joey_martin

I received the stamp from AIBD as a part of a seminar years ago. I stamped a sheet of paper and scanned the image in to be added to my plans.

As for my templates. It's not that I am being selfish with them, but I offer them as a part of the training sessions I do, so the folks that have taken training with me have "paid" for them, so providing them to other for free doesn't seem right.

You're not going to be able to import the layout (paper space) files into Chief and get what you want. You need the actual CAD files (model space), and even then, it's not really a job for Chief. You will most likely need a 2D CAD program to make this work the way you are envisioning.

I have learned to pass on these types of jobs. I am simply not set up for 2D CAD any longer. 

The materials list shows the "material" Create a material for SPF #2 and change the stud material to that from fir framing.

110% confident. No one in my area uses copper any longer.

And copper leaks too if not installed properly.

Just a few examples....  footing widths are not specified (Page S1.0) and there are no shear transfer details,  window headers (See Schedules) are not spec'd and hip sizes are not called out (See Roof Plan - Truss Roof) and there are not king posts under ridge beams (No Ridge Beams) spec'd out.  Location of vertical steel in retaining walls (Page S1.1) is not spec'd......   plate heights in sections (Page S3.0)are not called out and there are only 2 sections ,  for a house this size and complex,  it seems more than 2 sections will be needed.

The American Craftsman set is a few years old. Here is a newer project, and an updated look at my plans. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/83lzkad9n9zki4w/Plan Set 6_8_16_PROOF SET.pdf?dl=0

I don't show all the PEX, just want the Manabloc to show in the Materials List and on the Fixture Schedule.

Your anno sets and defaults are not set properly. You need to select the text and change the layer so that it can be hidden in the framing anno set.

For instance I have layers called 

text, floor plan

text, foundation

text, framing

text, electrical

etc....

That way specific text shows where it should.

You can place them on a separate layer, I believe, and turn that layer off.

Here it is.

Manabloc.calibz

I use them.

I ended up finding one. I'll share it when I get back to the office.

Has anyone gone through the process yet of downloading one of these and placing it in Chief. I don't have SketchUp on the machine I am at right now, but need one of these.

http://www.viega.us/4741.html

Bump for this post heading into the New Year!

Great service for homeowner/builders as well, and for builders that need a trusted outsourcing partner for design services. 

Have a great year everyone!!

2 hours ago, VistaGroup said:

I didn't use the deck rails tool..... I drew the deck and railing then added walls on top of the deck and adjusted the height of them so that they are only 10 in tall......should I be using a different format? Are there any other videos or tutorials I can watch to better understand this program? I've watched everything I can find.

Yes. Just use the deck rail tool and tell Chief you want a ceiling and roof over it...poof, done. Just a couple clicks.

If you drew the walls with the deck rails tool, make sure that you have selected to have a ceiling/roof over the deck.

Select the front wall, open the DBX, go to the roof tab, and select gable.

Yep. Mine does too. Never used that feature. Still learning I guess.

I used this company to order my digital seals. Came with .tiff, .jpeg & .dxf for use on drawings.

http://www.acornsales.com/professional-seal-stamp-s/1827.htm

1 minute ago, Chopsaw said:

David,  This seems to be more complicated as my "Auto Place Outlets" do not place in the Bathroom at all and even manually placed outlets in the Kitchen are not GFCI.  

In baths, there will only be ONE auto outlet placed. If you have a vanity placed first, it will place it at the vanity.

I am unaware that GCFI outlets were ever placed automatically in Kitchens. To make sure I wasn't loosing my mind, I just opened the help file and it does not say anything about kitchens, only BATH or MASTER BATH.

Yes. Everything is on the layout template page(s).

My preference is to keep them on my layout template.

At one point it looks like you have full roof return across that gable. That appears to be the framing from that return. Re-frame the roof. Not sure about the cabs.

No way you should be drawing roof lines manually, and trust me, I'm one of the biggest proponents for quality construction documents. 

With Chief, there are a couple things that we just learn to live with, and roof planes are one of them. I made a suggestion here....

..and here are a couple of suggestions. One would be to keep the roof planes on the level they are on, then they don't show overlapped, the other is using fill and note that the shaded planes are sitting on the first floor plate.