CSPChief Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Howdy (1st post!) Am I missing something but it seems we cannot easily generate production drawings for the builder like rafter profiles, sheating cuts, etc. The closest I was able to get was a Wall Production drawing through the wall details view. More specifically, I'm looking for something to Solid Builder's outputs: https://digitalcanal.com/sbsite2/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/10-Roof-Production-Drawing.jpg https://digitalcanal.com/sbsite2/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/11-Rafter-Profile-Drawings.jpg Is there an add-on, etc? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief58 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 you need to look at a program called easyrafters.com I have been using in for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRST8TRKR Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Ray, Just ck'ed the easy rafters site Is the unlimited edition mean lifetime? OK Found my own answer,Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSPChief Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Thanks for the suggestion, I already started to play with it. Any tips & tricks as I haven’t managed to get the same length between chief architect and easy rafters ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief58 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 2 hours ago, NRST8TRKR said: Ray, Just ck'ed the easy rafters site Is the unlimited edition mean lifetime? OK Found my own answer,Thanks yes I bought it a long time ago and just recently he did have an upgrade with some nice features and being able to save well worth the money as far as I am concerned, alot of times I split the span of the rafters and have a knee wall for the first set and the second set goes to the ridge, I did this when I built my house and have exported files to put on plans that I draw for a reference for the client to his builder, tell Brian I sent you even though we have never met 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief58 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 25 minutes ago, CSPChief said: Thanks for the suggestion, I already started to play with it. Any tips & tricks as I haven’t managed to get the same length between chief architect and easy rafters ?! I find that easyrafters is quiet accurate when it come to sizing and showing rafter cuts, tell Brian I sent you even though we have never met Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 You mean there is a program that spits out the cut length of all members for roof and rake wall framing? Man- I wasted a whole lot of years teaching those kids under me how to first use a full length rafter bible and the a construction master calculator in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkwest Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 11/29/2018 at 10:30 AM, CSPChief said: Howdy (1st post!) Am I missing something but it seems we cannot easily generate production drawings for the builder like rafter profiles, sheating cuts, etc. The closest I was able to get was a Wall Production drawing through the wall details view. More specifically, I'm looking for something to Solid Builder's outputs: https://digitalcanal.com/sbsite2/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/10-Roof-Production-Drawing.jpg https://digitalcanal.com/sbsite2/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/11-Rafter-Profile-Drawings.jpg Is there an add-on, etc? Thanks Why can’t you just use your Solidbuilder output and add it to your layout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief58 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 I got easyrafters because I didn't want to learn another program even though I did try solid builder but had a lot of time into chief and with being able to use a macro to show rafter lengths we have to let them do some thinking in the field that is how I learned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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