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The models are here : https://na.panasonic.com/us/home-and-building-solutions/bim-library I downloaded the Autocad DWG & stripped the gutts out and exported to dae. FV-11VHL2-AB.zip

That sounds strange. Quite a design restriction with a powder room so close to the front door. I'm in a 150 MPH zone & all doors & windows are impact rated as well as wind rated but you can still have an inswing door. The garage door are well reinforced. The CMU walls offer great shear walls and most have #5 rebar in a poured cell every 4 feet.

I've been through many hurricanes in my 71 years in Florida but never had the ground shake.

If people only knew what the walls were made of! We use a lot of 8x8x16 CMU block walls here. I can take a 3LB sledge and in 2 minutes enter the home if I don't have any filled cells in my way.

Doors with high wind loads should open out. Better rain seal & wind pressure resistance. Best to have cover/roof over all exterior doors & use fiberglass, not wood or steel for exposure to the elements. A thief will find the path of least resistance. A sledgehammer & crowbar will breach most doors.

Nice presentation Dave. Did you build one plan & then save as for each model? Just curious about your method?

So programing in the Chief version of Ruby is like boxing with one arm tied behind your back.

When I try to download the PDB files I can only get the first page, not the entire document. Is there a trick to this? Not familiar with pdb files.

Could you also set a global var to the current file name and if the file name does not match the current file then reset the variables?

They came over with the copy/paste. So I see two more. Are they supposed to be there?

Oops, copy & paste from web browser error. Updated macro, see below, same error Roof plane selected & macro set to OWNER

Somehow I am doing something wrong. I set the macro to OWNER & tried the others but no success. I even set obj = owner in an attempt to get it to work.

The bug has been known for some time,

My issue is where I align the camera just the way I want & send to layout. Then a few days later I revisit the layout sheet & the camera view has shifted as if the camera was moved. If I try to stretch the layout window to readjust the camera view but the image is not there I have to re-send camera to view to correct. I'll try to gather more info.

I'm not sure of the sequence because it doesn't happen all the time. But it appears as if the camera moved and I'm sure I did not move the camera.

I have a camera vie that moves from time to time & I don't know why. The text is in the layout. I don't move the cameras but it changes from time to time. I just changed it to "Update on Demand" to see if that stops the movement. It is a live view.

Wonder why Chief rations out the attributes.

Michael You're talking Greek to me or is it Ruby? Obviously, there are 3 or 4 footing sizes in the plan. Is that info available?

Joe, I would love to label the foundation wall with the foundation size [24x12] But I do not see that information in the wall object data.

Wow, Thanks for the tips.

Yes, the screw is on the last peg, Came that way. I bought all the componits& assembled the computer myself so I do have some spare parts. I think I cloned the operating system using Samsung software if I remember correctly. Will take a look at Macrium Reflect. Thanks

Looks like I have one M.2 slot. https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z97A-GAMING-7/Specification Thanks Mick

Thanks all, I'll order one today.

I was wondering if I upgraded my SSD, would I see an improvement in some areas of Chief? Was looking at changing from my 850 to the 970 https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-970-Evo-NVMe-PCIe-M2-1TB-vs-Samsung-850-Pro-512GB/m494791vs3478

Very nice work Joe! Do the polylines need to be on Floor 1 or can they be on any floor to be picked up in the table? I was thinking 2, 3 & 4 story condos.