parkwest

Might be better to ask your building dept. exactly what they want... ask to see examples.

Shouldn't there be a "perfect setting" button on the ray trace dbx?

Did the power user post a link to a video?

Did they mention when they might have that function working in CA?

Have you tried "sun follow camera" yet?

I am guessing you need to deactivate X9 before you can log into and activate X8.

Sign me up, if you still have an open spot.

Do you still have my email from earlier?

Why not pay up SSA for the next year and get going already?

Yeah, the key to it was getting the foundation poured right... after that everything else was a piece of cake... drywall hangers really loved us.  They said they only need a couple measurements per room... everything just fit.

I never could get the numbers to work for building walls off site... transportation costs...

Do you know a guy by the name of Greg Clark up in your area?

I never let poor planning planning on someone else's part become a crisis for me...

But... if they have the money, I can find the time...

When I was still framing, the cutlists came in handy.  We would set up a wall-less tent for shade and set up a sliding miter cut station and a panel saw.  The forklift would feed material in one end and out the other came all the lumber cut to fit... we had an assembly table for doors and windows, along with corner and partition jacks.

We would assemble the walls then with studs, plates, window and doors assemblies, etc, add the housewrap, drop in the windows, add soffit assembly, siding and trim, hook up the wall jacks, lift, and voila! we had a whole house framed in a couple of days.

That is where the cutlists came in handy!

Interesting, SoftPlan and SolidBuilder both had this feature of sheathing layout optimization available in the mid 90's with a one button click.  Even gave you a cutlist for sheathing.  I assumed no one ever used it on CA...

Downloaded X9 this morning and worked on a duplex all afternoon.. no problemo!

This video took me back in time... I felt like I was having a flashback to using Acad v2.0 in the early 80's.

Look for the update layout button.

Whatever happened to Lotus 123 or Wordperfect?...

Buy what you need to get the job done Today!  If something better comes along in the future, then buy that.

Don't get lost in analysis paralysis...

Worrying about what software will be the best for you five years down the road is CRAZY!

3 hours ago, johnny said:

 

Except there is no mandatory schooling or training prerequisite to getting a marriage license - such as courses on being a better husband or wife.  Perhaps if there were things would be different in many marriages.

 

When I say people should be licensed I am also suggesting there be training or schooling associated to reinforce the process.  Even training under a "master" for some time would be enough for many people.

And would your worldview change if you saw a traffic cop on a motorcycle giving a fine to a driver in an SUV for NOT wearing a seatbelt?

Who will be the wizard of oz?

What is that Latin phrase for, "buyer beware?"

2 hours ago, johnny said:

 

...and speed limits and laws dont stop everyone from breaking them while hurting others.  Doesn't mean we should abandon laws altogether.

 

It just seems a little nuts to me that home appraisers and realtors have to go through a process to get licensed (with continuing education) and yet the most potential dangerous and impactful aspect of structural home design can be done by anyone with CAD (in many states).  A bad designer can effect the value of someone's investment more than a bad appraiser or realtor, not to mention down right dangerous.

 

To be perfectly clear, I don't think every home designer needs to be an architect.  However, I do think there should be some requirements and licensing involved.

Bad marriages have destroyed more people and their assets than any bad house design ever did... and marriages are licensed by the state!  If licensing is there to reduce risk, shouldn't marriages be outlawed?

Yeah Johnny, that licensing pipe dream has worked great protecting we the people from bad builders, bad doctors, bad lawyers, bad plumbers, bad drivers, and especially bad marriages!!! lmao

53 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said:

You know Scott Hall put over a 1000 videos up on David's site (Chief tutor), are they still there?

I thought I was on the wrong page the other day.....

Great find, Ray.  Now I can dig my 450C out of storage.

How much does the print driver. costs?

May I suggest a book I bought back in 1990 written by Architect, June Norris Curran?

It has checklists covering each page of your con docs.

Drafting House Plans

A simplified drafting system for planning and designs

I suggest you do like I did when I first started and make every mistake possible in CA as fast as you can so you can figure out how to fix your mistakes... then you are ready to start designing houses with CA.

I learned something new tonight... what used to be called a single pole is now called a 2 way...

Switch - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch

SoftPlan 2016 New Fetaures: SoftPlan+ | SoftPlan http://softplan.com/?page_id=2229

I use the Google Earth export feature for laying out apartments and subdivisions... pretty cool tool.