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Scott I don't have X9 yet Willol that matter for the GTM

I couldn't agree more with the jump in with both feet and go baby go attitude. I have almost 25 tears of framing experience as well as running construction crews as my own GC. I bought CA about 12 years ago in V9 with the philosophy that I had never seen a project that I couldn't figure out and CA wasn't going to be the first. The best part is CA makes the process easy if you understand how construction really works....and it sounds like you do. One of the greatest design tools I have to sell is my real world experience....and have been told so by many clients. This forum is a great resource and the people here are incredibly helpful. Take all the training you can get and charge a fair rate based on what is going on around you. If you had confidence in your ability in the field you will make this jump successful....no doubt.

Ah..... very nice.

David Shoot me a message through my website or direct email if you like. Would like to view some of your work or see your website if you have one. We can compare weather notes too

DZ When you say that when you "remove a wall or window it shows from the background automatically" are you meaning that you select the lines in the cad detail of the existing structure and delete them? I'm guessing I'm not getting your exact process because that seems a bit labor intensive .

Much agreed on backup copies of any plan before revisions begin. Can always delete duplicated after the design is final. In regard to the roof heights being changed after the room ceilings are dropped you have 2 options 1 select all planes and change the baseline height for all but if any are different for a given area you will need to select and edit those individually. 2 select all planes and use the transform replicate tool to lower all -12" in the z axis. I have used this method many times and you will find that the baseline heights for each plane will revise accordingly.

You are so right AK son. Gave Joe his props and one for you as well. One of my new years resolutions was to try and contribute to this forum more consistently. Always appreciate the good advice and hope I can return the efforts in the new year.

Sounds like that alone is worth the price of admission

Just as Joey said- create exterior room polyline and edit to desired layer. I actually save each polyline on its own layer and then edit with any given revision to keep updated calculations readily available.

Great- Thanks for the heads up

Also- much agreed with Humble- in most remodels new walls will conflict with existing demo wall locations. Door and windows too. CA doesn't like these conditions at all. Separate demo and remodel plans eliminate those conflicts.

I do many addition remodel projects and have to create as-built drawings as the base plan. My method is: 1- Create the as-built and use it as the basis for new design ideas 2- Copy design ideas and revise until we have client sign off 3- Use the a copy of the as-built plan as the basis for the demolition plan- this plan will have all of the demo wall types and layers 4- Keep the demolition plan, final addition- remodel design plan and the associated layout file together in one folder ( i.e.. John Doe const doc folder) (This layout file can be updated for either the demo plan or new work as needed for building department corrections, etc... without the concern of either plan file disrupting the other) I always keep the original as-built completely separate for reference later in case of conflicts in the field.

Is X9 available for download if I was not a beta tester? Or is there a projected release date for the rest of us.

I'm not a beta tester for X9 so don't have anything to really contribute at this point. Looking forward to the full release.

Can't wait to see the calculation Macro's in person. With all the different tabulations required for FAR, Impervious area and the rest Scott mentioned, I can see it being a real time saver. Count me in for the online meeting if it materializes.

I thought remembered seeing something about this in the "what's new in X9" teaser a while back. Did they really add the option to auto build cable or other panel rail that runs with the stair pitch?

Knew it was something simple- Thanks Joe

David- How's the weather up in Hood River. I'm in Bend - 3' on the ground and we are getting another 5-10" today.

Sounds like a long process. Think I'll just take everyone's word for it

Sound similar to an issue I had in X6- lost all user libraries. Fortunately had all backed up with Carbonite. Had to contact tech support to get it all reloaded though. Might try them next- Best of luck.

Probably an easy "click" I am missing but how do I go about giving a positive ( or negative) reputation point to another forum member? ( Want to make sure I give credit where credit is due.)

Generally I just pull the base of the main roof plane back to the bearing wall line from the intersection with the overframe. Then bring the overframe onto the main body. This allows the main body to stay continuous while the overframe lays on top.

As Dermot stated- the line style probably got changed in one layer set and updated all layer sets. Should be an easy fix to go back and edit.

Temporary dimensions look good to me. Not sure why it would be an issue

Regarding the dimension issue with the 45 degree wall, I have also had similar problems. The dimensioning and exact locating of angled walls has alays been bit tedious for me.