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Because you have them toggled on to display - makes no difference whether they have entities on them or not. Now, if you click on the Used column, you will see the layers that have entities on them at the top of the list.

CJT1963, I know nothing about HDP, only CA. Those wall types are EASILY achievable in CA. In fact, those dbx's look like they are from at least 3 or 4 versions back - there have been many improvements since then. Here in Oz, we use timber stud frame, cavity brick and brick veneer ALL the time - no problem. You could probably specify just about any type of wall you could want or ever think of - defining a wall type is the last thing you will need to be concerned about. I would be interested to know, more specifically, what the UK users are dissatisfied with.

Michael, Yes, this setting is view specific - so you can have a different default for each CAD Detail. Similar to the way that sun settings in 3D views are view specific - ie, per camera view.

It's important to note that the Display Line Length Format setting only applies to lines that have Show Length and Show Angle checked. Also, the Display Line Length Format setting is view specific. ie, it can be set independently for floor plans (different on each floor), elevations (different in each elevation.

Mark, It seems that you may be a little confused as to how materials work. The Alder(blonde) material performs the same function as your white paint. The white paint is replacing the timber finish. These materials have nothing to do with the structure of the door - only how they appear in a 3D view. The best way to control how your door will appear in the Material List is to use the Components dbx. Here, you can change entries like the Description, or you can add Sub Categories. eg, you could change the Description of the standard Hinged-Slab door to Flush Timber Door.

1. In an elevation view, you can use either temp or permanent dims to size and locate a MR. 2. A polyline, a polysolid, circle or ant enclosed cad shape. 3. Edit the MR shape or draw what you want with cad and then convert to MR. Maybe it's time to start helping yourself by reading the manual and trying a few things.

Russell, It should open within Chief with File...Open Plan. Or, Control Panel..Default Programs...Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program.

You need to check "Cut Finish Layers of Parent Object" - then the Material Region will cut into the wall thickness and give you a recessed shadow line. I think you are going to have problems at the vertical wall edges though. The MR will not wrap around a corner.

Drag a Room Divider wall perpendicular to, and at the end of the thick cavity wall. Then drag the Room Divider wall up to the cad line - the end of the thick wall will move with the Room Divider wall.

Joe, You beat me to it.

It is probably Chief writing an undo file.

I love your work Yusuf!

You should be able to dimension in an elevation view. It is probably one of your dimension defaults and/or annoset settings. Post a plan and an explanation of what you are trying to dimension.

Rod, The tutorial says "Convert Polyline" NOT "Convert TO Polyline".

I am not sure there is a Convert to Polyline tool. What are you trying to do? Convert Curve to Polyline Convert Spline to Polyline Convert to Plain Polyline Convert to Polyline Object Convert Polyline

Joe, you got it - sort of. And that's how all my normal dimensions are formatted in Chief. Except for site plan dimensions and notations which would normally be in meters (eg: 24.476m or 6.5m). But...a lot depends on things like context and the magnitude of the units. But, to answer your original question - we would not normally refer to the perimeter dimension of a room (why would we need to?). In most cases, If we were notating or dimensioning the size of a room (width x breadth), we would use mm (3600 x 4200) - on say a con doc. However, if were talking about the same room, we would say ("3.6 by 4.2 meters"). If the same room was in a sales brochure it would probably be indicated as "3.6m x 4.2m" Simple as......

Joe It looks like it going on Graeme's (Kiwideziner - from NZ) post #12.

Joe, Not in Oz. We would never use a comma as a separator. We could have 1, 2, or 3 decimal places, depending on the accuracy needed. And we would usually drop any zero's from the end. So 14.112m would usually do it, but quite often the m would be left off because it is obvious that we are indicating meters. And same as Graeme in the post above.

Probably no need to do that, this is already available. I note that you are talking about manual dimensions - not auto. Have you checked what Dimension Default your current Annoset is using. My guess is that your current Dimension Default is not set to "Interior Wall Centres" in your current Annotation Set.

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Micael, We are talking about the Description column. You can change the Description in the Components dbx for all the door types except the Pass-Thru. There is no door "component" (because there is no door) for a Pass-Thru as for the other door types, so there is no door entry to change the Description. Like Joe says, you will need to use another column like Comments.

Shane, As I said, open the Component dbx (Edit toolbar) for the pass-thru and in the Description column, change "Pass-Thru" to "Security Curtain". The Description column in the window schedule will now say "Security Curtain" for that Pass-Thru.

Shane, Window Schedule dbx...General Panel...Objects to Include...scroll down and check Pass-Thrus. You can change the Description in the Components dbx for the window and that will then show in the Description column of the schedule instead of Pass-Thru which is the default.

Scott, A bit hard to control exact slope using a terrain. ie, making it 10deg slope (2 1/8 in 12) And I think having roofs inside rooms with other ceilings and roofs above is asking for trouble

I would use a roof plane - very straight forward and controllable. You can shape it and slope it any way you want. Copy it to a blank plan and convert it to symbol and copy back into the original plan. By making a symbol of it, it won't be treated as a roof plane and thus it won't cut walls, etc. Only takes a couple of minutes to build it.