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Plan Check

Plan Check

Plan Check examines the current Options for navigating Plan Check are found
floor of a plan , checking for anything on the right side.
that appears to violate common building • C l i c k Next to ignore the current error and
practices. Plan Check may not find all the proceed to the next.
problems in a plan, but does it point out areas
that may need improvement. • C l i c k Previous to return to the previous
error.
• C l i c k Hold to suspend Plan Check so you
Disclaimer: The Plan Check feature in
Chief Architect does not claim to detect can fix the current error. Select Tools>
all building code and design requirements. It Checks> Plan Check again and the
merely compares your plan with common check starts where it left off.
building practices.
• C l i c k Done to terminate Plan Check.
To run Plan Check, select Tools> Checks> If this dialog obscures the floor plan view,
drag its title bar to move it. It remembers its
Plan Check . new position and displays there the next time

Potential plan errors found are usually Plan Check is run.
highlighted in floor plan view. To ensure the
highlighted item is on-screen, make sure the Room Types
entire plan is shown in the window before
you run Plan Check . Plan Check can do a much better job of
checking for problems if it knows what the
Plan Check Dialog rooms in your plan are to be used for, so you
should assign a Room Type to each room in
your plan. See “Room Types and Functions”
on page 414.
The first time Plan Check runs in a plan,
it automatically assigns a room type to as
many undesignated rooms as it can. Some
rooms are determined by their size and
shape, and others by their contents. For
example, a shelf in a small room indicates a
The current error number, along with the closet; a stove or refrigerator indicates a
total number of errors found, is stated at the kitchen; or a bed, a bedroom. If the program
top of the dialog. cannot assign a room type, Plan Check
highlights it and suggests that you do so
A description of the current error displays in
the field on the left. manually.

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