joey_martin

I have noticed that X seems to be more receptive to the info I feed in.

Honestly....a little to advanced for a first project. You need a solid understanding of manual roof creation, as well as the use of molding poly-lines, poly-solids, and items from various sources for the corbels.

Unless you are a manufacturer of SIP panels, you are not going to find one. Most, if not all, of those types of software are propitiatory to the manufacturers and their engineers. As a designer, a pencil and paper will work on our end. The panels are 48"-60"...design accordingly.

You have foundation setting issues, not deck ledger issues.

Looks like Alan has it handled....but as an aside, this reminds me of the center field concession areas at Victory Field here in Indianapolis. Great ballpark.

Stop assuming anything. If you are going to choose the window manufactures for the given project, then you are going to have to put in some time learning how that particular manufacture put the units together. Most, if not all door and window manufactures will have details on their website covering the various situations, and will have literature readily available to describe the process, and give their suggested rough opening. I think, and I don't mean to offend, that you are also assuming Chief Architect is going to replace you a designer and make multiple decisions and standards for you....it won't.

Yes it does. But you can either spend the time to get it right the first time, or do it 2 or 3 times trying various workarounds and spend even more time.

Simply change the label from automatic to what ever you need for it to say. Rather than a 60"x60" mulled unit. Just type in the label box 2-30"x60" or something like that.

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.