rlackore

Here's one method to make a hole: 1. Shoot an Elevation camera view and draw your desired polygon. Then use the Convert Polyline tool to turn it into a 3D Solid with a thickness greater than the wall thickness (though technically the thickness doesn't matter, it can help visually when placing in the wall). Here's what you get: 2. Select the solid and turn it into a Symbol. Select a type of Symbol that allows the option "Inserts into Wall" (very important), such as Exterior Fixture: 3. Place the symbol on the wall and set its insert depth great enough to completely cut a hole through the full depth of the wall: 4. Return to the Elevation view, select the Symbol, and use the Edit Wall Cutout Polyline tool to adjust the cutout shape to match the symbol. 5. Assign a transparent material to the Symbol and you've got a hole in the wall:

Actually, the window IS cutting the upper wall, but the lower wall has been "dragged" up to overlap the upper wall; so, what you're seeing is the lower wall occluding the window and the tall garage door. Select the lower wall and tick the checkbox Wall Specification>Structure>Default wall Heights>Default Wall Top Height.

You can find the lintel symbols in the Library Browser: Chief Architect Core Catalogs>Architectural>Millwork>Keystones>Bottom At least, that's where they are found in versions X15 and X16; probably in earlier versions also, but I only have X15 and X16 installed.

Post the plan?

Uncheck this option, maybe.

One possibility:

Perhaps using the Reference Display and a custom Reference Layer Set will work for this situation. Refer to the Reference Manual and search for "Referencing a Floor Plan."

You will have to modify the Symbol's 2D CAD Block using the Edit CAD Block tool to give the bounding geometry a solid Fill Style.

Turn off Bumping/Pushing [Edit>Snap Settings>Bumping/Pushing], then try moving the column.

You can create a Material and assign it to the treads. Here is a quick example of using a grate material to give you an idea:

You can have some success if you're willing to do a bunch of fussy work. This project is a greenhouse. I used Pony Walls for the walls; here the upper glass wall uses an Air Gap material to get the alignment between the lower and upper walls correct: The greenhouse frame is a combination of different Framing members: studs, rafters, ridge beams, roof blocking, etc. Figuring out which is the best tool to use for a particular member requires some trial and error. Molding Polylines were used for the wall cap. The Roof Planes also use an Air Gap material in the structure definition to achieve the inset panel look: I'm sure there are other methods to achieve what you want. Good luck.

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Any answer you get will probably be regionally influenced, but I'd call it Plank and Beam (or Plank and Girder).

Adjust the size in your Active Defaults or directly within the Default Sets:

DWG only supports vector graphics, so a PDF that is raster-based won't export. Here is what Chief supports during DWG import - I suspect export is similar:

A sliding door works. You can size it for the opening dimensions.

My approach is to develop the house and a "cartoon" terrain in the PLAN file. The cartoon terrain is an approximation used for perspective images and elevations ('m done trying to develop complex sites using Chief terrain tools - it just isn't worth the frustration). I develop the site plan, grading plan, erosion control plan, etc. in a CAD detail.

Our office uses Microsoft's Azure cloud for all our file storage; OneDrive syncs everything. This works fine, but requires coordination to ensure a cloud file isn't being worked on locally by multiple designers, because Chief's file locking only works locally, not on a cloud file. When a project requires intra-office collaboration, we set up a Sharepoint site and use Teams to manage file access, history, and to check-in/check-out cloud shares. I don't know if Google Drive (or Dropbox) business accounts offer similar functionality. Until Chief supports multiple simultaneous users (probably never), you have to use a kludge.

You can fully customize your title block by editing the content of the Layout Page that is used as the Page Template. Download the reference manual for your version of Chief, and read the chapter on Layouts, paying particular attention to the sections on Layout Page Management, Layout Page Information, and Layout Page and Revision Tables.

What you are seeing is the flooring from the interior room. Garage doors don't have a threshold.

A lot depends on what you're trying to achieve. Is the ceiling flat or vaulted? What's the your style and aesthetic? My advice is to size the false beams as if they were real. This should give you a good starting point for the width and depth. Then play around until you get something that looks "right." To quote Marianne Cusato from her book Get Your House Right: "If you want an authentic design, remember the structural capacities of traditional materials, even when you're using hidden structural elements to support them." "You can avoid many mistakes by remembering the practical reasons behind traditional designs and staying true to your materials."

I'm certain that you can use R. Dyck's solution with a custom macro. I'm not smart enough to provide a macro.

I don't think so - maybe a macro can be used, there are smarter people that may provide a more definitive answer. I use Width and Height columns (which can be formatted for whatever number type you want) instead of a Size column: