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This was posted in another thread by GLS123 but it deserves it's own post: Adobe released Photoshop CS2 as freeware. It's what I use. http://www.techspot....toshop-cs2.html Take note on the page where you click to download there is a serial number that you will need.

My basics is similar to what has been posted above. A. One layout file is fed by several plan files. This layout file contains project notes but not the plan specific notes. Project data, general notes, electrical and plumbing notes (generic). b. One plan file is the as built c. One plan file is the remodel plan file d. One plan file is details laid out in a sheet format in plan view ( I have a layer that gets hidden which are my snapping guides for detail placement) so I have a relative layout that gets snapped to to the layout sheet. I don't import individual details unless it is a small project with 4 details +/- e. I sometimes need one more plan file for a special plan element (AKA, I ran out of time to do something right and I hack up the main plan) f. Renders are dropped into the layout file directly The only info on most sheets that do not come from the plan file are the drawing titles. If an elevation comes in all notes relating to that elevation are in the plan view. Most revision clouds are in the plan view unless it is the entire drawing that needs to be clouded then it makes more sense for the placement to be done in layout.

I have seen several people selling their premier licenses discounted about that much on the forum. Get one of those. If you have contacted sales support regarding the license that is for sale you can verify if it is a legitimate sale.

In addition to the plan, and perhaps more importantly, show some sketches or examples of the roof condition you are trying to produce. It is a bit hard to visualize from the text description.

@GLS, what was your work flow for getting the line drawing over the raytrace. I tried a pass by doing a photoshop layer with transparency but it is not quite right.

Here is the plan file. simone dd v2a.zip

Thank you Jintu for sharing you settings for better interior renders. In working on this shot last night I did a few tries at 10 pass renders and could not lose the grainy blowout on some of the drywall surfaces. I set this render up for 30 passes and went to bed. It cooked for about 8.5 hours. I have no idea where in the process it cleaned up. I might send it out for 15 passes when I leave today and check that as a comparison. This image is before tweaking the image properties in the Ray Trace options: I am not sure if it is just my monitor but the previous image looked dark to me so I added 10% to the intensity in the image properties for this image:

What is is that you want? If I am to guess I would think you may be looking to get an outline of your building on your site plan? If that is the case, select just outside of your building and the entire exterior perimeter will highlight. Then go the to the attached image and make an exterior room polyline which you can place on a layer ("Building Outline Dashed") or whatever you might want to call it. Copy and paste at will into your site plan or any other plan view.

What the room divider now does very well is to allow you to have a division of spaces without an ugly break in the flooring material. All hail the room divider.

The invisible wall is now called the Room Divider Wall.

I never use that Living area label but I just did a test and it appears that it does not reduce by the interior wall footage. I started adding interior walls and at one point the square footage jumped up one foot then down again.

This is 10 passes (10:49) with Jintu's settings. I then tweaked the image properties as shown for some extra pop. Edit Looking at Jintu's, I should have not touched the properties.

"Do you even know what post a plan means? :D" Scott, it is like you are trying to make yourself angry.

Check these settings in Jintu's file. These are some of the most critical to pay attention to.

If each room is using the same material you will only need to adjust the one material for all rooms to change.

I think the real problem here is that you are detailing in Solid Works.

Here is how to change the properties of your floor material (or any material).

Thanks Johnny, good to know.

@ arcb, now that you have some good solutions for the digital world, I am with Sherry on this one. Are you really going to hinge that door on the glass panel with no vertical support?

I think he just did share it?

Possibly, with this condition, you will need to fake the lower wall with a poly line solid and keep the upper wall that can be a railing wall as I placed in your plan. I realize this is frustrating since you are transitioning from other software. I do not have time today but I could possibly do an online meeting with you late tonight after the sun goes down in California. I am headed out of my office now to suck some saw dust but if you can meet late (your time) maybe around 9 or 10 pm in Michigan we could solve this pretty quickly. Feel free to call me or email 831-747-4718 alan@lehmandesignstudio.com

The layer they are going to once blocked is probably locked in the view where you can't select it.

Here you go.

look about 10 threads down at a similar question regarding cable railing on stairs.

There is a frequent poster on the forum who wrote a book. I do not have the book but I have heard great things about it and his is very step by step through a project from what I understand.