joey_martin

Layer sets

You also need to ensure that the settings controlling the lines weights are the same. Go to PRINT>DRAWING SHEET SET UP and look under the advanced line weights options and make sure that, that setting matches the same setting in the layout file.

I think I remember putting them in once by adding an "attic" level and creating a ceiling plane. My roof was framed at 16" o.c. so I set the ceiling to frame at 32" o.c. to give me a tie at every other rafter and it worked.

My guess is that the file size would become bloated and the software performance would be next to nill with all those items showing every time you needed an overview, or were working in 3D.

Like this....

You are using the floor overview camera I think. It only shows the floor you are on, not what is below. Take a full camera overview and use the slider to remove the roof and ceiling of the second floor.

So rather than just search, or look in the library for the table you want, you will have to open a different plan, take a camera overview, find the table, select the table, copy the table, select the tab for the plan you are working on and then paste the table? And this method sounds good to you? I think you have reached the point in your use of the product, that you are now searching high and low for items to "fix", when the current method isn't so bad. Unless I am working on an interior design project, and the client wants a specific table and chairs, I just go to my user folder and drop the same table and chairs into every plan I create.

Bingo. Make it too much like Revit, and it just becomes....well....Revit. No thanks.

I'm going to ruffle some feathers here....but there should be a disclaimer with Chief stating something like "...not the ideal software for remodeling projects..." You have posted, and now be prepared for 100 different ways users use Chief for the remodeling industry. None of them are wrong, and none of them may be right for you. Chief is suited for new home design and construction, and if you can develop a system to make it work for remodeling...great! It's not the answer you are looking for, but to be honest, there is no answer for remodels. You have to muddle your way through and find the system that works best for the way you attack a project, and then fine tune and make it your own. Having said all that....my system is to create as "As-Built" model. As perfect as I can get it, and that is the basis for everything I do next. While in plan view, I use the CAD FROM VIEW tool, and create a CAD block of that floor plan, as I will use it down the road. I then make a copy of that file and call it "DEMO PLAN" and do my thing with that plan, all the while, I take that CAD block of the original floor plan, and use it as an overlay on the demo plan. Put it on it's own layer and lock it so that it doesnt get disturbed during the creation of the demo plan. Now I go back to the original and create a SAVE AS copy and name it "NEW CONSTRUCTION" or something similar, and create my remodel. You will have 3 different files, and they can all be sent to same layout page as needed. Like I said...my way isn't right, or wrong, but it's the way I do projects like this.

Change the line color to white...leave the fill color whatever you want it to be.

If that is a layout view, the lineweight scaling has been changed...simply change it back. If that is a plan view, then perhaps you have been working with the lineweights turned off, and the *&%$# cat turned them on.

I am loving X8, but had this issue with X7. I had to go back to using X6 until X8 came out....was never able to get X7 to run on my machine.

Actually....while in layout go to TOOLS>PROJECT INFORMATION>CLIENT and fill in the info. I use these for every layout, and there are macros that can be placed in page 0 that will then display the info wherever you need it.

This is an OUTSTANDING feature! Today for example....I am heading to Florida for a week next week, so have been sending client reminders and answering back to all the emails as I am also finishing up a couple smaller items here and there in Chief....no more forgetting to hit CAPS LOCK! This feature alone probably saves me an hour per project in just fixing text.

I set up my template to be all upper case. No short cut...spend the time now to save the time later.

May be able to modify a corner cabinet in SketchUp and bring it in.

I'm not sure those cabinets exist...other than a totally custom box. Those situation are generally handled as a blind corner. There are some pretty handy inserts for blind corners that make them more accessible to get to the items in the back.

FILE>SAVE AS>...railing option A, ...railing option B...railing option C... Pick the one you like, and delete the others.

Graham I understand all of that, and I agree....but spending any more time than is absolutely needed, is a waste. The z-fighting...in my experience...doesn't show in Standard view, and doesn't show in Elevation view, so I don't think twice about ignoring it. I would also say that I never, or rarely, use wall coverings. I will always opt for creating a wall type with the materials applied.

Switch to Standard view and they are probably not still behaving this way. I think it's a video card issue, and not a modeling issue. I have some models that will behave this way, and others that don't, and I know I generate my models the same way, and from the same template. I would not fight this issue any more than needed. I have never had it show in a rendering, or in an elevation view.

I believe you also need to turn the door layer on in the foundation plan in order to dimension to them. They won't show, as they are on the floor above, but the dims will find them.

You simply need to change the hardware on the cabinets, not ADD more hardware in the plan view. The software doesn't work that way. Go to the HELP menu in the tool bar and type in CABINET HARDWARE.

Perhaps an energy heel(ed) truss. Raise the height of the truss off the plate, and leave the PH as is. See if that gives you the desired result.

Remember that Chief operates on the premise that ROOMS take precedent over WALLS. Set the PH of the rooms to the desired height.

Select the window and open the DBX. You can select to have the arch right of left. You can also put the 2 windows in the plan, mull them together, and then add the arch to them as a single unit.