johnny Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm desperate to find a quick way to draw in door/window headers. Can someone tell me the problem if I use the floor beam and simply relocate the Z so its in the same general location as the head is supposed to? Is that going to cause issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Johnny, What are you up to ? Why not just edit the wall detail if it is something that Chief can't do on it's own. The headers should already be there in some form or another and available to be edited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Just now, Chopsaw said: Johnny, What are you up to ? Why not just edit the wall detail if it is something that Chief can't do on it's own. The headers should already be there in some form or another and available to be edited. Its actually the visual issue for my framing plans - which i attached. I want a single line for the header like normal beams to show in the framing set. Yeah, the headers themselves in 3d space aren't as much the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 So for your situation a heavy cad line would work fine if it came with a label. There seems to be a serious inconsistency as to how chief displays door and window headers, but I think that has been discussed and requested before. We will just have to see if chief was listening when X10 is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 How about a molding line? That would be fast and not mess up your material list or 3D. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 31 minutes ago, Chopsaw said: How about a molding line? That would be fast and not mess up your material list or 3D. Yeah that might work - will give that a try - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Chopsaw said: How about a molding line? That would be fast and not mess up your material list or 3D. That worked pretty good - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyatArtform Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 We do occasionally do floor beams that we move, exactly as you describe, for exactly the same reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Fully adjustable headers are already in the window and door DBX, just adjust those and draw a line for the annotation. Joe Carrick also has a macro that includes the line for exactly that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyatArtform Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 We use the beam method when the "header" spans several windows or doors, like at a pair of garage doors when doing a portal frame - both those are not mulled, giving the Chief system no reason to think the headers should be combined. And we like the way it can show in our framing plan with the same graphics (two line, filled) as our other "beams". And we use the header in the wall system other times. And - we don't do materials list. The beam-in-wall-header does not displace any wall framing, not the way a beam will influence newly generated floor framing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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