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To start, if your market is "a client who could go to a builder and buy a tract home, or to a blueprint shop and get a set of plans" then you need to find a new market where a better presentation that comes with a higher price tag is valued.

You would be better off posting this in the HD forum. I can open it in X8 but that won't help you.

Close the program and reopen? Rebuild framing? Post the plan?

I just used it for the 1st time. I have so much insulation packed into my walls I am thinking about opening up my own Home Depot.

Imported ACAD drawings are simply CAD lines in Chief. They will no longer have wall information. Only 2d.

Stair landings?

I have started using that # but the project in the image has not been updated for that change yet. Thanks. But, would I be able to do that with a sequence A1-A12 and then S1-S5? Edit, YES.

Stop using that Macro and start using the layout page table information. Better, cheaper, faster.

I agree it would be nice to have more items available in the electrical drop down. Here is a method to add some custom clickable items to your tool bar. You can also customize the icon so that you can grab them without too much guessing. After you place that "Place Library Item" button, double click it to set it up.

I love the way a simple question with a simple solution can turn into some very good information on how to work the program to the best of it's abilities.

Perfect. Thanks.

I am looking to automate my changes to the layout page table. In the case I am running into, adding a page is affecting my subsequent pages. I a looking to replace where I have A14 with something like A %macro% that points to the number of the actual page (14) so that when I add another page at (9) or somewhere else, the sheets will reorder accordingly. Thanks Alan

@Terry (Paramount). Your constant caustic banter on this forum is poisonous. You are diluting the outstanding value that can be found in these threads.

I bought my small printer from these guys. They are very knowledgeable and can certainly steer you in the right direction. They also have a pretty strong selection of used equipment. http://www.plotterpros.net/

Don't drink and draw.

I just installed PDF Xchange. The file optimization is only in the paid version. I did a test with the free version and it dropped my file size in half. Seems worth the $50 and I really like the stamps.

Micheal? Micheal who? There are no more Micheals here.

There must be a term for a tech savvy Luddite?

A special thanks to the man who can not be named for this. ...you can create a simple evaluated macro (Context = none) with result = "\n". Looks like: And

Oddly enough, if I do a copy and paste from Open Office with the correct returns on text it will remain. I am hoping to avoid this extra step.

In regards to what Lew suggested: you could also find some very thin parchment, place it on top of your monitor and trace what you see in Ox blood. Then start feeding a small horse until it is mature enough to carry you and the parchment pages to the building department. Sorry Lew, (please take it in fun banter) but your method does sound like creating a problem due to blurry text after the pdf (lossless compression) is taken to a high loss process.

I am using the layout page title information to place the text for my title block. Is there an efficient way to get the lines of text to return. As shown, I am breaking the title "Perspective Views". I would like it to look more like: Something plan Something else plan Rather than: Something plan, Something else plan

If the landing does not snap right to the edge of the stair it will not connect properly. There are a lot of variations of what could be happening and it is hard to surmise without viewing the plan file. Post your plan file and I am certain someone will be able to solve the problem.

I am not feeling it yet in California. If I am not feeling it here then you are just fine. What I do feel is the need to be better and better at my job. What the regulations do is weed out the less competent. If you are good, can learn and grow with the times then you are able to sustain.

When using the cable I always have made my own with a molding or poly solid.