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Double ceiling plates can serve 2 independent purposes. 1) To spread the load from the structure above over the studs more evenly 2) To act as a fire stop to inhibit the spread of flame in the interior structure of a wall to the assembly above. When a house has more than one dwelling unit, often the simplest way of complying with fire code in a wall assembly is double ceiling plates.

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Awww COME ON! Someone downvoted a corny joke??? What is this world coming to? Rich, your the man. Your statistical analysis of who read what was very interesting, and it actually gave me pause to think. What is it that we (users of CA) find really important? Technical help of the cost of licensing the product? If cost is the only thing that matters we would all be using SketchUp or PC paint. But I suppose this change to the license is sort of like stubbing your toe. For the moment the pain is all we think about. That and whether or not the kids heard what we said about stubbing our toe. Anyhow, nicely done Rich

Larry is how I spell Rich, it's a Canadian spelling. Well that's my story and I am sticking to it.

It seems changing the terms of use and making the program a subscription program has affected everyone and nearly everyone who was part of the forum had something to say about it. a glitch or an educational video may only affect a few of us, and then only fewer say anything about it. I know I don't read every post, maybe net even half of them and I am a pretty active member on this forum. But I certainly had a lot to say about this license change. Larry that was an astounding analysis though. Perhaps you missed your calling and should have been a forensic accountant! Your post casts a very interesting light on what turns our cranks! Well done.

Here is what it boils down to. CA has changed how they are going to license their products, namely by moving to a complete subscription model rather than a maintenance/upgrade model. In some circumstances to be determined by CA a licence can be transferred to another party. CA is the sole arbiter as to what those circumstances are. Users never owned the software, they only had a license to use exclusively a copy of the software, and only on one computer at a time, (one for each license held.) CA has made everyone who is a current user, or investigates becoming a future user that the rules have changed and there will be no NEW permanent licenses after Jan 10, 2023 Existing current SSA users will still, and continue to have, permanent licenses unless their SSA lapses. In that case they will not be able to renew the SSA on a permanent license. Any perceived value to the license holder has been removed for most cases, (pretty much in line with other competitors.) Any further discussion is beating a dead horse because CA isn't going to budge on this issue. Their mind is made up. Dead horse beaters are welcome to continue posting, but there isn't much point in the rest of us reading those posts any more. I think we all now know what everyone thinks.

Lew, What would you consider good faith? If the ongoing model is a subscription model only, then what is your investment worth? How much notice would you accept, when every potential buyer would know that they can't upgrade, can't get SSA anymore? Now there are two paths to continue in the future. For existing current users, keep paying the SSA and get a substantial discount as compensation for lost value on a resale. if your SSA lapses you can still keep using the program but not update, nor opt back in. For new or lapsed users, pay the subscription price (annually or monthly) and if the subscription lapses the program is disabled. Imagine how I felt have purchased an AutoDESK full suite for AutoCAD and Inventor for $11,500 and then be told, you have to switch to the subscription. I was already in the subscription stream with the annual maintenance program, which updated my products automatically. What about my investment in that crazy expensive license? Too bad. Oh but I did get a substantial discount of the subscription if I kept it current. I still felt bitter, but at least I did get the discount compared to those others coming into the program later. The permanent licenses were cancelled! No chance of carrying on with the last version, it stopped working. Well CA is offering us a better deal than that. Think about it. I am not sure about transferring the older license between machines in the future, but how long would you expect a company to support an old version? Now what about your work? Do you allow your clients to resell your designs for buildings to others? I suspect that the design is your copyright, and you have some provision in your drawings and contracts that prohibits that (or you should). I get the hard feelings, but what CA is doing is to protect their long-term viability, and to get a firm financial footing to keep improving and maintaining the product for both current users and future users, It is a wise decision even if it is not that popular. A really popular decision with be to offer the program for free but that wouldn't be sustainable. So I feel your pain, but would ask you to reflect on the reality facing the company in staying financially healthy,

https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverresults.aspx/147971/en-us/ If you are not using the studio driver (instead of the gaming driver) then you may experience crashes or poorer performance in my experience.

Anyone know if I can get a circle's diameter or radius in Ruby?

Chris I was just adding to your good post.

Not a fixed price, the same price for the next billing period. +

The trick in the section view is to use cad lines and you can use the terrain perimeter layer to assist in creating those likes by doing a view to cad, deleting the lines that you don't want, adding lines to fill in where you need them, then making all the cad lines you want into a block. Edit the block and change the lines to some custom layer such as "terrain section 1" and then save it. Now go back to the section view, turn off the terrain perimeter layer, and use past and hold to past the block. If you can't see it, make sure that you turn on your custom layer. That should be what you need.

Ahh the thread in announcements! I didn't see that.

I saw that on the website, but what thread are you referring to?

According to an email that I just received from CA, as of January 10, 2023 CA will only be available as a subscription license. For those of us that have a current CA license with a paid up SSA agreement, our agreement continues at the same price ($595 per year) so long as the SSA does not lapse. If you let it lapse, then you are required to switch to the subscription model and that is going to cost Annual subscription: $1,995 (if paid annually). If there ever was a incentive to get or keep your SSA agreement in place... this is it!

Nice catch Glenn

There are two ways. I) start with a metric template or 2) Change the dimension format to metric.

In this plan the coach house is a symbol, so there is not much that can be done with that. Do you have the plan file for that building? It is sort of implied that you do. To combine the two buildings into one plan, and assuming that you move the coach house into the main dwelling plan, open both plan files. Go to the coach house drawing and using the edit area tool select all areas. Copy that, then in the house and past the coach house in a location away from the house so that they do not overlap. Do not click on anything for now. The geometric centre of the pasted coach house assembly will still be highlighted with a grip. Click on that and drag the coach house to the desired position. You can reuse the edit all tool to make final adjustments to the coach house's position if needed. You might want to make a new copy of the house file before doing this to keep the original plan files should you need to start over.

I did a brief video that illustrates one possible method for making the "shed dormer". https://1drv.ms/v/s!Am8Ktm_KVQE5hP1wpWOfazmGUWO3Wg?e=SoF6sx

Technically, the trim that is done over a door such as in your picture is not a lintel. A lintel is a structural element that supports the weight of the wall over a wall opening and distributes it to the surrounding walls. In construction the term header is often used in place of the word lintel, although in some building codes the structural element over a wall element is only referred to as a lintel, and header is not defined. There are technical terms for the crown molding over a door or window but the term lintel is not one of them. While in classical architecture an architrave was a structural element that spanned columns, in modern times this word is more commonly attributed to the shape of the casing that finishes off a door or window frame to hide the gap between the jamb or frame and the finished wall. On exterior doors and windows the part at the top that protrudes is sometimes called a cornice. A cornice (from the Italian word for ledge) is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element. For example, the cornice over a door or window among other architectural feature. The end of my architectural history lesson for today.

Aha!!! Thanks guys!!! Brilliant!

Parametric door styles??? Where can I find those?

I know this has come up before somewhere, but for the life of me, searches don't seem to find the topic. When a window mimics the roof pitch (can be done in the window DBX) you get a window with a top slope mimicking the roof slope. So far so good. Not so much for doors. Because the door is made of a door symbol and a door frame assembly the door frame can get adjusted but not the door itself. The door ends up sticking out through the sloping part of the frame and ends up exposed, sometimes over the roof. (This is particularly true of doors under stairs) Does anyone know how to actually make a door that slopes like the frame?

Good catch Michael. The limit wasn't a problem for this job but it conceivably could be a problem at some point.

I use the A S D W keys... oh wait, that is for world of tanks! Never mind.