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Just place the object(s) in plan, select them all, convert to symbol. If you are in X11 or 12 (maybe 10 but don't remembger-prior versions you need to place in a blank plan and shoot a 3D view) To make appliance make symbol type fixture interior, then options inserts into a cabinet. I'd personally make it a cabinet door in this case but that would take a little more fiddling with origins and such. You'll want to read up on custom symbols, origins, bounding boxes, stretch zones and planes. THEN you will have to mess with the cabinet to get the side open like that-OR use multiple cabinets-or use psolids-AND you have to decide how you want to deal with the side panel. Can use solids, another cabinet, bunch of custom doors. Will be a bit fussy. Here's is a real quick version that still needs the origin set. Quickie.plan

Yeah they're nice but for a layout box you need a referenced macro and arrow. Have one client that wants them, not a big deal except she has a habit of adding a couple of dozen elevations midway into the layout-lot of fussy copy, paste and such. Wish there was another way for them to work.

Invisible walls, build main roof first, add roof plane above garage with auto roof off, 2nd floor balcony room has no floor. Then just details and finishes.

A few thoughts: I use the method of multiple plans linked to a layout instead of reference sets unless it is only a single slight option. Using the multiple plans to layout you send the first to layout, then in the project browser duplicate the page, open the layout boxes one at a time on the copied page and change the referenced plan, all very fast. The advantages are you can include elevations and/or 3D along as well as the plan and it prints. When it comes to finals just delete the unwanted pages in project browser. You're student could get a trial version. You can't print but may be able to take screen shots (though I whole hardheartedly believe in learning to work with pencil and paper :) I've had clients that don't have enough seats for everyone to use. Folks who don't need as much access to the program can download the free viewer. Link here They can't make changes but I think they can add notes? don't remember as has been a while and have CRS.

Changing snap units in plan defaults changes how far an object moves with the arrow key but has no effect on the slider in the DBX. Might be possible to alter with a programmable keyboard? I had a quick play at this with a trackball lowering the DPI setting and making the slider DBX length equal to a little less than the distance a single rotation of my thumb worked fairly well. If I had to do this much I'd pull out my Elecom Huge with a bigger ball. Tested with a mouse but can't alter the DPI on the one I grabbed. Found smoothest for me was pulling the mouse with my forearm flat on the surface. Fun game

That has to be done with separate plans using save as. There are two ways to use those to get what you want. Most common would be to link each plan to different pages on a single layout. The other way is to use reference display set to show the second plan. Combine that with a plan view to show alternate options with a click. NOTE that both plans need to be open to set this up and make it work. Quick example here. It will also work in 3D views though that gets a little trickier and doesn't save the reference display as readily. I more often use that to show the relationship of an addition. Sent you a PM about showing this live for you or the class.

There is one on this forum posted May 2016; search of this forum for:curved mullion, mullion or curved. (stretch zones need to be added) https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/9754-curved-mullion-plan-and-symbol/?do=findComment&comment=85137

I did what you did-only I copied and pasted windows and doors after building roof and foundation. Have had luck in the past cutting openings, moving wall then paste in place, didn't need to here. That was on the first one, attatched is yours returned. Cut openings on right, pulled interior wall away, point to point interior wall then pulled the other end back in place; paste and hold. Left side was a bit harder, didn't mess up the exterior wall but interior wall did cut into the exteriors. This worked though-cut openings, pulled wall away, rebuild walls etc, pull wall back, paste and hold. walls align(1).plan

I have had trouble with this on occasion but usually worse conditions than these. I have always managed to fix it. Not sure the difference but this worked right out of the box. Wonder if it could be resize about? grid snaps? I set my snap grid distance to 1/2" often then turn the grid snaps off. Anyway plan attached if you want to check for differences. It's from a fresh X12 template btw, changed wall fill colors for this. walls align.plan

Use Build, Cabinet Filler. They are no longer in the cabinet drop down menu (I use hotkeys and never the auto fillers) FWIW I never make side panels less than 26 so counter doesn't stick out. Usually more to allow scribe for plumb and level...and always make the over fridge cabinet 24 deep with tray dividers. (yeah most things fit in 18 but the few that need 24 this becomes the best place and cost difference is nada)

Select, open object, what is it? Can only guess without plan, a block?

Check your sun settings, no issue with sunlight? .

If you have the 3D symbol why not just use CAD block management and insert the block? Explode, set to line color by layer, do whatever you want with the fills.

Two ways using two cabinets, make sure that auto fillers are off. Just saw you are on X9, sorry plan is in X12- attached it anyway-maybe get a trial or download the X12 viewer. One is two angle front cabinets, the other is two standard that overlap. If you need it really clean then do what Eric said and build it from parts or create a symbol. I don't remember if you can have 0" separations in x9-they are used to do what I posted.

Most often I'm using plot lines, no color fill, with edge line defaults and pattern line defaults checked. Update manually as needed- I use hotkeys and will most often be updating the entire layout when I'm done. Though for one or two elevations I let them update when closing.

Maybe, maybe not. Imagine that you needed to open a dbx for every door and every window and make multiple changes-not fun. For cabinets I find it best to avoid needing to go in to the dbx as much as possible. To avoid it I use a combination of dynamic defaults; replace from library for cabinet config, for parts drag items like hardware, doors etc onto the cabinet in 3D and set as default;... ....but better still is the new style palette feature. Want a 4 drawer cabinet with hardware set at different depths, a 3 drawer with framed lower drawers, a double oven instead of a single and microwave-just a single click. I've begun converting a lot of the cabinets I kept in the library to style palettes. The great thing about those is that you can edit the specs to be copied while still in the library. I set them to only copy face items to start with but open and add items to copy at will though. Combined with what I mentioned above it's a game changer.

Place in your plan loose, then you can open symbol and add to library. Might want to set Z to 0 when working just so you can see the axis.

Tested what you have with a simpler panel option-works just fine. Did you perhaps check height planes? Else dunno.

I always have to copy msi files to the desktop to get them to work some setting somewhere I always forget to look for.

Make an annotation set with the defaults you want, then have that selected before doing detail from view. Or use it when creating a new detail from scratch.

No idea about the other plan but worth noting. Opening the camera at the bottom takes north of 50 seconds to get to a missing file dbx, then slogs again if those are not altered. BUT IF you go into plan materials, purge, then merge the few remaining duplicates then open the camera at the bottom it takes a tad over 7 seconds including getting out of the missing. file DBX. Oddly the file size grows?? Delete the robe from the purged file and the time drops down to 4 seconds. All times are after closing Chief and reopening.

Drop the soffits that you used to make sloped beams by 3/4". Delete the soffit along the window wall. Copy and paste one of the sloped beams. Move it against the fridge wall, resize it to the depth of the soffit you deleted then drag it along the window wall. That will fix all but the soffit over the fridge. I'm not sure about that one but the first issue is the roof planes above have a hole in them and don't meet properly. Fix that and then work on that other soffit. Might need to make it from a psolid to get what you want but that won't work with the roof and hole in the wall behind it.

Chopsaw answered this already. I just wanted to add to Alaskan_Son's excellent advice on using the Help. The answer to this question was found in a few seconds since I already had help open (often the case) That was found using the search function in Help, a lot more efficient than a web search unless you've run into a quirk (in which case I just search the forum) I open help when working on something I don't do a lot or when having a bad CRS day. Note that the search tab stays open to the last search even when the main window opens to contect sensitive help (as Michael described) also note drop downs for your help history and instant access to Chief Web support for those who want a video, Guess I should have pointed the arrow at where you click instead of to the web so click under the text to open the web (CRS)

Open symbol, options, inserts into wall, set depth. It will frame as well.