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Good eye!

2 possibilities come to mind right away: Saved Plan View Settings: Open the saved plan view and go to Tools > Active View > Edit Active View. Under Layer Set, make sure you're using a set that has color enabled for the layers you want. Also check Color Options—you can choose between "Color", "Black and White", or "Use Layer Color". Print Settings: When printing, go to File > Print > Drawing Sheet Setup and Print Preview. Make sure "Print in Color" is checked. If it's grayed out, it may be due to your printer driver or the plan view itself being set to black and white.

You adjust most fonts quickly by editing the Saved Text Styles. But, there will be some items in every plan that have a custom font and aren't following a Text Style. These need to be weeded out as you find them. Keep a checklist of those items so you can add that action item to a to-do list for your template plan.

Hey Michael, I think you might need to be a bit more descriptive about what your issue is. For example, when describing the width of the bay as 72w, do you mean the width of the bay at narrowest portion or the width at the widest portion (where it connects to the main wall)? Or are you referring to the width of the widest window? When specifying a bay in Chief, the width is the widest portion. So if you want 72 at the narrowest portion, you'll just need to do a bit of math to determine what value to enter (hint...it's 9.46'). Or you could explode the bay and then you'll be able to add more dimension lines.

You can probably manage those materials in the Plan Materials Dialog by merging and/or replacing materials. If you are using the Material Painter, you can choose the default material (bottom left of the Select Material dialog) and paint every instance of that material at one time by using the Material Painter Plan Mode tool.

I think you can make this adjustment a bit faster. It starts with having quick access to your chosen fill type. I'll demonstrate on this small modular cabin project I'm currently working on. wallinsfill.mp4

Yes, you can use curved roof planes. In elevation view, first establish the geometry using CAD tools. You can also use construction lines to identify the transition points across multiple views. Take note of your CAD radius and use that information to create the roof planes. You only need to draw the roof planes on one side, then copy & reflect about the center line. Keep in mind that the length and radius are most important to begin with. In elevation view, you can adjust the height using the transform / replicate tool, or the point-to-point move tool.

Glad I could help!

For this specific topic, it would be helpful to be able to set the camera Field of View angle for a walkthrough in it's own dialog. When I create a stationary walkthrough from an existing camera, I need to review its Field of View, then adjust the default settings to match in order to create a stationary walkthrough that matches the original camera. Repeat that process for other cameras with different Field of View.

As close as deck framing gets, it's still not a great setup. In my region we mostly use floor trusses which means no rim joist. But then Chief won't frame the deck correctly because it omits rim joists. And let's be honest...who is classifying rim joists versus regular joists for deck framing? So you need to toggle the rim joist setting on and off while you frame various portions of the floors and deck separately. So much control and yet so little control all at the same time. Yet another powerful tool that is designed to set you up for failure and/or frustration, or come up with your own methods.

https://accounts.chiefarchitect.com/walkthroughs/view?share=400515180650656 https://accounts.chiefarchitect.com/walkthroughs/view?share=221304861461749

This function is not quite dialled in!. Even if you create a stationary walkthrough from a camera, Chief won't use ALL the settings from that camera. Powerful tool but it requires careful user adjustment.

You can only control this by changing the defaults for the Full Camera. If you preview the walkthrough, then change the defaults, then preview again, you should see the change. I should clarify: you can adjust the default with the preview open and see the change take place.

No, there is not. In those scenarios, I just use a rafter sized to either the full dimensions of the I-joist, or just the thickness of the web, but still the full height.

@creatrix Glad that helped!

Explode the bay window components and then you'll have access to those walls.

Are all the cabinets using the exact same material? Those lines will show up if they are using different materials, even if there are multiple versions of the same material in use.

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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.