Renerabbitt

Would you please post your .plan file and .layout file

seems to be a glitch, in elevation view the coordinates of the note are in Y and Z coordinates BUT if you open the note in question those same coordinates are listed under X and Y coordinates respectively

another vid! Larry I tried to focus a bit more on the benefit for the roof plan in particular 2019-02-15 10-35-18.mp4

Also, being able to keep macros contained to a New vs Existing plans really helps eliminate some difficult scripting. Say you have an existing window SHGC and U-Factor macro- I don't have to mess around with which windows are new or existing, or have to switch default windows etc..., I just get to drop it in a text box and it's done because the plans are split apart.

welcome, this has been a productive back and forth, thanks for your time as well. It's like I haven't fully grasped the weight of these methods to properly convey why I think they are so important. Hard to describe really. My template existing plan has default materials that blank out patterns and grey out walls. I don't ever need to go into a DBX for layer properties ever again! if it weren't for the User Library, I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE FULL SCREEN WOOOOO! 2019-02-14 16-52-05.mp4

beat me to it

An easy workaround with the new wall schedule- drop in a schedule and then hit this button from your toolbar: to open your interior wall type and edit or find in plan:

would you mind posting your .plan file?

Its "Ren-nay" but most people just call me Rab or Rabbitt Quick vid about elevations 2019-02-14 09-11-07.mp4

2019-02-13 16-10-19.mp4

Joe I'm new to macros so I don't immediately see the use-case for what you are mentioning. Can you give an example of use for note-room attributes with OIP's?

My vids always take a while to process, maybe because I record in 1080? will be fuzzy for 10 minutes

this! +1 haha

seems so obvious now- good one

made a vid about it in that post 1060 v 1070 UPS and also, Googles Backup and Sync now has the capability to sync any file in any location on windows...including your ramdisk. Not to mention my ramdisk is backed up at every shut down through the ramdisk software to an .img file- so even if somehow I lost power and somehow google backup and sync was turned off I would only lose that days work I did in the User Library, nothing more. But I save the .plan files used to create symbols which is backed up to microsoft OneDrive so even those library items would be recoverable

which reminds me- would love it if chief could show items like windows and doors and electrical outlets without needing the wall layer turned on

Ok, totally getting it- guess the easy "work-around" is to create "plumbing off" "plumbing on" "framing off" "framing on" layer sets so that you can leave the plan loaded up 5 times and only need to switch the referenced layer set. The reason for the similar names would be to keep the toggle immediately above or below the current layer set for an easy "switch"

Yeah I watched- apologies, the straight to the point answer is no, I guess what I'm wondering is why would you want to? though I will say that @Alaskan_Son had a great quote the other day, paraphrasing- something along the lines of you may be onto something, it may become relevant someday and should be considered

I believe he is specifically using CA for rendering purposes and is working diligently to recoup initial investment costs. The byproduct being that he is learning a powerful software that may prove very valuable to him in the future. I know I've been in plenty of instances when I underestimate and over-promise. I personally have never read more than a paragraph of the manual and have maybe watched 6 of the videos all the while the help button has been existence forever unbeknownst to me...to each his own learning method! I am quite certain that a good number of people have learned something new from this post alone, let alone his other posts. Nearly 600 views, with at least 75 users online at any time with 2000+ users logging in daily. Roofs are challenging to new users, he posed an interesting question or two and even uncovered the little known ability of pitching a roof on a z axis via a forum responder. I only became a forum member in 2016 but have been in the software well over 10 years- sometimes it doesn't suit a personality to show humility and ask questions that may be perceived as dumb or uneducated when really he has the ability to ask and he is getting responses- and really really good ones at that! We get a " which laptop" thread almost every week- still doesn't annoy me, just makes me smile and you know what, every time I learn something new about laptops!

I think Joe is pointing you in the right direction, it seems that you are trying to setup the reference set to replace saved plan views. Maybe there is a method lurking there that isn't immediately apparent to me. Something to note, reference plans will rob you of computer resources if too many are loaded in. I'm sure people will be creative in their utilization of the new reference capabilities. I use it to show a "new floor plan" plan view over an "existing floor plan" plan view, or a "braced wall plan" plan view on top of a "foundation plan" plan view, or a "new roof only" plan view over an "existing floor plan" plan view. in actuality it doesn't reference plan views, but that is how I establish my layersets-through plan views. As a remodeller my workflow is this:(over-explained for clarity) Specify my layers/line weights/colors within a layer set, specific to the type of information I wish to present in the eventual plan view I will commit...being sure to omit the information that is not relevant. Specify my anno defaults and associate with the layer set, so that when I switch to that anno set, it will switch to the associated layer set. Establish a plan view that will associate with this anno set. When I switch to the "E-PLAN" plan view, my anno set switches to "E-PLAN ANNO" which switches my layerset to "E-PLAN 1/4." go do takeoffs/as-builts and save plan view as "E-PLAN" open a new plan and switch to my "NEW FLOOR PLAN" plan view and turn on reference to the as-built plan, referencing the "E-PLAN 1/4" layerset. If I need to edit something on that layer set I just go to that plan view and select my "E-PLAN" plan view.

ha nice, I need to re-install X-10, I deleted it from my RAMdisk

To Rockys defense, there have been some very curt and albeit rude responses to his queries. We are all here helping him voluntarily-key word there, if you don't like his learning methods, don't read his posts...don't volunteer. A challenging student makes for a better teacher. I've already learned a trick or two in attempting to explain a method to Rocky. Rocky's challenging because he is brand new yet possesses some core understanding from a similar software. I struggled through CA, and I wish I had asked more questions- it can be extremely cumbersome going through video after video without true reference. When I get some time I'll clean up my anno sets and load some up for you Rocky so you can take a look. His posts have led to some fantastic videos on roof building methods and more...I say keep going

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I'm not sure that the clock speed on ram makes a huge difference, I went with 3000, makes a difference for OC With the right setup for backing up files, installing CA's core program to a ramdisk is laughably fast-like words cant describe it- makes me giggle. You should try it, honestly- its like a face slapper. NVME can't touch a Ramdisk the same way an SSD can't compare to an NVME.