Chrisb222

Yeah, I've been wanting to print off a set in negative with blue background. When I did a takeoff on the ink required I changed my mind

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/105/layout-construction-documents.html

Yup

Automatic roofs are generated from floor, room, and wall settings. Attic rooms are trickier. To get that roof I would generate the rooms with all proper settings, get the auto roof as close as I could without spending a ton of time, then finalize it manually. It's not hard to do if you have a pretty good grasp of the program, but tough for a beginner, and nearly impossible to answer "what am I doing wrong" without seeing your plan file. Start by studying this Knowledge Base tutorial: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00772/building-a-cape-cod-or-a-story-and-a-half-roof.html

And I'm on Mac and rarely have an issue I also use two monitors, have the pallettes detached, and move windows between monitors all the time.... the things that people are guessing causes this

Base cabinets and stringers show as dashed lines OOB due to the line settings in ALDO, which can be changed

Weird, I've only had toolbars freak about half a dozen times in X12 After the second time I made a backup copy of my custom toolbars saved in a remote location. Every time after that, I delete the corrupted file, copy and move the saved copy into place, and all is well again. Toolbars haven't spazzed on me in a couple months.

He described the process here:

You mean at the bottom of the wall opposite the top landing? I don't model it, just CAD and Notes

I did a wall similar to that a few years ago, 8 windows stacked 4/4 I used double 1.75x5.5 LVL king studs in the center and outsides of inner bank of windows, 6 total, and double 2x6 SPF kings both sides of outer bank of windows, all ran from floor to the top chord of 2' parallel truss so the studs reached the roof sheathing (studs notched to clear the gable truss), rat runs on the truss bottom chords with diagonal bracing to tie the bottom chord into the sheathing It was strong as [bleep] .... for a flimsy wall

Select the room, open the spec dialog and uncheck "flat ceiling over this room" then draw a custom ceiling plane, open it and set the slope you need

I made that suggestion two years ago

Wouldn't those settings then appear on all Plan Views?

Active Layer Display Options panel

Having Fill Control by layer on ALDO would fix that, something I've requested

That would make a great suggestion

Can you make the bottom rail wide enough to extend over the opening to get rid of the carpet? That's how I would build it anyway, with an upturned casing on the wall underneath for a skirt

I do. Auto attic walls have to be moved, deleted, added, extended, shortened, fixed all the time

I agree. Furniture doesn't show up when under an Open To Below room either. It does in 3D (obviously) but not in plan view. I don't know, I've never been able to see anything below except stairs. If it's not an option to display all objects beneath an Open To Below room, it should be.

+1 I vote to increase the beer budget by 300% Draft please

Hey, I resemble that remark!

The new dimension default upgrades are YUUUGE I tell ya At least for me, big time savers on every plan

Thanks Funny, I was just gonna ask yesterday for multiple saved automatic exterior dimension defaults Looking forward to this upgrade!

I would only ever sheath the heels if I had a crazy high heel like 24" that would be exposed and need to be covered with the exterior finish.... which rarely happens here. Trusses are made to the sheathing, which is the same as the foundation. And the floor framing. All the same dimension.

Not me. We always use 7/16" sheathing and plans are dimensioned as the exterior wall being 4" or 6" That 1/16th is never gonna be an issue As a builder who (used to) frames and a plan designer, I would never introduce 1/8s or heaven forbid 1/16s into a set of plans. Holy crap, what an unnecessary PIA! Whole inch on foundation plans, with 1/2" being smallest fraction on framing plans.... 1/4" ONLY when absolutely unavoidable, and avoid those whenever possible!