bdillard 1 Posted February 22 Hello, I noticed Chief calculates my living area based on the full size of the house including the garage initially. I could always calculate the size of the garage and remove it from that number but I was wondering if it was possible to enable that within Chief Architect? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chopsaw 677 Posted February 22 A Garage room should be set by default to be "Exclude from Total Living Area Calculation" as well as "Unconditioned" so as soon as you assign the Garage Room type to a room it should be removed from the Total Living Area Calculation automatically. Is that not what you are experiencing ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joey_martin 400 Posted February 22 Call it a garage. Are you not using the room names and the defaults and other items they can do for your plan? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 22 Thanks! I'm brand new to the product so I'm just dabbling and learning as I go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parkwest 147 Posted February 22 Chief has good getting started videos... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 22 Thanks - I've watched a few and they help a lot. I do often miss things though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 23 I figured out how to adjust the size of the "living area" font - however I can't seem to figure out how to increase the size of the actual calculated living area number - is this possible? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chopsaw 677 Posted February 23 The living area calculated result seems to be hard coded to be a slightly smaller font and they will change in size proportionally when you make an adjustment but it seems you maybe want the two to be the same font size ? If so try this: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robdyck 511 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, bdillard said: I figured out how to adjust the size of the "living area" font - however I can't seem to figure out how to increase the size of the actual calculated living area number - is this possible? Make a copy of any room label and paste this into the text dialog box: FLOOR AREA = %living.area% Place it wherever you'd like Copy and paste in place for each floor. Now turn off Chief's living area display in Plan Defaults. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 23 Thanks. I just found it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robdyck 511 Posted February 23 Just now, bdillard said: I'll be honest - I just spent 10 minutes googling room size specification in chief architect - I found tons of items on how to modify things IN it but not how to get to it. The closest I could find was go to general - I can't find general either. Is there a question in there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 23 Robdyck, thanks! I found it right after I posted it. I appreciate all the help people like you and Chopsaw provide newbies like me! DOOH - I thought I had it but even if I change the text to 10" -it goes back to 6" right after I close it. How do I fix what I did wrong? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rwdozier 10 Posted February 23 Highlight the text THEN change the text to the height you desire. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 23 14 minutes ago, rwdozier said: Highlight the text THEN change the text to the height you desire. LOL - that was embarrassing but I appreciate you taking the time to respond! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 24 Solver - Thanks so much for taking the time to make a video! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdillard 1 Posted February 24 This may seem like small potatoes in the grand scheme of things but it has been very helpful to me as I'm trying to get the size of the house down. I'm not sure if it is possible; the living area has to be calculated. In my case it is base on a contiguous rectangle - is it possible to show the calculation by which it achieved that number? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alaskan_Son 2599 Posted February 24 1 hour ago, bdillard said: This may seem like small potatoes in the grand scheme of things but it has been very helpful to me as I'm trying to get the size of the house down. I'm not sure if it is possible; the living area has to be calculated. In my case it is base on a contiguous rectangle - is it possible to show the calculation by which it achieved that number? Click just outside your exterior wall. If you select a wall first, then hit the Tab key or click the Select Next tool until you see "Exterior Room" down on the lower left hand corner of your screen. When you have the Exterior Room selected, click on the Make Living Area Polyline in your Edit toolbar. This will create an independent polyline shaped to show you the exact area being used for the calculation. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
