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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.

Is that because it's too stupid to believe? It might take time, but you'll need to convince them there's a better way! Maybe play around with your ideal schedule and show them a sample. Hard to believe anyone could come up with a method to make such a simple plan that awkward. Somewhere, somebody is laughing their @$$ off at the poor buggers who have to flip all those pages for basic info.

Forget all that.. use Elkay

A few things to consider for trusses...IF you're showing them at all: -you need to know the regional requirements for the heel height. This could be based on structural requirements, insulation requirements, or a combination -you'll need to know the lumber species used for the trusses, and the max. spans for the loads carried. This will apply to top chords, bottom chords, and stress members. It doesn't make any sense to be showing items that will come with an engineered layout and a specific drawing for each truss, unless you're clearly indicating its for visualization only. -In Chief, you can specify the above mentioned items in the truss dbx and at least your trusses will look quite accurate. For anyone using it out of the box...try adjusting the top chord and bottom chord spans to be the same, and add a king post. Check out the difference: Unfortunately, Chief still doesn't automatically adjust the length of the bottom chord to match the span of the truss and there are 2 ways to deal with that if needed: -edit the truss polyline (stable, these edits will remain unless you force a rebuild) -edit the truss detail (not so stable, this may rebuild if you open the truss dbx) If for some reason you are including a truss plan, or showing them all to provide guidance for the truss supplier, its best to complete your truss layout, THEN build roof framing. Chief will not build a rafter where a truss exists, so its less cleaning up to do.

As have so many things. It'd be great if Chief had a method or procedure to let users know which parts of the program were up for a review, and could put together a panel or committee to hash out some of the details that would actually be implemented. I feel like its quite ineffective and maybe even pointless to repeat the same requests in the suggestions part of this forum or to submit feature requests in the beta testing with absolutely no idea if or when they might be implemented...in whole or in part. Even if a feature is going to be implemented or tweaked, it seems like it could be helpful to know what, and when, and then have a formal process for input. Lets take the preview pane of the roof dbx for example: Its probably not all that helpful for me to spitball an idea for improvements and post it here or in suggestions when other users like yourself, or Eric or Michael or Joe (just to name a few) haven't also had a chance to pick apart or add their ideas and thoughts. Certainly, with a combined effort we could provide valuable enhancements. By contrast, weeding through a suggestion topic for the gold nuggets amidst a dog's breakfast isn't practical or reasonable.