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Johnny, Yes, I think I can do this. ie, columns of text with automatic paragraph numbering over all the columns. I just put the finishing touches on and I will probably do a vid.

Johnny, I'm not 100% sure of your exact setup or how you got there. Are you using Bullets in the Paragraph Options? Are you changing the size of the text box, or are you trying to do it in the Rich Text Specification dbx?

Dimension Defaults...Locate Objects...Openings...check Casing, uncheck Sides. Seems crazy that these Temp Dim settings are controlled by the default dimension settings and not the Temp Dim settings.

Johnny, In Layout, do you have Line Weights toggled on? I would guess the answer is no. This setting works the same in floor plan view as well. With this setting toggled on, and when you zoom, the text will remain the same size in relation to the plan, ie, it's screen size will change. With Line Weights toggled off, the text screen size stays the same with zooming. Or, alternatively, you can get the same results by toggling on Print Preview. I have always thought that a setting like Minimum Display Size, like we have for Dimensions and Labels, should be available for line styles.

Yes, I hav e seen this happ en as wel l.

Johnny, You can't use Text Styles with Rich Text. On the Text Style panel of the ordinary Text Specification box, you can select Use Layer For Text Style (which I think is what you want), Use Text Style, or Use Custom Text Style. This is also available with text defaults. These options are not available with Rich Text. All your text boxes are Rich Text. Unfortunately, you can change ordinary Text to Rich Text, but you can't go the other way. But, it is easy though, to multiple select all the Rich Text boxes and open the dbx. Change any settings you need (like font) and do all the Rich Text boxes at once.

Preferences...Architectural...Roofs...check Automatically Place Roof Intersection Points.

The only differences between the Preview and the Final View Options can be found at Preferences...Render. These are Show Images, Reflections in Mirrors, Use Textures and Software Edge Smoothing. Apart from those options, there should be no other differences between the two 2 view types.

They are baseboards belonging to your dormer. Why do you have the dormer drawn on Level 1? Probably better to cut and paste it up to the attic. Also, why do you have an invisible wall and window there?

Scott, I mean the "live" or automatic association is broken. ie, you have to manually update the view in layout, just as you describe. I think we are agreeing.

Johnny, No, you do not need to send a pic to get color and shadows on an elevation in layout. If the view in Layout is a Live View and Update always, the layout view should be exactly the same as the actual elevation - ie, the color toggle, shadows and view (vector, standard glass house, etc) type. So get your actual elevation setting set up correctly and send as Live View, Update Always and all should be OK. If you use Plot Lines (with or without Color Fill), the live association between the actual elevation and the layout view is broken.

Hold on, I'll just polish up my crystal ball! Post the plan!

I would leave auto build roof on, create another floor for the loft and check "Ignore Top (1st) Floor" in the Build Roof dbx.

As long as you have View...Color toggled on.

If you want to use a sun, from the Sun Angle Specification dbx, change Lat and Long to zero, Sept, 22, 2015, 12pm, GMT 00:00. That should get you fairly close to overhead. Or, better yet, upgrade to X8.

Johnny, I watched the vid, particularly the bit you mentioned on the massing. I believe Chief can do it just as well AND auto build the roof, foundation, etc as the model is being built. As I mentioned above in the last post, you are not restricted to drawing in a 2D plan, Chief allows drawing and editing in 3D. If I get time, I will try and do a vid that duplicates what you see in the Vectorworks vid.

Nic, I'm not 100% sure what you mean by "elevation views". But, in Chief, you can control levels, room heights, etc in cross section views and even 3D views by direct dragging or through the dbx. This is great for massing studies. If you turn on auto roofs, auto foundations, etc, it is a very fast way to manipulate and visualise a concept. I did a video a while back on this, but can't remember where it is.

Mark, What does that mean?

Barrett, In your picture, it looks to me like you are using the Point To Point Dimension tool with Grid Snaps toggled on. The points are snapping to your grid - the way it is designed to work. You should be able to string a Running Dimension line across all the framing - it works for me. Do you have Framing checked on the Locate Objects panel of the Dimension Default that you are using? Maybe post a plan demonstrating your problem. I think the problem could be user error.

Perry, Are you 100% sure about that? I know in older versions that was possible, but that was a few versions back. It used to cause a lot of problems that way. Layers can have different names in different layer sets, but as I understand it, layers exist in all layer sets. How do you create a layer in only one layer set?

Shane, You first need to build the framing (I will let you work that out). Select the wall and on the Edit toolbar select "Open Wall Detail".

I don't understand what you are saying about the walls moving, but does this setting help? Wall Specification dbx...General panel...Lock: Start, Center or End? If not, can you post a pic or video of the problem.

Send it in as a bug.

What happens when you turn Print Preview on? What happens when you print? Is the same problem visible in the print?