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Do you mean that you have already built the 2nd floor framing? If yes, there really are 2 ways. Change the floor structure type for the 2nd floor level and then rebuild the floor framing for just that floor using the Build Framing Tool Delete all the 2nd floor joists and redraw with the floor truss tool. It's not as difficult as it sounds if you make use of the transform / replicate tool, or the Multiple Copy tool. What you can't do is 'change' a joist into a truss.

I see them now! Those are cross section lines created by the layers of the tile floor finish for that room, a luxury upgrade for the hens! Simplest is to change the room type to 'Slab'.

I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to Ed. Can you be more specific?

If you set the room height and then manually draw a roof plane over the exterior wall, it does build correctly. The rafter meets the top plate exactly how you would expect. You'll also want to reset the walls to the default top height and probably bottom height as well.

There's no fighting going on here. I Just wanted it to know if it could be done because I'd like to give a higher end rendering even during design development. And because the design is subject to change, I wanted to avoid custom countertops. @GeneDavis It's not more clicks to achieve that look when your cabinets are already made for this scenario. But @DBCooper has provided a wonderful solution. Thank you! Thinking outside the...bounding box!

There has to be a way to generate a countertop overhang beside a freestanding range without building custom countertops, no? I've eliminated the extra spacing from the bounding box of the range and the countertop overhang is set to 1/16" less than the distance between cabinet and range...and yet Chief won't cooperate. Some of the kitchen gurus can probably clarify if attempting this through cabinet settings is a waste of time and if custom countertops are in fact the only way. Thanks to all who reply...I look forward to your input.

#1 Never draw a detached garage in the same plan file as another building. Draw the garage in it's own plan file. It just is the best option, even though there are reasons why we may want them together. #2 To your original issue: If you don't remember or know the exact distance of movement, you can open an archive file and take note of the distance moved for the building. There will be 2 values: x and y. Take note of these values and it can be helpful to use polylines to assist with tracking the corner to corner movement of the building. In each elevation view, you can select all the annotations at once, begin the drag to move process and then press 'tab'. Enter the values of the distance which you would have copied to you clipboard (it will be positive for one side and negative for the opposite side). Further to the original concept of finding the exact coordinates, you can place a marker in the original plan view on a corner of the garage. Copy-paste-in-place into the current plan file and then copy to the new matching building corner. Draw a polyline from marker to marker so that you can copy the temporary dimensions to the clipboard for future use.

It does need to be the appropriate height for the top chord member to pivot over the bottom chord at the outer edge. This height is typically the vertical depth of a 2x4 (relative to roof pitch) plus 3.5". That is also the appropriate heel height setting for what would typically be referred to as a standard truss heel, although this terminology varies by region. I always adjust all roof pitches to match this condition and truss heels generate correctly all the time. I only raise heels above this value when it is required because of aesthetic purposes or to achieve higher insulation values at the lower edges of the roof. It's also helpful if your roof structure depth is set to 3.5" because Chief will then report the vertical structure depth in the roof plane dialog, which makes adjusting these values much simpler.

check the box for Energy Heel. The truss may or may not regenerate correctly, so it's best if this is checked as a default, prior to building trusses. Force rebuild may take care of it.

Use a shadow board...gables only.

That's what it is:

You may already know this but I'll mention it anyway. Have you created a new material list after removing the foundation? If I remember correctly, in X15, a material list is a snapshot in time...it can't update itself with changes to the model. I don't use X15 anymore, but here's the output I get for the Flooring category:

No, not really. You can update a single layer set in your template from any plan file. For example, if the plan I'm currently working on has some modifications to just one layer set that I'd like to implement across multiple plans, I could: Open my template plan and import this layer set and then save it as my template plan Open any existing (legacy) plan file and import just this new layer set from the template plan or from the plan file that was modified. If keeping track of this newly modified plan is difficult to remember, simply save it to wherever I keep my Chief default files and give it an obvious name for simple identification.

Oh just you wait! There will be more!

The export options for various settings is gone. Think of it like this: A plan file contains the settings and instead of using the old export function, you could just save a copy of a plan file for the purpose of using to pull settings from for other plans...using the Import tools. So instead of looking for the plan file you'd like to pull settings from, just copy your preferred plan file and if it's only use is for pulling layer sets, then name it something specific. For universal changes, the best practice would be to constantly keep your template plan up to date. Then, when opening Legacy plans, you could pull settings from your template plan.

Not using an auto frame function. You can frame walls on a per wall basis, but not openings. Some crafty work with copy / paste-in-place of the existing framing combined with a rebuild and deletion operations may work, but by that time it's probably easier to make manual adjustments.

No trick...labels can be set to show or hide on a per camera basis. In a section or elevation view, just select the windows that you do NOT want to have their label showing. In the Label tab, check 'Hide in this View'. This assumes the labels layer is on. So you have an override to hide labels as needed. The inverse function does not work (that is 'show label' while the layer is off).

Glad to help Keith!

The same principle applies to appliances added to cabinets. If you want things separated for simpler control, place them as standalone items. Headscratcher...a sink gets 'locked' but a faucet doesn't. I've always wondered: Who does this make sense to? Around here the cabinet companies don't provide the sink, they just need to know what type of sink will be installed. But I digress...

The label control issue is because when a sink is placed into a cabinet, you immediately lose some control. If you single-click the cabinet and move the label you will see that the cabinet label and sink label are locked together despite being on separate layers and generated from separate schedules. If you turn off the cabinet labels layer, the fixture label relocates to the cabinet label position and can only be moved by the cabinet. This is one (of many) drawbacks of Chief's method of combining items that are placed into cabinets. It would be much better if Chief allowed auto placement of these items but treated them more like an architectural block than a semi-single component. The solution for more control is to add the sink as a standalone fixture. You could edit the existing sink to remove it from being included in the schedule while still keeping it in the cabinet. Then place the sink as a stand alone fixture and let it be buried or move it into the correct position manually. This will give you separate label control.

That sounds like a layer that is locked. But you've probably checked that. It may be a good idea to post the plan for this one. If you don't want to post it here, you can share a link with me by using a personal message. I'll take a look and try to help.

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