Chrisb222

Not the only way, you can place the door directly from your Library Browser.

I wasn't able to make the program fix that automatically, because you have a lot of problems with the model, starting with the first floor having no floor structure: ....due to the Default settings for Floor 1: Open that, you have "Floor Supplied by Foundation Room Below" checked which does not build a floor structure for the first floor: Uncheck it to set floor structure settings. That doesn't affect existing rooms so you'll need to open each room and change this setting to correct the model. You can select and change all the rooms at once using the Match Properties tool. Unfortunately, this doesn't fix the wall beneath the bay window, I stopped trying because I couldn't get it to work automatically. At this point it might be easier to patch that but you probably should still fix the floor issue since this won't work IRL. And you have other problems, non-default wall top and bottom heights, etc that need to be addressed... you can correct some of that under Edit > Reset to Defaults... Edit, you should update your signature since this is an X16 file.

Place those walls on a new layer and set the line style to No Line: If you have a fill setting for the wall, and Walls, Layers checked, uncheck it also to turn off the fill. If you want to actually model an interior bearing wall, but not show it on the plan, create your interior wall and set it to "Foundation" in the wall spec DBX. This will create a footing for the wall: Then do as above, place on new layer and set the line style to No Line.

Welcome to the Tenth Circle of Hell. When you figure it out, please let me know.

It looks like you sent the elevations as Plot Lines to Layout. If so, yes you can also add those lines in the Layout view using the Edit Layout Lines tool: That tool allows you to edit, delete, and add lines in the layout view. However any edits to plot line views will be lost if you have to update the view. So if using that tool, best to do it when you think you're done updating the view.

Yes, you can change the color of any texture using the Adjust Material Definition tool. It will map all the tones to your new color so it removes color variations, but it can simulate other textures nicely. Go to the Texture tab and check Blend with Texture, then click in the color box to define a color to map onto the texture:

Sure, make four windows then block it to show as one unit in a schedule. That's how it would be made irl, a mulled unit of four separate windows.

Not currently, but it's something I asked for about six years ago. It would be a very powerful improvement to Plan View Displays, not just for fill style but other aspects of object display as well. Unfortunately even though I feel it would greatly enhance the program, the idea didn't get a lot of traction. Take a look at this Suggestion and see if you want to add your support:

Yes, set opening indicators to show in both the window DBX and the schedule DBX

Usually controlled via the elevation camera layer settings: (Also available in the Active Layer Display Options panel, if you keep that open) You can also simply set your callout to adjust size automatically based on the text size, so the text doesn't exceed the callout:

Did you draw/edit the roof that's on the existing house? Once I get to manual roof planes or edited automatic planes (i.e. no longer auto roofs), I don't try to have anything new auto-built. In other words, why wouldn't you just create new manual roof planes for the garage? That would've been a lot faster than the time you've spent trying to get the program to build them.

I used to struggle with this to get the model to look how I want, the method I use now is fast, easy and foolproof (which is a good thing in my case). I use roof planes dragged past the attic wall to cut it, and place them on an invisible layer. Then I clone the ceiling planes, make them 5"thick and adjust to where I would want a false "beam" that follows the vault. These are the notes I made a few years back to remind me how I do it DECK WITH CATH CEILING: (12/18/2021) Delete posts and beams, set manually Create cath ceiling planes over deck Create roof planes to match, drag out to attic wall and set attic wall, Roof panel to "Roof cuts wall at bottom" Delete ceiling surface, gutter, and all trim from roof planes Place roof planes on invisible layer Clone ceiling planes and set to 5" thickness, drag to attic wall and adjust Create beams and posts from P-solids See CATHEDRAL DECK plan, this folder, for example

No, you're right the floor plan doesn't match the elevations. If it were me I would assume they want the roof to match the elevations, and ignore the roof planes on the floor plan. Or ask them which they want since they're different.

Because the railing walls aren't parallel:

The only thing I would suggest in reference to bullet 3 is, do the save as before changing the referenced plan file. Just in case you either A, have auto-save turned on or, B simply hit save out of habit before doing the save as. E.g. Open Layout A, Save As Layout B, then Tools>Layout>Referenced Plan Files, Browse to Plan B, click Okay

Huh, I never noticed that. I always migrate my preference settings so I didn't realize the change, and it wasn't mentioned in the new features document. I like this change, I always had mine set at 1 pixel but now I can increase that, and be able to see temp dims when zoomed out without cluttering the screen with all the huge printed dimensions. I know you don't like it, perhaps post a suggestion to add a toggle to select which mode you prefer, or a setting for both temp and printed dims? https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/8-suggestions/

Controlled by the Line Style on the Layer the door is on. Doors are placed on the Doors layer by the software, but the door(s) can be moved to a different layer if you desire doors to have different line styles.

I run into that all the time, so I made some doors and door panels that I shared earlier. No beadboard option at this time, but there is an 8-panel option with glass.

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" When will we be getting this ... ? " Hopefully never, if this junk gets in the way of reworking the stair tool and streamlining condoc production.

No, it's a pitched roof plane that is used to shed water from a horizontal valley that otherwise would trap water. Where's your plan file? I'm not suggesting I would fix it, and I don't work for hire, but anyone who might help you is going to need it.

No it's not. As Dustin said, you have the TEXTURE set to 0 x 0. Change it to 600 x 600 and check your results: Also, your PATTERN settings need changed. You can't get an offset design from the single square TEXTURE image you're using. So if you want the TEXTURE and PATTERN to match, you need to change the PATTERN settings to 600 x 600 with ZERO offset. Or find another image for the TEXTURE which has a 1/2 offset.

Not if it's done right. For stone, I would open my source file in a raster editor like Photoshop or Gimp, Cut (not copy) a decent-width slice of the entire left edge and paste it over TOP of the stone on the right edge. This will force the left and right edges to blend seamlessly. Then, with judicious use of the Eraser tool with a fuzzy edge paintbrush tip, and maybe some Copy / Paste and a little creative Rubber Stamp tool work, you can carefully blend the left edge of the stone you pasted into the stone beneath. Repeat for top / bottom, then crop the image down to the new size subtracting the areas you cut. The larger the source image to begin with the better, since you will still see stones repeating in a pattern. But this gets rid of the hard edges seen in the OP.

It's snapping and yeah it happens in larger jumps when you're zoomed out, which is normal. Maybe you had snaps off in your previous version? Also, you can hold down the Alt(Control?)* key to temporarily suppress snaps so you don't get that behavior. (*Not sure which key on the PC but it's the Command key on the Mac)

Not sure what you mean by "cut lines" but have you played with sending Plot Line views using Edge and Pattern Line Defaults? This is how I send all of my vector elevations: Once it is sent you can then adjust the line weights and colors of the edges and the patterns independently of each other. I typically use a bolder black line for edges, and a thinner gray line for patterns: Oddly, Chief programmers have been down-talking this feature for several versions, and removed some of the earlier functionality that made it easier to use, and even indicated they planned to delete the feature entirely at one point. So far we still have it and I hope it stays, it's super useful for what you want to do.