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Barry, its not all or nothing. You can have an Engineer do one wall.

Thank you Sherry. I have never had to opportunity to do a raytraced image before. One of my customer's agents wants an exterior raytrace for marketing purposes.

Chief has more inside light options than the outside. I just did not know what direction the sun should be facing at the side that is being rendered. Tried shadows ect .... Manual is useless in this area as well as most cases with Chief as it just explains very basic operations and even that is questionable.

I have done my first ray trace of the exterior of a plan but it does not look anywhere as nice as the ones I have seen in the thread " Show me your goodies". Any advice would be helpful. Is the grass image really that bad in Chief?

Jonathon, you put the microwave in a position where my wife would not have to step on her tip toes to see inside.

Joe you are absolutely right but I think he meant mudsill. I meant mud sill too on my last post. Sorry should have clarified. One word can make a difference in an explanation of doing something right or doing something wrong. I am glad you are keeping us honest.

Joe, it can be attached to any plate, stud, header or joist. I think it could be attached to the sill plate depending on how the deck was built?

Thanks for the clarification Greg. I found out that these are made by USP. I showed one of the framers onsite and they liked the USP version as they look easier to install especially on a deck low to the ground. Unfortunately in WA State USP products are not readily available as Simpson dominates the market here as they have a distribution center in WA that can also custom make hardware and get to the field in a timely matter.

My pleasure Ray. I just wanted to try and give something back to the Chief community as I take way more than I give. I am currently re-drawing my details that are in PDF format to help reduce plan file size. As I go thru them and find some that may be of interest to others I will post them. I actually enjoy drawing details using the cad tools. Chief could do better by improving these tools more inline with Vector works and ACAD but it seems to be not that important to most users. Thanks

Thanks.

Greg, how are those attached to the interior of the building? They look really easy to install. The framers like easy. Thanks for the input. PS: Your alias is badass. I like it.

I called simpson and got clarification on that on last Wed. I told them the diagram shows lag screw mounted in the plate but what do you do if the is deck joist is smaller than the interior joist. I was told It has to have 3" of penetration weather in the sill, header, stud or joist (2x8 min). It can also be thru bolted as well.The reason for the DTT1Z was for easier installation. I should have mentioned though that the holes are to be pre-drilled for lag bolts but that should be common sense. I noticed the code book has no lag bolt placement requirements for in the rim joist for 60# live load decks only for 45# live load. My engineer has been requiring 2- 1/2" x 4" lag bolts staggered in every joist bay for spans up to 14' and 3 staggered after that. You are correct though as that is the way it is drawn in the catalogue. But if you read the text it says it can attach to plate, header, stud or joist. Could you possible have an older catalogue? PS: We no longer can use 2x6 PT for decks anymore.

Decks in WA State as well as CA have had load ratings of 60# dead and 10# live loads for the last 3 years and since 2015 have had to add deck tension straps. In the new updated 2015 Simpson catalogue they have added the DTT1Z and the DTT2Z. I made some details showing each as I am trying to get away from PDF's. They are drawn at scale (1to1)and the text size is 2". They have been blocked so if you want to make modifications just un-block and adjust line weights, change text ect...... I have taken from this forum so I thought I would give back. DETAILS.plan

How many bonus and MFG catalogs do you have loaded. The reason I am asking is I did a search this morning and after about 1 minute of finding nothing my computer crashed. I got carried away and loaded 95% of the catalogs available.Since I have SSA and can get access anytime I need something, I am going to dump most of my MFG libraries as well as the bonus catalogs I don't think I would ever use to see if this helps.

Can't you just choose the concrete in its natural color then pick a color to blend with the concrete?

If your system has two graphic cards, make sure its using the appropriate one to run the software. Chief has the min requirements listed on their website. Make sure you do not have a bunch of other programs running in the background.

Do not overlap the lines and look for broken polylines on the edges you are trying to join. If any edge has a break in it, the edges of the roof will not join correctly.

I would say as a minimum you would have to disclose that the plans where not drawn by a licensed Architect and depending on what state the purchaser of your plans resides in the plans may be required to be thoroughly reviewed or re drawn by a licensed Architect as well as needing Engineering. PS: You may want to include that you will correct any plans marked up by an Architect and licensed Engineer.

Will this law override any HOA restrictions/objections or will it be a knock down drag out fight like with most HOA's.

She is always right.

I think monitor choice would be determined on where it will be located and how far away it is from your working / viewing location. It's not just the size that matters(that's what my wife keeps telling me anyways).

"It only works because of the chimney". The Chimney could not be in a worse location as far as design and building is concerned. IMHO.

Stair landing for 2nd floor is below fist floor ceiling. Do a cross section at your stairs.

Some advice. Do not turn that plan in with that information on it (electrical). Put the electrical on a separate page as it will be easier to read the plan. You will need to provide an as built plan as well as a plan with all the changes.

You definitely gave a different prospective on creating a wall style.