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I like to add the floor height and the ceiling height so I can take a quick look and see what they are without having to open up a DBX to check.

If you will be using it for a business, to make money, then get Premier, you'll need it.

You can also just Zip it.

It depends on how you built it.

Fixed it just playing around, straightened a few things, added another break in the landing and brought it back from the upper floor just a tad. Edit btw your rail walls weren't aligned with the wall below also.

You can use room devider walls to get the different floor heights, the space between the floors should generate automatically.

No walls? Now that's a problem.

I purposely do not download all the libs. I just don't want all the junk in the trunk. I will download as I need it ,and always have. So what I'm hearing is, I will have to pay later for not downloading now. Not good.

Sometimes if you back the stairs out a little ( but still be connected) will fix that. The stairs need to be in an exact location. They very easily can move. I usually lock them when they are good to go.

Not a fan ,but we will see where this is headed.

Remember roof planes in that condition should stop at the exterior wall finish ,not the studs.

Delete the molding in that room and create a molding room polyline, and show and hide molding on any section of that line.

Here(Calif.) we have to put so much info on the plans, I couldn't charge by the hour, and never have. People just wouldn't go for that. They want to know up front what the fee is (by the S.F.). My incentive is to do it faster and I make more money on it, but that is difficult these days. I'm getting slower and or the cities are making it slower for everything. I understand most of the Country does not experience this ,and would like to retire in a simpler existence. Floor plans and elevations sound good. One thing that is the best time saver and actually make me money, is "Macro's. Who really want to add and subtract numbers all day.

I was talking about using Schedules, other than a plant schedule, In X8 they have added labels to all the schedules so you can use more of them to do Plan notes.

Whatever it is, the real question is he getting enough money to detail that cluster##?

Are you talking about the Auto storypole dims?

This is new in X8 only. b/c of more use of labels.

of course people will use different ways, I use plot lines with shadows, no color for elevations. I like "On demand" so it won't use computer resources while drawing and making me wait for updates. With a killer system like yours, Larry, you might not have that delay. For 3d render views I use live but also On demand. All I have to do is hit update live and plot lines (one button for both and done, everything updates.

Is framing wall layer turned on in that view and is Auto wall framing also on to regenerate the framing.

Use Auto framing until it's time to turn off.

I usually keep my plan notes on the plan, never had a problem, and I have separate plan notes for each floor. Although your's should show, is that layer turned and on a separate custom layer? #2, that's the problem, but I never use a real plant schedule anyway. Until Chief gives us custom Schedules, it's a problem.

If you have existing views already sent to the layout, resetting the default, only works for new camera views. You my need to actually open the view to change it.

I use macros to Automatically figure, lot coverage, floor area ratio, square footage, buildable area, lot size, and many more. I never need to figure all that stuff anymore. Just draw and it builds itself. Macro's are king.

Some simple macro's already exists in Chief but to really make things automatic Join Joe Carrick's "Macro of the Month club" and get lots of very useful macro's. If you really don't like to type, this is the way to go.

I think that means the dormer as defined won't fit to your roof.