MarkMc

How about just altering a Chief window to match the specs?

No not yet, just saw it since I don't ever use it that aspect of the ML. Everyone I've ever ordered from works from openings and/or specs like "align with" which avoids any problems. I was going to go over the panel collection again since that is worse than the ML and then send that in. It does not update at all relative to a change in the cabinet. Was wondering if for some reason ruby did not update? Only checked that in the TMM though since I don't really know how to access collection parts properly. May work on that when I get some time. The thing I found with the ML, the ones I posted, were set to 1/16 reveal, typical for frameless (aside from top and bottom reveals which vary) That leads to the creation of drawer heads that measure 32nds. Once rounded to 1/16ths they don't add up properly. We don't have control of overlay or specific door/drawer sizes, only reveal. I tried working with blank areas instead but checked that in the panel collection. Will check that in the ML later but I in the long run don't intend to switch to fussing with making reveals from blank areas. As I said I need openings anyway.

Still has problems in both the material list and the "panels" collection from what I've seen checking earlier today.

I was on the Garys (now Kevins) 2020 forum for many years, followed it a bit after I dropped the program. It's been a while since I looked though. If you are not a manufacture then I would not mess with Cabinet Vision. The extra things in Chief can actually come in handy eventually. Some things like how fast and easy it is to create a basic structure can also help sell jobs, helps more on hi end jobs. What's my kitchen look like from the front door? Show the kitchen in context including adjacent rooms is like falling off a log. Stairs, ceilings, floor levels -no comparison in 2020. Create demo plans, quick work with layers, create custom symbols on the fly,...The aforementioned CAD Detail from View. When I was using 2020 I had to jump through hoops to get an editable dwg of an elevation. Piece of cake... Set up is not all that bad, and the learning curve is better than when I started :) I've said this before-if you are doing anything other than bang em out box store kitchens or baths there is simply nothing better than Chief, not even close. While I don't really update (or care about) my website here are a couple of links to old PDFs that might help deciding. Both have a number of custom items in them. The Ridgefield job is beaded inset fro QCCI. The Manhattan job started out as just a modest kitchen but ended up spanning a number of years. First supplying drawings for the entirely at the request of the contractor (some are included there) eventually several other projects-in part because I was using Chief. I closed the showroom a couple of years ago and now I work for designers & builders around the country-thanks to Chief. Yeah-I drank the Kool-Aid :)

Besides the suggestions above... To get the objects on different plans, first save as (say structure) then new blank plan (symbols). The easiest to now move things is to use the all layers off set, then turn on the layer(s) with the objects; usually fixtures and furniture? CUT and paste, hold position to new plan "Symbols". Go back to your structure plan and start setting up reference sets- To access the symbol plan as a reference (or any other plan) it MUST BE OPEN.

Careful. Chief has it's own way of calculating those sizes and it rounds them. In the attached the sizes add up to 31-1/2" which is the height of the face of the cabinet. If reveals are included the drawers no longer fit. That said I switched from 2020 years ago and have managed to find simple enough and adequate ways to spec custom cabinets and other casework so that it gets built to what I want. If you are personally building the cabinets I'd think it would still help a lot. While once upon a time I built cabinets that was before the days I worked with 2020 so never tried to get that information out of it. It was because of 2020's inability to create the range of cabinetry I needed that I switched. Switching to CA was one of the best things I ever did in that regard. When I built them I had a few simple programs I used for cut lists. If I were a manufacturer I'd be using CabinetVision or similar. At the scale I built IF I wanted more info than I could get from a CAD detail I'd be setting it up in custom Object Information Fields with macros, storing cabinets in the library (or in style palettes) and adjusting the occasional complete odd cabinet (in conjunction with a CAD detail from view-which is one feature you will want which means get the Premier version, not Interiors !!!)

I recently had a plan with a lot of symbols (furniture mostly), I saved two copies of the plan; one with all the furniture and one with none of it. Then worked in the plan without furniture and used reference display. I would update the first plan with changes from time to time. This works well for plan views, some improvement in standard rendering. Doesn't help elevations or other rendering technique (well glass house). I also saved PBR cameras in the plan without the symbols so I could use those in the complete plan since I needed quite a few renderings.

I've run into that on occasion. Saving the plans first usually solves it. On occasion clearing the clipboard

Here is a fixture. If you need in cabinet schedule then needs to be a cabinet door symbol. Started with a shelf...

Saw this recently regarding what is coming for Ray tracing video cards. Appears both AMD and Nvidia will use this. No idea if Cheif is targeting this? It is Directx, no idea about Metal. https://www.techpowerup.com/264932/microsoft-directx-12-ultimate-why-it-helps-gamers-pick-future-proof-graphics-cards

Works here-are the walls framed?

There are bookmarks if you are using the PDF version (free). At the end of those is a bookmark to "What's New. That starts with migration, a ways down is the listing of new features with links to more info on each. I bookmark that page myself when there is a new version. The help has similar. Note there are a few incorrect items when you follow the links so good to check for updated versions after a patch and send in whatever you find that is off. Easy :)

Hm that appears to be the case but when it's a camera it shows the type of view. The callout doesn't and the attribute for rendering technique is not available. Guess I'll just suffer with it, or rather the clients will ;-> I checked back in X11 and it doesn't work there so I must be having senior moments. Yeah, I found that one, thought the reverse was also an option somewhere but not.

Image shows layout and associated plan view. The cameras are visible in the plan view but not in the layout. I thought that there was a setting somewhere to hide/show inactive cameras but I can't find it. In any case shouldn't the layout show what is in the plan? This worked in the past but maybe I turned something off? I use this particular view so that clients can access perspective cameras so they are never printed. So it may not matter but it does confuse the client a little.

Last I knew that was not a good idea or maybe not even possible once Nvidia switched to the Optimus system. At least on the last machine I had with Optimus. I ran into issues depending on what type of cable and which port I used for the external screen but that was a while ago.You might try switching from HDMI to DisplayPort or whatever.The monitor had DP and VGA, no HDMI. ran best going from a VGA to DVI. Of course VGA doesn't exist anymore. Currently my wife runs that machine with a second DisplayLink monitor connected by USB A. (DisplayLink adapters for you monitor are available which might be an option worth testing) You do have Chief set to use the Nvidia card in the control panel correct?

Since walls are 3D objects in Chief they always exists. That means that even if you place a wall on a hidden layer it is still there. So no you can't use layers for multiple wall placements (or doors or windows). I'm guessing that the number of possible combinations of structure and optional spaces could be considerable? 6 -10 home styles, 3-4 variations to 4 or more spaces each? 12-16 combinations of options per style? If not then something simpler than the following but.. If it is then one way I'd be looking at if I had to deal with a lot of options and multiple basic plans would be: Start with House A, basic structure and layout. Take a CAD detail from view, name it and place on a layer dedicated to options and not used for anything else-just these CAD details. Give it a line color that will show up-orange, lime green, sky blue... Then adjust the model with the first group of alternate configurations. Take a CAD detail from view, name that...and so on.. Once you've done got all the variations done it's time to get the original basic model back. Copy the CAD from the original layout, go to the plan view, paste and hold position (make sure it ends up on the CAD options layer and it is visible-read up on current cad layer in help) Lock that layer. You can now move walls, other objects or place new ones and they will snap to the lines on that CAD detail. Once done correcting the 3D model you can unlock the CAD layer, select everything on it using match properties and delete. You will still have that CAD detail elsewhere, just not in the plan. Now you have a 2D plan, CAD detail, with all the options to show clients. To alter the 3D model to match any options repeat the copy paste hold position; trace and place with the option client wants. Works even if options are not all on the same CAD detail.

are you certain that all the counters are now custom? Plan view or elevation? I have no trouble when using custom tops in either; non custom tops are a problem in elevation. Might post a plan for us to look at. NEED TO KNOW what version of the program you are using. FWIW I never ever use point to point dimensions since those are not snapped to the object but to a new point created when you pull the dimension. Hence those will not change if you move the object. Instead use end to end dimensions. Aisle dimensions are a bit easier if you have a dedicated dimension default for it-only snaps to counters, nothing else, but goes on the same layer used for kitchen cabinets so they show when you want them.

vbg-has to be perseverance, never learned to avoid rabbit holes and only talent is I read directions.

Video is posted above. Just do it. I did. I got laid off from a hi-end kitchen dealer at end of 09, started a business Jan 1 2010, switched to Chief in Dec 2010. First job in Chief was a whole house of hi end custom cabinets-kitchen, two baths, media/LR, entry foyer, Master BR, and Office. File was a mess but it helped sell the job. I credit Chief with helping me establish myself, get better work and keep afloat starting with nothing (dogged perseverance and innate brilliance may have played a role too While there are no Chief tutorials on pricing they do offer quite a bit for kitchens. I took an online class, twice in the first year. Had my assistant take one when I was training them. They offer live classes around the country that are useful, I've sat in on some and seen lot's of presentations at shows. The rest-I read the forum everyday and have since the beginning. For years I read almost everything even if it did not appear relevant to me. Use the Reference Manual and Help both are excellent. Learn how the software thinks then use that to your advantage. IF you are doing anything in the way of better middle to hi end kitchens it's a no brainer. Maybe, just maybe, if you are a kitchen mill turning out a basic kitchen a day the other software makes sense-maybe.

3 cabinets- center cabinet has 0" width stiles. Not worth the hoops you have to jump to get the bottom of the center section to stay open -pretty much how those are built. IF it's really important to you-build the 3 cabinets, convert to cabinet door symbol and place in a blank cabinet. (cabinet on right is that way) A cad elevation will be far better using the 3 cabinets, if you need both good cad and good schedule you could use both :))))

True it depends on the installer, and giving them something wide enough to get a saw to bite completely without the cut drifting. Scribe molding is for emergency only.

FWIW I'd use transform replicate, move for that.

I believe that you might have the polyline tool active. That looks like the default polyline if you just click though I don't know what happened to the original. In any case it works correctly here moving the pline 1/4 and 3/4

FWIW it can be done in a CAD detail or with an override as Graham suggests. While I have on rare occasion specified a cabinet at 1/32 when part of a combined cabinet I never would do that for a filler, particularly for wall to wall install. I always specify fillers and extended stiles oversize to allow for scribe. Normally I force them into the wall so they come out correct in a schedule.

I could get into why buy a BTO pc but I don't have a pool :)