joey_martin

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.

Thanks Joe. It's not the info..it's the center/left/right justification that I am after.

Thats what I thought Michael.

This is what the label will look like. I have centered the text by eyeing it. Possible via a setting?

Quick question. I have a client that doesn't like door/window schedules. He wants the info (size, type, header) listed at the opening. Is there a way to center the label text?

If not..has it been suggested?

Following this closely. I also use Dropbox for Chief. All my active plan/layout files, as well as my template plan and layout template are kept there. Would love to everything synced.

Perhaps here....

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=bc224120-5de4-4d2c-b431-b4d97a529060

...make needed adjustments and save?

What size is the pier? 

How much concrete does Chief calculate?

How much concrete do you calculate?

Did you create the pier as a solid object, or use the pier tool?

I simply export as jpeg from my plan view screen. I post these to the net all the time, never seem to have an issue.

You have something wrong somewhere. I reverse plans for builders a couple times a month as they sell more lots...one click, cleanup some of the text and done. The entire process should take less than 5 mins. 

Open the wall type and add the 3/4" layer where you want it, I placed it on top of the paper, and set the material to fri framing 16" or 24" o.c.. You should get what you need.

You will most likely need to set it up to be a framing layer.

I asked sales the other day. Since my SSA was/is expired mine would be $495+$95 Late Fee = $590

I believe those settings are based on the pen sizes of the old plotter...though not 100%. Through trial and error, I developed my own settings of 1=1/700 in. That gives me 0 as my thinnest line used, and 20 as a heavy line. Most of my lines (via layer settings) are in the 6 to 10 range. In my mind that made sense. 0 being the smallest, and 20 being the thickest. My borders are in the 30 range I think on my layout pages.

File>Print>Drawing Sheet Setup. Make sure the settings under ADVANCED LINE WEIGHT OPTIONS are the same for the plan and layout files. Check the plan, then open the layout and follow the same steps.