wkshank

oops nope, can't set more than one thickness. : (

Swap only works if you're alternating large and small blocks... maybe I'll try doing that, and set the small one at zero thickness with zero space between ??

Setting the bottom of course just moves where the quoins begin, but the "outie" sections stay where they are. I need the bit at the frieze NOT to have a quoin sticking out, and the way it's generating is exactly opposite of what I need (need 3 bricks out, then 3 bricks in, but it's doing the reverse order vertically). Workaround? A setting I can't find?

Well good grief. Yes. I had no idea. I don't use hotkeys at all because... well because I'm an idiot, apparently. I know most on here wouldn't draw without them. Must learn about hotkeys.... Thank you so much.

Normally if I draw a rectangle, when I click on one side of it, the dimension across to the other side will appear. Sometimes it just doesn't show up, which is highly inconvenient. I have saved, shut down, started my computer up again, and it is still doing this (or NOT doing it, which is the problem). It doesn't matter what file I open... in other projects the program is giving me the same problem. Is there a setting where this feature is turned on and off? (why would anyone ever want to turn this off??) Haaallllpp. (Edit: ALSO - not showing distances for anything, really -- click on a wall and it does not show distance to nearby parallel wall.) Wendy Shank - Chief x14

THANK YOU! knew it had to be simple.

Most basic of questions, I'm sure, but I just want a circle, not a circle with a cross mark in it (center cross). How to turn this off? (This only happens in layout screens, not plan screens, BTW.)

Both of you have my thanks... now I know oob, the 3 shortcut, AND that boxes look JUST like rectangle polylines, and cannot be broken. Sheesh. Grateful -

Saved, closed, and re-opened the plan and it still is not there.

Yep - it's there (works fine) if I start a new plan. rgardner I'm trying to decipher your hint. ?

Normally, if I create a simple rectangle and then right click it, the menu that appears will include a zigzag symbol that allows me to add a break in the polyline. Or if I simply select the rectangle, a menu appears at the bottom also offering that symbol. The symbol has disappeared, in both lists. I searched for that tool in the menu and don't see it. Help? It appears and works fine if I click on a roof edge (add break option appears).

oh for pete's sake... YES apparently I did flick that icon. Had no idea you could toggle that off... thank you so much!

Yes! sorry -that wasn't very clear.

This has happened before and I think resolved when I shut down computer and re-started... but now even that does not work. I did not change any default settings or toolbars, but suddenly when I click on the side of a rectangle, it no longer shows me the dimension across the opposite side. Similarly, when I click on a wall, it no longer shows distance from nearby walls. SO ANNOYING!! Anybody else have this happen, and how do I fix it?

thank you so much everyone for weighing in. I am the sole station for CA, so networking/sharing is not needed. Sounds like my current plan of manually backing up periodically is reasonable, but I will show your comments to my tech support and see if he thinks the new system would work well with a cloud-based system, given what you're saying about how the auto-save and backing up actually works.