robdyck

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  1. There was a time, many years ago when Chief's Fascia Tope referenced the top of the sub-fascia. I think that was x7. The inconsistency of referencing framing elevations for some points and finish elevations for other points has been brought up often, in suggestions as well as in feature requests.

    This current system really gets weird when you have multiple pitches that should have the same sub-fascia elevation. It's not cool...but I got used to referencing the baseline height whereas I used (again many years ago) always reference the fascia height...it was just more familiar to me. I also don't like that roof planes measure to the finished fascia instead of to the sub-fascia. 

  2. On 2/14/2021 at 10:13 AM, solver said:

    There is a KB article on migrating.

     

    If you look at the folders used, it shows where preferences are stored.

    I didn't find what you're referring to... which is why I asked here. 

    What I ended up doing was taking a series of screen captures of the various preference settings (in order) and using that as my guide to match them up on the new computer.

  3. I'm setting up a new PC and I'm having trouble figuring out how to migrate my Preferences to the new PC. I've read everything I can find but I'm not understanding how to keep Chief 'looking the same' on my new machine. Things like colors, crosshairs, icon size, etc. I haven't had any issue with copying all other relevant files.

    Am I missing something obvious or do I need to make notes from the Chief Preferences on the old PC and then adjust them manually on the new one?

  4. 1 minute ago, DzinEye said:

    Note at top of schedule that says "blank room name = 'exterior'  "  :P

    Interestingly enough, if the room name is the first field, then it organizes them alphabetically and all the blanks are first, so that's a really easy way to add it in with text.

  5. 25 minutes ago, solver said:

    You can do it with a macro using a Custom Field.

     

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    Good idea. That's pretty quick...I already have a Custom field for My Room Names. And it's easy to select all the electrical items on the exterior using the Match Properties tool. Then I'll manually enter 'Exterior' for those items in that field...the rest will be automatic.

    Is there  a simpler way than that?

  6. In an electrical schedule, (or any other for that matter), is there a way to get a room name attribute to show up in the schedule for items place on the exterior of the house?

    Right now, when I include the Room Name column, items on the exterior have a blank space in that column. I'd like that to fill in as 'Exterior'...without going to text of course.

  7. On 2/8/2021 at 2:50 PM, DRAWZILLA said:

    The 3060 comes out at the end of the month for $395 ,at least they say.

     

    That's like 3K CAD, right? I think I just bought the 395 for $3060...whoops!

    Wait a minute...Just got my 3080 in a whole new machine today!! For those shopping, it was NOT budget priced.

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  8. 52 minutes ago, cjanderson66 said:

    I am not sure what is happening but my average file size is getting crazy high and is loading my system up with huge archive files that I am constantly having to remove.  My average file size, and mind you these are pretty large projects, is between 85 to 150 MB.  Does this seem pretty large to you guys?  In addition I am finding that there is a huge lag time now and that I am constantly seeing that little rotating circle spinning and it is creating a big delay on my workload.  Any suggestions?  I would submit a plan but I can't go over 25 MB and these files are much larger than that.

     

    Another thing that is driving me crazy is,  I go to change a material and I see more than five color:white (for example) and there is no way to purge those additional materials.  There are multiple things associated and shouldn't it be associate by that one material without creating more than one.  I just don't get it.

    I regularly have files exceeding 100 MB because of furniture symbols. To address the speed, you either simplify your model or throw money at a faster machine.

    A couple of other things to check:

    -purge CAD blocks

    - purge materials

    - merge materials

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  9. 20 minutes ago, kylejmarsh said:

    Could be furniture, cars, other objects that are driving up your model size. Chief does get laggy when you get into big houses. I've complained about this before but you really can't be too critical here or you get a bunch of downvotes.

    Now I'm tempted! Just hovering over that arrow...nah, not today!

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  10. 6 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:


    Hitting F12 is a lot faster.

    For Sure! But it doesn't work for everything that needs to be rebuilt. I'm just stretching an attic wall and F12 won't get the frieze to build on the new portion. Open & close on the roof plane does! So I've certainly got a habit of just doing a double-click then press Enter right away.

     

  11. On 2/8/2021 at 2:21 PM, pdiaz4 said:

    I’m sorry I’m just bombing this. I did the point to point and brought it out so it could bump against the siding. 

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    The secret to the blend...Then, select the wall, open the dialog box, then close it. The material will then blend.

     

  12. 34 minutes ago, pdiaz4 said:

    Thank you,

    Now it’s doing this. If I move it to the right, it over laps lines and doesn’t look blended 

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    In Plan View, select the polyline solid, move it away from the wall, then back towards the wall. it should 'bump' up against the siding and stop. 

    OR use the 'point-to-point' move tool to accurately place the solid to the corner of the wall. Then, select the wall, open the dialog box, then close it. The material will then blend.

     

    YOU MUST BE ACCURATE!!

  13. 8 minutes ago, pdiaz4 said:

    Does anyone know how to draw this corbel connected to the boxed eave? I’m using chief architect premier x12

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    Draw a polyline solid in elevation view. Draw it on the wall, then move it to the left the correct amount. Set it's thickness as desired. Remember, it will be on the wall, so if you set it to be 4" thick, you'll need to move it 4" back to be flush with the wall cladding. Once it's flush, the material will blend perfectly. Don't forget to set it's layer to whatever works for you. For example, I have an Exterior Trim layer.

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  14. 3 hours ago, DenisonDrywall said:

    What about girts?

    Depending on what will be used and how accurate it needs to be, you can simply use a general framing member set to a c-channel to represent the girts. The first one you use can be set to its own layer, adjust its schedule settings, material,  and then copy and/or transform replicate as needed. You can do a whole building quite quickly this way. 

  15. At the minimum I'd be using the partition tool to add a flat panel to each end, but not filler. That will result in a closed toe kick. If you want the open toe kick, use a base cabinet:

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    Or for something more detailed:

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  16. I'd love to apply but golden oak doesn't work for me:) Now if the office was decked out in pickled oak, my resume would be on the way! And I'd need forest green countertops...with a full jar of caramels, a bigger boombox and armrests on both sides!

    This post belongs in the Seeking Services section BTW.