Chief Vs Autocad

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I actually find the whole detailing very confusing and assuming I'm doing it wrong, but every time I create a detail from a view (by zooming in on the portion I want) it copies the whole cross section to the detail. I then have to erase everything that was outside of my view. I know, told you I was doing it wrong. Haven't found any call-out bubbles yet so I did it like this, will dig deeper.

If there is one thing I would recommend you learn from the get go is to use CAD to View as infrequently as possible. This is almost always a waste of time in the long run and is one of the first indications that you are not using the program the way it was intended to, or should be, used. And I can say this with a lot of confidence because I did the same thing for way too long and have watched users come and go from here that have been through the same process. Learn how to model things properly and Chief and you will rarely need View to CAD. Absolutely do not use it for sections, and for detailing only proprietary instances that you can't take care of with more standard, "canned" details. A lot of detailing can be done annotating "live" views of the model using filled polylines as "screens" to not show what you don't want to show.