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3 hours ago, kylejmarsh said:

Since we're discussing skylights here, I wonder how I can get my skylights on to my window schedule?

I assume you're asking that rhetorically, since it's an often asked question with no satisfactory answer.
Personally, I use the Schedule to Text function on my window schedule, then alter that copy to become a Skylight Schedule.
It's pretty fast and easy, and since there's usually only ever a handful of skylights, and several of those are often the same size, so it's really not that big of a deal to me.

1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said:

It would be nice if those shorter energy heels behaved properly on their own, but until they do, I think this is the best we can do.  If anyone knows of a more effective solution I'd love to know it.

Very clever work-around 

51 minutes ago, robdyck said:

Now if you can just get both sill plates to show up automatically...! 

It does!  The one you see in the views above are not a true sill, but a wall cap, so the sill directly below the wall (on top of the stemwall) automatically builds with the other framing

2 minutes ago, solver said:

 

Right click on the item, Export Library.

Jeez....so easy.  I've seen that, but I always thought that would export the WHOLE library.  Should say 'Export Library Item'...

Select 'boxed eave' in your roof dbx, but to get it to match ceiling height you'd have to have a flat roof or a dropped ceiling*... so you better include here a section of what you're hoping for.
* Unless you have deep rafters and clip the ends down to a much smaller fascia size.

3 hours ago, solver said:

The plate is not at the bottom of the wall as you show.

Ahaa... I figured it out.  It works even better than I imagined, apparently automatically adjusting the top part for the floor thickness.  I hadn't formed a room above the foundation when I copied it which is why it wasn't working right.

By the way, before figuring it out, I was going to share my wall here, but after 10 minutes of searching for how to do that, no luck.
I believe I've seen people share library items here before... how's it done?

13 hours ago, solver said:

Seems to work for me.

Looks to me like you're getting the same issue I'm having.. no?  The top part of your wall should be short, just the depth of the floor joists like in your first pic.  I assume that one is the one you used to send to the library?  Why didn't it come out the same when you used it in the 2nd pic?
 

I created a recessed stem wall foundation using pony walls, and a wall cap to represent the sill for the dropped floor joists as shown in the first pictures.  I added this wall to my library, but when I use it, I get what's shown in the 2nd picture.  Is it possible to have it come out the same as the way I saved it without having to tweak it ?  

Yes, select Boxed Eaves, and select a frieze molding

Pretty sure you're not going to be able to easily get the result you want within Chief.  But possibly could improve it by reducing the face count on those areas.  Those C faces you like are just one single face, while the turned areas are made up of probably hundreds of faces, with each of those faces trying to show that grain separately.   As Mick suggested, Michael may be able to help if he jumps in, but Rene too is especially adept at this kind of thing.

26 minutes ago, solver said:

 

Except they are not walls ...

 

Part of the stair and only serve to enclose the space with a surface.

Right... I realize that, but I'm just asking/saying that it should become framing, along with the stringers

Yes, the stringers should automatically be on a STAIR FRAMING layer. 

Additionally: if 'Open Underneath' is not checked, then framing for the enclosing wall(s) should form and should also go to a framing layer.

41 minutes ago, LeRoyWells said:

How do you offset a line as in a radius ceiling that needs to be 2" thick

 

Michael gave you the correct answer to offset your curved line, and you could turn it into a polyline solid, but since you want to build a curved ceiling plane, you should probably be using the ceiling plane tool.  

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/309/drawing-vaulted-and-curved-ceilings.html

11 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

* And I don't "meddle" with my Attic Walls -- unless I need too....

Meddler!

1 minute ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

If I could "quickly" elaborate or direct you to a specific language I would.  I don't have anything off the top though.  I just know Ive read and heard many times from Chief that they don't recommend the conventional "Save As Method" many of us are accustomed to where we just keep reusing the same plan and just deleting what we don't need.  It quickly becomes bloated and error filled, carrying problems forward from one plan and version to the next.

Ahh.. okay, you mean basically continually using an old plan file as the template for a new one.  Got it.  
I do Save As throughout an individual project to start a modified version of the plan or save a Planning review set, and move to CD's for permit.

17 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

There are a lot of really good reasons Chief doesn't recommend using the Save As method guys.  Not saying it can't be an effective method but it can result in all sorts of problems. 

Sorry... do you mind quickly elaborating or directing to specific language regarding this comment?  Not sure if I'm doing what you're referring to or not, but would like to know... 

19 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

19 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

This is an inherent problem with all tutorial videos and support articles and the main reason I tend to think they're a pretty stinky and inefficient primary learning source..  They can't possibly be sorted through, reorganized, and/or rewritten for every version, especially considering that they may or may not apply to multiple versions and that users of those older version are still out there.  People just need to take them with a grain of salt. 

 

 I agree , they should sort them by year or Version and all be available on the Server ...I report them when I find them and find Chief has always reacted promptly when I do...

Learned pretty quickly when using support videos, one of the first things I do is look up at the upper left corner to see what version is being used.  Videos are a terrific way to learn if they are relevant.   It would be a task to organize most of them by the version they were created in, but it's doable.  The bigger problem is many would be relevant to more than one version...but at least if categorized by version the viewer would be able to easily choose the most recent.   After many years, a closet needs to be cleaned and organized... can't just keep packing things into it. 

21 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

See if this helps you at all...

Good find on that hidden wall Michael.  Helps if you have a clue as to what to look for.  That may offer a very helpful hint for me to solve similar problems when I find attic walls not building as expected.

If proper construction is not an issue and you just need the look, cut a section through the pool, draw a closed polyline on the wall of the pool with the shape of the slope you want, turn it into a polyline solid, stretch it across the width of the pool, voila.

2 hours ago, kMoquin said:

On the curved part of the flare the hatch disappears only in vector elevation views. Hatch pattern shows in vector 3D views.

Kevin, are you saying that this wasn't a problem in Chief versions prior to X12?

12 minutes ago, solver said:

 

I copied individual 1st floor walls. Did not want all the extras that Edit Area picks up.

Ahh...okay...got it.  That's a good tip.
Wow... what a crazy amount of difference!..and yes.. what the heck is the deal with the missing/invisible walls? 
The only way I could get them to show in elevation or 3D was to redraw them.
Larry, while as per some of our original responses, we also have the occasional issue with no attic roof forming, but it definitely appears that you have a much bigger issue going on. 

42 minutes ago, SNestor said:

Copied to the "residential template"...worked perfectly.

52 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

I was doing the same thing, anytime there is an issue just copy and paste to the default Residential template.

35 minutes ago, solver said:

This is the attic. I wonder about the difference in wall display

In trying to do what you guys successfully did,  I copied (Edit Area - all floors) and pasted into Chiefs own residential template... and this is what appears?!?
Can anyone explain the difference between what you're seeing and what I'm seeing?.. and by the way... still no attic wall either

6 minutes ago, solver said:

This is the attic. I wonder about the difference in wall display. 

Eric, you and Rene both copied the walls to a new plan and it worked, but neither of you mentioned what you had/saw when you first opened the plan.  Did it first show with only the tiny piece of attic wall?  What made you think of copying and pasting to a new plan, have you experienced that solving this kind of problem before?

8 minutes ago, SNestor said:

maybe it's "finicky"?

That's what I think!    But if a definitive solution comes out of this, all the better.
Nice new pic by the way!  I thought we had a new SNESTOR on the forum at first glance yesterday.

18 hours ago, robdyck said:

Done...Like a Boss!

Precious!  That was worth the effort!