Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Was Revit, now it's Chief

I have to learn more about Chief, I guess. Their videos are a good place to start. They have them about kitchen and bath, color, cabinets--all kinds of things. I made this checklist based on the topics that have given me trouble lately.


Chief Architect Videos: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/

Under 30 min.:

Foundation

q  Additional Floors and Foundation Basics (11 min)

q  Foundation and Bearing Walls (8 min)

q  Stepped Foundation (9 min)

q  Crawlspace Foundation with Framed Interior Bearing Wall (4 min)

q  Creating a Split Level Structure (11 min)

q  Creating a Split Entry (17 min) -  a la Millicomo

Framing

q  Framing Basics (18 min)

q  Setting Platform Depths by Floor or by Area (6 min)

q  Floor and Ceiling Framing (8 videos)

q  Roof Framing (19 videos)

q  Posts, Beams, and Columns (6 videos)

q  Using a Framing Reference [Point] (9 min)

q  Framing Individual Objects (4 min)

Roof

q  Creating a False Gable (5 min)

q  Roof Basics (25 min)

q  Hip Roof (5 min)

q  Dutch Gable Roof (5 min)

q  Generating, Displaying Roofs on a Multi-Level Structure (7 min)

q  Drawing Roofs Manually (7 min)

q  Building a New Roof While Maintaining an Existing Roof (3 min)

q  Locating Roof Plane Intersections (3 min)

q  The Dialogs that Influence Roof Design (8 min)

q  Soffits, Fascia and Gutters (9 min)

q  Using the Gable Roof Line Tool (4 min)

q  Raising and Lowering Roof Planes (3 min)

q  Manually Drawing a Dutch Gable Roof (6 min)

q  Roof Groups (2 min)

q  Automatic Framing: Exposed Rafter Tails, Sub-fascia and Sheathing (15 min)

Site Plan

q  Terrain & Site Plan Basics (13 min)

q  Creating a Terrain Perimeter (4 min)

q  Adding Terrain Elevation Data (13 min)

q  Terrain Features (9 min)

q  Terrain Contours: Absolute Elevations vs. Sea-Level Elevations (3 min)

q  Creating Sloped Terrain and Adding Retaining Walls (7 min)

q  Creating a Site Plan or Plot Plan (11 min)

q  Creating Terrain Setback Lines (3 min)

q  Placing a Plan Footprint on a Site Plan (6 min)

Elevations and Sections

q  Dropping a Floor and Raising the Ceiling of a Room (6 min)

q  Dimensioning Cross Sections & Elevations (11 min)

q  Dimensioning Wall Elevations (9 min)

Construction Documents

q  Creating Layouts and Construction Documents (31 min)

q  Productivity Tips: Saved Plan Views (15 min)

q  Understanding Layers (6 min)

q  Understanding Layer Sets (6 min)

q  Creating Templates from Existing Plans (2 min)

q  The Plan Development Sequence (4 min)

q  Creating a Dynamic Wall Legend (2 min)

q  Reshaping Layout Views (12 min) - pack more on a page; think outside the rect

q  Editing Plan Views on the Layout (5 min)

q  Remodel Process (17 min)

Webinars (>  30 min.)

Foundation

q  Foundations: Crawl/Basement Slab Mixed (98 min)

Framing

q  Floor and Roof Framing (78 min)

q  Wall Framing  (102 min)

Roof

q  Roof Styles Options Details (89 min)

q  Roof Tips and Tricks (110 min)

q  Roofs: 1.5 Story, Multiple Roof Pitches (92 min)

Elevations and Sections

q  Elevations & Cross Sections (77 min)

Construction Documents

q  Remodeling: How to Generate As-built Overlays in 2D-3D (75 min)

q  As-built Measurements Best Practices (115 min)

q  Remodeling: New Addition Framing and Materials List (76 min)

q  As-built Basement Project (52 min)

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