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I've had no issues with pdf file sizes. I've also been printing at 144 DPI in order to reduce file sizes. At 144 DPI the clarity is more than satisfactory (in my experience).

Select the gable wall. Ensure tob and bottom are default heights. Check "Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom" Draw a portion of railing wall slightly away from where you want it. Open and check "No Room Definitions". Extend the railing wall the full length. Align the railing with the exterior of the gable wall. 589854604_McllwainePlanFile.plan

For solids, this does behave differently in X14 than in X13. You could report this to Chief to examine the functionality to see if it reports as Chief has intended. In the meantime, you could use a material region.

Right click any wall, select Object Layer Properties. Check Walls, Layers.

@Kbird1Thanks for nothing!:) Does it serve any purpose? Who's placing the same library item from one view type to another with any significant quantity? Feature request?

There must be a way to prevent the library browser from keeping your last selection active when you toggle between views, but I don't know it. When I search, and then insert something from the Library, then switch from one view to another, that item is active on the cursor, ready to be inserted again at the very next click. I'd love to turn this off but can't find a setting in Preferences for this.

Yes, it is. I just switched it to standard view and it generated in about 1.5 seconds instead of 4 seconds (and only 26,186 surfaces). But it was taking about 20 seconds to open or switch between SVP's. The library is brutal and even opening an existing rich text box is painful.

I'm jealous! I turned off auto wall framing and that helped quite a bit.

You're welcome Damon!

copy the room divider between patios from floor 1 to floor 0. Then lower the patio floor by 16".

Is anyone else experiencing ridiculously slow response times in X14? Specifically when using a plan created in X13. Just thought I'd check with others before sending all my plans in to TS. By comparison, the OOB template plan in X14 is crazy fast.

Your plan file is empty. No data there at all.

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I usually just switch to the background color instead of white. It won't show up when printed so it works as a mask. However if I wanted white, I'd probably add a polyline to my library called 'mask'. It would add as a molding profile so you'd actually need to use 'show in browser' then right clickt to place the profile. Or you could add it as a cad block, then explode it once placed in your plan. Better yet, you could add several mask fill types to your library and then just type in mask and they'll be there at the top ready to click and fill. For Example, Mask, Foundation Mask, Elevation Mask, Roof

You can't use a 'solid' railing type because then the cap jumps to the top section. Instead, use Rail Style > Panels with no newels or Top/Bottom Rails.

Paste "SHO WAL BRA" into the library browser and see what comes up. It's a Bonus library.

They should still exist, they just may be quite a distance away from the building. Have you zoomed out far enough to confirm they are gone? You should be able to locate notes in elevations by using the 'find in plan' tool from the schedule.

And, depending on what you have in your plan, and where those elevation cameras are located, it may be necessary to quickly move the elevation cameras further away from the building. Then, reposition them if necessary after the reversal is completed.

I've sent a report to TS. I'll provide them with as many plan files as they want / need. This could end up being very costly to my time. Didn't we deal with the same thing from X12 to X13 or was it X11 to X12? I remembered constantly aligning text boxes because the inherent sizing parameter was different from one version to the next.

You can make this type of framing member using a truss, then editing the truss polyline in section view, and editing the framing member in the truss detail. However, I'd follow Joey's advice! Much faster.

I was just going to report this! It seems as though almost all my text boxes change size in X14. In layout, I only have a few but they were set with 0" margins top and bottom, and in X14 Chief has added a 1/16" margin to the top. The snippet below shows an example from an elevation view and a cad detail. These were all aligned and now have to be resized for every plan. Time consuming!

Posting your plan.

Personally I think Chief does it backwards. I keep several items named by the drawing type first. They of course organize with the SVP's. Site, Text / Site, CAD / Site, Dimensions / Site, Footprints etc. Roof, CAD / Roof, Dimensions / Roof, Text etc. Chief also had most templates and text styles organized oddly. I organize my templates by scale factor. So if a plan gets too big for the paper at 1/4" scale,it's no work at all for me to change it to 3/16" or 1/8" scale. I also name all my text style by the font, size, characteristics. WTH am I going to do with "cabinet text style" if cabinets are displayed in different drawings at more than one scale factor? I see they have cleaned this up a bit in X14. Wonder where they got the idea for that? For example: Arial 4" / Arial 4" Bold / Arial 8" / Arial 8" Bold / Arial 25", etc.

I've included framing schedules for rake walls and I simply have some notes to the schedule that mention that the length for beveled components is to the center. I framed for over 20 years and this wouldn't have bothered me for a couple of reasons. Once one knows the difference from the center to the long point, then it's a pretty simple adjustment on the fly. For those lacking the grey matter for that adjustment, there will be bigger problems to solve. Chance are there will be some small adjustments needed anyhow, so the exact numbers may only be good for material takeoff. That being said, If I were framing the walls that I draw, I wouldn't need to double check anything on site, I'd just start cutting.

Select the attic walls, then select Build Framing For Selected Object(s)