Chrisb222

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:

It does not touch the text for me, in plan or layout, Arial on a Mac. I also tried a couple different fonts, no thouchie.

It's something to do with the wall type there, which is specified as Deck/Fence, and the standard Railing/Fence wall type is not in your plan. If you change that to one of your interior railing styles, and change the layers to the same as your Deck/Fence type, the roof doesn't generate: I noticed in your file, that extra line I talked about wasn't there and it's always there if I use the normal Railing/Fence wall type. That's what tipped me off, and you can see the lines in my screenshot. I don't know what's different about those wall types causing the different behavior, but that's what's causing it.

It doesn't do that for me: Post the plan and I'll take a look to try and see what's going on. I suspect the porch room is extending out past the house wall which isn't necessary for this technique to work. My biggest complaint with the technique is visible lines where the overhang meets the slab in vector views, which you can see in my pic. Another problem is the automatic ceiling will extend through the attic wall to the outermost edge of the overhang, which you can also see. There are other methods. One popular method is to delete the floor structure of the porch and manually draw in a slab, which eliminates the extra lines in vector views. Another is to use a 3D solid around the porch with concrete material. You can also do that with a molding poly line, but both of those also show the extra lines. There's another method that's pretty complicated that works well, I've used it but to me it's not worth the extra effort involved.

Several methods. One of the easiest I've found is add a concrete layer to each side of whatever wall you used to define the porch:

Yes it will, you probably don't have that layer turned on in floor plan view.

It is: "Distribute evenly" is easily done in floor plan view.

One of the best moves I made using multiple monitors is placing one monitor vertically, for the ALDO, Library Browser, Project Browser, and Activity History palettes. This lets them run really long vertically which cuts down on scrolling through those long lists.

Badge of honor!

As mentioned, need to know more about what you're after, but several options exist:

Module lines are the lines between the individual cabinet components. Sometimes I want to show them.

Simplest answer is to turn off display of the Cabinets, Module Lines layer. If you want to see module lines on other cabinets but not the fillers, you can open the filler, go to Box Construction, check Framed and set Separation to 0. That may negatively affect other aspects of your model, however.