stevenyhof Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I'm working on a new plan and just noticed that my Living Area square feet notation is missing. This is the second plan I have worked on in the past number of days that this has happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdozier Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Known issue - this will correct it... Tools, Checks, Plan Check 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 There must be something in the water. It feels like this hadn’t been brought up in months and then about six people asked about it within a span of about three weeks. Yes. Use Plan Check to bring it back. I wouldn’t call it a “known issue“ though. It’s just the way the software works and it’s in the documentation. It’s definitely a little goofy but I’m guessing Chief just didn’t see the need to make an entire tool for “bring living area label back”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Michael: I can think of three places that would make more sense than "plan check" 1. Preferences - under "Reset Options" 2. Room Specification Dialog - under General 3. Plan Defaults Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenL-sdd Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 17 hours ago, stevenyhof said: I'm working on a new plan and just noticed that my Living Area square feet notation is missing. This is the second plan I have worked on in the past number of days that this has happened. I keep a text file with Chief fixes that I only use once in a blue moon. The living area is one of the items. Another is turning off rooms in the layer set to show the subfloor ISO the finish floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 I need to revive this issue. When I use... Tools > Checks > Plan Check nothing is happening. It just tells me that there are no errors. On another plan a week ago I ran into an issue where the sq.ft. was off, and found a wall that was not ended - or broken. However, I also found a tool where I could create a border on included areas - but for the life of me, I cannot remember it or find it back. Any ideas? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 I found it... Select the outside border and then Make Living Area Polyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 ok, so I am finding out something... I did my test on me main floor. Now when I try on the foundation, where the Living Area text is missing, I cannot find or select the border. I tried tabbing and nothing is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 spoke too soon, tried on another wall and the border is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 When all the above fails - copy the floor with no Living Area and paste it into a new drawing. Then just create a text object in your original plan and enter the sq.ft. manually. Not cool, but works. Be mindful if you add or remove finished space, you need to update the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I think basement levels are always a little weird, both with regard to the Living Area label and with regard to the Plan Check tool. At any rate, you can trick Chief into giving you back your Living Area Label on Floor 0 by enclosing a little room off to the side that is completely separate from the rest of the structure. Now connect that room to the existing structure with a connecting wall. Now simply delete all those new walls. What's really happening is that you're tricking Chief into recognizing a new Living Area and therefore generating a new Living Area Label. When you draw the connecting wall, Chief considers them both part of the same structure and includes both areas in the total. Deleting the extra walls just deletes that one room and the new label stays. Also, you should be able to simply place the %living.area% macro into a text box to create your own living area label manually. This will alleviate the need to manually update any values. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: I think basement levels are always a little weird, both with regard to the Living Area label and with regard to the Plan Check tool. At any rate, you can trick Chief into giving you back your Living Area Label on Floor 0 by enclosing a little room off to the side that is completely separate from the rest of the structure. Now connect that room to the existing structure with a connecting wall. Now simply delete all those new walls. What's really happening is that you're tricking Chief into recognizing a new Living Area and therefore generating a new Living Area Label. When you draw the connecting wall, Chief considers them both part of the same structure and includes both areas in the total. Deleting the extra walls just deletes that one room and the new label stays. Also, you should be able to simply place the %living.area% macro into a text box to create your own living area label manually. This will alleviate the need to manually update any values. Both worked perfectly! I made my own Living Area some time ago, but did not think about adding the macro to it. Thank you Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 you can trick Chief into giving you back your Living Area Label I keep hoping CA will remove the need for tricks like this some decade ... Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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