steve_stuart

Steve, your X, Y, Z plan placement should all be at 0 (first image) and your X, Y, Z symbol origin should also be at 0 (third image). You can access the symbol origin with the "chair" symbol you see when you select the item (second image)

2 hours ago, rgardner said:

Also a lot faster when building a shelf

 well played

18 minutes ago, robdyck said:

One can also use a general framing member for this application. Framing members wrap wood grain correctly automatically.

Great tip, thanks Robert

I was able to turn these dimensions on and off when I checked a few of your layer sets. When I open the plan on your electrical set there are no dimensions showing until I check Dimensions, Manual so everything seems to be working as it should, not sure what might be going on.

17 hours ago, AJLiMacOS said:

from the normal white fill to the wall fill they reside on

This has happened to me and I think it was when I have inadvertently copied and pasted the wall in hold position. There may be an extra wall section where this fill is showing up.

1 hour ago, Dermot said:

If you hoover your mouse over the "+", the program will give you some hints for where to look.

@DermotThis is a helpful little tidbit, thanks.

Someone was just asking about this the other day, check out this thread

5 minutes ago, greglocke said:

Was there ever a response to this question?  I'm having the same problem.

Greg, check this thread

@Kbird1@Chopsaw Great, thank you both.

42 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

last weeks post about this.....

@Kbird1 Hi Mick, do you mind telling me how to link the entire post to another thread? Thanks

If you do a search here ("living area") you will get a ton of info on this. Here is a screenshot showing a small part of one, might help you out.

This looks like the cabinet on the far right is a different height than the others.

check your clip distance in your camera defaults

You can use a roof plane instead of a ceiling plane and insert the skylight. You will need to adjust the baseline height of the roof plane down to get the ceiling inside where you want it.

3 minutes ago, rgardner said:

Regardless of size of sheet for the plan file It gave me the same extents for the layout box but fit just fine on the sheet as well.  There was no cropping needed.

Yes, this is what I am getting, not a problem with how this particular "Entire Plan" gets sent over, however, if the entire plan was actually as large as the bounding box it wouldn't fit on the sheet. If you try the As-Built plan and send it over with "Entire Plan" and then select you will see that bounding box is just outside the floor plan (see below). I would expect the bounding box on the Proposed plan to be just outside the text boxes and floor plan, which is what I typically get. When I "fill screen" in the plan view it is tight to the boxes and floor plan, and I can't find anything else in the plan that would drive the bounding box out to the extent shown.

18 hours ago, steve_stuart said:

Thanks Ryan, changed it to 11x17 but still getting the larger plan view sent over. Guess I'll just put this one to bed and deal with it by sending differently or cropping after sending.

22 minutes ago, joey_martin said:

But I did notice that your plan view is set up for 18"x24" paper and the layout is 11"x17"

Excellent, just what I was looking for, thanks! Where is that setting located?

12 hours ago, joey_martin said:

It's because you have some text boxes out in space and Chief is telling you they won't fit.

Joey, thanks for the input, did you find these text boxes? I have the All On layer set on and everything is displaying but I don't see any text boxes outside of what is showing in the image below

6 hours ago, rgardner said:

Personally I like to use send current view to send to layout and have it zoomed into what I want to show.

Thanks Ryan, I use this fairly often as well but sometimes want to send over the entire plan knowing the scale will fit. 

It isn't a big deal and there are definitely ways to make it work, I have just never seen this behavior before and was wondering if I had changed a setting somewhere that was causing it. Thanks for the feedback everyone.

This is the result I typically get and would expect. As mentioned, not really a "problem", definitely a nuisance.

Just now, solver said:

And here you see why. The layout box is larger than the paper, but everything is included

Yes, that was my result.

Yes, layout looks correct, I guess "problem" is too strong a descriptor. Just very strange behavior I haven't experienced before, would prefer to know what is causing it in case it actually does become a problem. 

Thanks for checking Graeme, I was afraid of that. I'll keep looking, very weird.

I am having a problem sending a saved plan view over to my layout, but it seems to be only this SVP. When i send it over at 1/4 scale I get the "too large" warning even though the entire plan fits the layout page. I have attached the As-Built and the Proposed plan that has the offending "Foundation Plan View"; the As-Built works fine but the Foundation SPV gives me the warning. I also attached the layout file in case that is the problem. I have tried the all on set and fill screen and there is nothing out in the ether, and if I send the All On view over it works fine just as the As-Built does. Can someone take a look at the plans and see what might be causing this? This seems like a confusing explanation, let me know if you need more info.

Jamerson As-Built 10.27.20.plan

Jamerson Proposed 10.27.20.plan

Jamerson 11x17 Drawings 10.27.20.layout

I would also love an answer to this question and not have to use a work around. I typically draw the connection to a nearby outlet or switch and then move it to the rope light. I assume it is because the rope light isn't really an electrical object?

You are very welcome, I have received an abundance of knowledge from other users, very happy to pass some on.