joey_martin

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.

All live elevations, sections, and 99.5% all live details. I also have them set to not manually update. I have few if any issues.

Open the symbol, choose the 2D block, remove/change fill.

7 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

If you are using a "Bay Window" - in the dbx select "Has Raised Floor" and set the values there for height and floor thickness.  This will preclude it from going down thru the Garage Roof.

Of course....you won't be able to have 5 independent windows across there if you use this tool.

But without the newels how will you stop and transition the rail?

But what if you want to add windows to the box/bay? That is why being able to explode...like a dormer...would be best.

I do save as occasionally, but honestly I hit save and move on. Last thing I need is a hundred different versions of plans to keep track of. If a client wants me to change something, they best be sure because I'm going to charge them $80/hr to change it back if they change their mind.

14 hours ago, dshall said:

Joey posted one of those cryptic posts that someone can spend 10 minutes figuring out

"Hello pot...kettle here....you're black."

CTRL D.....it's your friend....

I was afraid of something like this. I haven't used these tools (box, bay, etc..) for sometime because of the extreme limitation, was hoping something had changed. I built it with multiple walls.

Ok Gurus. I need to put multiple windows into the box widow (see pic). When I place the box it only allows a single window...I need four....how?

Walls, Main Layer Only will override all other layers. 

The brackets need to be placed manually. I usually tile my plan & elevation views and place/move them into position. Get one right and copy paste the rest. If you know the absolute heights, or heights in relation to the floor, you can use the transform replicate tool to place them in an exact position.

Shadows are n camera defaults.

39 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

You can also use point to point dimensions and either;

• Reduce the marker radius to zero
• Change the marker line style to the invisible line style
• Put the markers on their own layer and turn the layer off

Or you can use these...

MANUAL ELEVATION MARKERS

 

Neither of the above have any off angle limitations.  The problem with normal dimensions is that they must be snapped to the end of a line making it essentially impossible to dimension certain situations without using one of the above methods.  

 

You can also simply place a break in your line to force your dimension to snap anywhere you want but then you have a broken line...not exactly a good thing in some situations...especially if you're displaying the line's length/angle in a plot plan. 

It's...in my opinion...nowhere near that complicated. In all the years I have used Chief, back to v9, I can probably count on 1 hand how many times I have used the point to point dim tool. Using CNRL D works the best for me.  

I simply place the dim..let it pick up what ever it's going to pick up and while its still selected hit CNRL D and choose the line I want it perpendicular to. That way I don't have to turn the snaps on and off. 

Layer Sets. You need to set the materials to the gray scale you want, then let the layer set control everything else when sent to layout.

Also...check the settings for the layout page. You may have the color turned off in the layout.

I like to keep them a little simplistic, and easy to read. I have an Anno & Layer Set for "Presentation Plan View" so with a couple clicks I can easily get these out and to a client or onto my Facebook page.

What isn't correct? Looks ok from my end.

I have been know to sent 3D views to builders/clients in the past. These could be sent to layout and labeled relatively painlessly. 

There was an X8 update awhile back. Did you not update?

I played a little with SketchUp but not that much with Chief.