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27 minutes ago, carowe said:

I have a client who would like to get a jpg of a proposed renovation with enough resolution to blow it up to 32" x 24" poster.  I have played with the resolution and nothing changes regarding the file size on the saved jpg.  Is there something I'm missing?

Set your screen to a shape roughly equal to your target dimensions, go to File > Export > Export Picture, and click "Units", type in the dimension you want, keep "Retain Aspect Ratio" checked, then enter something like 200 DPI. That will produce a pretty high resolution picture, about 3.6 MB.

Some clipping may be required to change it to the exact dimensions, unless you can set that ratio up before saving.

11 hours ago, Gawdzira said:

In the bonus catalogue.

 

 

  

+1, I had forgotten about the 2D CAD plants, which DO show in plot line views.... and I even use them in layouts! 

22 minutes ago, JKEdmo said:

Well, I switched the layout box from plot lines to "live view" and the plants now show up...

 

 

go figure!

 

 

The standard 2D plants are just "pictures, " they are not 3D objects and cannot be converted to plot lines.

1 hour ago, JeremyNeilKelly said:

I am trying to draw a window well in Chief.  Please see sketch:

 

There's a couple of window wells in the library. Might be a bonus catalog, I'm not at my computer. Automatically cuts the terrain, has separate material settings for the retaining wall and the "floor" so you make that gravel, dirt or whatever you want.  Resizable.

14 hours ago, basilbabaa said:

OR, how else do you accomplish this.

Actually, you definitely want to use Roof Beams to get the benefits of automatic placement under ceiling, easy adjustments, plumb joints and ends, and automatic grain direction.

The easiest and best method IMO is to create another separate roof at the pitch of your ceiling, draw the roof beam there, then move the beam into your project.

If using Auto Roofs, make another building with the roof direction, size, and pitch matching your target ceiling, draw the beam there then point-to-point move the beam into your project. This will allow you to retain Auto Roofs. If you're already in manual roofs, just draw a roof plane outside the structure somewhere and create the beam there. See pics:

Plumb ends with auto grain:

2 hours ago, ericepv said:

Does anyone have any tips on the best way to add a valley to a roof? I seem to recall seeing a post on this awhile back but I haven't been able to find it.

You don't mean a cricket do you? I'm a little confused by your question. I don't know that we actually "add" a valley, they are simply the result of two perpendicular planes...

A screenshot with some notes would be helpful...

25 minutes ago, TomBiggs said:

You don't have to worry about Existing/ Proposed wall types  and Layer Sets, Proper Layer Filters or Saved Views.

I'm sure there's a good explanation for this alternative workflow, and that I'm dense, but I have no idea how these various elements and phases can be "automatically controlled by the software" without some user directives that I would think would require some amount of setup work and diligence, not greatly unlike the directives we assign with Chief...?

25 minutes ago, TomBiggs said:

It's time for Chief to get its own Renovation filter tool!

If you want a chance at catching lightning in a bottle you at least have to hold up a bottle (i.e., nothing will change by posting here, head over to the Suggestions forum)

I think you'll want the additional RAM in Option B. Or upgrade Option A to 16GB for $200.

Rendering speed won't be a problem with either choice, I use a Studio / M1 Max and it flies. But it has 32GB unified memory, so that may be a factor...

43 minutes ago, decorators3 said:

In the renovation redesign I am doing -  the clients wants the floor joists from the second level to be seen from the main level.  In framing mode I can see the floor joists but in standard mode I cant....

Open the Room Specification > Structure > Ceiling Finish and delete all layers:

Do you have the layer Framing, Floor Joists set to display in your Standard camera view?

8 minutes ago, mattivester said:

I'd rather not raise the roofs so I can keep the standard wall heights

You can raise the roof without affecting the wall heights.

11 minutes ago, Gawdzira said:

EQ. - EQ.- EQ.

Then the poor framer has to think! 

2 hours ago, stevenyhof said:

Sorry, wrong plan

This is correct - Thank you!

It's doing that because your Dimension Default is set to Distance Rounding. Change the Primary Format to "Grid Rounding" and the problem goes away.

And I would absolutely urge you to change your dimension defaults. Most of your user dim defaults beginning with an * are set to use Distance Rounding, which has the potential to introduce dimension errors in your dimension string. (You also should check "Use Greatest Common Divisor" instead of "Use Closest Fraction.)

From Help:

Did you link to the right plan?? I'm not seeing anything like your screenshot above.

And no need to back up the entire plan. Just save, close Chief, zip and send.

IDK when I set the smallest fraction to 1/16 and type in a 2/3 dimension it automatically displays 5/8. Maybe post a plan showing the behavior.

1 hour ago, basilbabaa said:

Is there a way to add anything to the reference display?  I am working on a plot plan and would like the all things topography and slabs to show between the foundation level and main level of the property that I am currently working on.

 

Or some other QUICK and EASY way of doing it?

Why not add a second ref display. Or a third?

51 minutes ago, jjifmeyer said:

Trying to get the Auto Build Roof (Hip Roof) to cover over the boat slip section on a dock

I've done it before using an invisible railing to close off the slip.

42 minutes ago, Adrian-Rosendall said:

I have a question about reference display, specifically regarding pocket doors. On a drawing I'm working on, I changed the reference display color for floors below to be a dashed grey line, as opposed to the default red. However, I added in a pocket door for a powder room on the first floor, and the "pocket" of the pocket door still displays red on the second floor (reference display). I checked all the layers I have displayed, and they are all the same dashed grey color. Is there something I can do to change it to dashed grey?

 

Thanks,

Adrian

I do not see doors in your ref display. That leads me to believe you have the Door layer turned off in the ref display layer set. However, pocket door pockets will still display even with the Door layer off. Change the Door layer to gray with dashed line.

X15 is very stable for me but I'm still on Monterey. Do you have the latest X15 build? I think I remember that early versions were somewhat unstable. 

2 hours ago, GeneDavis said:

Why are my edits not taking?

Edits are applied when you close the edited CAD window and hit Save. Did you do that?

15 hours ago, ChiefUserBigRob said:

sounds like I should stay with my pitch marks I created in my library.

I use triangle markers, but I have one for every pitch already in all four saved elevation cameras in my template plan. Grab the correct one, slide it into place. Maybe a tad bit easier than pulling from the library?

9 hours ago, Gawdzira said:

Can you eliminate the change in the massing where I have circled it?

Just guessing here since OP hasn't returned, but probably not easily:

On 9/24/2023 at 11:33 PM, MajJFGrayRet said:

There is a stair-well there that leads to an above garage storage area.

9 hours ago, MajJFGrayRet said:

Manually drawn roof planes

Yes, and you're right, it's fairly simple. This took about 15 minutes:

What exactly are you struggling with? Posting the plan would allow someone to work it out.

3 hours ago, tundra_dweller said:

I don't see a simple way to do it with win10 or win11, which is kind of silly, but this might be worth a shot? https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/set-the-mouse-scroll-direction-to-reverse-natural/ede4ccc4-3846-4184-a86d-a028515040c0

 

For what it's worth, I use a Logitech g604 mouse and you can use the Logitech pc app to change the scroll direction and customize the buttons pretty easily.

Thank you!!

21 hours ago, Gawdzira said:

It is a plan from the mystical land of whole numbers. I have wanted to visit but I am afraid I won't return.

Lol true. I eliminate as many 1/2" as I can by switching the marker to the other wall side, but sometimes it looks like it might be confusing to the framer.

That plan also looks like whole numbers dictated where the dim marker goes...

I'm using Chief on my PC laptop remotely this weekend. 99.9% of my work is done on my office Mac. The most annoying difference is that the Zoom operates in the opposite scroll wheel direction. It's maddening, and I'm looking for a way to reverse the scroll wheel on the PC. I checked the hardware settings in the control panel, but no luck. Win 10 home.