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Interesting. Thanks Jonathan. Too bad that doesn't seem to work for polyline molding but good info though.

Well there ya go.....many thanks Greg. I suppose I should have asked this years ago.

I've been battling this for years, every time I create a 3d molding radius in an elevation it's never very smooth. It usually looks like a series of straight lines made to look like an arch. This one isn't too bad but I think the worst application is when I use it for a radius brick arch. Most of the time if it looks really rough I'll just CAD line it in. Does anyone know a way around this?

I can vouch for this card, it's screaming fast. I wouldn't waste my money on that set up evergreen, I spent about $2600 on the desktop rig in my signature (excluding the monitor) and I could not be happier. It's comparable in the quality of specs that I got on my last Puget desktop rig which still runs well at nearly 5 years old.

I concur

I agree with Michael, just create a new wall that looks like that one. Of course, surface layer specs may come into play at some point.

I can't answer that one peteandra, I sold my Mac to my sister-in-law. Another thing I remembered about the Mac, it was a bit of a RAM hog. I upgraded to 32gb shortly after I bought it but it still managed to use in excess of 16gb on a regular basis. I thought that was kind of strange but after doing a little research I found that it was not that uncommon.

Open object DBX, go to "layer" then click "define" to open the display options. At the bottom of the display list is an option to copy. You can copy the existing layer and give it a new name then turn it on/off as needed in different views.

I bought a 27" iMac around the time the Mac version of CA came out. The first few months were rough but CA finally ironed out enough details for the system to be usable. My issues with the Mac experience are as follows: 1) I was not thrilled with the way the Mac OS was using color selections in 3D. Can't remember the specifics but I recall there was a big difference between the PC and Mac OS in this area. The color wheel thing kind of annoyed me. There were other slight differences between the two that kind of bugged me but nothing major. 2) Crashing - I'm sure this has been ironed out by now but I used the iMac for almost a year and still kept getting crashes. Tech support and I were on a first name basis. 3) I'm not sure if it was my system or the software, but for some reason I was not getting the responsiveness with the mouse that I got with my PC. I tried several mice, wired and wireless on different settings with the same result. 4) PDF file sizes. For whatever reason PDF file sizes were on average 4 or 5 times larger than the size of the same files I created on my PC machines. This was the biggest pain when trying to email files. 5) There was an annoying lag with some commands (mainly roof commands, even in 2D) that I could never seem to get rid of. 6) Monitor/price - unless I was willing to pay an insane amount for a Mac pro (plus a monitor), I was relegated to the 27" form factor. My current monitor is 32" which I love, so much so that I may up-size next year. 7) Graphics card upgrades. The iMac system I bought was as good as it got a couple of years ago. It even had an Nvidea card but it was a mobile version. It still ran pretty well considering this. However, I currently have an Nvidia GTX 980 Ti and it is insanely fast. Now it seems that Apple has adopted an all AMD graphics card line up. AMD is not my favorite although it's a lot better than it used to be. With all that said, I love the Mac OS and would still be using it exclusively if I had better results. After using the iMac for nearly a year I actually switched back to my 4 year old (at the time) Puget PC and it still out-performed the iMac. I did however recently purchase the Puget PC in my sig and it is so screaming fast I doubt I will ever go back to a Mac. Take it all for what it's worth but that's my 2 cents. Your mileage may vary.

Epic! I have nothing to add to this

Not a fan of Dell. I had a bad feeling when they bought out Alienware.

Haven't had any issues with Windows 10 since the first few updates a few months ago. Very solid OS.

- Puget Systems is good. - Agree with Perry, Alienwear is also good. - Maingear Get the best Graphics card your budget can handle. Get SSD storage only. My Puget Spirit rig listed below cost around $2600 (without the monitor) and is screaming fast. I would highly recommend avoiding the big names even though they will build systems for less. They supplement their costs with excessive bloatwear which slows a system down. Use a custom PC builder that is dedicated to clean installs of Windows. Some will recommend Mac which is fine. I tried a fully loaded iMac and was underwhelmed. CA ran fine on it but it runs much better (for me anyway) on a cleanly installed Windows system. Plus there are subtle nuances in the interface that differentiate the two and I just prefer the Windows interface better.

So I pulled the trigger on the iPad Air 2. So far I'm impressed with the speed of the device and I have experienced no lag with Room Planner (my 1st gen iPad mini lagged quite a bit). I did a test house site measure (my own) and it went very smoothly. I only measured out my 1st floor which is about 3500 sf with the garage and still no lag. It was definitely faster than using my touch screen laptop on site. I use a laser measuring tool but I have no desire to link it with blue tooth to my device. I haven't had any trouble holding the iPad in one hand and the laser in the other. Pros: 1) Very simple interface which reduces measuring time (for me anyway) 2) The device measures to the drywall which is a big plus, though this can be set up on CA. 3) Adjustable wall thickness - big plus over previous versions. 4) You can hand draw walls now, although it's kind of quirky that they have to connect to an adjacent wall to create another room (not a bust for me). This feature can also be used to reduce a room size. 5) Annotations are now a reality. 6) When I import the drawing into CA it adopts all my plan defaults. Cons: 1) Library items are not compatible with CA. This is a very big deal and I'm hoping that this is addressed soon. I've contacted the developers to get more info. 2) Really really really need to be able to hand draw CAD lines and arcs. There is a very clunky way to drop in a line but it's time consuming and not really worth the effort. Summary: This a very usable app. I did site measure an actual job last week and it went very smoothly. I would be willing to pay for the app itself and transferable library items if there were just a few minor improvements. Time will tell whether more CA users begin to adopt this tool for their regular use. I suspect it's not being utilized much right now based on the minimal input on the user forum. I plan on continuing to use it for on site measuring (keeping my laptop with me just in case). I would be interested to know what apps others are using if not Room Planner.

This is something I'm delving into as well. I tried Room Planner on my iPad mini shortly after it was released and was very underwhelmed. I recently picked it up again and the updates are good. They are definitely making progress. Even my light weight Sony Vaio Duo gets cumbersome measuring as-builds so I've been practicing with RP. I'm about to purchase an iPad air 2 and will try it out with a bigger screen (and faster processor) and follow up later. It may be a month or two.

Shut the front door! Love it!

I've updated my Windows 8.1 desktop and my Windows 7 laptop, no problems on either system. One thing I did notice, there was about 3gb more space on my desktop and about 5gb more on my laptop when the downloads were complete. I was not expecting that. And yes they do seem to be running faster, bias aside. Looks like MS may have hit a home run with this massive roll out. I've heard of a few glitches but nothing major.

I've been up and running for over 3 hours since the Nvidia driver updates. No problems or glitches, very smooth. It even feels a tad faster but that's probably me being bias (because I love the OS).

Windows 10 Download Page So far the Nvidia driver is taking longer to download than the OS did. Of course my crappy internet may have something to do with that. I have been beta testing Windows 10 on my touchscreen laptop and I must say I really like it a lot. Almost enough to forgive MS for Windows 8

Not sure if I follow you exactly on that Mick, but I did download the most recent CA update on my Win10 machine if that answers your question.

The only problem I've noticed thus far is that houses still will not design themselves with Windows 10.....

Is anyone else beta testing? I haven't run CA at length yet but what I have done has run smoothly. Microsoft has done a nice job creating a hybrid of Windows 7 and 8 with some great new forward thinking ideas. When the official release happens at the end of July I'll be upgrading my laptop workstation and run it for a day or two before I update my desktop.

I'm referring to the drop down selector in the dialog box. I often find myself scrolling through that mess to find what I need. Is there a way to change the order? Or better yet, is there a way to remove the lines I never use?

Has anyone else noticed a difference in the way CA works with the touch screens? With X6 I could zoom in and out without accidentally selecting an item. With X7, whenever I move the screen by hand (which I don't do exclusively but regularly) CA selects whatever I am touching. I find myself using the space bar constantly to escape these selections. It's not a huge deal but a bit of an annoyance. Was this done by design?

Is that a brick quoin corner or a separate wall? If it's a separate wall the window will not go into that brick wall unless there is enough room for the entire window. You can also try double clicking the arrow symbol and check "ignore casing for opening resize" and see if that helps.