key and draw the staircase 2D. And I am 110% certain I know what I am doing. The line in the sand I mentioned about a year ago, as to whether it's time for Chief and I to break up, is now just off my heels rather than just ahead of toes.

Clinton Robertson used to use Chief. Not sure if he is licensed in Florida, but may be worth a shot clintonrobertson@gmail.com

If you use AutoDims they will.

Check the layer for cross section lines.

ONE BILLION DOLLARS...

Break the cross section line and move that half of it 4" so that it doesn't cut through the wall.

Not to hi-jack...but was this Thane's office? I had the occasion to meet, and befriend Thane through the AIBD and here on ChiefTalk. Spent some time with him in Boston.

That to me would be a BIG no-no...the window is displayed on the wrong floor and as sure as I am sitting here, that window will get framed into the first floor wall. I would add a note on the elevation that reads; ATTIC WINDOW xx" X xx" TO BE CENTERED IN ATTIC WALL W/ R.O. PER MFG INSTRUCTIONS. But that me...

Are the labels in the center of the contour line? Hardcoded to be in the center point?

Did you turn off AUTO JOISTS?

BTW...placing a bearing beam or wall will also trigger the joists to change direction to bear on that beam/wall.

Go to BUILD>FRAMING>JOIST DIRECTION and place a direction indicator in the plan.

+1,000,000 for what Richard said!

Even sending them to layout using the plot line setting is still "lve" in my opinion. If a change is made, I make one click and the layout is updated, even with plot line.