sawmane2

What do you mean in Cad. Are you referring to AutoCAD or are you talking being built into CA? I'd be interested in hearing about that.

I would like to use the material list, not familiar enough with the electrical schedules enough to know if I would use that one. 

I am with an electrical company who is in charge of designing our own bids off of PDF's we receive from contractors. I am looking for a way of using the tools of chief architect just for our electrical designing needs. It is so frustrating that we have to trace the walls off of the PDF before we can place any switches on the plan. Is there a way to override the "switch must be placed on a wall" error message? This would make my life so much easier. If I cannot do that, is there an automated process of extrapolating the data off of the pdf and place it into chief architect for it to use. Cad to walls seems to be hit and miss. 

I appreciate any replies, thank you.