DavidJPotter

You can also export a 3D image view and in the resulting dialog specify the size and resolution of the exported image and then send that result to layout, if absolute control is required. DJP

Make sure default settings are correct relative to your intention and then verify those settings in a single Room Specification dialog, then while that verified room is still selected, look for, in the "Edit Toolbar" an icon that has three connected orbs (tool tip says: "Match Properties"), then with the "Apply Properties" tool you "left-click" in any rooms that are not highlighted. The Match Properties dialog and apply properties tools will allow MANY different settings to be shared per floor. There is also a "Reset to Defaults" command under the "File" menu that you can use once you have verified Default settings are correct for your purposes. DJP

I have never used a Mac but it sounds like Levis has a workable answer for you to try, hope it works. DJP

You seem too "Attached" to your problems to see solutions for what they are:) The rules of 2D CAD are not missing or suspended in CAD details so your comment about "pattern line defaults" makes no sense to me, sorry. DJP

Thank you for that answer. That is why I rarely use PDF's in my layouts: they bloat the size in Mb's of the layout, are often pix-elated being copy's of the original vector view material and thus not as crisp looking. If I require multiple instances of elevations or cross sections I use vector views that have a white background with no problem. My question still remains, what exactly are you trying to solve using PDF's of the model being graphically communicated instead of vector view generated views (you could also make a view to CAD and then send those altered-edited copy's to layout)? DJP

When I suggest "Confronting" I mean: "Confronting is defined as being able to face. When we say one is confronting, we mean that he is facing without flinching or avoiding. The ability to confront is actually the ability to be there comfortably and perceive." How is that useful in the use of Chief? I have observed within myself and other users that Specification Dialog's are are often just "OK'ed" without actually confronting what is on the dialog before clicking "OK". Then one is upset with the results because you overlooked the settings presented by the dialog. Another instance of this is not confronting each and every dialog in Chief before using it, including all of that dialog's tabs. I still make this a process I go through ever so often to just look carefully-study-confront each and every dialog box and drop-down menu in the software. I learn or relearn many things just doing this action as a refresher (so many things to remember, ya know?) When things go wrong, the first thing I do is to inspect room dialog box settings, default settings until I find THE setting that is causing the problem (nobody is perfect, all are Human, we miss things etc.) Take the time to carefully LOOK and FIND. Persistence comes in to persevere long enough to FIND and edit what is found to be wrong.. When all else fails, I, just like anyone else, calls Tech Support and way too often they kindly point out that I did not LOOK, effectively enough in many cases. it is a competence thing and a personal Ethics thing, I recommend you start developing a talent for that method. DJP

That is a problem? Why please? DJP

Like a lot of things it can be done, if you deem it important enough: You do this in your Profile.plan (make your edits and changes) assigning the edited symbols as defaults, then, thereafter your changes will be "Default" DJP

You can take an active elevation view and then using "View to CAD Detail", then send that to layout and it will be rotatable, check it out. DJP

If you find such an entity please let me know, I have never heard of any such thing in thirty years in the industry! DJP

If you were willing to share a copy of your plan file, I or someone else could then fix the roof with your guidance and then return the edited file to you, I could make a video of doing it which might be useful to you and your future competence. DJP

Like he said DJP

Depending upon the actual spacing between door panels, you may also need to go to "Window Defaults" and set "Minimum spacing" from the default 2", to 0" in order to get the doors to mull properly. That setting effects windows and doors in plan view in terms of how close they can be, one to another. DJP

The ceiling height setting in local "room specification dialog - structure tab - finished ceiling height" determines basic roof plate height. You can also, in the case you wish to have roofs resting above the ceiling height of a room, you can manually raise and lower individual roof planes using the "Transform- Replicate Tool - Move" input box to raise or lower them in the "Z" axis as you wish. DJP

Home Designer Pro (or any Home Designer Titles) do not have a "CAD to Walls" tool as Lew mentioned above. In HD Pro you can import a .dwg file from AutoCAD which is as you have seen, purely 2D. After importing it I suggest you trace over the walls using the "Wall Tool" and then manually place the windows, doors, cabinets, and appliances using the corresponding tools in HD Pro again, manually. If any of us Chief users does this for you, you should expect to exchange for their helping time. And you MUST first tell them what version of HD you are using (year of release and title of the software). If someone uses a newer version of Chief to help you than the software you have, you will NOT be able to then further open or edit the plan file. That said, let me know if you would like my help, I commonly post and help people at "Home Talk". Once I see the scope of your project I can then give you an estimate of effort to create it for you. ( I know this will probably take several hours to do). I have all versions of Chief Premier since old version 7 (circa 2,000AD) to the present (Version 22 or X12) DJP

Rather than "hijacking" this thread, I recommend that you start a new thread to address your question. I will say that the "Join Roofs Tool" found in the "Edit Toolbar" when I roof plane is selected is pre-programmed to only join one roof edge to another single roof edge. It will not join a single edge to another edge that has a break in it (one edge to two edges). Get rid of the break in the left-hand roof plane so the roof plane is then a triangle instead of a "four-sided" figure and when done, the "Join Roof Tool" will then magically work. DJP

Ain't it the truth, oy vey!!!! DJP

You did not mention what software you are using. My video was done using Chief Architect Premier X11, FYI. DJP

If you are referring to the "Living Area" display, it can be manually turned on or off in "General Plan Defaults Dialog" but it turns it on or off on all floors, not just one or two. You can display square footage per room by selecting, in Display Options a layer called "Rooms, Interior or Standard Area". If you accidentally delete the "Living Area" display it will thereafter no long display even if checked "ON" in General Plan Defaults. A way to recover that display is to run "Tools -Checks - Plan Check", running that utility will cause the "Living Area" display to display again. DJP

Votre message est le premier que j'ai vu ici depuis de nombreuses années en langue française. Je pense que vous obtiendrez plus de réponses si vous parvenez à utiliser l'anglais, désolé. DJP

A lot of the time my custom home and remodeling clients have not yet picked out specific fixtures for their design. If they have done so and supply me with specs, I then try my utmost to make my drawings as realistic as possible but in the end, it is the materials they specify and the fixtures and appliances that they personally pick out and or buy that is applied to their project. My drawings are conceptual, their project is what, in the end, counts and matters, not any virtual model. DJP

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Contact Tech Support now for actual help, it may be that the symbols got transferred without the related textures. They are, on your hard drive, separate files. DJP

Keep in mind that your client is buying the sink they pick out at the fixture store and not the one in a virtual model. Just say'n DJP

I cannot clearly see what the sink looks like but you can do that, to a degree with just a base cabinet and its dialog box: place the base cabinet, place your chosen sink in it and then remove the "Toe Kick", then set the countertop at the height from the floor you wish and then manually raise up the bottom to whatever height above the floor you wish, it is rather straight forward. DJP