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To bad you don't have X9 with the new shelf ceiling tool.

or try the balloon thru ceiling tool.

Here in California we have had to deal with this **** for many years now. I believe if you provide a Rescheck report, that will handle the furnace size and water heater requirements. We use a different program special for this state. As for the duct design, no way other than getting a hold of a HVAC engineer and let him or her do it, or at least guide you on size requirments. Same for the electrical meter loads. The best way of doing all this is just bribe him not to do it.

I have a small portable vacuum just for that reason, work good but be vary careful not to destroy your computer.

We call those quick one's "Crappy Ray-traces", I remember long ago to get that quality, you would have to let it go overnight. Scott Hall and I have been doing the Crappy one's for years. Of course He invented it along with many other methods

Are your fans all working, try this, take you computer cover off and try it with it off for a while. Also vacuum your inside and fans if you can, lot of dust will make your fans and other thing not work great. Not sure what that message means though. One more thing try refreshing your catalogs from the library tab

Your smokin now

Yes, you can also change the roof pitch in the wall DBX.so it will create it automatically

I use the description and comment sections to add notes and the wording I need

You don't have to send everything as plot lines ,sending as standard view will not have lines, it just a matter of preference .

Shut down and re-start, try that first. Edit toolbar won't show unless you select something. What version??

You could use a p-solid for the arches, but I always like doing it as it will be built with the framing. P-solids don't frame. I would create a new thick wall and use arched openings and column symbols with a real post in the middle

Totally agree with Rob 2x4 min walls as it should be.

I also see this and I think it has something to do with transparency's but they print out ok for me. What PDF program do you use. I use Adobe Acrobat DC.

Have you tried playing with the "edit wall layer intersections tool" in the edit toolbar when you select a wall. you can adjust each framing layer.

That's what I'm talking about!! You have to put a dropped beam through there don't you

I also use an opening b/c, what about the wall above the opening, if invisible, you won't see the wall above the opening , outside or inside depending on the box out condition

Anything I want to show dotted like cab. and toilets, or just anything in the plan, I just make sure its turned on when I send it to ,"View to cad" ,and its all converted, then just put it all on 1 layer and lock it.

2nd floor and roof are not automatic, if you have turned off auto roofs.you must do it manually, but after moving the walls, you can delete the roof you have and re-build them automatically.

works for me , but you have to be in standard mode to ray-trace See what happens when you post the plan--instant answers

Just turn off the walls after you make a p-line with a fill (trace the walls) and a dotted line , put on it's own layer, did not look at your plan though. you can always use the outside- room p-line tool.

I just add another floor and adjust the floor and ceiling levels and build it like it's really built, adding vents and details needed, this will also frame, p-solids won't

You can always do a screen capture ( SnagIt), not sure if it's legal though.

There are several 2d tree drawings in the bonus catalog / image cad blocks lib. But no 3d with these.

You can also just delete the toolbar file in the data location and it will automatically re-build if needed, but only at last resort.