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I am having an issue importing some details from my engineer. Some of the text is coming in but most is not. I have checked all available layers when importing. My only thought is that the text may be blocked together on his end and CA is not seeing it for some reason? I have attached screen shots of what I know he sent by opening it in a separate DWG viewer and what I am getting after import into CA. Much thanks for any input.

I have similar troubles with lintels when mulling door and window units together. If I want an oversized lintel with an extended head I have to add manually. If lintels are checked when mulling the units all kinds of crazy trim looks are produced

I just send the view to Layout and when I do name the appropriate direction at that point- thus creating an individual layerset for each elevation.

Basically I am- it just takes some editing

That's pretty much where I am at with this. I just cut a section and am editing as needed. The manf. website all provide too much tech info for the window itself. What i am after is really the flashing and trim details and specs. Oh well- once it's done it's done and I will have them in my library.

I realized that the window and door details are individual cut sections- no big deal there- just a waste of time IMO. The foundation, rake and eave details seem ridiculous. At 1/2" scale my standard fdn wall detail with callout and notes is about 6" square- and they want 1-1/2" scale. 18"x18"- really? I mean I would only get 6 details on 1 page of ARCH E

I was wondering if anyone had a small library of window and door details. Just the individual sections for heads- jambs- sills- etc..... in cad. I don't generally supply them but I have a client that is building in a community that requires them on the CD's. Would certainly pay what is fair if they worked and saved me the time of creating them from scratch.

I have had a couple of times when a builder or owner has had a plan in AutoCAD that was really messed up and the only way I would touch it was to recreate the plan in CA so I had a true model of what was to be built. I wasn't about to take a chance on missing something in a 2d drawing that could be found in a 3d model. If you are starting in on a million dollar project it seems to me that a few more dollars now is a small price to pay to inure that it gets off to a proper start.

Just curious- I have a new client that is building in a high end resort here in Central Oregon an the ARC there wants details on everything. Not that it's a big deal but it seems like the scale they are requesting is odd. Rake and Eave details 1 1/2" =1' Exterior window and door -head, jamb and sill details 3"=1' foundation details 1 1/2" = 1' In general -they are freaking huge when sent to layout. Unless I am missing something? Any ideas?

Thanks Greg

Thanks for the replies- just made one out of p-line solids.

Would anyone happen to have a symbol for a chimney cap or shroud? don't need anything really fancy. metal preferably. thanks

Renderings for Bosch, Thermador and GE Monogram- all sold the jobs

Thanks- and the beauty is the store is pitching customers my way for remodel work as well. Best part is they can see my work right there with several different styles.

Cool Jon- similar to the way I did it. I'll play with the blinds idea

Here's a little niche' that got dropped in my lap and may be something that someone in another area could take advantage of. A mid-size appliance dealer in our area was looking to update one of their display kitchenettes for Jenn-Air. Using the CA bonus library i was able to get model specific appliances and create the attached rendering to send to the corporate decision makers. BAMM. got the design build for that kitchen as well as the Dacor kitchen adjacent. When the other suppliers saw the new look kitchens they did't want to be left behind with outdated looks. You guessed it - design and remodel of Bosch- Thermador and GE Monogram going on right now. They all have quality 3d symbols that are model specific if you know where to look and the appliance reps love to see their stuff in the renderings. The upside for the retailer is the manufacturers are paying for it.......win win

This was done with pony walls and windows. Just adjusted the frame size and casing along with the materials.

I have a client who wants the schedule in excel- how did you export as a spread sheet?

One thing that makes me feel a touch better is that the file in the Database shows 573 gb so I am assuming that the material is still there- CA is just not recognizing it for some reason.

Ray- any clue as to what they offered to help remedy this?

Will call tech support in the am- good to hear they could help with this. Had some issues a while back and had to create a new user on this machine. Since then I have had to start X6 with the run as administrator command to get all the libraries to load. I am assuming this may be related to that issue.

Hoping this is an easy one but could be a big deal. was working IN X6 today and when I opened a plan I had going my library catalog only had one thing in it. I appears that the rest of the libraries are in tact- Core- Bonus- Manf. But not the User catalog. When I went to import libraries and selected the User library in the database libraries just that one item was there. Any suggestion on where all those items may have gone?

I did a full reboot and it seems to be working properly now- if it pops up again I will zip the plan and post it. Thanks for the help- BTW- what's wrong with us working on a long holiday weekend !

I am using end to end dimensions as I generally do. In most cases where this occurs I am dimensioned to the proper object- one of the first things I checked. Also - at times the object will relocate with an adjacent dimension on the same line.

In some plans -not all and with some objects -not all, I am having an issue with selected objects not being recognized by the dimension line that it is associated with. For instance if I click on a given object( ie. window , wall , door , etc...) and then hover over the dimension and get the finger symbol, I click and adjust with that dimension as normal. But on some items the finger doesn't come up. Then if I scroll in it appears but will not open the dimension option when prompted. any ideas?