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Robert(s), thanks for your comments. Both work the same way and get identical results. Is there a way to manipulate one or more of the doors in the schedule to just show feet in lieu of inches? E.g., a very large, wide garage door 22' wide x 8' high. Can someone manipulate it this way? If not, it would display 264" x 96".

Question - is there a way we can modify the Door and Window Schedules to display the sizes in inches rather than current format? Please see attachment for configuration options? DOOR SCHEDULE PDF.pdf

Thanks for the comments. I tried the Custom Library button, but it's only good for placing one object (e.g., AFCI outlet). How can a person remove and reconfigure the six basic objects in the electrical defaults child button?

Question about how we can add and/or arrange current 3D objects in Electrical drop down menu? Attached file shows the default, and very limited 3D objects to select and use in the Electrical plans. My question is - how can we add more (say 15 or so) 3D objects to the drop down menu? That said, how can we arrange or delete some of the default 3D objects in the drop down menu? It would be great to be able to add our own "default" 3D objects such as Single Pole, Two Way, Three Way Switches; 6" Recessed Soffit Lights; Ceiling Fan; 220 Outlet; AFCI Outlet; Pendants; WP GFCI Outlet; Bathroom Ceiling Fan, etc.

Right, for some reason, mine was reconfigured and didn't display correctly. Many thanks again for your help!

Ok, found out what the correct setting should be. 1. Schedule Specification is located in either Door or Window schedules - See attached "1" 2. Existing door (left) and two new doors (D03, D02) to right side - labels shown only for new doors? - See attached "2" 3. Existing door shown without label. See settings "3" 4. New door D03 shown with label and what the incorrect dialog box shows "4" 5. SOLUTION - New door D03 with correct settings that remove the label - "Label Layer / Use System Layer (Doors, Labels) - attachment "5" Next time, I'll try to do a video, and hope this helps anyone else with this question on "Removing Door and Window Labels on Electrical Plans"

Thank you, but where is the Schedule located? Is it in the top task bar...where?

Where do I find "Schedule Specification"? I've looked for it and can't locate.

I still have issues with the label showing up after changing options in "gear" that Eric mentions above. Please see screen shots of labels showing up in sliding door and garage door, even after selecting "Suppress Label" in the dialog boxes. Also, no mention of Labels in the Active Layer Set. This is the Electrical Layer Set by the way.

Eric, Many, many thanks for this! All of the buttons in the "gear" were checked by default. I used your selections and my life is much better.

Hope I'm making sense with subject matter. I've been looking without success, for a button to activate the Active Layer Display Options that highlights the "current layer" that I'm drawing on. E.g., drawing a floor plan and adding text for a note inside a room. Once the note is finished and OK is selected, it's added to the floor plan. Easy peasy. When going back to highlight the "note" nothing in the Active Layer Display Options dialog box indicates the "live" layer that was selected. Is there a setting that I need to select that enables the Active Layer Display Options that shows what the name of the selected layer is? Attaching a simple highlight of label in "Laundry". In the Active Layer Display Options dbx, nothing is highlighted or shows what this layer is?

Sorry Rene. Here's the file for you. I removed it after the "case was solved"

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.