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I was looking for a silhouette of a person and noticed this fellow from the Chief library. It seems that 'Man Looking Right' is overdue for a visit to the doctor. I suspect an advanced case of testicular cancer. Yikes! Can't use this in a plan...

Perhaps the symbol should be renamed to 'Man Looking Wrong'?!

Depending on ones purposes there are multiple ways to skin this cat; I used 6 cabinets to model it in just about 5 minutes (not bragging). 2 cabinets for the sinks, 3 cabinets for the...cabinets and 1 for the base. I did use a saved vanity which already had the right type of sink.

19 hours ago, VHampton said:

To lean on the side of accuracy, the majority (if not all) of the work is done in plan mode vs. layout.  Those findings should be more accurate. 

Ditto. I spend very little time on layout. A bit of layout box shuffling is all I do there so if I need to refer to my time log, I use the plan file and a reasonable amount of rounding...never rounding down of course.

A window will not show up in 2 different floors. In order to get this to display on both floor plans you can use a reference display with a customized layer set, you can overlay a cropped layout box, or use some CAD and Text tools to indicate the location. Either way, some manual manipulation is required.

Hi Michael, 2 things that should help you out.

1. Adjust the roof opening polyline. I've highlighted the correction on just one side so you'll need to do this on both side.

2. Double click the main roof plane and go to the Structure Tab. Uncheck Use Room Ceiling Finish.

1 hour ago, DHerb2014 said:

This is crazy. I created a brand new schedule on a new Plan file.

Can you post that plan file? You'll have an appropriate answer to your issue in no time!

8 minutes ago, kwhitt said:

I'm not sure I get it yet, but you're telling me that if I tick "Use Layout Line Scaling" and the layout box matches the plan view scale, all line weights will be consistent even though the scale from page to page in the layout may vary?

That is correct. A simple way for you to examine this is to send a plan view to layout. Perhaps crop the view to show just a small portion. Copy the view just beside and set a different scale factor. Zoom in and visually review the line weights. Toggle line weight scaling to see the effect.

Kevin, it's also very important that the line weight scale is the same in layout as it is in plan view, section / elevation view, and cad details.

21 minutes ago, kwhitt said:

So, under the layout do I need to set the scale to ½” if that’s how I’m sending the layout box from plan view or leave it as the default 1:1

In layout, 1:1 will keep the paper the correct size. You probably want that...:)

In plan view, set it up using the most frequently used scale factor for plan views.

33 minutes ago, kwhitt said:

Is it possible to make the drawing sheet setup linked to the plan view?  I've got a plan view of the entire 1st floor being printed on ARCH D paper at a 3/8" scale.  I also need a close-up plan view of the kitchen which will be at 1/2" scale and will require the ANSI B paper size.  How is this done?  Thanks, Kevin

The drawing sheet won't change automatically based on layout, and I don't think there would really be a benefit. You can of course use some CAD boxes / polylines as a guide for various sheet sizes, however the real benefit of adjusting the sheet, and more importantly, the scale, is proper line weight control and display. That being said, we are already able to maintain consistent line weights in layout, even when sending plan views to layout at varying scales. 

All we need to do is remember to ensure "Use Layout Line Scaling" is checked, and to make sure all our layer sets used in plan views have our desired line weights set consistently.

Double click a wall (or select all walls), go to  Structure>Framing> uncheck Insert Floor Framing Below

Glad to help!

You can edit the framing or draw it yourself from scratch. Currently, this cannot be edited as a default, nor can it be specified in any of Chief's settings.

In layout, turn on the layer for layout boxes. Then review every page looking for empty layout boxes or boxes with seemingly 'random' drawings. Relink them or delete them.

13 minutes ago, Leadcarpo said:

Thanks for the quick responses. We are a remodeling company, and we only use the ceiling marker and it is labeled like this CEILING:~ 8' 1". We have been putting all of this info in manually on every elevation page and we do elevations of every wall in every room we are touching. I am mainly looking for things that we can use to minimize those time suck processes. For instance, I just discovered yesterday that we can use # in our page description label to auto update the page label in our layouts. Up to this point, we have had to make all those page updates manually. Now I am trying to figure out how to make our two scale callouts update automatically when we set the scale of the item on that page. Anyways, figuring this stuff out is really cool and it really shows me just how powerful the software is!

Maybe send me a PM tomorrow. I think I can help you out a bit more.

My motto in Chief...build the model exactly how you'd build the structure. If 0'-0" is top of finish floor, then build the model that way in Chief!

18 hours ago, Leadcarpo said:

Thanks, that worked for the auto story pole! Is there a way to adjust it in manual elevation markers?

That would require a macro! I have one that might work but it isn't mine to share. You could also just alter the elevations of each floor in Chief. There's no reason that the subfloor can't be at -3/4" or -1/2" or whatever. That will keep things simpler, no?

I must admit, you've got me curious as to how you're using this on a set of plans:)  I'm wondering...who is going to understand a ceiling height of 8'-0 5/8"...but I'm not trying to 2nd guess what you're doing. We'll assume you have a very good reason and it will all make sense, right?!

All you need to do is open the Story pole Dimension Defaults and adjust the Grade Level Marker setting and make sure the Elevation Reference is Grade Level Marker. 

For Locate Elevations, make sure you're including the floor finish elevation. You will need to manually enter the thickness of the floor finish so if you make changes to this in the plan, you'll have to remember to update this value.

Hmm, I can't remember everything from X11. I'd suggest you try setting all the other camera background colors. Also, have you searched help for terms like preview, panel, color, background, etc.?

5 hours ago, Ed_Orum said:

Checked the video card, but I think I am going to reinstall windows to see if that solves the problem.

If it were my problem, I'd post plan file here first, before I started re-installing software. Just a thought...there's so many people here ready to help. You never know what someone else may find.

I'm pretty sure that in X11 that default background is controlled by the Full Camera defaults. I would suggest you try changing the Full Camera backdrop default color first.

4 hours ago, winterdd said:

Just looks unprofessional when I send it off to clients.

True enough! On the Attic level, can you make the gable end wall longer? So it matches the overall width of the porch?

What version are you using? And if you attach the plan fie, I'll trouble shoot this.

14 minutes ago, GrizzlyBear said:

and I have no idea how I would have figured that one out.

I'll explain how I learned this tool's function. Single click the Wall Elevation tool and then press F1. From Help:

The Wall Elevation tool creates an interior elevation of a single wall defining the room that the camera is drawn in. It creates a 2D projection of that wall and the objects located between that wall and its Cross Section Line; 

This statement from Help should guide us to understand the difference between a Wall Elevation and the back clipping function of other camera views. 

Further reading in the Help file is even more descriptive: With the camera dialog open, press help and review that page, specifically the Scene Clipping portion. This should explain why a wall elevation isn't showing anything beyond the glass wall (the base is in a different room).

Best of luck!

Edit the view by unchecking "Clip to Room"