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Splines cannot connect to Polylines.

The Master List File is written to the directory specified in Preferences>Materials List>Master List: Are you saying that the path you have in this setting is a valid file path, but Chief is giving an error?

Do you have to show this in a floor plan, or a render/ray trace? Maybe it would be better to simply use a note, something like "coordinate tile layout with interior designer". How critical is it that you show the exact placement of the flowers?

Here's a Material with a dark repeating pattern: Hex Tile - Repeating Pattern.calibz Here are the source files (the .xcf is a Gimp file): Hex Tile - Repeating Pattern.xcf

If you're trying to add a hexagonal Pattern to the Material: Or maybe I misunderstand. Are the darker-colored hexagons important? Remember that Pattern and Material mean specific things in Chief, so you have to very clear exactly what you're trying to accomplish.

Draw one of the 3:12 sections. Then draw an 8:12 section by snapping along the inside edge of the 3:12 section. Then mirror/replicate.

StruCalc is too long in the tooth. Sure, the math is still the same, but I'm ready for an updated UI. Plus the StruCalc level includes updated codes, metric, more load combinations, and LRFD. The subscription is only $40/month, and I've verified with their sales department that once the product is live you can upgrade/downgrade among the various levels on a monthly basis; so when a project requires concrete beams or curved glulams you can upgrade for a single month, knock out the calcs, and downgrade the next month.

A quick Google search revealed that Virginia uses a modified version of the 2015 ICC model codes: they call it the Virginia Construction Code (VCC), or alternatively the USBC. Authority to enforce the code is delegated to local Building Officials. Contact your local Building Official; they will determine what you have to show on the drawings, what other information must be submitted, the fee schedule, the permitting process, etc.

You can probably hire somebody in China or India to model that for less money than the software would cost. There was a time when our office farmed out architectural renderings and custom modeling to overseas firms - they do decent work, they're reasonably priced, and the turn-around is super-quick.

I suggest downloading the Reference Manual. Finding the answer to your question in the manual took me less than 10 seconds: The Reference Manual is chock full of excellent information.

Have you explored this tool: The Reference Manual for whichever product version you are using should also help: Alignment is also a function of the Wall Type Definition, so it will be helpful to learn about the Wall Type Definitions dialog box: Otherwise, post the plan file for us to examine.

With or without cups: barista.calibz

Why not just select the adjacent board and copy it over one space?

One option is to use the Width and Height columns instead of the Size column:

If having the extra column is a nuisance, you could create a Custom Object Field that uses the %room.name% attribute. All the interior symbols would give you the Room Name, and for the exterior outlets you replace the %room.name% attribute with the exterior location. There are lots of possibilities. Maybe a Ruby macro could automate it even more.

I suggest downloading the Reference Manual. If you are on X10, page 671 is your friend. The Reference Manual is always my first stop before turning to this forum.

I believe you're out of luck - Chief doesn't allow us to assign a name to the "Exterior" room. May i suggest creating a Custom Object Field and including it in the Electrical Schedule? I frequently use this strategy for other schedule types.

So much depends on what you're trying to do everywhere else, but one possible solution is to to use an Open Below room and manual Slab with Footing: slabtransition.plan After Auto Detailing you'll need to create the chamfer in the slab edge. But, again, so much is affected by what you're trying to accomplish in the rest of the model.

I think that's your problem - you need to define the garage slab floor within the garage room dbx - don't have the foundation room supply the floor.

You should post this in the Seeking Services forum.

I often use a railing wall on the level below: Wireless_1 with lattice.plan

Nothing is typical, but 200 hours isn't unusual. My two most recent projects that are under construction were 59 sheets and 54 sheets: site & grading; foundations; structural framing and schedules; floor plans; finish plans; reflected ceiling plans; interior elevations; lighting plans; sections; details; and a fairly comprehensive specification. These are houses that take 12-18 months to complete, not including landscaping. Contractors complain about the size of the drawing sets, but when they call with a question I can usually refer them to a specific drawing sheet and detail because the situation has been anticipated. Chief saves time on the front end when we're producing massing studies and general layout, but we lose the time on the back end because Chief doesn't do sections very well, and the CAD tools are poor. We were on AutoDesk products for 20 years, then switched to Chief.

Our bread-and-butter is high-end residential, though we also do commercial and institutional. We have several projects proceeding at any time, but we try to keep any single project with the same designer for the life of the project. Of course, this isn't always possible, but we try to limit project swapping. I guess the key is that all our designers are capable of carrying a project from design to construction drawings and through to completion of construction. Our inter-office collaboration is limited to structural calcs, MWFRS design, etc. Our experience is that projects don't fare well when they are shared in Chief; there are so many ways of doing things in Chief that establishing "standards" for the workarounds is impossible - and with custom, high-end residential, you'll need lots of workarounds.

There is a layer named Cross Section Lines; when Chief cuts a section it automatically generates CAD lines and places them on this layer - these are the only lines to which you can snap (and dimension). If you turn this layer off, you lose all snapping functionality.