ComputerMaster86

I just noticed another quirk with the same image. Man, I didn't even catch this yesterday. Below is the original export from Chief.

I just can't get over how many people think chat GPT is the greatest thing in world for generating these cool groovy renderings. I tried my hand at it just the other day but, I keep noticing little quirks. Fore example, in the picture below, a shingle ridge cap for a G-Rib steel panel roof. I didn't even notice it at first with my poor vision. Now I can't unsee it. Of course I have to be real and say how would chat GPT know that was a sheet metal roof. I didn't specify that in my prompt. With my limited knowledge of A.I., I wonder if I wrote a very lengthy prompt would it do a better job or would I confuse it more.

What I am having an issue with is the legacy Temporary Dimensions in X16 would reference the wall dimension layer when I would click on a door or window. It's doesn't seem to be doing that in X17.1 release. Its referencing the interior edge of the main layer of the wall. Below the screenshots were taken from X16.

I wanted to like the changes to temporary dimensions but, something clearly is off. Playing around with settings this is definitely not productive. Why is it referencing the inside of the porch wall??? Temporary dimensions are not referencing the wall dimension layer???

How does one make use of room labels in a 3D View might be a better question to ask?

I don't understand it. The macro %Floor Number% works. What am I not understanding here?

Has anyone ever successfully in a 3D Orthographic Floor Overview (Dollhouse) type view added text and been able to use the %Room% macro. It's a shame that using %room% doesn't appear to work.

I believe I have experienced this in the past. I should have created a report when it happened.

I would consider myself to be a one man band and don't normally have a need to share any Chief files with other users. I am the only employee at my part-time morning employer that knows how to use Chief Architect. I own the software. Things could always change in the future, who knows? Questions I post here on the forum and bug / suggestion reporting, might be about the only time I share chief files. With that said, I have been using the new "Project Management Mode" for a while now and have generally come to like it overall. I feel like I am a little more efficient from not having to navigate between Chief Architect and File Explorer as much. I like how it bundles plan and layout files into the concept and construct of a project. Although as Renee has pointed out, files are not always stored in a .caproj files unless you manually export one or more of your projects. I am choosing to store my recent Chief files inside Chief using the new "Managed Mode". I make use of chief's new backup tool. The way I do versioning within a project is super easy. I do see areas where I think Chief could improve on the new managed mode. I personally would like to see the ability to expert all projects as separate .caproj files by right-clicking on a "Top-Level Folder" or "Folder Tag". Maybe as a secondary option bundle all projects together in a single zip by right-clicking on a "Top-Level Folder" or "Folder Tag". I perceive my project browser is going to get bloated with projects in the future. I think we need a more robust method to add and remove projects from the project browser with out completely loosing them or deleting them. I have used the term "Archiving" when talking about this. It may not always be formal archiving. I like and use the new back-up tool but, it's not a complete solution for what I just mentioned. A secondary thing I would like to see a "Trash Bin", like we have for the Library Browser. I am super careful but, I am also human. It would be super easy for me to not think straight and delete something I didn't intend on deleting. A trash bin would provide a little extra piece of mind and the option to retrieve something from a "Oh Crap! Why did I do that ?" moment.

Just throwing this out there. I have been actively using the project management mode. I feel I am overall a little more efficient with X17 because I am navigating between Windows Explorer and Chief Architect less. It so easy to start a new project using a template project and the new "Managed Mode". Open Chief Architect (May Already be Open) Duplicate My Project Template Give it a Name Versioning is also super easy because my template projects has this folder structure set-up inside. I just right click and duplicate the Ver ## folder giving it the new version number. + Docs + Images + Ver 01 + Layout File + Plan File Doing this in "Windows Explorer" there just seems to be a little bit more monkeying around. Plus you may have to navigate back into the chief program and hunt for your files to open them. Now there is definitely room for improvement with this new "Managed Mode". I have made a few suggestions directly to Chief on the matter, as well as other Chief users, and maybe they will get implemented in X18. Who Knows?

It might be just my imagination but, I have been using the "Technical Support Center" or the "Beta Reporting Tool", more and more, to give Chief Architect suggestions directly. I am really starting feel like it's alittle more impactful. There is one new feature in X17 Chief added that came directly from a discussion I had with them. It's the new top and bottom girt (horizontal framing) control. What's fascinating is, I don't believe I specifically asked them to implement that in X17. I get involved in a lot of post-framed buildings but, I don't expect chief to be a pole-barn program. It's nice that they did implement that feature. Based on my experiences it does seem like Chief will listen and take in people's suggestions. However, just mentioning things on the forum doesn't always seem like the best way to get Chief to acknowledge the suggestion.

I am not trying to stur the pot but, are you guys making your requests known to chief by using something like the beta reporting tool? Chief has said multiple, multiple times that just simply mentioning something on the forum does not always result in a feature request logged into their database. Get in touch with them and make your request known. to them. Help them understand your request and wants for the software. I get the feeling people don't always do this.

If you are trying to type in a "Quadrant Bearing" measurement, chief will let you type something like n33 45 16w and chief will know what is degrees, minutes and seconds. You don;'t have type any degree, minute or second symbol if you add a space between each value. That is the format degrees space minutes space seconds. I believe that also works for "Azimuth Bearing" where you would omit the letters.

Chief doesn't recommend storing the back-end data that it is managing on Dropbox or another cloud provider as it interfers and messes up the project management mode. Chief uses the phrase "It voids the warranty".