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Besides the burn rate, I have avoided using I Joists in crawl spaces due to potential moisture issues.

Does Home Depot have a store in Mumbai?

If you are on a tight budget look into O.V.E. framing. Optimum Value Engineering. It will save about 30% of the framing material budget. Also, with 9' plate you can get plywood in 4'x9' or 4'x10' sheets at a lumber yard.

Why do so many people shun engineers? Engineers are your friend. Engineers know lot's of stuff about engineering, gravity and making sure people in and near buildings stay not dead.

I work solo as many of us do. I consider this forum my studio environment in the sense of a community similar to a larger office or the architectural school studio. In architecture school the studio is a place of learning where you could walk by someones desk and open up a conversation based on what you are seeing that could help you reshape your thoughts on your own design. Copying, of course people will copy. None of us create. We are all copying from Wright, Palladius, Corbu, Eichler, Graves, Sullivan, Saarinen(s), Stickler... In the words of the best professor one could ever have as a young architecture student (Konrad Von Appen), "if you are going to copy someone, copy someone good". I have posted file after file on this forum. If someone uses my(?) design or details from my construction docs I don't really care. To copyright a house design is almost impossible if one or two small aspects are changed. Does anyone really think they have come up with a kitchen layout that is somehow unique? Does your latest fenestration pattern change the rotation of the moon? There are some great designers and drafters sharing on this forum. There are also a lot that are not so great. There are also a lot that appear to have very little training in design. But being early in your learning stage is a great place to be. If you are humble and honest in your experience there are many on this forum who can offer valuable critique if you ask for it. Actually, many times you don't have to ask for it and it comes anyways. Design can be very subjective and therefore you will need to filter comments as some may not sit well but even those could hold a lot of value if viewed with an open mind. Oh, back to the original poster, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Barry is my hero. Fast, good and good (and very good prices).

Greg et al. Yes, that is the way "we" have always done it. The time has come to learn the new building science and with 2020 approaching fast "you" will have to learn how to deal with the thermal bridge. Unless you are insulating outside of your sheathing (which might be the best solution to achieve a moisture free wall) you will need to frame corners the way CA is doing it. Even though I am in a mild climate I am training each framer on my jobs to learn methods that come from OVE framing good sense technique to deal with a complete insulation envelope. Heck, OVE framing will save you at least 30% of your lumber if it is fully implemented. That is a lot less nails, nailing, cutting, carrying, waste...and money out of your pocket (if you are the builder). My favorite comment from the buyer of my last spec project, "this house is really quiet". Tight complete envelope.

Rotating all of my text is the last thing that I want to do. See image relating to what I am doing.

Reflected Ceiling Plan (sometimes).

Residual Cheese Powder (of course).

Thanks.

Joe, did you manually move the label to the outside of the wall? Mine is defaulting to the center of the wall.

Very nice. I have never used the wall labels but see how this would add a nice value to their usefulness. Joe, maybe this thread should move to the new forum heading for Tips?

Can I rotate something 90 on a hot key? I really want to do that. I am working on an rcp and that would really speed things up. Lot's of copy and paste of text and lines as I run through the plan.

In other news...Thank you CA for this new heading to deposit tips.

The floor camera (as Jon alluded to) will allow you to look down on the floor and walls without the ceiling.

I do not reboot very often. I will do that today and see if this returns. This is not the first time this has happened but it is the first time it happened twice in such a short time period (about 5 mins apart). The other action that I was doing when it happened the first time yesterday was to copy a selection from one file and paste into another.

Here is a link to a video of a selection that won't drop the highlight. This is the second time it has happened in this file. This is in X7 from legacy plan files. The only way I have been able to fix this is to close the file. Has anyone else seen this? http://youtu.be/ogvpmSwrrx0

I don't know that product but I think there are limitations on the size of print for that one? It may be limited to 18x24. If that works for your jurisdiction than it may work.

That one is in my attic. Ink hog. Changing paper with only one tray is a pia.

My needs with this printer are notime for very high quality output. This printer was under $300. Based on that, I am happy with it. The construction seems similar to others I have owned (HP or Epson). Yes, the color quality is a B or B-. Having 2 trays that I can load with about 50+ sheets of paper is awesome. The big trigger for me was getting an 11x17 scan bed so I could scan full sized sheets in 2 pieces when needed. That saves me a trip to the ups store.

Arrogance? This is a forum where a good percentage of the participants went through an architectural education. I had 3 semesters of Arrogance 101, 201 and then the history of arrogance in the ancient and modern world.

I think I got mine from an Office Depot store and it was in stock

No problems with the doc feed on the Brother. The main thing for me that sells me on the brother are 2 paper tras and it is not an ink hog.

Brother MFC-J6920DW prints just as fast on a PDF as directly from layout. Great on speed, quality and ink. Warns you about low ink and then stops on empty. Full 11x17 scan bed. Double sided printing and autofeed 11x17. Only possible drawback for some is that max paper size is 11x17. I don't ever plan for 12x18 half sized prints anyways. The locals who ask for anything less than full size only want 11x17 so it does not bother me. It is by far the best all in one I have ever owned.