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How so?

When 'tall walls' exist, I provide wall framing details for those walls. Currently, in my region, these must be engineered so my wall details do 99% of the ground work for the engineer who reviews, edits if needed, and stamps the drawing. These drawings include a schedule which can be used to cut every piece, and I also include a hardware schedule for everything except nails. For somewhat complex houses I have provided wall faming details for an entire floor. It greatly reduces the time and potential for error on site and I quite enjoy drawing them.

Does anyone have a link for reporting bugs? For some reason I can't find it...

In Canada, cardboard 'insulation stops' are stapled into place between the roof trusses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akvpF4_0JWU

Open any dialog box and click the Number Style button at the bottom left.

Solution: Close Chief. Re-open Chief. This will allow re-enable the minimize window button. Minimize the Project Browser Window Grab the Top of the PB window and carefully drag and hover until the desired docking location is actively highlighted. Release the PB window and never touch it again, intentionally or accidentally!

The Project Browser can become undocked and then it is visible but Chief doesn't recognize it. It makes it tough to drag it back into place when Chief doesn't recognize it. Does anyone know of a fix for this? Notice in the snippet that the PB window header has rotated to the side. I can see the PB but the cursor behaves as though it's all the plan window.

A few different cameras with separate sun settings and a video editor to stitch them together is all that would take.

I think that's kind of the idea. Unfortunately the const. lines stop walls on their finished layer (instead of the MAIN LAYER) which kind of defeats the purpose of using the const. line in the first place. For interior items it'd probably be best to use a layer set with those lines turned off. That's what I do, anyhow.

you can just type the math into the field. "109.125+43"

Other way around...it is the attic walls that change. They auto build to fill the space between the ceiling and the roof. A simplified explanation.

Generally speaking...for each instance, the roof baseline should be aligned with the outside of the exterior wall and the baseline should be the desired heel height above the ceiling elevation. For example, a 109 1/8" ceiling would result in a roof baseline elevation of 152 1/8", for the 43" energy heel.

It's the automatic label and the type code 3040 reads as "3 - oh - 4 - oh" and means 3'-0" x 4'-0" (width is always first). DC means "double casement". What would you like to change?

I paid this fella @Alaskan_Son to write some gibberish on the back of a digital napkin and somehow it saves me time and makes my plan look better. Scientology...go figure, but it works! I'd get in touch with him if I were you!

interior trim category

You will need to use a number formatting macro for each one of those objects. The macro can be placed in one of the available fields in the Object Information panel of the dialog box. Keep in mind you can create Custom Object Fields, and if so, remember to include that field in the schedule. This process can be made part of the default settings for some framing objects, but not all (ie: wall framing).

For trusses like that I would use 3d moldings in an elevation view. The wood-grain texture will then be correct on all sides. I'd create one on a layer just for working / editing, then copy it and create a symbol to replicate. Then, if / when the client requests some changes to the profile, simply delete the symbols, make edits to the working version, then repeat the symbol process.

Recently, I have found that using roof trusses may cause extreme lag, as well as automatic roof framing. Especially bad if those 2 are combined, and of course it depends on the complexity. I'd be willing to examine your plan file to see if I can find the issue...especially seeing as I have not yet installed the newest update. It's sitting in downloads and now you've got me nervous!

As the library grows, more organization may be helpful. Sounds like an opportunity for a formal feature request.

Separate schedule for each floor & reduce the width of the 2D Symbol column.

Yes. Add and place the knob, then in a camera view with nothing else displayed, use the "Convert to Symbol" tool. Or, in plan view, marquee select the table and the knob, then use the "Convert Selected to Symbol" tool.

It won't work to make an automated dimension default for that unless it is a foundation plan with no other openings. Otherwise you'll just end up doing more editing, not less. The only logical way this would work is if the control was in the garage door default dialog. I've done exactly what you were talking about. I copied a dimension type and renamed it to FDN Dimensions, adjusted it's locate settings and assigned it to it's own layer.

Plan View: show floor and ceiling elevations using markers. Elevation views: Wall heights. Otherwise, you can use this: %room.height.ceiling%