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Jere, related to this, are you familiar with the new flat Velux solar tube? Very nice. The same workings but a flat glass exterior. I recently installed one at my house. It does cost a bit more but the aesthetic boost might be worth it to the client.

Dale, are you in the Monterey area? I could walk you through the process in about 5 minutes and it will save you a ton of headaches. Call me at 831-747-4718. I am in Carmel.

Dale, as Jonathan states, your have a process problem, not a printing problem. Are you using Layout?

Post your plan. You will need to save and close the file in CA before uploading. Could be several things. Easy fix is to build an attic wall. Draw a wall above that wall and hit the check box for Attic Wall. Do you want to the brick to continue. Do you want a flat ceiling in that little shed room? If no, then uncheck "Ceiling" for that room and make those walls balloon.

Here is a shot of the export settings. I suspect that was my plan view layerset that was visible at the time.

Try this dwg export and see if you get the same results GLK ADD V6 first floor again.zip

Terry, if you are open to a full critique of the floor plan and design let me (or us) know. I would be happy to discuss it with you since it appears you are at a pretty early stage of the project.

How many lights are turned on? Since we are just guessing, I am guessing a lot of lights.

Not that you asked but? 1. the laundry as you show it will be very difficult to use. The appliance doors opening will restrict your ability to be in the space if the doors can even open fully. 2. Why does the one bedroom have 2 doors? CCF12192015.pdf

D.K. Chings books are the perfect place to start. The design books are excellent also.

Yes to a window. I really try to avoid this situation and not place showers/tubs on the outside wall but sometimes you just have to. What I suggest is to flip the toilet and vanity location. I prefer to have the vanity closer to the entry and this will move the vanity cabinet away from the moisture of the shower.

If you have to crash that stair in at that angle use a landing which you can shape for the last tread.

View ---> Active Layer Display Options

I do what you do. As long as the surveyor has well named layers I can reorganize it to my own liking as needed.

Reboot your computer and call me in the morning. Don't actually call me I am just on my first cup of coffee.

One of the engineers I use on the Monterey peninsula uses CA but I find that minimally helpful. Most engineers are just using the plan and section views. I can export dwg for that easily enough.

It varies so much based on your printer/plotter. I have drawings set up so they print well on my HP110 but if I send a job to the UPS store they are too light. Trial and error. One thing I try to do is use the stock colors that are clickable in CA. I used to make custom colors but that is a waste of time and I have heard that CA performs best with their stock colors.

The answer is above in the thread. Print to PDF. Do not export the picture.

I think you are clicking in the wrong place.

Grayscale is the culprit. Color is a lot faster. I will have to start printing to pdf in grayscale so I don't burn up too much color ink.

Even on the fast setting I am still printing at around 3:30 min.

I just printed this for a test file. 6.5 mins on my 110p. Set to print grayscale with black ink only on the normal print setting. Who do I have to sleep with to find out how to get that to print in 2 mins? Stallings revised section.pdf

Jonathan, what is the speed like on the T120? The HP110 is super slow, sometimes over 5 minutes per page on standard print settings. Not much faster on draft/fast setting.

@Jon. The specs on that printer (Assuming the 24" model) read that it will output a D sized sheet with line drawings at 35 seconds. Are you seeing speeds like that?

I still have a working HP110 that I use primarily for all 24x36 prints. I ditched the all in ones from HP for a Brother MFC J6920dw that is great for my 11x17. Two paper trays so I can load one with 11x17 and one with 8.5x11. Much better on ink than the HP machines. Very interested in upgrading my large format too since I do a lot of printing (6 sets yesterday) and the 110 is really slow.