buzzsaw204 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Hi, is there a way to change the door symbol in a 2D, plan view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I don't think so. You could maybe turn off the layer or make it a doorway and draw what you want with the cad tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 that doesn't look like a chief door symbol to me. the new looks correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Sometimes see straight door wings on schematic plans. It's a nice look in my opinion. Autocad Architecture has it (see below). Might be something for Chief to consider. Seems like it'd be easy to program, but of course that's an easy claim by a non-programmer. Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 There's a big advantage to the existing plan display. It shows any potential conflicts with other doors, cabinet drawers & drawers, etc. Why would anyone want the straight line representation? It's definitely not graphic standards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 37 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said: Why would anyone want the straight line representation? It's definitely not graphic standards. It's a carryover from hand drafting. Faster to draw an angled line than an arc. In any case, having another option not the end of the world. Looks good in schematic drawings. Just a matter of taste. Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 2 hours ago, JKEdmo said: It's a carryover from hand drafting. I was hand drafting long before you were born. Never did I see anyone use that way to indicate a hinged door. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 26 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said: I was hand drafting long before you were born. Never did I see anyone use that way to indicate a hinged door. Ok, Joe. I get it. You don't like it. Still, it's a thing. Some people like it graphically, and the OP was interested. Indeed, Autocad and Archicad offer the straight door swing option, so maybe Chief would consider it too. Good night, Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 In my younger days of hand drafting we used the straight door swing because it was so much faster and easier to draw a straight line using the set square than it was to get the circle template and draw a curve. But....I would never mix them up now so as to distinguish new and existing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAmichael240114 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Yep 55 years plus ago I was hand drawing doors with a straight line, it was the drafting standard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 drawing 50 years, never saw that before today. drawn over 5000 plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 My first job was in Germany with hand drafting. That's the way we did doors at least in schematics. It occurs to me reading the replies maybe it's a European and Oceania thing and therefore not familiar to Americans. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richoffan Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Just one more voice from the old school - when I started in the early 70s, having a Berol ABC template was required. (Still have it) Electric eraser with lead pointer stuck in the end was optional. Have done projects in many countries and Jim's right it's not used much in North America. Not sure how anything's faster than filling in all the doors at the same time with the template ....ahh the good old days BEROL ABC.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, richoffan said: Just one more voice from the old school To be honest, I only got in 2-3 years of hand drafting before the office switched to CAD (Spirit Cad). Mid-90s. I envy people who have more hand drafting experience than I do. I think the beauty of hand drafting is its economy -- you learn to shown what's essential and not much more. Kind of opposite of what I call "the Tyranny of CAD", where you are tempted to draw every last nut and bolt regardless of scale. Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzsaw204 Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 4 hours ago, JKEdmo said: My first job was in Germany with hand drafting. That's the way we did doors at least in schematics. in Canada too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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