tundra_dweller

This and ceiling break lines are a good case for some kind of tool-tip layer/setting. I don't know how realistic that is but could save some confusion for newer users.

Been there. If you don't know they're coming from arcs it's hard to find the setting to turn them off.

Default Settings > CAD > General CAD

I assume since the line vs box setting is in general defaults now that it's a plan-wide setting versus by floor as in previous versions. By the view would be optimal. I haven't messed with it in X17 other than try to figure out where the setting went.

Yeah I was able to kind of fix it by drawing a wall off to the side the length from the end of the railing to the peak of the ceiling plane. Then changed the new little wall section to "Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom", then center on the 2x4 wall. But as Rob said it's extremely unstable with the ceiling plane wanting to snap to places you don't want it to, etc.,.Plus I still ended up with missing drywall at the railing-wall intersection. I've learned it's usually way quicker to build a solid and move on in these situations. I wish I had all the time back I've spent chasing wall-ceiling-roof intersections around and fixing gaps in materials in Chief.

Thanks! I must have looked right past it.

Does anyone know where the framing display option for plan view (line vs. box) went in X17? The help file says the setting is in automatic framing defaults, but I can't find it there or anywhere else.

My arrow keys are set to move a selected object one click of whatever my grid settings are, or if nothing is selected they will pan the screen view. I think this is the OOTB setting as I don't think I ever changed it. I like my grid set at 1/2" and I mostly use temp or actual dimensions for bulk adjustments. I have two side buttons on my programmable mouse set for moving up or down floors. For view navigation I mostly use my spacemouse and mouse zoom wheel. This works well for me but I imagine these preferences vary a ton between users.

Or possibly a non-invisible wall that is on a wall layer that's turned off. I would start by turning on any wall layers that are currently off in that camera view, or just change the layer set to all-on temporarily. Looks like they are using X17 so the extra newel should be able to be moved or deleted.

I agree with everything Shane said, but if you want to recreate the window as spec'd by the supplier: 1. Change the frame size on your two windows to 35.5 x 61.5. 2. Using your temp dimensions (if set to pick up opening "sides") or some other method to set a 1/2" space between your two window frames. 3. Mull the two windows. 4. Open the mulled unit and make sure your rough opening settings are at 1/2" total width clearance and 1/2" total height clearance. It shouldn't matter whether you use the "Additional Space" or "Clearance Gap" method in the rough opening setting, just that the overall clearances are correct. Note: Your mulled units will not take on the rough opening settings from the windows you are mulling, for me they only seem to come in with a 1" clearance gap for width & height. If there's a default setting to change the R.O. setting for mulled units, I'm not finding it.

This has been my experience as well, can be frustrating.

Yep. In my experience in dealing with software (and most other companies for that matter) Chief has pretty much been the gold standard as far as responsiveness and respecting their customers.

With all due respect sir, that's a pretty unfair statement to make about someone's craft & livelihood, presumably based on assumption. I have some frustrations with Chief just like all software but I've never gotten the impression that the people behind it are slacking or not putting the work in to try and improve the software, and I would bet it's quite the opposite situation than what you describe.

For slab foundations I have a saved plan view set up specifically for the slab plumbing layout, separate from the foundation plan. It uses a reference display of the floor above with its own layer set and dimensions. The only dimensions I use for this saved plan view are the plumbing dimensions that I create on the floor above (floor 1). I started out turning cabinets off and using 2D cad blocks for sinks, but quickly realized I'd rather just have the base cabinets on than risk forgetting to update the 2D block locations if something gets moved. Sounds like Rich's solution above might be the better way to deal with sinks without having to show the base cabs.

Yeah that's pretty slick. That callout view tool alone would be friggin amazing.

Hi Shane, one thing you can do is go into your wall definition for that fence and change the material from fir framing to insulation air gap. It doesn't change the look of your fence since you are using panels with their own materials for the fence. I'm not sure why Chief does this kind of thing with walls and wall intersections.

Very nice, thanks for sharing!

This song actually lives in my liked music playlist after this original post was made, it's pretty groovy. Thanks Gawdzira!

And I'm not sure how well it would work to create a copy of that layer for your new slab areas, it's a system layer and I'm not sure how the software would handle it, I'm guessing not very well. Maybe the slab pour number would have some effect on how it works too. I'm curious to see how it works for you.

Select your slab edge and take a look at the "Slabs" layer color.

You nailed it, thank you! We have a cat that likes to jump up on my desk and walk on my keyboard when I'm working. I'm blaming it on him.

Every so often I have a plan I'm working on where seemingly out of the blue when I go to move cabinets or fixtures around they will no longer bump up against walls or other cabinets/fixtures, they can be moved right through walls or each other. It's kind of annoying and I know there must be something I'm doing that causes this to happen. I'm not going to take the time to post the plan, just hoping someone out there might have some insight.

Makes sense, I'm going to try live PBR views again and see how it goes. I've been spending way too much time updating images after changes, and those kind of views are the type that seem to generate more changes from clients.