Chrisb222

If the current arrow direction represents the view direction of the section view, I would not change it. That would have a high possibility of causing confusion on what the view depicts, and you don't really want that. Why not just scoot them to the left, so the arrows point to the posts, and also stay consistent with the section view?

I'm confused. You're asking about a template layout, but show a SS of exporting a PDF. Export of PDF is only available in a .plan file, not a .layout. Typically we "print" a PDF from a layout using the Print command. You'll get help with a better explanation of your problem, and/or posting the problem file.

The stock X16 Residential Template file has a "Kitchen and Bath Dimension Default" which conforms to NKBA, and has more flexibility than the old NKBA settings. Check for it under your Dimension Defaults.

That video is from an older version and those settings have been relocated. Auto Exterior Dimensions now adopt the settings of the currently selected Dimension Default. You'll find those settings within each individual Dimension Default, in the Locate Auto Exterior panel. This was changed to allow more control over how Auto Exterior Dimensions are generated, which is now based on which Dimension Default is currently active instead of a single global setting.

Try this Knowledge Base article: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00773/creating-a-custom-in-ground-swimming-pool.html

Try this setting: It looks like you have it set to Locate Primary Wall Side.

Sure, just select it and pull out another segment, turn it into the wall:

Don't know, I just tried and it allowed me to put 2026 in a shopping cart for the same price I paid for 2025...? Maybe I should buy it....

Just for fun I'm going to repost the same image I did above, but include the original image sent to ChatGPT: Original image: ...and the prompt: add landscaping to this picture, make it more photorealistic without changing the architecture, add more realistic grass and a wooded background Result: Beautiful, but not even remotely usable. "Simular" I would call it...

That's been my experience: beautiful, but unusable. I'll try some of the suggestions here to see if it will work eventually, the quality is worth the time trying if successful.

I've tried exterior renderings using the free version of ChatGPT. They looked beautiful, but the architecture got transformed into a Frankenstein mess that looked similar to my design, but if you've seen much AI rendering you know what I mean... just weird. Maybe the paid versions would be more true to the original, and less goofy?? No front door and no way to get to it if there was. And a driveway for motor scooters. Beautiful though... I wish I could render in chief like that, and as fast.

Normal method would be Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom: That didn't work for me, which I suspect is being caused by the roof hole for the dormer, but I was unsuccessful at getting that setting to work. I did however succeed at "faking it" by changing the wall to Interior 4 and manually dragging the attic wall down to cover the drywall: I would roll with this, but if it really bugged me I would send it to tech support.

Yep, that looks much better, I'd like the ability to specify the underline offset, and the line weight. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/8-suggestions/ Good luck!

Yes it's close, closer than I'd like, but not touching. CA PDF driver output matches the screen: