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Thanks Brett! Appreciate your help too.

Eric, Many, many thanks for this video! This is exactly what I was trying to do/create. Very helpful!

Attaching the .plan file for you, Eric, and Rene's use. The window labels are not stacked and the elevations only show what my screenshot shows above in this thread.

Please see attached PDF of the floor plan and Window Specification. Also including the cross section view to better show what I'm after. I want to be able to show both door label and window label for second floor shown in PDF. 1. Door_Window Schedule 4 PDF - Door D08 label shown on floor plan. Two windows above are not shown on floor plan 2. Door_Window Schedule 5 - Cross section showing the door D08 below two clerestory windows above. I need to show labels (e.g., W04) on floor plan and elevations. They should automatically populate, but I don't see where these can be selected. 3. Door_Window Schedule 6 - shows the clerestory window is included in Schedule, but there's no mention of the label anywhere indicating this is (e.g., Window W04). I can't follow your description, so wanted to include more info on what I'm trying to find out. All I'm trying to determine is how to show the labels for windows and doors that are above or below each other on the floor plan and elevations. Best - Door_Window Schedule 4 PDF.pdf

I have, hopefully, a quick question regarding how to determine the window and door type shown on the floor plan. I have a series of clerestory windows above doors. To select them I just use the Tab key in floor plan view. I open them up in the Window Schedule, and it lists everything about the particular window EXCEPT the window designation (e.g., W01). Is there a setting that I need to select that shows this in the Schedule. Please see attached Camera view of the far left window for an example. The attached Schedule doesn't list the actual window designation anywhere. The only way to see what type of window this is, is to look on the respective Window Schedule. Very, very time consuming and unnecessary if we just had a check mark in the Schedule. Attachment 3 is what I'm trying to show in the elevations. I do this manually, but to search for the windows and doors in their Schedules is very time consuming.

Rene, Very, very helpful and as always, appreciate your help.

TT, You're simply genius! It works. I did as you instructed and it even sorted the Demo notes right after the Numbered notes. Many thanks to you and Rene.

I unchecked the Text field sort by. Still not working. TT, apologies. When I'm entering a new keynote value (e.g., 08) for example, I copy the keynote comment above (e.g., 07) and paste below the previous one. I double click on the new value, 08 for example, and change the info in the dialog box that opens up. I did this for 01 thru 20 and didn't have any problem with sorting. Problem occurred when adding a different type of note "Demo 01" for example. It threw this into the schedule and rearranged everything. Attaching the .Plan file of Schedule

TT, I tried your idea. It works until I remove the "Text Above Line". See screen shots 1 thru 5 Robert, I'll attach the plan file Schedule Tried sending the .plan file and keep getting error message -200 SEE ATTACHED

TT, not sure what you mean or how you get there, but here's my screen shot. I don't have a "Text Above" option. Attaching screen shot.

By the way, CA has one of the best rendering tools around. It's their CAD feature set that needs an overhaul.

This is crazy. I created a brand new schedule on a new Plan file. Imported the text boxes and created a new Notes Schedule. It did not sort from 01 to 20. I'm really trying to support Chief Architect, but it's things like this that make me consider other CAD programs. With new upgrades, they add items that we'll never use (e.g. 3-D framing tools), but simple things like this Notes Schedule and the Text command (WYSIWYG) remains unchanged year after year. With the increase in our SSA subscriptions, X16 had better be significant, or they'll lose me as a sincere, 26-year customer.

I'm having difficulty sorting the first column in a Notes Schedule. In the attached, column one is not only out of order numerically, but there's other note info (e.g., Demo 01) that is shown out of order. I tried searching but to no avail. Hoping there's a quick workaround and not having to drag each entity to its proper order. Please see attached.

Jason, thanks for this info. This might be a good solution and will try it.

You could continue to do this, but the numbering system would have to be done each time you drag them into the project. I was trying to find out if you could simply pick what you needed from a menu, drag them into a dialogue box, and they would populate and be numbered in order that you dropped them into the box.

Thanks for the info. It appears that this is not available in CA yet. Will have to do a workaround and appreciate the link to the vid.

I tried the Search feature for anything available for what appears to be a simple note schedule. Trying to create a General Notes schedule that has a variety of options in a column or menu. When adding notes to, say, a floor plan, all you do is individually select (e.g., "2x6 exterior walls w/R21 insulation...") This is added into some type of Keynote Schedule and populates as you select the next item. There would be a large number of these individual notes, and different ones would be used on different projects. As they're added into the schedule, they number themselves, and once you're finished, Send To Layout with appropriate scale. I watched two videos on Schedules, but they weren't much help. Going to screen capture what this General Notes / Keynotes list would look like. Keynotes Example X15 PDF.pdf

Kevin, thank you for this info. When Dropbox asks if I want to link or sync my personal Dropbox account, do I tell it "no"? This is what the desktop app was asking last night and I wasn't sure what to do, as it wanted to make a copy to my Windows computer. Am attaching two screenshots of the questions DB asked. Not sure what to do here?

Kevin, you nailed it. We got on a GoToMyPC call and found that his Dropbox is pointed to his online account (obviously). Mine is pointed to my PC. We tried without success to point my PC and Dropbox to the online version of his. I even used his credentials and logged in online and able to see all of the folders, etc. Do you know how to point my PC to the online version of Dropbox of my associates? Going to attach a screen shot to show what it looks like on my PC. Screenshot 1 - This is my PC with incorrect Dropbox link. I open X15 Layout or Plan files and it reaches to my PC rather than online Dropbox.

Thanks Rene for your comments as always. The only time that both of us are working on the file together is when we have a GoToMyPC meeting. I shut my PC down at night, as well as my colleague (I think). The issue starts when I try and access the folder on my PC in the morning to start working. My colleague can't see the changes that I've made to the plan set (Layout and Plan files). Mine shows all of the updated changes, but he cannot see anything I've updated when viewing the folder inside Dropbox.

What we're trying to do is to be able to share the X15 file which has a full set of house plans (Layout, Plan files, images, etc.) in a Folder inside Dropbox. We both need to be able to access it and make changes and then save it back to Dropbox. When I open the Layout file, it's not accessing Dropbox online. I make changes and save the Layout/Plan files, but it doesn't post back up inside Dropbox. What we don't want is a bunch of folders inside Dropbox with various dates where the Layout/Plan files were all saved. Just trying to use one folder with all contents inside related to this house project.

Am having extreme difficulty saving a Layout or Plan file from X15 into Dropbox for another team member to view and modify. We did a GoToMyPC meeting this morning and we both dropped "image" files (PDF and JPEG) into the shared online "live" folder. Populated right away and we both could see these. When I start working on a Layout or Plan file, I use the typical commands to open each respective file. It's loading from Dropbox, but it's not the "live" link to the model that lives inside Dropbox. I cannot access the "live" Dropbox online link for some reason. Any changes made throughout the day are not copied back to Dropbox online, rather are copied back to my Dropbox file in the PC. Attaching an image showing where the Dropbox settings reside on my PC. This has to be a simple solution in a setting, I'm just not able to see it. Dropbox Link Conflict PDF.pdf

Thank you for this update on Dropbox. Lot of good info in this thread!

Rene, thanks for sharing your vid, as I just finished watching it. Since you're part of the Chief beta team, could I suggest an idea here? How about a new layer called "Changes / Modifications" or whatever your beta team would commit to? You'd click on the icon in the rightmost panel (where Snaps, Lineweights, etc. live). It would track the current floor plan and the new layer could be added on top, where the changes could take place. It would have a different color (selected by user) and a new Reference Display dedicated to the new modifications to the floor plan. The person or team opening the new/updated project would see the existing floor plan, but now would have this overlay or layer showing changes that were made by another team member. All they would have to do is click an "update original floor plan" command, and it would unlock the new layer and apply the new updates. The person or team would just remove the existing objects and it would blend the floor plans together. It could be something similar to Photoshop layers but very easy to understand and make changes. AutoCAD has XRef's and this suggestion in Chief could be a workaround.

Rene, Since you're an expert on Dropbox, my collaborator and I just tried an experiment from separate states. He sent me a text folder, with link to DB. I clicked the link and DB opened. I selected the file and couldn't preview it, and the only option was to download the file. We're trying to be able to access the file together (e.g., XYZ.plan) and not have to download it to a remote computer (mine). He is able to do this with a desktop shortcut icon and get right into DB/ X15. If I try to make a shortcut on DB, it only allows me to access the folder and need to download the file.