... From: Ray Castano It's late,,, I had set the sun angle date and time after dark!!! No wonder I couldn't get the sun to shine on the model. ****************...
Does ver 9.5 work with adobe ver 5.0 after running it thru the distiller.. Saw a flurry of messages about 9.03....did they fix the code..?? John Florida Mike...
Mark Deck planking is perpendicular to the joists. In order to get a diagonal decking you would have to make the joist direction diagonal and then edit the...
Open letter to ART, Inc. First, I'd like to complement Dermot and the other ART staff posting here on two accounts. First, their professionalism and call it ...
Can roof framing and the roof sheathing be displayed at the same time so some of the roof framing members show up in the 3D and elevation views when undersides...
Chris To fix the lookout you can sometimes select them in 3d framing overview and then drop them without making any change. Chief will usually make them...
Hi All: I do lots of projects with exposed rafter tails, or exposed rafters over porches. I just figured out this week that I can create a transparent ...
I have always liked Chief for the precision placement of lines and objects.. That has dissapeared like Snow in summer. Once we could select a line to move and...
Hi, someone bought the wrong HP cartridge for my printer and destroyed the plastic outer wrap it came in. Staples does not want to take it back. As a result, I...
iam having trouble exporting a plan in dxf format on the base version of chief. i am getting a open dwg error "unable to open init file" if anybody could help...
Is there some place I can find information relating the lights in the "adjustment list" to where they are in the floor plan? It seems like I'm spending a lot...
in a plan view i usually turn off all but one in that dbx, then take a camera shot and render...then in the render view, select the lights i want and adjust...
Hi to all I just imported an old symbol from previous ersion of Chief, it comes in almost perfect except for the cad representation on plan. When i click on...
... comes ... the ... but ... First, create a new 2D block for the symbol. Then, place in your plan the symbol for which you want to create a new 2D block;...
Thanks Jay for your prompt reply. Looks like i have to do that which i want to avoid. In previous versions, werent we able to call up the origianl block, do...
Greetings I purchased a designjet 430 printer (HP) and I have it set for 22 x 34 layout, but I'm not able to print a full page layout, can somebody let me know...
On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 21:06:09 -0600, Tim O'Donnell <boa@...> ... OK, you are doing pretty much what I've been doing. I guess I need to start in render...
Fitch, You may find it easier to open the adjust lights dbx, select all the lights in the list, click the adjust button, go to the Render Data dbx and check ...
Dear?, I'm no expert on this, (but I am awake). What size are you ending up with? Is it close to 22x34 or something off the wall? The blue border that is shown...
Hi, Can anyone else please confirm something for me? Here is the situation, I have imported a dwg survey into a CAD detail plot plan. The dwg contains some...
Bill, I haven't confirmed this in 9.5 but, it was like this in 9.03 as well. I had to resort to using seperate text lines. If I remember correctly, there was a...
Can any wise Chieftans help on the PDF file thing..??? Saw the frurries....did chief ever straighten out their code...so we can print things...in PDF.....was a...
Bill, Ran into a similar situation on last plan out the door for me. This was not imported text, though. I had typed a large block of text and could not...
Hi All, What is the best way to transfer all plans from v9.03 to v9.5? I have copied the Chief Architect Plan folder from old to new versions in the past,but,...
I made the cad boxes of the additional fill patters that we wanted in the walls. Worked great - the patterns appeared in the drop down list. I'd like to adjust...
Bill, I did just try out the text in 9.5. Other than not being able to set the size more than 120 I had no problem. It didn't matter which justify setting I...
