ComputerMaster86

That was fixed in X18, if I am not mistaken. I doubt they fixed it X17.

Even though we have these fancy new "Layer Based Fill Styles" in X18, some objects in Chief still do not have a "Fill Style" panel. I think doors, windows, casings and corner boards where items I noted without a "Fill Style" panel. I wonder if Chief ever thought about adding a "Fill Style" panel for doors, windows, casings and corner boards during the implementation of layer based fill styles?

I once made a comment / suggested this a long while back. I wish more things related to the plan were categories listed under our plan and layout file names in the project browser. Especially macros. We now already have sub-folders for these item category folders. I would even add wall type definitions to this list. I would love to see this become part of the next version of Chief Architect.

In the "Wall Specification Dialogue Box" we have the option to extend exterior wall layers by entering a positive or negative number in the numeric value field labeled "Extend". However, if there is not a wall present below the wall we are editing, then I believe entering a value into this field does absolutely nothing. I am trying to confirm that this is indeed the case. If I could raise the bottom edge of my steel siding by entering a negative value for "Extend", I could imitate a bit of the grade board "Bottom Girt" being exposed below the siding. I usually don't have a wall below the currently selected wall in this scenario.

I will have to try your suggestion and see if that works on my end. This is looking like I need to send in a report to Chief. I have not run into this issue with other dialogue boxes.

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Sorry to say but that doesn't seem to be true. It's indeed rounding the value I typed in. In other dialogue boxes Chief will round the display without rounding the value. For both the vertical and horizontal offset for molding profiles Chief seems to be rounding the actual value. I realized this after typing in values that used 32nd's and 64th's of an inch and my profile would move more than I wanted it to or wouldn't move at all, compared to the last value I typed in.. It was driving be batty. Then I realized it was only moving in increments of 1/16th's of an inch.

This is a little frustrating. I can't be as precise as I want to be using the both the horizontal and vertical offsets. Chief is rounding values to the nearest 1/16th of an inch.

I have added a custom ridge cap profile using a molding profile. I am noticing where one types in a vertical offset Chief keeps rounding the value to the nearest 16th of an inch. There is physically no way to type in a more precise value. Tried both X18 and X17 and get the same result.

I believe I have things working now. Maybe I mistakenly had two profiles set to the same program but, I don't think I did.

Automatic Profile switching is working but not for my Chief Architect X17 program. It's not detecting that the Chief Architect X17 program window is the active window and switching the profile. Could this be a multiple monitors issue?

I have been actively using an RTX 4070 super desktop graphics card in my Small Form Factor computer for about a year now and it does me fine. It's not the fastest card on the market but, it's by no means a horrible performing card.

Here is a project I am involved in currently. It's in very early development but, I wondered tonight what Google Gemini / Nano Banana would output based on my original image. Nothing special. A.I. Prompt Turn this rendered image into a photo realistic rendering. Do not change the structure. Keep integrity and colors of the original structure. Siding is suppose to be board and batten. Add a gravel driveway going up to the garage doors. Add some landscaping and make it a late afternoon sunny scene.

Some of my projects have been 3/16" scale. Sometimes for me that's the best option since I can't print Arch E or ANSI E.

I understand what you mean. I ocasionally get asked to provider DWG's for various resions. TurboCAD allows me to save in DWG format. If I ever need to further refine a DWG export from Chief Architect I do it in TurboCAD. It seems though exported DWG's from Chief Architect has sufficed most of time.

I pay for and keep an up to date version (Perpetual License) of TurboCAD on my system. TurboCAD has been a great affordable alternative to AutoCAD for me. About the only thing I ever use TurboCAD for these days is to draw up something that is quite a bit outside the realm architecture. Maybe a part drawing or some fabrication drawing. Occasionally, I will open up DWG's that people supply me in TurboCAD for editing / viewing. For condocs and design work, I am not really needing AutoCAD / TurboCAD no more. If I could get Chief to "Come See the Light" on some dimension stuff and some more 2D capabilities, I would need TurboCAD / AutoCAD even less.

I am currently using two letter (actually 3 characters total) hotkeys. I then pair those up with modifier keys "Ctrl", "Alt" & "Ctrl" + "Alt". Here is an example... = O O (Open Object) Ctrl + = O O (Open Row Object) Alt + = O O (Open View) = P E (Edit Page Info) Ctrl + = P E (Exchange with Previous Page) Alt + = P E (Exchange with Next Page) Ctrl + Alt + = P E (Client Designer Information) The only reason for the "=" sign at beginning is it just allows me to make use of the "Alt" modifier key in my hotkey system. Renee is probably going to strongly discourage me from using "Alt". Technically he already has. I don't use "Shift" for the most part because I have had trouble integrating it into my hotkey setup without running into problems. So I just use what I have been able to get working and that is Ctrl and Alt Keys. I have these hot keys mirrored in radial menus for my 3Dconnexion devices. With all this said, I steel keep thinking about hotkeys and different ways of doing things. So if I ever have another light bulb moment go off in my head, I am likely to change things up.

I am aware of this but, the way I do my hotkeys "Alt" doesn't interfere with Chief's main menu's. If I am understanding what sequential key's are, I am already using them.

Sorry to pick your brains on a somewhat silly topic and question but, here it is. Is it possible to use the hotkey combination (Shift) Key + (=+) Key as a hotkey combination in Chief Architect X17. I haven't had any luck being able to use that combination inside chief. I also tried researching if any other programs on my system might use that combination, hence interfering with its use in Chief. All to no avail. If I could somehow figure out how to get the hotkey combination (Shift) Key + (=+) to work inside chief it would allow me 7 to 8 working levels of stacked hotkeys. My current custom hot key set up makes use of "Ctrl", "Alt", and "Ctrl + Alt". modifier keys.

I had a similar experience, I don't remember having the issue in prior versions of Chief Architect Premier. I don't remember for X16 if I was experiencing the issue. But the issue seems prevalent in X17 in CAD Details. Two things for me... I never use the Point to Point Dimension tool (I sort of hate that tool.) and I am always snapping dimensions to objects displayed on screen. I just reported this to chief and included two different plan files with specific CAD Detail examples. I will see what they say. .

Just a small FYI about Chief's "Find and Replace" tool. If the word "Batt" is the output (computed result) of a text macro, "Find and Replace" will be of no help in locating and finding the word. It works as advertised on actual text, or pieces of text that are part of macro code.

I never use that dimension tool and I still get random plus markers in CAD details. Sounds like others are having the issue.

I might be experiencing this in X17 if it's the same issue. I have cross-shaped (+) marker's that keep reappearing even if I delete them. They appear randomly in random spots in 2D CAD Details.

Here is my plan file https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1btgtkvk8e22lwxqdz7zr/Bottom-Girt-Try.zip?rlkey=u8gcrdbbr1xq30ccktfaln76l&st=pypuj35w&dl=0