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Thanks, So surely they will fix that in X11.

So what is the "Auto Generate" checkbox do Symbol DBX 2D block ?

From the Help File Uniform Stretch Zones define an area between two planes that stretches uniformly when the object is resized, leaving the area outside of the zone unaffected. Note: Stretch Planes and Stretch Zones do not affect a symbol’s 2D CAD block, which always resizes in a uniform manner. If you resize a symbol using custom Stretch Planes and Zones, consider generating a new CAD Block. See 2D Block Panel.

So just to be clear, the issue is with the 2D Block not updating properly? This is the case with any symbols we create?

Oops, i did not regenerate. So every time you resize you need to regenerate the 2D block? (that looks better) Sizes vary and need to be adjusted during the design process. See attached current toilet rooms using narrow walls. & a few stray partitions I was messing with.

Opened Mark's plan & still does not seen to stretch properly. The partition thickness increases as the entire symbol is resizing when it should be stretching.

See attached The plan view compresses the door when stretched smaller. In 3D view it looks full size but when selected it has a smaller box. Untitled 2.zip

Not taller but deeper stretches the flange & the door. See attached what the default looks like. Are you adding your own stretch plane? Like the second picture below, I added plane but the door still stretches.

Yes, I tried the latch side & I want to stretch in the other direction too. To make a deeper stall. But I can't seem to get the stretch planes to work at all.

Using the Chief Catalog "Architectural / Fixtures / Partitions" in my plan but, I can not seem to add stretch planes that will work for these so I can resize them without resizing the doors & hinges. Has anyone added the stretch planes that will work?

Yea, one plan file has other issues too, like managing TABLES for door, windows & others. One PLAN file is doable but the reversed plan would mean 2 complete interiors. When I say complete interiors, I mean with interior walls but not furniture & decorating items.

Thanks for the valuable opinion's. These are very small houses, one story with a one car garage & no back porch. As I said there are 3 elevations now. There may be a need for a reversed plan as well. I think I could manage 3 houses of this size in a plan and maybe 6 would not be too hard on performance. The elevation changes are varied porch column types & Gable vs a Hip roof and minor embellishment's. I prefer one base model so I only deal with one electrical, plumbing & framing plan. Well maybe 2 framing plans. With a single (primary) plan I could make changes to doors, interior walls, cabinets & switches without the "paste in place" into other plans. There always seems to be clean up. With 6 plans it is tedious work but manageable. I was thinking of 3 or 4 houses in one plan file & only one of them would be fully flushed out inside. Using that one as the floor plan, foundation, plumbing & electrical layouts. The reverse plan may require another complete house. The exterior elevations could be shell houses with no interior. As for the Layout file, I have made 6 cover sheets in a "Cover sheet Layout File" and another layout for the regular plan sheets. This worked OK on my 12 unit Townhouse project. But I would like the address to change on the shared layout sheets. Thanks again for the ideas.

Hoping to avoid multiple PLAN files.

I have to produce 6 plans with addresses on all sheets. There are 3 elevation variations that change the front & side elevation views. I was hoping to have one PLAN file & maybe 6 LAYOUT files. The idea is to one base plan that all modifications would happen & update all houses. Wish there was a way to maintain only one LAYOUT file also. Need to address the 3 elevations in the plan file. Anyone come up with a good strategy for this situation?

You probably figured out that there is a command to swap floors. Also, Walls of different types are aligned by Chief via the align with below or align with above based on the outer surface of the "Main Layer": of the wall. NOT the Outer surface of the Exterior surface. This is regardless of the outer covering or the wall thickness. So if you have stucco as an outer layer it must be the same thickness for both wall types.

And what climate are you in?

Actually, they miter cut the 3/4" plywood, glue & nail the mitered seams. They are supposed to use a Peel & Stick Tape at the top to separate the Block from the wood.

Mark, Looking at your first file, how did you tilt that panel? I put a stretch plan in my columns which looks impossible on a cabinet assembly? Column Symbol.plan

Mark. very nice work. Thanks for sharing. Great detail on the moldings vs what you can do with solids in a given time. Thanks Mick, I see now that cabinets are much faster than solids.

Thanks for the examples I have a look this afternoon.

I'm in the process of creating some varied Craftsman Columns from symbols & wanted to be able to turn the lower base molding on/off. I could create two column symbols but thought I also could use one column with a layer "Column Base Molding" & turn that on-off. The base molding is a p-solid but I think I may need to create the symbol & then block the base separately. Any thoughts?

Or you may ask here as the users are very friendly & may have what you are looking for.

No snow in St Pete Beach, FL Finding the method of dragging the truss envelope in a section view better than truss profile view. Off to dinner. Thanks

I guess I'm trying to figure out how to deal with this missing section & having the trusses build automatically like I modified them.

I do like to see the slope, Joe. The trusses had to be modified in section view to the proper shape & then in plan view I do a replicate to fill the required number of trusses.