rlackore

Glen, I discovered the problem while working in CAD details. It never occurred to me to check the location relative to the origin. Thanks.

Here is a Chief pattern, "Wood A", in X7: Here is the same pattern in X8: As you can see the X8 version is messed up. So far I've only found that this affects the custom wood patterns throughout the Chief custom pattern libraries. Can anyone confirm this behavior? If so, I'll send to tech support.

Are you certain you're shooting a Full Overview? It appears there is no floor beneath the stairs, so it leads me to believe you're shooting a Floor Overview and the stairs are built on the floor below, so they won't be visible. And I'm sure you've checked to make sure the stair layer is turned on. Anyway, I don't have the same issue. With a Full Overview, and the roof/ceilings turned off, I can see the stairs on floors below.

Maybe for the clients who could actually afford something better. But don't you think there is a need in this country, and elsewhere, to provide affordable living spaces (not necessarily "homes") for people in transition? I agree with Larry that the biggest challenges are in permitting and code compliance - and those hurdles can probably only be cleared by concerted action at a pretty high level - but I believe we absolutely need better alternatives to the cardboard boxes and park benches that some people are forced to consider "home."

Sure you can do container homes in Chief. Here's a section through a Hi-C conex with furred walls, floor, and ceiling to add some insulation, etc: There's no reason you can't make the model as realistic as you want if you're concerned with properly showing the rails, posts, etc.

I've been using Genetica for several years. It is extremely powerful, but the learning curve is very steep.

I just experienced this issue, but instead of losing a floor, the entire plan file vanished from my job directory. I had to go grab an archived version. Just for kicks I tried the copy/paste again and the same result - the plan file is deleted from the directory. My plan files are stored on a network drive, so maybe that is relevant.

Select the plumbing wall, make it a furred wall, then rebuild the framing.

I haven't had this problem in a long time, but after installing the update to X8 this morning, it's back: It only happens after I've edited some rich text in a CAD Detail. Sometimes it blows up, as shown above. Other times it shrinks, like below: The only way to fix it is to zoom in/out in plan, then switch to layout and zoom in/out. However, as soon as I edit text in a CAD detail again, the problem reappears. It's not strictly plan specific - it has happened in several different plans. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I'm curious before I send this in to tech support.

Do you mean in the Structure dbx? I don't know. All I know is the result (section and 3D view) is accurate.

Hmm. According to the section I've got one slab.

Here is one way:

Yep.

I don't know a lot about how cabinets are built, but I was assuming that there must be a "standard" way of modifying the box construction without tacking on a molding at the bottom. So I was wondering if there was a something in the cabinet dbx that I was missing.

That is a lot more complex work-around than adding a molding to a wall cabinet.

Is there a method to achieve this: to hide under-cabinet lighting, without having to apply a molding to the bottom?

Your roof planes/intersections are a mess: Clean them up and it will be fixed:

I wouldn't sweat the 1/16" accuracy - that's what truss component manufacturer's are used to anyway.

I use callouts with a schedule. My projects typically have so many types, sizes, configurations, and connection details that a schedule is necessary.

Mark was pointing you in the right direction. Change to Distance Rounding and you're golden.

I know nothing about Ruby, but I futzed around with Joe's macro and was able to make it work to output acres: referenced ? obj=referenced : obj=owner (obj.area / 43560).round(2) But it seems that my user-defined macros are saved with the plan file, so I have to export/import them to share them among plans and users. I'm also curious why they export as a .json file instead of as a Ruby script. I've saved the .json files in my default Ruby directory, but they don't automatically load when I open Chief (shouldn't they?).

No, just %Header_Elevation%.

If these are your settings: then it should display 2'-8". I suggest opening the dimension line Specification dbx to check that it's actually using the default settings for your 1/4" dimension style.

There is an Exterior Room - essentially it's a "virtual" space around the perimeter of the exterior walls and it's used to define Wall Coverings and Materials. Click just outside any exterior wall (you may need to tab through the selection) and it will highlight. Open up the dbx and you can adjust the material to Use Default.

Maybe try selecting the Exterior Room and set the Materials>Wall to Use Default. That will reset any "painting" that's been done to exterior wall materials.