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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.

I also do a good bit of remodel work and the as builds that go along with them. You can set the temp dimensions default to select the finish wall surface and then also select both wall sides. This generally woks best for me although I do have to add some manual dimensions from time to time to resolove the issue in your last picture.

My intent was not to imply that field experience is a substitute for quality design/drafting training, but to suggest what I believe is the best way to understand how the information that we provide in our CD's is perceived and implemented on the jobsite. I have met project managers that can schedule subs, verify change orders, deal with HOA's, etc...but don't understand the basic structural aspects of residential construction. On the flip side one of the main things that fueled my fire to start my design business was dealing with "formally trained" architects that I had to bring to the site and explain why what they drew wouldn't work and then show them how we could fix it. (That, coupled with CA's ability to create the 3d model that allows us to find problem areas that wouldn't be readily seen in 2d line drawings and fully understand the entire structure,made the transition into the design field an exciting and positive move.) Again- I'm not trying to press an argument or state that the way I evolved my business is the right way. Just trying to pass on some experience that has been valuable to me.

Sorry to be late to the party but this topic has morphed into a direction that peaked my interest. I got a associates degree from a trade school in Phx Az 30 years ago with the promise that I could get a job using AutoCAD. After living in the big city for those 2 years I realized that city life and a desk job was not for me- so I moved back to Central Oregon and got into the construction industry as a carpenter. I had spent the majority of my working life building custom homes and running crews in all phases of structural construction. The experience that gave me has proven invaluable as I transformed my contracting business into a design/ build company- with CA being a huge factor. ( I doubt I could have done it with AutoCAD- to me CA was building a house, just using different tools.) My long winded way around to this point is I feel like anyone who is going to offer design services should have had some sort of field experience so they can understand that no matter what we draw or what jurisdiction stamps it- some poor guy has to put it together.

Would like to hear how this shakes out George. I have the same issue on my laptop as well.

Sorry, Love the basic idea of fill options for roof planes in plan view.

Love the basic idwa

Thanks Richard- much appreciated

Sorry for a dumb question on weekend but for some reason my doors casings are not stopping when pushed to a wall. Can't think of any settings I have changed- any ideas?

I am sending to layout as I usually do- send view to layout tool in my toolbar- is there another way I am missing? I am using CA save as PDF- I was using pdf 995 earlier and was getting some odd line issues outside of the driveway polyline. (Did some research in this forum and realized that had been an issue for some other users when printing with 2nd party pdf programs.) Went with CA pdf printer and solved that issue but now have the odd line patterns coming through as shown on the attached pdf in my original post.

Plan file attached - Site plan is under cad details site or prelim. Thanks for looking at it if you have the time. LOT 78 CD.zip

No love on this one heh?

Couldn't agree more on the rail options for cable, glass, etc..... Been a pain having to manually create such styles to match flat railing profiles. Nice work CA

3.00 -4.00 per sq.ft. in Bend Or. -structural is an extra. New construction or addition remodel work- either way. ( I find that If I have to do and as-built it runs into as much time as creating a new structure from the ground up.) Agreed with Perry on the pretty pictures- that's an extra. I never supply color renderings with preliminary design- clients get too wrapped up in colors of counters or flooring and can't focus on the design elements that are needed to keep the project moving forward. Once we have a completed design I can provide full renderings with all the bells and whistles they want to pay for.

I recently upgraded to X8 from X6 and have been playing around with the transparency levels in the solid fill styles. I was trying that fill option on a driveway on a site plan from an existing project and upon printing to PDF found some strange lines showing through at the corner of the driveway radius. I have attached a copy of the printed file that shows the strange line pattern bleeding through- also a screen snip of the plan view that shows some faint dashed lines that coincide with some of the bleed through. Those are not anything I have on the actual plan or can select. Thanks in advance for any input. LOT 78 CD.pdf

Not an issued between plans really. Just occasionally and mostly with text.

Will try both options- thanks you

I am starting to get this message fairly frequently when trying to copy text- " copy failed - no recognizable data on the clipboard." any suggestions would be appreciated.

Set the end cap length to 0 and lines show much better- still not as consistent as I would like but better. I will discuss with the surveyor and see if they can send the lines with less segments in the future. Thanks much for the input- always appreciated.

Here are a few screen shots- 1 of layout and 2 of plan- 1 with the line selected. As you can see- the line has many segments and I am wondering if that could affect the way the line style is displaying. if that is the case is there a simple way to reduce the number of segments in the line? Thanks for the help, much appreciated.

I am working on a site plan that I have imported from the surveyor and having a hard time with proper display of the line styles for major and minor contours. I have all the contour lines set on their proper layers and when I try to use smell segmented dashed line for minor contours it displays very inconsistently and certainly not as a short segmented dashed line. This issue is the same in the cad detail in plan as well as on the layout page.

It works but is clumsy and takes a fair amount of work- especially on exterior deck stairs running down to grade. Would be nice if we could specify panel rail on stairs and landings as we do on flat rail.

Added interior casing and no more bleed through- an odd one indeed. Thanks for the tip - would have guessed that was the culprit.

Sounded like a reasonable work around but no luck- still coming through. Odd that it shows on the entry door and garage doors but not the cantina door