joey_martin

Not automatically, but they can be brought into the software and added manually.

Bingo. My layer set is called ELEVATIONS, EXTERIOR. All line weights and colors (grey scale) are set via the layer set.

If you can get the scale right, re-draw is faster. I have even brought a CAD (DXF/DWG) file into Chief and lock the layer its on to trace over. CAD files should come in already to scale.

Try a ramp

Restarting the computer will fix the issue as well. If you leave your machine on for extended periods, like I tend to do, restarting or shutting the machine down for the night will fix the issue.

There is NO process that will allow you to put a plan from Sketchup into Chief and have a workable plan. It's simply not true. You can trace a jpeg (see above), you can export DXF/DWG and try CAD to walls to formulate a model, or re-draw from scratch.

I take care of it with a note

You are correct sir. Changed the length 1/2" and all is well.

I am able to push the window against the CMU without any problem.

Anyone know if this has been reported as of yet. Beam "pocket" cuts through the entire foundation wall.

You can export DXF/DWG from sketchup, but that would do us no good in Chief. Your source is mis-informed, unless he/she thought the CAD files would work.

Older versions had to have the lock in order to run....now there is a software lock. If you have a reliable internet connection, and don't travel away from the internet world much, you don't need it. I have not had one since version X1 (I think X1 is when they ended).

Do you have the hardware lock in USB port?

Fixed in X8 I believe..

Funny you mention that. I was cleaning out my "drawer" the other day looking for a stinker I did a while back. It have a great kitchen concept...the rest not so much... I think that, even with a NDA, the client would not mind seeking the help of colleagues to make sure the project gets done correctly and on time. Spinning wheels fighting the program isn't good for you or your client.

Opinion will differ on this. But my method is to separate the 2 view with layer/anno sets. I have a different layer/anno set for FOUNDATION PLAN so that everything can be turned off...except for the interior bearing wall, which I hatch fill and keep on the layers for WALLS, FOUNDATION so that they show on each plan. This plan is an example of that. Same plan file...just different anno/layer set.

I haven't tried, but would the material region tool for a "skin" added to the post & beam structure?

I think he is trying to add a barrel arched ceiling on his front porch. Yes?

You need to use the curved ceiling tool.

Without opening the plan, I would say your foundation wall is offset slightly causing an "attic wall" to shoot up through the building blocking the doors and windows.

There are profiles in the library that you can place in your detail, but for now, there is no way to assign a siding/shingle profile to the exteriors. They are under the detail components area of the CAD Blocks.

Well, it's just my opinion, but I think you are putting too much in to this. I simply leave my doors and windows as they are and move on. Unless you create 2 different plans, or create CAD boxes, or etc.....Chief doesn't work the way you want it to. I understand what you are saying, and I know that in a perfect (Chief) world the doors would show as closed per layer, and windows would show headers, but that is not the tool set we have. Adapt or drown.

Layer sets all the way.

Check the layer WALLS, NORMAL and see what it is set at. It would need to be set at a thicker line weight for it to work. I set WALLS, NORMAL and ROOF PLANES at a heavier line weight in my EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS layer set, and then send them to layout. This is the results I get. emma front.pdf

No....kinda. You can place the file in Chief as a "backdrop" and trace over it once you scale it, but to upload a PDF and have Chief recognize it as anything usable, no.