johnny

Actually the mouse pad is the only bright spot of the purchase.

I spent $100 on a Mionix and in every possible way i am disappointed with it. Not only that, I ordered it directly from the company in EU - buying a mouse pad from them as well - and initially they only shipped me the mouse pad....but in their system it showed they shipped both. It took over a month for them to figure out they were wrong and ship me the actual mouse. Once i got it, a whole new set of disappointments ensued. Point is - stay away from Mionix in my opinion. Tons of hype that isn't backed by actual product.

^^^^ QFT

Thanks - i'll have him check the drivers for the graphics.

It happened on rare occasion in past versions, but x10 really stepped up the prob - but what I find odd is I checked with all the other users in my group (9) and they all relate the same thing. It happens to be more frequently, but others reported different issues i have yet to see (such as below).

There is something seriously wrong with Chief's tool bars and now shortcuts - with several of my drafters reporting the same thing. Toolbars and shortcuts are constantly (nearly weekly for me) disabling themselves requiring full resets. Does anyone know the cause - and/or is this happening to general x10 users?

I hope you find what you're after, but I can tell you its highly doubtful an architect will work with an owner in this capacity. You may have much better success trying to find a structural engineer to help you complete a permit set. As an alternative, Richard Morrison does a consulting thing for DIY'ers like yourself - and you can read what he offers. Perhaps that may get you close, and I would encourage you to do something like this as a min.

I really wish there was....but I was told what Chief ships with is what we have.

I work with Florida builders and developers who use this type of construction and everything works fine. However, I am not doing full 3D workups of exact replication of construction methods...i do more a hybrid with 2D details to support. If that is acceptable I think Chief works great. If you want full BIM for this type of construction then Chief may not be the best choice. Though, of your list of other software choices I don't think there is an ideal solution outside perhaps Revit - but I personally dislike that app. If you need to model these buildings completely id look into Archicad, Vectorworks, and Allplan. That said, I do think Chief could work for you.

Aren't you then using the stringers to emulate the skirt board? I'm not in front of Chief right now but i believe the skirt boards act a bit differently - which is prob why you say it isn't perfect.

Eric's method is probably one of the best but what i dont like is you end up missing the skirt boards since stairs need to recognize the wall to place those.

Yep same thing with Vectorworks - very easy and painless. Considering how strong CA generally is interior design elements its kinda surprising they haven't given us some better solution here.

Plan views are awesome - its what other apps have used for some time and its wonderful Chief jumped on board.

I bought one of these exact laptops for my engineer - and she loves it. Runs Chief well.

I was an Apple fan-boy for over a decade and still love their consumer gadgets (iPad/Apple Watch etc). However, when Apple started using standard components (intel etc) inside their systems and went away from dedicated dual processors in their Pro options I didn't understand why the hardware costs stayed so high. I'm finishing a new build right now on a 10 core system - better than what the new Imac Pro spec'd out - and I will be under $3k. That same system from Apple is $8k (lesser spec'd). Apple is cool and all, but spending $5k MORE on a computer that is simply going to depreciate rapidly and need to be replaced in a couple years doesn't seem like a wise investment.

Honestly - I wouldn't get either one. I've always liked the Asus ROG - which is one of the best gaming laptops out there. Gaming laptops make great Chief Architect systems typically since the resources needed are in line with each other. https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/ROG-G703/ http://store.asus.com/us/item/201710AM260000001/-ASUS-ROG-G703VI-XH74K-Gaming-Laptop%2C-17.3-inch-144Hz-G-SYNC%2C-Overclocked-Core-i7-CPU-and-GTX-1080-8GB%2C-32GB-DDR4%2C-512GB-PCIe-SSD-%2B-1TB-SSHD ...or if that is too expensive, Alienware is another good option http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/alienware-17/spd/alienware-17-laptop/dkcwkblg0744

Thanks - that was it.

Im getting an odd double dashed line in an X9 made file opened in X10 - something i've not seen before. Double-dashed lines are displaying - one in line with the drywall and the other the opening itself. I want to keep the opening dashed line - but not the drywall aligned one. Anyone have an idea? I checked my layers and didn't see anything selected that shouldn't be.

All those other apps you mention have surely been programed with Windows Surface Pro pen in mind - that is a huge difference compared to X5 which wasn't even contemplated for that type of use. I hope you aren't thinking this is Chief's fault. 1st thing i would do is reinstall both Chief and then the driver for the pen. I've had way over 50% of every computer issue been solved that way.

I have to say this is the kind of thing Chief really FAILS at - since they so far haven't allowed the ability to get in and edit surfaces or sub-objects to clean up non-automated conditions that are left incorrect. I feel the OP's pain.

I wasn't thinking so much about less flexibility but the fact if you want to draw the molding line where 90% of the time you'd want it - that is technically wrong, on top of the fact the terminology for settings isn't correct either. If you draw the molding poly counter-clockwise like you said (obviously the correct way), then it models the molding inside the line (which is rarely used like that i would imagine). Just seems backwards in every way....though not a huge deal. Just interesting is all.

Yep, counter-clockwise did reverse everything - but then you have to go into the molding and un-check "extrude inside". That is interesting though - so both direction of drawing a molding line and creating a modeling profile impacts the sync between those two things. Thanks for the info. However, don't you think this is kinda odd? Its almost like picking your poison.

Yeah I am following now. However, don't you feel this is reverse of how it should be?...i actually think this is a mistake by Chief, and that is why its confusing if you have a closed molding poly. Here is a video to explain. (or maybe i am wrong)

I dont fully follow - can you look at my video and explain what you're saying compared to the results i'm getting...? It seems to be reverse of what you're saying....but i know you know what you are talking about so its confusing.

Its not so much about being "upside down" as much as being drawn the correct direction. You need to draw your molding profile visual edge facing left. If you do that it should show correctly each time. If you draw it facing right then it will appear "upside down".