stephenbc

Is it possible to put a custom object field into a label, for say a window?  Can't seem to find any documentation on this.  I created a custom object field, but don't understand how to get that into a label, in a way similar to simply inputting a macro in a label.  Please note, that I'm rather weak on understanding the use of macros.  Thanks.

9 hours ago, MarkMc said:

Open symbol, change the Y origin. 

Thanks Mark.

Graham...I agree..  The purpose of putting them in an 'enclosure' is the ease of moving them around to determine best location.  Once placement is determined, proper dimensioning with cabinetry will have happen.

I'm sure someone knows what's going on here, sadly, I don't.  I dropped two appliances into a cabinet, and they look fine in plan, but are somehow placed in front of the cabinet in perspective views.  An example is attached...any help is greatly appreciated.

Appliance placement.zip

1 minute ago, glennw said:

You need to use a Glass Panel door style.

On the General panel of the door specification dbx.

Brilliant!  That's got it.  Thanks Glenn!

27 minutes ago, Kenoeightspot said:

There are doors with lites in the lib. that can be used.

I can't find those specific doors in the library...can they be modified, i.e. number of lites, size, frame, etc.?

24 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

What type of Door Style are you trying to adjust the lights in ?

For large bifolds, like Nanawall, where glazing can't be higher than 7'10", the bifold doors have to have a mullion, if say the height of the unit was 8 or 9'.  Using the lite option would handle this nicely.

Does anyone know why the 'lites' option is greyed out in the new bifold doors in x11?  Not enough time to implement it?

North Vancouver isn't far from that either.

Yes, you are correct, thanks.  I was zoomed in so much I didn't think that a line weight of 2 should be that thick...but apparently, it is.

When one selects a line (e.g. in 2D CAD view), the line turns red to indicate edit mode for that line.  Where is the control for the display thickness of that editable line?

Is it possible to get CA to recognize steel posts (HSS) when one frames a wall, or is this just something we have to clean up manually?  Perhaps I'm missing something, but what I'm getting is framing that simply ignores the posts that I've placed.

Auto framing does a great job in placing headers as defined for each opening.  But, I'm wondering if anyone has figured out a way to have them placed just under the top plate and then cripple down to the opening?  Currently, the auto framing places headers at the top of the rough opening and cripples up to the top plates. Manually moving these is time consuming, so thought to ask this question first.  thanks.

Hmmm.  You may be on to something...

Line masking.pdf

Is that 'standard polyline' created in the plan view or in the layout?

Hey Chop, perhaps post a pic as I had a look at this and the draw order for the Layout Box Border seems to work fine for me.

Thanks Chop.

Joe...is there another thread you know of that explains how to set this up?

Thanks Eric.  Missed that one.

Can someone help me find where the 'dashed' foundation footing line weights are defined/controlled?

11 hours ago, Sydney23 said:

I checked and there is no layer control for layout line edits in Layout.

That's right.  I was thinking more towards Glenn's suggested workflow and working with CAD on the actual elevation, rather than in the layout.  There, I think you could set up different lines on layers. 

On ‎8‎/‎31‎/‎2018 at 4:38 AM, Sydney23 said:

Is there any way of preserving layout edits? Or selectively updating elevations/sectios from plan to layout?

Edits are certainly tedious, however, if you are interested in holding on to those edits, I'm wondering (read: I haven't tried this) if it's possible to set up your edits for each elevation on separate layers/annosets so that you could call them up at any time?

Agreed.  I quietly struggle with these casing options when trying to get the look I want.  It becomes an iterative process.

This behavior is happening to me too.  I can't, for the life of me, figure out what's causing it, as I'm moving from view to view all the time.  But, as Joe said, it's probably good practise to save the view before moving on to another

Well, your advice was even easier.  You get a point for that...I should have looked in preferences!

Thanks Chop.  I think my question really should have been, can we print to PDF and hard copy using greyscale?  I don't see an option for that.