joey_martin

I never need to to do that, but I just tried with this elevation and it didn't work. I would probably put a small CAD line there and dim to that.

Here you go....the only thing I did was change the angle of the sun.

I will throw my two cents in. In the attached pic you will see; Building Section : Larger diameter call out with (2) letters "AA", "BB" telling the viewer the section goes from one A to the other A, heavy dashed line connecting them Local Section, or Wall Section : Smaller diameter call out with 1 letter, or in this case "WS1" for Wall Section 1. Also notice the cross section line is solid, with a "tail" pointing the same direction as the view. Elevation Call out : I use numbers for elevations. The call out has a smaller filled in arrow, and the diameter is smaller then the building section. This is the method I was taught in arch school 20+ years ago, and I think college text books still use these methods. My plans and elevations are being used in the current version of this textbook..... http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Residential-Clois-Kicklighter-Ed/dp/1590706994 ...so I must be pretty close.

Turn the building and you will see that it is red. It's in the shade. you are over-thinking this "problem".

If you're coming from an AutoCad background, or any other 2D CAD program for that matter, the first thing you need to do is "unlearn" some of that other stuff. Chief is a 3D program, and thus you need to think in 3D. One thing that I find when training or working with newbies, is that they forget about all of the side effects to moving a wall. In a 2D CAD program, you can move a couple lines that are called walls, and everything else is OK. In Chief, you can move a simple bedroom wall in 16" and think, "OK, that looks good" but when you go to the 3D view.....WHooo. There are auto generated attic walls sticking out everywhere, the foundation wall now has a roof plane snapped onto it, the framing is flying out the side of the building, so on and so forth. Many of the folks I work with would be well suited to stop looking at the 3D views and trying to figure out how to "fix" things, when all along, moving that wall 16" should have been started at the foundation and worked up to the roof and everything would be OK. Newer versions of Chief make this easier with the more advanced Auto tools, but then again, Chief won't do everything for you. Leave some of the 2D stuff you know behind, and start thinking in 3D.

Just tell it OK and then relocate the ends of the dims....the point markers will go away. Faster than telling it NO and trying over and over again. I just draw a dim and let the damn thing snap to whatever it wants.....which it does....then just grab the ends and relocate to where I wanted it.

Double click the selection tool and turn off that label individually. I have been with Chief since version 9 and have never used that label for the very reason you are describing. I just use a macro under my plan title.

Also see this thread... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/326-display-print-non-solid-lines-in-layout-x6/

I did those elevations using layer sets. The Wall, Foundation & Footings layer line type is set to be a hidden line type.

Still getting the hang of the new forum....

These two boxes.....

Make sure when sending the view to layout, you uncheck the boxes for the line types so that the layer set is prevailing and not the layout line type.

Electrical plans are required for almost every jurisdiction I have submitted plans in, MP is not. Maybe that is why. The industry (architecture) standard is to include an electrical plan so I have to guess that's why those tools have been included to the extent they have. And, IMO, the layout of the electrical fixtures and outlets/switches have much more to do with design decisions than where the air handler or main trunk line or main drain line will be.

Admittedly I have not tried, but off the top of my head....raise the garage slab and set the foundation offset of the wall to get it to move under the raised slab.

Either use the ramp as others have already stated, or you will have to manually create the slab and pull the slope as needed.

Lew, the next time you tell a plumber how to plumb a structure, and he agrees with you...let me know how you did that. And there are Mech & Plumb tools. There are fixture symbols, line types. mech equipment, vents, floor and ceiling registers, etc....

I'm a little north of the city...where you need the help?

I use layer sets to put everything in black/white/grey...and then print in color.

Last 2 SIP jobs I completed the SIP company provided the details and I put them on a page.

Hey! My post count is slipping...better get busy. ....sorry Doug, couldn't resist..

Ok..I'm on board. Change doesn't scare me!!