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To add a bit more context, I use Century Gothic for Room Labels and other titles in plans that are of a modern or contemporary style only.

I use Century Gothic for some things as well (have for many years) however it's worth pointing out that it is a fairly wide font and occupies more horizontal space than many others. Something to be aware of, that's all.

You're welcome. FWIW...I have tons of experience with ICF foundations and homes; designing them, building them, living in them.

For simple interior finishing, line the wall framing up with the interior of the ICF wall so that they are flush.

What's the simplest way to get the main floor wall cladding to NOT extend down and over the main floor?

You know how sometimes you get caught up in one thing and then totally forget the obvious? That's me on this one! I had been working on walthrough paths and completely forgot about this! Thanks for the reminder Glenn! Interestingly enough, I was out riding my bike yesterday and found myself thinking about different things in Chief that I know (or knew) about but have forgotten over the years and then I read this today! Awesome...and weird, but I'll take it. And, years ago, I used this tool quite often.

I'd like a recording with decent visual quality and smoothness. I hate to admit it, but it seems the simplest way is to use a smartphone to record the screen while pressing control-alt-s to generate the spin. That did produce an 83MB file...a bit cumbersome but at least it wasn't twitchy and it only takes 30 seconds and much less loss of graphic quality! I just need a small tripod to keep it stationary! A chief tool that would be the inverse of a 360 photo would be ideal.

It does have recording region setting. Pretty simple to use, it shows a red border with handles and easy to drag to get just in side the camera window.

if this turns out to be an easy fix, you are gonna be SO HAPPY !!!!

Flashback Express allows a control of the recorded region. Bigger is better was my intent! Plus it'd be quicker than dragging that region. I prefer to use a screen recording because it's so much faster than a recording walkthrough...plus you can't preview a walkthrough. Nothing like getting halfway through and realizing its crap. I'm trying to get decent exterior videos with little to no effort. It's not as easy as you'd think! Chief's 3d viewer is too poor to keep using. Chief needs a screen recording tool built-in.

Is there a way to get a camera view to expand to full screen? This could be helpful for creating screen recordings.

You're welcome!

Totally forgot about that. I haven't done this in quite awhile. Thanks Chop!

@APTArchitect here you go. Lincoln Bar Stool.calibz

This symbol will probably be easier to modify in sketchup. The frame has so many unnecessary faces.

You can alter this by using 2 copies of the same symbol. use the delete surface tool to remove all the faces of the seat. Then, convert this to a new symbol and place. use the delete surface tool to remove all the faces of the frame. Then, convert this to a new symbol and place. assign different materials to each symbol, then overlap the 2 new symbols and convert to a new symbol.

Can you post a plan? And the specs for your brick material...

Yes. How realistic do you want it?

Thanks Michael! If you'd been a bit quicker, I wouldn't have this mixed gas spill on my carpet!

Yup. Hilarious. LMAO over here too. And because it's a 3.5" LVL, I'm gonna need to use my big saw to get through that piece on my monitor! I may just haul out the chainsaw for this one. Yup, the chainsaw will be the easiest way to finish the cut. The circular saw would be stopped my desk! Too awkward...and that would just tick me off.

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.....