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So far, so good...

Having a problem with the program seeming to crash repeatedly. The error message is below. Has anyone seen this and been able to correct the problem?

Thanks everyone for their comments. I’ve decided to switch all of our future meetings to Teams and we will try it out. I won’t cancel my zoom subscription until we used TEAMS for a month or so without hiccups. I’ve decided not to get Teams integrated VoIP phones. Seems shortsighted initially. Thanks again everyone!

I did a search before writing this, but didn't find anything quickly so.... For those of you that share your Chief screen with a client while doing design work, have you had any issues with Teams vs Zoom? I ask as we have been using Zoom since COVID, but thinking of switching to MS Teams since we already have the license with Office 365 and are looking to integrate TEAMS phones. However, I read that MS Teams can have some issues when sharing video with lots of users. The most we have on our design meetings is 3-4 users, so unsure if the articles are talking about 100's of users as in a general sales meeting or classroom setting, or if sharing video like Chief, would be problematic... Not a big issue to switch back, except for the fact that we may get hardware for our office phones that would be setup for VOIP with MS Teams. not sure if the hardware will still work if we switch back to Zoom and go with another VOIP provider. Thanks in advance for your great knowledge!

and that is why I posted this in the suggestions section so that maybe the program can be changed to offer this as a room style.

Hello, My name is Scott with Tracy's Custom Homes in Texas. I am trying to figure out how to make a "Room Type" for our porches and patios. I want the patio floor to be dropped 1.5" all the way around. I used the Garage room type. This was the only one I could find that would allow you to lower the slab floor. How can I make a room type that will allow you to lower the slab floor for a porch and can be saved to our master template for everyone to use?

Thanks for both of your ingenious ideas! I used the polyline as a road perimeter with a curb. I had to set the curb 1" tall for it to show all the brick as it appeared the terrain was cutting the curb otherwise. I used the road marking for the cross bands. In hindsight, I may could have used the road again, as the road marking you can't set the defualt height and it creates a little bit of a "toe trip hazard", but for my CD's, it won't be noticeable. Thanks again for your creativity! I knew I could count on Chief Talk.

I am needing to add brick inlay boarder and strips in a sidewalk for a customer. Normally in Texas, everything is flat and I just create a molding polyline on the sidewalk and that takes care of it. This customer is building with a little bit of terrain and wants an exposed porch, so the sidewalk doesn't lay flat... I'm sure some of you have figured this out, so I am all ears! Let me know your tricks. Attached is my polyline trick, which doesn't follow the terrain like my sidewalk does. I'm moving on to some other items on my clients list and will check back in when you all have solved my dilemna. Thanks in advance for being super smart!

We are a small design firm (5 employees) and I am looking to bring in an additional designer. Prefer Chief experience, which is why I am posting here. We work out of our design office located in Farmersville, TX. We are NOT looking for remote work. We do full design (floor plans, elevations, cabinet design, electrcial...) and work with about 26 custom home builders NE of the Dallas area. If interested, please review our job posting at indeed.com. Send resume to: roy@tracyscustomhomes.com Thank you, Roy www.tracyscustomhomes.com

Awesome Eric. I never checked the line style at the bottom. I have no idea how that got changed. I REALLY appreciate you finding that. If I can assist you sometime to pay you back, let me know.

Sorry Eric, I have added the file to my original post. Thanks

I am working on electrical on a plan and I have placed all my electrical symbols and now I go back and add electrical connections between the switches and lights. However, after picking the end points the line disappears and doesn't actually draw a connection. I have had this happen before when working on a legacy plan and I closed it and restarted and everything worked fine. This time, I have closed Chief and restarted my machine and still it won't show up. Anyone else have this issue and know how to fix it? I can draw a line or arc and put it on the electrical layer, but I have a shortcut key to the electrical connections which makes it much quicker. I am working on a final set and the customer is expecting thier plans by the end of the day.... Thanks for your help in advance. Minchew Residence b.zip

I am looking for someon in the Dallas area that is familiar with Chief Architect and is willing to work out of our Farmersville, TX office. We are located east of McKinney about 20min. We have an influx of work that my team is not able to keep up with. This would be a temporary job, but potentially could turn into full-time if demand sustains. We have been in business for 14 years and are growing. We currently have three designers and a customer relations manager in the office. First Class Setup with sit/stand desk and high end computers. Need to have Chief Architect Experience. Do not have to have their own license. Willing to work 40hr weeks We use our own custom templates and design process. Easy to learn and implement. NOT LOOKING FOR REMOTE WORK. Need someone in office as we work in volume and multiple projects/day. Available immediately. If interested, contact: Roy Homfeld Tracy's Custom Home Designs roy@tracyscustomhomes.com (903) 274-6022 111 Farmersville Pkwy, Ste 300 Farmersville, TX www.tracyscustomhomes.com

The issue is X11 "Auto Updates All Views" after the relinking to the new reference plan file. It doesn't matter if you create the new file names within Chief or out of Chief, or plan file first and then layout file or vice versa. This is new to X11 and never has been an issue before. I have reported it to Chief to see if they can fix it or make it an option for those who requested this feature be added. Our layout line edits have to be redone, let alone the 1-2 minutes it takes to update all the views on final drawings when we are only trying to update a text box or something minor... Hopefully a fix soon.

I'm not on a MAC.