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I'll just edit the framing. This plan is part of my garage plans for which I develop wall framing details and materials lists...because they are so simple and there's no way Chief can screw them up!!!!! Interestingly enough, it seems you can't reshape the cut end of a header. Gotta use a general framing member for the header so that the fn tools work. Unreal. Takes longer to cut a header in Chief than it does on a jobsite!

Something I've never noticed before: How do you get Chief to automatically build a proper, straight header across an arched door? This is what I currently get with auto framing:

I believe you have a typo, Alan.

It rounds for each entry. Calculate the interior of your room...19*8*4 = 608/32 = 19. But for each wall...19*8 = 152 / 32 = 4.75. And of course, we all know this would indeed take 20 sheets. This is really only a problem with such even numbers on a simple example. It will work out correctly for a whole house almost all the time. And keep in mind that a waste factor should be added for pretty much every material column. In the example above, if the sub-categories of wallboard are not shown, and a waste factor of 5% is calculated, with the result set to round, the order amount will be 20 sheets. And indeed, 5% will be thrown in the garbage. Anyone ordering exact amounts of material off of these materials lists deserves to learn their lessons in construction management the hard way! Take concrete footings as an example: Chief does not nor can it allow for: priming a pump spillage volume vs weight irregularities from the supplier uneven excavation etc.....

@SNestor Did you get a haircut?

No tool for it. I believe you'll need to do it the hard way. I've used a molding and I had to make a copy of the material in order to get it to look decent.

double click on it and investigate.

Hmmm. Here's your plan back. I didn't do much but hopefully what I did makes sense to you. 220008.plan

Hey Wilson, if you want someone to be aware of your replies then you need to quote them or tag them using the @ options. You can apply the material to your patio in the room dbx, and use a molding polyline for the border with a separate material. You could also spec that in the room dbx by using a baseboard molding that's say...12" wide by 1/8" high.

Global Symbol Mapping.

You manually draw the molding use cad tools. Launch 'Help' search for "molding". https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/#playlist-98

Don't use a deck for the room type, use a balcony. Then, define the layers in the room spec dbx. to match the roof construction, then add the layers you need (above) for the platform. You'll probably want to add another floor for this. And yes, the room will still cut the roof, but the room's floor will now match the roof assembly.

Those patio patterns, they can be drawn with cad lines. (you gotta sing it)

There are tools for that, yes, but probably not a material.

Bingo! I adjusted a few things, nothing much...here's your plan back. Sylvia_Noha_4.0.zip

A video just for comparison purposes. rober-07-08-2020-08-22-01.mp4

@justinorwig I used to use laptops (not Mac though) and had the same issue all the time. It was really bad on my laptop with a Radeon graphics card. I made sure the next laptop had an Nvidia card and it was much better but still not good enough on larger files. I tried to justify the laptop to myself and finally had enough. I got a decent gaming PC with the best Nvidia graphics card that was available locally and I've never had an issue again. FWIW.

I believe your best option is to ensure you have a documented check-in process before any sub is authorized to begin work. That could be processed in a variety of ways.

Can you post the layout file? You could start by using the layer eyedropper tool. Hover over that box and see what layer its on. Maybe its locked. Looks like an inadvertently placed 24"x24" cad box to me. Check all the layer settings and make sure there aren't any locked layers. That box may also be on page zero.

Something to consider: depending on the parameters of your project, for as-built interior walls, it may be suitable to use a wall type that is a single layer; the thickness of the as-built wall (assumed 4.5"), with the material set to the drywall type that you're using. I'd place these as-builts on their own layer. This is a simple way to help with display control across different types of views. Again, depending on your needs, there may be no need to have a framing layer for an as-built wall.

A General Contractor who has their stuff together. Using PM software can be very helpful as the most recent docs are always available to everyone, but again, it seems that should be the GC's job, not the designer's. What's your role?

Yes. The railing from my library is fine in a new plan, but not in an existing plan. And the existing plan in question was created before X12 ,although that doesn't appear to be the issue.

ahhh.

Railing from my library drawn in a NEW plan: Same railing drawn in a plan already in progress: Hmm pictures won't load....