Chrisb222

Thanks Mick. I swore I tried that but I think it was in conjunction with another setting that screwed it all up. I've used that setting before but it was escaping me. One problem with this, though, is the plan view displays the 6" exterior wall and I need it to show the 4" interior wall. Do you know if this is possible? Changing "Pony Wall Display" setting in Plan View Specs to "Lower Wall" shows 4" interior corner to corner:

Wondering why this happens and how to fix it without turning off auto roofs. Interior wall divides two sections of a building with different ceiling heights. I know I can make the outside look right by running the exterior wall through the building, but I want an interior wall there. Attached is a basic X12 file showing the issue which was made from the out-of-box Chief Residential Template, no modifications. Thanks Cheek Wall Issue.plan

Chief is set up with a generic 4'x8' drywall material out of the box. I made different types of drywall materials for use on specialized wall types: 54" 12' for 9'H walls, 48" 12' for 8'H and garage walls, and 4'x12'x5/8" for ceilings (the thickness is set in the room structure but the material has 5/8" in the name so it lists separately from 1/2"). Also have a special interior wall type that has 54" on one side and 48" on the other, for the house-garage common walls, and two standard exterior walls, one with 54" for main floor exterior walls and one with 48" for garage and second floor exterior walls. A generic "drywall" material is useless in the material list, if the plan calls for different types of drywall.

+1 I always update within the layout, never when closing the elevation.... even though for me the time is about the same. Two more great reasons to update within layout, or just hit NO when closing the elevation: 1) CAD and text elements already update in real time automatically, like plan views, so that's a big time saver as you can edit text and CAD in the elevation and close without updating and the change already happened, and 2) many times I changed the model and don't even need to open the elevation, I just need to update the view. Not having to open the elevation in these cases is a big time saver. Example: Changing roof pitch (among myriad other possible examples). Edit: I'm talking strictly about elevation views sent as plot lines here.

Having the insurance and the disclaimer are both good, but I still would not operate without an LLC. And then make sure it's run properly and cannot be pierced.

Select room, click "Make Room Polyline" button that will appear on the lower Edit toolbar. Open Polyline DBX and find area and other info.

No, but wouldn't it be great if we could? Please add your support to this feature request in Suggestions:

Just guessing as I've never done it and not at my computer but I'd try rotating back to original state, with check marked, then uncheck and rotate back.

Yes that's how the Chief stuccos behave. Access the Define Material dialog (many ways to do this- plan materials, wall definition, or click on the wall in 3D using the Adjust Material Definition (rainbow) tool). On the Pattern panel click Material Color and change the color there. It will retain the textured look. Make a copy of it first of you want to keep the original.

Please add your support to these feature requests in Suggestions forum:

Off topic, but I get the feeling that every house built right now is white barn siding with black windows. I like the look but expect it to fizzle in a few years and look really faddish. Kinda like, what happened to brushed gold hardware? Flash in the pan. Does Joanna Gaines really have this much influence?? I guess so...

It's weird. In my experience, Chief will remember the last used print range... for a few weeks or months. Then, for a few weeks/months it will forget it and default to only the current page. Then after a few weeks or months it reverts. I change nothing. Lol

I like it but how would you handle call-out and other page references?

There was discussion along these lines recently which prompted a Suggestion that might interest you:

Pretty easy to fix if you keep a copy of your custom toolbars. I don't run into this often as I have two identical monitors.

I've seen it done a lot, and done it myself. Not ideal but also not a big deal. Nothing wrong with it except heavy rain will spill over, but that happens at most valleys anyway.

Lol

Up vote just because downvotes suck.

Nope. Nope. Both have been asked for repeatedly. Please add your support in the Suggestions forum.

That has been happening to me for years and several versions when opening a Layout using Open Recent. Plans open fine. I just don't use Open Recent for Layouts. That said, I'm still using X12 until I sort out a hardware upgrade path... I had a font problem after a CA upgrade a few versions back that never got resolved through tech support. Had to change ALL text elements in ALL templates etc to a different font. Very aggravating, and I suspect was a CA-caused conflict. The font worked fine in all other programs.

Side question: It looks like you're moving from Mac to PC. Wondering, if so, what made your decision. Thanks

Not at my computer but I'm pretty sure it's so the depth of the back clip view can be adjusted visually in plan view. If you really need that many back clipped elevation cameras in your plan, then yeah setting up an "elevation cameras" plan view would seem the simplest solution.

I used framing and cabinet skins years ago to build a bowed penninsula. Turned out pretty cool I think!

Thank you for sharing that information Basil. Could I bother you to do a similar comparison using Standard and Vector View please?

Have you tried the CA Bonus catalog for High-Resolution Grass? https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/gallery/image/948-materials-high-resolution-grass/ You might also want to look into seamless textures. Grass is one that benefits but not as much as shingles, stone, that type of thing. The repeating pattern is what looks bad, IMO, and seamless textures really reduce the problem. Just search online, there are tons of free ones.