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I use these all the time. Works much better than material regions in this application, especially the wall cap.

Nope. It is simply a setting to override the Main Layer material option. You can manually change it to any value you choose. It is not a report.

Notice in your last snippet that the stud spacing field is greyed out. This means that the spacing is being determined by the Main Layer (the material as shown in your 1st and 2nd pic).

You don't have automatic wall framing turned on so you need to rebuild the wall framing in order to see the correction. The Master Bath has the ceiling set at 120". Change to 96", rebuild the wall framing. For the closet, you'll need to make some modfications. You can use a room divider to split the room where it has 2 ceiling heights.

You lost the 2nd floor wall because it does not have the default bottom height.

You can quickly drag a gen. framing member and use the object property eyedropper to copy the spec of the beam to the new component (except material). You'll need to replcae your text arrow.

I think it's because the beam is too close to the Open Below Room, and Chief won't build such small floor joists. Use a General Framing member to replace that beam and it'll rebuild nicely.

I think the only real problem with Plan Footprint Cad detail is that Chief can't necessarily or always properly define the polylines for different parts of the plan, especially in light of the fact that definitions and requirements can change from one jurisdiction to another. Not to mention all the various area display requirements and calculations. I'd recommend to setup a SPV of a site plan with all the necessary object and macros already in place and save that as part of your template plan. Unless you enjoy using your calculator and typing. The Plan Footprint will not really help identify preliminary site coverage calculations early in the design process to ensure zoning compliance. There's certainly some live layers that can be used for a Site Plan, but not many. The key is to set up a SPV paired with an appropriate Default for the scale required, and have a library of CAD and Text objects already in the view.

It's not common anywhere that I know of. I think you'll need to contact a macro guru to make you an automatic label for that function or (in the meantime) you could simply add a note to your plan set that explains your window labels. Doing it manually would not be an option IMO. Too much chance for error!

Might be Randy the Macho Man's dark sunglasses!

It is possible. I use a pony wall. The lower portion is my default exterior wall. The upper portion is a thinner, single layer wall with the same material as the window jamb. This allow 3 separate windows with shallower frames to be placed and dragged close to the corners. 3D moldings for casing. Polyline solids for top and bottom jamb-liner. So in summary, it's about as much work as the actual manufacturing process. Be prepared to spend a lot of time on it.

The Z offset needs to be a negative amount of the height of the sink symbol plus the thickness of the countertop. In this case, the correct amount would be -9 13/16". However, Chief is definitely messing up the cutout in the custom countertop. There is a cutout surface generated but it is at an incorrect height. Copy the cabinet to see the difference of the auto countertop. I'd send in a bug report.

That word (pull) comes from the component tab of the cabinet. For some reason, almost every (if not every) cabinet handle reports as (pull) in the component tab. Despite the fact that there is no symbol option titled Pull. It would seem that every hardware symbol that has the Option Treat as Handle checked, then reports as pull. This must be hardcoded, perhaps a relic of code that lingers from who-knows-when. It would appear that this cannot be changed.

Eave Fascia: 1" Gable Fascia: 10" (or so) Boxed Eave Length: 14" (or so) You'll need to experiment to get it just right, or know the math:)

As has been mentioned, the line properties displayed in layout are controlled by the elevation view. There are 2 main ways to access and adjust those layer properties. In Layout, right click on the elevation view layout box. Then in the pop up menu locate and find the tool "Layout Box Layers". This opens the Layer Display Options used in that view. In the plan file, open the camera for the elevation view that will be sent to layout. At the top of the screen, select Tools / Layer Settings / Display Options. This opens the Layer Display Options used in that view. Explore and identify which Layer Set is being used for elevation views. Explore and identify which layers are being displayed and adjust their properties as you see fit. For further assistance, you may want to consider some training time from an expert Chief user.

Jason, are you looking for a material list specifically for purchasing or do you need an organized list for that drawing? Have you checked out a framing schedule in that framing detail? It will give you a tidy cut list and it will only include the components in that detail. Obviously it serves a bit of a different purpose than the mat list. It's better for a drawing set, not as good for purchasing.

If I'm not mistaken, The Flat Region is a terrain modifier tool that will create a flat region that is the average height of the specified elevations around it. An Elevation Region allows you to set the elevation and create a flat interior.

Yup been there! And once you're down that hole, it can be tough to get out!

I see that background colors don't stick with an attached file as they are controlled by the program preferences. I noticed right away that the windows were grey and was wondering if you're background color was too dark.

Type "tilt mirror" in the library browser.

Just use a glass panel door for the door (thickness of about 1", frame about 1")...and then use the same door for the panels beside the door, but close them.

Can't help you with the window display, but did you know you can use a truss for ... the truss? It looks a lot better in 3d!

Exactly what type of objects are you dimensioning in elevation view? Are the dimension defaults you are using set to locate those type of objects?

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00923/understanding-and-adjusting-line-weight-scaling.html