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After reading a support article on this I guess it won't run a backup unless Chief is running at the scheduled time.

I am using managed mode and have my backup preference set to take place at 12 am each night, but I get a message that pops up when I close Chief in the evening, usually around 6 pm, asking if I want to perform the backup or skip. Not wanting to skip a backup I usually hit OK, and it takes a while to complete. I'd rather have it automatically happen late at night, which it seems like it would do the first couple versions of X17 as expected, but not in the past few releases. Has anyone else had this experience? Wondering if I'm missing something simple, but I'll talk to tech support tomorrow if needed. Thanks for any insight.

The Anycase app is a fantastic tool for changing text case quickly after the fact. https://anycaseapp.com/ Thanks to @Alaskan_Son for bringing attention to this app. I don't think it does spellcheck though.

Yeah nevermind the opening header lines they won't help with cutting out the stem wall at openings. Just follow DBCooper's train of thought, as usual.

Hmmm, it works for me, as long as I have it turned on in the referenced view of the floor above. With opening header lines turned on: With OHL turned off:

Maybe you are looking to turn on the "Opening Header Lines" layer in you reference view?

You can copy elevation/section cameras but you can't rotate or reverse them. What I've done in this situation before is make a copy of my section view layer set and turn off all of the layers except the layers containing the elements I need to copy over to the new section view, usually just text and CAD objects. Then copy them over to the new section view, reflecting about and point to point moving to the correct position. Still takes some fiddling around but usually better than doing it over.

@cooper0013 For future reference these questions should be posted in the Q&A section of the forum. Your framed walls are on the Walls, Foundation layer, change them to the Walls, Normal layer. You will probably want to uncheck them as foundation walls and then build a foundation too so that your footings & slab are on floor zero as is typical. For the blocking, you can draw that in with the Roof Blocking tool, found in Build>Framing>Roof Blocking.

This thread has convinced me to order a Stream Deck, seems like it would pay for itself in a year at most between using with Chief and other software. I'll play around with it and see how I feel about making my own key icons at first, but Joe your setup looks great and I know I will have more time/cost into it if I go the DIY route. Thanks to @para-CAD also with the great info.

@MidSouthClay You should be able to control your baseline height in your roof planes' dbx by locking your pitch and entering in your baseline height, which should be your top plate height + your heel height, so 216" plate + 12" heel = 228" baseline height. For your right side roof plane that is giving you plate height trouble, try unchecking Flat Ceiling in the adjacent rooms in the right wing, you have custom ceiling planes in those rooms anyway. Doing that seems to fix the plate height for the great room wall. Wall and roof framing for can be a real PITA to get right with adjacent rooms with different ceiling heights, even worse with scissor trusses/custom ceiling planes. Looks like you've got your hands full with this one.

Looks to me like you're well into manual roof territory with what you're trying to do there. If you post the plan someone might be able to help out, but otherwise this is a good one to learn the intricacies of manual roofs on.

First thing is to make sure that you have "Higher Eaves Boxed" checked in your roof options. If you do have that option checked then it could be any of those other things you listed, in my experience.

Beautiful, thank you!!

Doesn't look like there is. It would be nice if there was a way to turn it off by default, or at least a "Don't show this message again" checkbox when it asks if you want to turn on your room label layer every single time you designate a room type on a new plan.

I'm not seeing any transoms over any of the exterior doors on the plan you uploaded.

@Ange822 If you go to the "Foundation" tab in your wall specs you should be able to hit the "Center Footing on Main Layer" box to get what your after.

dish machine.calibz Here's one I got from 3D warehouse a few years ago.

Yep I like to use the same method as Chris & Gene. Sometimes for basic prelim versions I will toggle off all the patterns in elevation views when we aren't sure of materials yet.

You can also toggle all the material patterns on or off in 3D views.

Yeah this is annoying. I have messed around trying to use 2x6 rafter tails but never got them to work how I want. I do the same thing as @robdyck and just use normal rafters with the appropriate size for the I-joists.

At 52.50 yrs I still feel like a rookie just about every day. Keeps things interesting!

It might have to do with your dimension rounding method / grid snap settings.

Nice...did not know this existed.

@Michael_Gia Just out of curiosity are you using X17 in project management mode or legacy mode?