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I found a solution to one of my problems. There is a 1x8 band that separates the 1st and 2nd floors, but Chief does not draw the separation where I need it, because both floors have different types of siding material. So some of the 1st floor siding material was showing above the band. But I found that I can edit the wall joint in an elevation view and pull them both down to the top of the band. Cool!

1. What is the best way to share interior wall elevations to Autocad users? 2. Also, Can I turn a cross-section/elevation into a 2D line drawing and place an un-linked line drawing back into Chief as a Cad detail? There are some anomalies in the building elevation that might be easier to fix if 2D.

While it is nice that I can group 2D CAD items together and preserve them, I cannot snap to or dimension to any lines within a CAD block, which is what makes them stupid. What is the alternative?

Wall sections are often broken, but need to be dimensioned. So do you do this in Chief?

I found something that is ANNOYING that may have been around before me. I have created a few extra CAD layers for control. I noticed that when I set one of my CAD layers to be current, it will change back to CAD, Default if I go to the plan and back to look at something. I would like it to remember which ever layer I left it on, and not on some default.

This what I was saying in my original post. The icon changed. I selected the "Perpective Floor Overview" button and the button icon changed to "perspective FULL overview" BUG?

Or better yet put it where it is needed and not buried.

Maybe I should create another floor for the roof plan?

I closed all the windows but the plan and used the POC again and it did show correctly, but when I switched to the second floow the POC shows the roofs, which by the way are set up to show on the first floor for the roof plan drawing. BattjesPlan.plan

I was needing to look at something on the second floor but got a full overview. Then went to the first floor to create a view and this is what it shows... I have never had an issue in x6 that required any setting changes. Even the icon changes. Bug?

Thanks Joe, I was using the Tools>Toolbars and Hotkeys>Create Hotkey List, which makes HTML

What about HOTKEYS: X6 saves as HTML X7 imports as XML How can I import my long hotkey list from X6 to X7?

Thanks, I have seen that a million times, and overlooked it as it has not been part of the regular process.

Macros and cheese? or a Big Mac-ro?

Ah this might help with the problem I have with "jumpy" foundation walls. More control means a better model. Curse that automation! Is there a way to change the units in the DBX to be feet and inches instead of inches? If so, I will place my next house up in the air at 100'-0" elevation. Thanks Scott for the insight.

More tools to learn about. Where might I find that one? I think I could use a tool finder tool.

Does not the break line tool just provide edit points? Which I have been doing to create complex shapes.

I have used a rectangular polyine to trace a cut cross-section, but I need to split it in two pieces. It is too complex to redraw.

I am worried about the slowness. But what about keyboard shortcuts?

I have a Mac-Mini (Mid-2011) with 8 gb ram and 2.3 ghz i5. It work fine. However, the upgrade to Yosemite slowed it down a lot. Your graphics card may be the weak link if your models get complex. I assume you will have a screen where ever you go if you intend this to be mobile?

This will be my first upgrade and I have several projects at different phases. I would like to take advantage of X7 now, but I have concerns that I might get caught in a corner with no time to fix anything. Aside from the time to down load X7, how much time and work is it to make the switch? Or can I just download and switch to X7 with a way back to X6 if I find I got in over my head for the amount of time I have? Do I need to re-download all of my libraries? What happens to all of my user libraries? What else might take time?

Yeah.

Yes, I did create some new layers that I had forgot about that the "All Layers Set" ignored. Easy fix. Thanks for the hint.

I am not sure what I need to do as I have created a wall section in one project and made a CAD Block to copy it over for another project, but I need to make some modifications to the Section for the other project. When I copy it in as a block it looks ok, but when I explode it to edit it, information disappears and all layers are on. Is this normal? What might I be doing wrong?

I have not down loaded X7 yet. I was concerned about it being slow in 3D and I have a slow computer to begin with. Thanks for checking it out for me.