DavidJPotter

To continue on Glenn's post, they are controlled in the Main by Default Settings - Floor, then individual Room Specification Dialogs but IF you manually adjust any wall poly-lines they stay manually edited until, as Glenn said, you order them to return to whatever the "Default" has been set to. Saying that software does stuff all on its own is just another way to say "I do not know what I am doing or why-I have no personal responsibility for my actions, so the software is to blame". Learn the software and then live happily ever after. DJP

If the main layer requires framing, then they frame when ordered to do so. You can turn off the auto building of them in 3-D- 3D Preferences but I do not recommend that, that is where you can temporarily turn off the "feature". You could manually replace them with a wall type that does not frame (Custom Wall type) but that seems to me a waste of time (necessary action). My real advice is to just get used to it unless you are willing to become a software Architect-Programmer so as to create your own personal software. DJP

Here is a You Tube video of me cobbling in what you want in X7: http://youtu.be/7Z8SVv4hk1w DJP

The error message is merely stating a fact. so LIke Shane K said, you change the cabinet first and then add the sink. What you did is merely out of sequence relative to how the software is programmed to work. DJP

You kind of answered your own question (How do I get manual dimension from wall center to wall center ?) the answer is "Manually" in that you move the dimension point to where you need it to be, manually. It is also very common that one has to zoom in to make that adjustment of dimension point. DJP

Yes, but you should verify something this important with Chief Architect Sales before deciding what to do. The plan and layout fines will be fine within the same corresponding versions. DJP

Like Glenn mentions, the Reference Manual explains the four differing modes of the tool, which mode is selected determines the outcome of that mode. DJP

The best advice I can share is to not allow elevation lines to cross (interfere with) your flat regions. It is unnecessary to micromanage terrain elevation objects. Place only as few as you need and NO MORE. Simpler is better and more manageable. DJP

Please contact me privately, I have all that stuff all the way back to version 7 that I can share with you privately. DJP

Welcome to the forum. Until you have successfully done everything, it is expected to give one fits. You can manually locate roof planes using the "Transform-Replicate" tool. For autogenerated roofs you would preset the "Raise off Plate" setting in the "Build Roof dialog" before building roofs. (The truss tool then fills the void you created that then exists between the underside of roof planes and the top of flat ceilings). So once that is set up correctly the truss tool then just fills what you created. DJP

Define "easy". You can do it with soffits, slabs or poly-line solids. DJP

Only a handful of persons here even know what "Home Designer Pro" is. The users here use Chief Architect Premier. I will grant you they are both made by Chief Architect Inc, they are radically different in terms of cost and ability. I am the only person I know who specializes in training and tutoring others using Home Designer software. I do that over the internet using "Go to Meeting". I do not travel, physically any longer. Contact me if you wish. DJP

Right-Click on the short cut or exe file for Chief and open its "Properties", there then should be a check box that says something like "Run as Administer" and then after that you should have no trouble. DJP

You should call Chief Architect Sales, they have been selling networked versions of Chief for years, they know what then works and what does not. DJP

The box bay object has a dialog and it has edit handles for editing, that is what you have to work with unless you draw it manually. DJP

You fix that sort of thing by going to "Tools -Toolbars and Hot Keys-Customize" which offers you a dialog where to the "Configurations Tab" select "Default Configuration" and then "Switch to" to return things to "normal" DJP

Even if Defaults are set in "Locate Objects" to "Interior Wall Centers" one still has to zoom in to place dimension points to a wall's center (they should go there when set properly in Defaults - Locate Objects) but when manually adjusting or editing dimension points you MUST zoom in to do so. DJP

Call Tech Support now please, they can actually help you. DJP

Compression is to reduce file size but can have an effect on the playback quality DJP

Increase the frame rate will help (that will also make the file larger too). DJP

I have never used a Mac but have never seen this on any of my PC's, sorry you are seeing it. I suggest you get into communication with Tech Support, they are good it figuring out this kind of unwanted thing. DJP

Other than creating custom objects (slabs or poly-line solids) take a careful look at the Railing Specification Dialog - Rails Tab as to what is possible within that dialog). DJP

Project Browser is your best bet for editing camera names. DJP

That is the "Company Line" that employees must tow. I do not know about any pay per view sites. Chief Tutor.com, D. Scott Hall on You Tube, Chief Experts on You Tube and my You Tube Site and some others are free to view. DJP

A couple of places: 1. Create a terrain plane then add a "Garden Bed" then go to its "Distributed plant" tab or 2. Download "Outdoor Rooms and Gardens" Bonus library and use those Either way works depending upon what you want to do. DJP