DavidJPotter

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  1. Whether layers are visible or invisible is controlled in "Display Layers/Objects", while in an active camera view you open its Layer Display Options Dialog and uncheck all name layers that you do not with to see and check on all layers you do wish to see. I also use a "Framing Plan view" to streamline that effort. It is always to be found in Dialog boxes. With the wall covering create an elevation camera and face the wall covering, open the wall and remove the covering in that wall's wall covering tab. If it is still there after that open that wall's dialog box- Materials tab and change the apparent "wall covering" by altering the material surface setting of therouge wall surface. If all else fails, delete the wall and draw another one to replace the offending one. DJP
  2. Post a copy of your plan and an example image of what look you are going for. DJP
  3. Marty, All CAD programs internally use Real World Scale 1' = 1'. So the ONLY time you need to worry about scale is when you print to PDF or Paper so the drawing fits the smaller space of those graphic environments. Wish you some success on your journey! DJP
  4. I draw what the client desires, DJP
  5. In thirty years of use I have not had this happen to me once I trained myself to carefully set and check settings and draw exterior walls in a clockwise fashion. DJP
  6. Your posted image looks NOTHING like your plan file. It would help if you could share a little more data as to the intended outcome. Why is there a parapet on one end? Is that the pitch you wish the auto-roofs to be? Is the ceiling height for the first floor correctly set? DJP
  7. You need to turn down the "Sunlight" using RTRT. Photo realism doesn't just happen if one is a "good buy", rather it is resident completely your responsibility to tweak a rendering by adjusting its settings (material and lighting) to obtain an acceptable result. Unfortunately it is an Art as opposed to a Science, you learn via study followed by practice-trial and error. DJP
  8. Saved Plan Views earlier iteration was called Annotation Sets. Saved Plan Views are preprogrammed to group things of a type to a drafting result in terms of layers (on and off), Text for different layers (Electric-Text , Plot Plan-Text, Text, Text-Framing, Text-Framing), so when you select a "Plan Set" it automatically switches to the programmed layer, layer set, Text and CAD layer for theselevted plan set chosen. DJP
  9. I either just draw one plan file in the case of just two structures changing the settings as necessary. When I have had large projects I created a .plan file for each building, then convert that model into a symbol to show the entire project of multiple buildings and using the individual .plan files for con docs. DJP IMAGES MADE IN X1
  10. In each Room Specification Dialog Box - Structure Tab - Ceiling over this room, you "uncheck" the ceiling and that setting for each room it is checked, will take away the flat ceiling and the underside of the roof above then defines the ceiling or common rafter vaulted ceiling. DJP
  11. Post a copy of your file please. DJP
  12. I commonly use "3 D Solid" objects I make on the fly. DJP
  13. There are no Window or Door labels, no header heights, no dimensioned floor plan. Are you taking responsibility for those relative to accuracy? Do you have any data as to the "terrain drop at the back". I can and will do this provided you can fill in the apparent blanks. It should not take more than an hour provided my questions are addressed. Thank you
  14. By default Chief uses 15 and 7,5 degree angle snaps for objects including walls. Most builders try to stay within norms but sometimes the overall design begs to differ. In order to free form draw slanted walls to be a "Hall" they must still be perpendicular to each other and I hope you don't mean slanted relative to the floor! To override the default "Angle Snaps" you find the icon for Angle Snaps and turn it off to draw the first wall where you wish it. Then open the Wall Specification Dialog and copy-paste or round off you wall angle and place the results in the "General Plan" note dialog -"Allowed Angles" input boxes. Once that is done you can turn "Angle Snaps" back on. You would only turn this off for such specialized actions. DJP
  15. The first and last time I imported and changed contour lines to elevation lines the resulting Terrain Plane was slower than molasses' in the Winter to view in camera and plan view. It had so many 3D faces it was overwhelming my then computer. I am with Rabbit on this one. DJP
  16. I always charge by the hour ($75.00), some of the users here have accreditations that demand higher fees (Architects, AIBD , & etc.). When you get more answers you will, I think, have more amounts from $75.00 - up. You should also see variance's in per SF. figures as well. DJP
  17. Posts are programmed to meet the established ceiling. It appears you ordered no ceiling, so then "No Post". Make sure it is set "post to ceiling" in the Wall Specification Dialog and "No Ceiling" in the room -structure tab. DJP
  18. This guy is also very good: Jintudesigns.com
  19. I have been helping Chief and Home Designer users for a couple of decades remotely. I have a Zoom Meeting online meeting service and have helped others with their projects all over the US, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Russia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Kenya, South Korea, and Australia/New Zealand. I can and will help you. Send me your plan file, what software you used to make it (version and name), this way we can quickly fix your plan while you actively help guide me to what you need help with. At No extra charge, our session can be videoed for later reference by you. I charge $75.00 per hour, Let's get you started! DJP
  20. Always, this is the way,. DJP
  21. Symbols are going to to be programmed to float as a unified object whereas terrain features "follow" the terrain. You want to use the objects that support your intentions and you work with what IS there and how they are intended to be used, DJP