Chrisb222

Is that a filler?

Hi, I run into an issue when trying to move CAD Blocks using the Dimension technique. If I have a CAD Block in plan view that has a dimension attached, and I want to relocate it by changing the dimension value, it doesn't work. If it's dimensioned to the center of the CAD Block and I change the value, nothing happens. If it's dimensioned to a side, the CAD Block will move ONLY the dimensioned side to the new dimension, changing the size, shape, and proportions of the CAD Block. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal behavior? Thanks

Make it your default exterior wall type in defaults before you start.

Build roof using Auto Rebuild Roofs. Build > Roof > Build Roof Open the 3 and 9 o'clock walls, and check "Full Gable Wall" in the Roof tab. Open the 12 o'clock wall and check High Shed/Gable Wall Do the math to determine what pitch you need to get 2' of rise in dimension between 12 and 6 o'clock walls Go back to Build Roof and enter your pitch. Open the Room spec, Structure tab, uncheck "Ceiling Over This Room" In same dialog box, adjust room height to 8'

That was in X9 but I reopened it in X7 and it still looks fine for me. Not sure what you mean here, can you clarify? There is definitely something weird going on. When I click on the Fir Stud layer of the wall definition, it says that layer is Bleached Ash?!?

Looks fine here too...

Yep, that's basically what I wound up doing. When I tried it in the sample plan it created some footer clean-up, but when I applied the "trick" to my actual plan it didn't disturb my foundation at all. Because I was already way past "Auto Rebuild Foundations." Thanks.

Thanks. The plan I attached was a quick sample plan, not the actual plan in question. Alaskan Son's #2 suggestion worked, with a few tweaks.

I simply added a foundation wall to your basement, then grabbed the top of the wall and dragged it down. You need to change the wall type to one of the foundation types such as 8" stem wall, and check "Foundation Wall" in the general tab.

Didn't work, Chief still thinks it's an interior door even though it's in an exterior wall type. No footing is necessary, it's just a partition wall, not loadbearing.

Thanks Michael. "Porch" worked but it screwed up the room structure / foundation. Your other suggestion worked but I had to manually delete the small room's foundation. I would prefer to have more logical control over the door designation, instead of a work-around. See Eric's Suggestion submission. Thanks again.

Hi, did a search couldn't find this topic. I'm finishing plans on a house that has a very large garage with a center wall dividing it in two. The homeowner wants a garage and a separate woodshop, that will be made from what is essentially one large garage with one slab but with a wall separating it into two rooms. There will be an insulated, sealed exterior grade door in the wall between the two rooms. When I place a door in this wall, CA automatically labels it an interior door since both rooms are specified as "garage." I couldn't find any way to override the automatic "Interior" designation. Is there any way to change this to an exterior door? I can change something about the garage or the woodshop to force the program to see it as an exterior door, but then the door going into the house becomes "interior" which is just as wrong. It's messing up my separate exterior and interior door schedules and callouts. Sample plan in CA-X9 attached showing the problem. Thanks DOOR-PROBLEM.plan

I used Accoutedge for Mac years ago. Not using any accounting program now, except Excel, but if I went back to accounting software that would be my choice. I was very happy with it, no complaints at all. I found it very intuitive and easy to use. Having said that, Macs typically give you a long time period where you can still use aging software. You could probably go another 5 years or more after a program is no longer supported. (I've been using Macs for 30 years)

Nice. One additional level of control is in "3D View Defaults" under "Options > Surface Edge Lines" where you can check "Use Object Settings" and all objects that have special settings specified on the Line Style panel of their specification dialog display will display those settings, overriding the layer settings in their Layer Display Options dialog.

Got it thank you.

Yes.

If you really are using Chief Architect 3D Viewer, under Render Quality there is an option to toggle from LD (low definition) to HD (high definition). Models automatically load in LD and LD does not show textures, just flat planes. Have your client toggle to HD and he will see the textures.

Eric and Joe, thank you for these ideas. I've been working with this method and almost there... almost. When I converted the fireplace to a doorway, it wouldn't accept the custom casing and lintel. When I imported as a door, it would accept the casing and lintel, but neither option would let me assign a custom 2D Block. I would like to create a custom 2D Block that accurately represents the unit in floor plan view. In the picture, on the left is the fireplace I used to recreate Eric's idea. Then I built my custom fireplace (on the right, shown with custom casing and lintel). Neither of them would accept the trim when imported as a doorway, both will accept trim imported as "door." When imported as "Doorway" it gives the "Edit Symbol" button but doesn't give a "2D Block" option, "door" import method doesn't even have the "Edit Symbol" button. Am I missing something?

It's all in the settings. This program has a labyrinth of settings and sorting them all out, knowing how they interact, is quite the puzzle.

Wow, that's groovy, thanks. I can work with that trick.

Haven't downloaded X10 yet but will look for that feature. Export/Import as Cabinet worked, but it cut the baseboard to the outermost edge of the mantel shelf, not at the legs. I couldn't get blocking to work either. I couldn't block it as a symbol, and so I blocked it before converting to symbol but no difference in the baseboard... Thanks.

Wow. While it's fantastic that there are people here willing to help figure this stuff out, I'm dismayed that it requires such arduous programming to do things that should be easily accessed by the average user. Does CA actually think contractors in the field are working with decimal inches?? This program should have easily-accessed ft-in designation for EVERYTHING... OOB.

Cool, good to know. I was doing that task to make a fluted leg for a fireplace surround/mantel that I use in new homes a lot. I made this thing to scale and now have it to place in plans that will be accurate to the actual field piece. Does anyone know a way to make a symbol automatically cut the baseboard where it's placed, like a base cabinet does? In the pic attached I converted the room molding to a polyline and manually deleted the section where the mantel is.

I just converted the "Circle" into a polyline solid, then converted that to a "Plain Polyline." That gave me the smooth arc pretty easily. Thanks for the vids Michael. The union with another rectangle is a pretty good workaround. I actually posted this because I was going to make a suggestion that Polyline Subtraction should have a push-pin repeat function option, like other tools, or at least the ability to "remember my choice" on the annoying warning dialog... maybe I will.

In the pic attached, I'm subtracting these circles from the rectangle, but have to click the poly line subtraction tool for each circle, which brings up the warning dialog every time asking if I want to delete the original... which is annoying, since this warning dialog doesn't have "remember this choice" option. When using this tool, is there a way to make it repeat the task more intuitively, or, like the push-pin feature in other tools, keep the tool active through multiple clicks, or, select all the circles and have them subtract from the rectangle with one command? Thanks