there are web sites that track fuel prices such as: http://gasbuddy.com/ http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html ...
Hi Lenita, If you went ahead and ran the patch, check the version number of Chief under Help>About on the menu bar. I bet you will find that Chief is patched...
However, the ver 10.08a update included some changes to the material.dat file so those changes probably wouldn't be applied. What needs to be done is to...
Hi guys.. can any of you tell me if the system I'm using to run renderings on needs to be upgraded to run faster? I like to keep mine on pretty high settings...
When I click on a cabinet or other object and drag the sides the dimensions do not show up showing the new size. I've obviously turned off something and can't...
The modification that was made to the linestyles is just like the one that Tim O'D made for transparent stairs and so, it isn't necessary to jump through any...
it is a not the same linestyle...it is one of smaller dashes and spaces...this is the linestyle that was added... *TinyDash,Tiny dash __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __...
Carey There is a tool that will shut off temp dims,,,, it looks like a capital T with a double ended arrow at a 45deg angle under the T. You may have hit it! ...
Hi That machine looks pretty good to me (no geek here) I have the same card and noticed a big (slower) difference between 9.5 and 10.o. What I've done and may...
Unless other personal line styles were added this time or the next time. Hopefully, CA will store the line styles in the library in ver 11 :) Lew ... one that...
Hi Tim, Thanks for clarifying that....my apologies to all for the incorrect information. 8^) Bill Shideler Homes By Design http://www.HomesByDesign.ws ...
Lewis, This is not good advice. If you do it this way, when you copy your custom linestyles back into Material.dat, you need to add them BEFORE the additional...
Folks, I have an existing chimney I have to model, though this is not an uncommon design. The exterior portion of the chimney is perhaps 4' wide until it...
Thank you Tim, great reference site............ Erik ... From: chief-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:chief-users@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim O'Donnell ...
Hi All I am considering buying a laptop mainly to take out on site when I am measuring existing buildings so I can input straight into Chief. There are so many...
Folks, Made some progress on my own. Have a multi section chimney that looks great in elevation and 3D views. Doesn't show up on the plan views, except for the...
Steve, Acer, ASUS, Toshiba or top end 15" Dell with a brite screen, Pentium 4-2.8 or better, 1Gig RAM minimum, OpenGL 128Mb+ NVIDIA style graphics card, XP-Pro...
Steve - you can put this in the round file as advise you didn't ask for... Two drawbacks I've found to the draw it on site in Chief method (I've tried it) are...
Thanks Mike That is the sort of feedback I'm looking for. I find that site measuring is also very time consuming and with my writing it is sometimes a bit hard...
I as well have tried it and I totally agree with Mike, it can be a nightmare, especially if you accidentally move a wall or something and you don't have paper...
Mike: I haven't tried to doing Chief on site as I think I would be terminally slow at it. There are some who, like Louis, who can do this but they are very...
Glenn: That may be, but I am reciting the advice given by Dan Parks that CA relies on their line styles being where they expect them to be. I think they use...
Hell, My stonemason grandfather taught me to wear braces and a belt when I was apprenticed! However, my first preference is always to contract a surveyor to do...
Hi Andy I have used polysolids to build the chimney.If you have a fireplace,use that tool first.It should show up in plan.Or turn the chimney off and use cad...
Any P line solids drawn in elevation view appear on the first floor. Either fake it by drawing some cad lines on the second floor to represent the chimney ...
Steve, IMHO...... Hardcopy reference materials are invaluable when one is off-site & trying to remember the how's & why's of the project... once you've...
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