glennw

9 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

did you update your software?

I have now - I must have missed that one.

I think Move To Folders only works with the user catalog.

It is working for me.

11 hours ago, glennw said:

But I guess you are looking for different colors for different framing types.

You can, of course, do this in 3D.

Have a look here.

But I guess you are looking for different colors for different framing types.

Try Backup Entire Plan with the Plan Files only and the Zip Archive options.

It should be easy to use auto roofs to do both buildings at once.

Auto roofs will build the roof over both buildings.

Post the plan.

When you say "images", I am assuming you mean symbols.

Do you mean something like this?

Start off by using Search.

You can scroll down or make the window larger to see more.

You can rotate the symbol in the Preview pane.

Select the room and open the Room Specification dbx >Options>Roof Group

 As well as breaking the left hand wall try putting each area in a different Roof Group.

Having something wrong with your auto roofs usually means there is something wrong with your walls/ rooms.

Post the plan.

Drew,

You may be able to use a Wall Material Region with Cut Finish Layers from Parent Object and then locate your corner molding over that.

The attached pic is just to demonstrate the technique - you would need to resize and locate as required.

Gene,

I don't think it has anything to do with the pony wall.

It is a plain old polyline.

As Robert says.

Maybe post a typical plan with cross sections and describe what is not working for you and what you would like to see.

Someone here will give you some suggestion if you can be more specific.

I am not sure if this helps or not.

I used a Corner Board with a Quoin on top.

I think the problem is caused by the lower extension on the 16' dimension is not locating the wall - it is locating a point which means that you probably used the point to point dimension tool.

2 hours ago, westvale said:

I was searching for the tool you suggested and didn't find it but found another that's called Rotate Plan View.  Worked great, but I'm having to rotate all my text manually, even new text is created in the wrong direction.  Anyone know if there's a quick fix for that?

Rotate Plan View doesn't do what you are expecting it to do.

This tool rotates the drawing sheet and everything on it - like snap and reference grids and cartesian coordinates.

It does not rotate the plan on the drawing sheet.

My advice is to stay clear of this tool unless you really know what you are doing.

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Rotate Plan View

To rotate everything in a plan view, including all objects on all floors, the Snap and Reference Grids, the plan’s Cartesian coordinates, and the drawing sheet, select Tools> Rotate Plan View to open the Rotate Plan View dialog. See 3D Drafting.

Enter the degrees to rotate the plan view to using decimal units with either positive or negative values. The degrees rotated displays in ±180º format. For example, if you enter 270º, it displays as -90º when the dialog is reopened.

Rotate Plan View  rotates a plan relative to its original orientation. For example, entering 90º twice results in a rotation of 90º, not 180º.

Text objects rotate with the plan unless you uncheck Rotate with Plan in the Text Specification dialog for each object. See Rich Text Specification Dialog.

Rotate Plan View only affects the currently active plan view. If you would like the current plan view to retain its rotation the next time it is opened, check Remember Zoom/Rotation in its specification dialog. See Plan View Specification Dialog.

If you use Rotate Plan View  and then use either the CAD Detail from View  or Plan Footprint  tool, the CAD Detail window that is created will permanently inherit the same rotation as the plan view. If you later modify the plan view’s rotation, the CAD Detail will not be affected. See CAD Details and Plan Footprint.

The Rotate Plan View tool does not rotate objects; it literally rotates only your view of those objects. As a result, it does not alter the orientation of the plan in layout views or on the printed page.

 

Hi Joe,

Does this help?

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3. NKBA Auto Dimensions

In Chief Architect X13 and prior, the NKBA Auto Dimension and NKBA Auto Elevation Dimension tools had restricted default settings that met drawing standards set by the National Kitchen and Bath Association. In order to allow greater flexibility in Version X15, these tools have been merged into the other Auto Dimension tools. In plan files created using a template installed with Version X15, NKBA compliant dimensions can be created using the "Kitchen and Bath Dimension Defaults". In legacy plans opened in Version X15, use the "Legacy NKBA Dimension Defaults". See Dimension Defaults Dialog.

 

Yes, I agree and have ben asking for this for years.

Here:

I have this if it is any use.

Can you post a simple plan that demonstrates this.

I have tried many ways but cannot reproduce the problem.

Maybe not quite what you want, but there are some distressed paint colors in the library.

11 hours ago, Sandor09 said:

1 - Why do I see stone at the ends of the wall when I create just one wall, I would like to see as the image 1A from AutoCAD? image 1

Create a very thin wall with one layer defined as Air Gap.

Draw it at 90deg to the end of the main wall.

Put it on it's own layer and hide that layer - an invisible wall won't work.

10 hours ago, Sandor09 said:

2 - When I turn a corner why does the hatch (pattern) not all go in the same direction? image 2

Because that is how the hatch pattern is defined.

You can have 2 different wall definitions with different hatch in each direction, but it hardly seems worth it to me.