robdyck

Chief builds them all wrong anyhow, am I right?

Thx. It made me chuckle softly.

It's also VERY helpful to use a layer set that has MAIN LAYER ONLY checked when producing and editing dimensions.

All the debate about why one might dimension to centers aside...it seems many people need to read the Chief manual to understand what the INTERIOR DIMENSION tool is and what it's for and when / why to use it. Eureka moments will be had.

Here's my quick version of that material. It ain't quite right because the picture gets a bit off-axis on the right hand side. And its flat...no mapping of any kind. weirdtile.calibz

Did you read the help topic I posted? Interior Dimensions Draw Interior Dimension lines parallel to walls in plan view to create interior dimensions. The Interior Dimension tool locates interior wall surfaces only. It does not dimension between layer surfaces in the same wall, and it does not locate walls unless it actually intersects them. Interior Dimensions locate either wall surfaces or the Main Layer, depending on the settings in the Locate Objects panel of the Dimension Defaults dialog. See Locate Objects Panel.

Did you read my 1st post? Don't use that tool.

Exactly which dimension tool are you using?

You just need to manually drag an extension line to the center and with a bit of accuracy! It looks as though you may have chose the 'center option' after those dimensions were placed. The existing dimensions will have to fixed manually or replaced with new dimension strings. Also, make sure you are NOT using the "interior Dimension" tool. It is specifically for measuring the interior!

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I think your explanation was fine Larry, but you won't get what you want by rotating the schedule in plan view. Instead, send it to layout using the 'Current Screen' option so you have a layout box of the schedule only. Then in layout you can rotate and position the layout box of the schedule wherever and however you'd like and the text will follow!

If you look closely at that screenshot, you'll see that they are rotated the way you want. I didn't change anything in your plan.

It's all good over here Larry...although I can't help but point out that your floorplan is facing the opposite way as your title block

its a layout box on a layout page. Post your plan and i'll send it right back. Sorry, missed that question...it's in plan view.

Make sure you check it for the note as well as the schedule. That picture I showed was of a layout box.

text style, rotate with plan

2 layout boxes...and put that schedule in a cad detail.

That's pretty sneaky!

I'll see if I can put something proper together, but I'll quickly point out the most obvious nuisances as it pertains to fascia height. I assume no one would be looking at the finish material for fascia as a specification for the elevation of a roof, but rather the sub-fascia. In the example below, I'd like to specify that the 2x6 sub-fascia align with the main floor ceiling so that the truss bottom chord can run over the wall and out to the fascia. Steps: -edit all roof planes -lock roof pitch -specify top of fascia as (109.125 + 5.5) -results with fascia top of 114 5/8" .....right? -Heck No. It's lower by the vertical distance of the roof sheathing even though the roof sheathing is in the surface layers, not structure layers. Now try moving the roof planes vertically that exact amount...which for my 6:12 pitch roof is 0.4891398701". To get that, I draw a polyline in section view that snaps to the correct cross section lines, and copy the vertical dimension. Now I can replicate all the roofs in the z-axis. I hereby submit for consideration by all: that is completely ridiculous!

You can also raise your roof baselines so that the top of your sub-fascia = ceiling height + sub-fascia height. Just have fun figuring out that you can't specify a roof height by it's sub-fascia height. So you'll also need to know the vertical depth of your roof sheathing...for real.

Now if you can just get both sill plates to show up automatically...!

@HDbyJustin You'd want to build your own library of these types of windows (for this client) so you can just place them without ever having to open the dbx.