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I believe that was intended to be sent to the truss mfr. You get their drawings, and if this is simply a challenge for the sake of proving it can be done, I'll gladly take that on, and I'll post a video of the process. But I'm not a cart before the horse kinda guy. Approve truss drawings first! Then I'll model it in Chief to match their drawing exactly. I'll even include the mending plates.

This made me chuckle Chop! To be clear, I don't expect anyone to do this without drawings. I'd supply them with the pertinent info: run, pitch heel height, overhang, r.o. location in x and z axis. Their software handles the sizing of the various members.

Search for "bulkheads" in the library. Exterior Attachments is a bonus catalog.

Wrong, my friend, Chief CAN model it but not automatically. It would require manual editing. It is also an exercise in futility on your part, as any truss manufacturer would only need to derive (from your plans) the perimeter constraints of the truss, and the size and location of the rough opening. You and the truss supplier would be better served by a basic section view NOT displaying a truss, but rather the aforementioned information. IF you absolutely needed to show a corresponding view including the actual truss, it would be much simpler to provide the truss supplier with the view type I just mentioned, then have the truss supplier provide you with a CAD drawing of their resulting truss, after they have designed it and run it through their software to ensure the truss design is correct. You could use that CAD drawing in section view or you could place it in the TRUSS DETAIL and use it as a guide to edit the members of the truss.

You'll need to edit the truss detail.s

I'll also mention that by using variations of the materials list, you could produce 'cut lists' (essentially the piece by piece schedule) as well as the 'buy list'. There's no need for the builder to attempt to figure out what to purchase. Chief already has all this information.

This would be much simpler if you can stick to using a materials list, as opposed to a schedule. It'd be even smarter if the builder gave you the prices so you could build a material master list.

Where will the project be built? What type of assemblies are being used? Do you have any pictures of the model you can post?

If you can't find the exact material with a seamless texture, I'd suggest using a material that is as close as possible to the chosen material. You can always ask for help with that process here in the forum. I don't think it's likely that you'll successfully 'create' a seamless texture in any sort of a reasonable time frame. I would start by listing the exact material here in the forum, and asking for help with locating its texture or a reasonable alternative. How much time do you have available for texture creation? I can point out some methods I've used, but I'm hesitant to post them publicly because they will inevitably lead most users to more problems than solutions.

So you want to edit the truss detail? You can do it, it's just a bit of a tedious process, and you'll need to be very careful that it doesn't get 'undone'. Not knocking Chief, but my experience has been that the locking the webbing for a truss is less than reliable. That may have improved in X12.

The line weight is controlled by the layer settings. This is the first and best place to control the line weight. You could manually set each one in the dialog box as well. OR

It most certainly can and looks like it already has!

The footing will be placed directly under the foundation wall, NOT the slab. This means that for clean and neat alignment in Chief, the top-of-footing elevation needs to match the bottom-of slab elevation. Chief doesn't currently 'support' a notched basement slab. For your model, you have essentially 2 options: adjust either the foundation wall height or the basement slab elevation to produce a clean intersection leave it 'as is' and clean up the display in section views using CAD tools FWIW, I frequently do both, dependent on the construction preferences of my clients.

In the materials list, you can click on the line item, then use the Find Object in Plan tool to open its component tab. By hovering over the items, you'll see that the description is derived from Structural Member Reporting.

This is probably because 5/4 decking is actually ≈1"x5.5". Chief 'knows' this so when you specify decking that is 1"x5 1/2" it calls them out as 1 1/4x6...whereas 5/4x6 may be a better description due to the nomenclature of the lumber industry. Keep in mind that if you order 1x6's with the intention of using them for decking, you wouldn't be very happy with the material that arrived on site. In "Structural Member Reporting", you can add a 5/4x6 lumber board with a specified length which will then give you a piece count in your material list instead of a lineal foot report. And while it will report 1 1/4"x...it should be pronounced 5/4" which will then make sense to anyone. You may need to make that one edit manually in the material list.

Build Framing / subfloor for Floor 1

I'm sure this will be a great help to many people! You truly are a giver on a level with John Stamos!

https://brick.com/onlinetools Arches will still be laborious.

Yes, and it was just some of the older blocks from the Core catalog. I have several of my own where everything was on one layer, and then of course there are many other symbols, and most of them appear to have their text on the default CAD layer. So far I've only found the two instances in Chief's elec. symbols, either Text or Default Cad.

Layer: Text

I can't remember, or quickly find which layer controls the text portion of some electrical symbols. For my electrical set, most layers are light gray...and one of them is affecting the symbol display. It's gray as well, and of course, I want it black. Can anyone help me out?

I can't find a cursor setting that has a filled circle behind it, however if improved visibility is the goal, there are plenty of settings within the "mouse pointer" settings. You can easily increase the pointer size and color. In "additonal mouse settings" there are more options for cursor types. And there are third party apps for downloading custom cursor types, if you're not afraid of potential malware being installed!

I can tell you that the circle you see in some of the videos myself and others use is inherent to the screen recording app. I use Flashback Express, and it adds that circle automatically for recordings only, it isn't a cursor setting. I'll see if I can find any thing else to help you out.

Type "mouse properties" into the windows search bar.

You can move an existing elec. connection line and it will 'connect' to darn near anything.