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OK so I am drawing in the CAD detail @ 1=1 but the layout box when inserted into a layout sheet is 1"=10' So I set the CAD Detail scale at 1"=10' . Using Chief line styles with text, small version, they look correct. Text is 84" tall in cad detail MOL I revised my line definition to 1"/120" or 84"/120 = 0.7" tall. But when I revise the line in CAD detail to get my revised line definition from the catalog it does not change. Does that mean the original definition I set the line to is locked into the drawing?

Thanks Mick, Preview mode is ON I guess I'm struggling with what controls the Line Style parts scale (dash, space, text multiplier) ?

I set it to 1 to 1 scale in the CAD detail and (1=1/100mm) but I thought the Layout "Drawing Sheet Setup" controlled. Selecting the Layout Box of which is the CAD Detail the Scale is 1"=10' and Use Layout Linescale is checked. So what controls the final text size in a linestyle?

In CAD detail I have imported my CAD survey. All linetypes are changed to solid or contentious. I want to restore some of them. One has a 60" dash & 20" space. How does one create this? Also made a fence linetype with WF text but want the text to display 15" height and 40" dash. The file is attached, rather large, with the layout included. PS I hate that zooming scaled text & dimensions! Guess I will have to keep "Display line weights" ON. Coachman.zip

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

If you have a CAD program that supports LISP you can use this routine. http://cadtips.cadalyst.com/node/1388?no_cache=1499103174

Here in Florida the truss MFG will not release the engineering until they are under contract. That doesn't happen until after permitting in almost all cases.

Site built windows" now that is a thing of the past here in Florida. But most commercial windows are as attached.

They appeared to be the same but I'll check again in the morning.

OK I see how to fix it. Thanks But why were some windows opaque & others not?

See attached. In Ortho view some windows you can see through & some not. What is the difference between them? Corona.zip

Well I swear I could not find 2 gang before so maybe it came with the X9 update. The reason I wanted it was it is tedious to add 2 switches in every bedroom. Maybe I'm too picky. Yes I know you can push them together.

What a dummy! It is in the Catalog (2 GANG)

Does anyone have a 2 gang switch they would share? I use them in almost every bedroom but my skills of making these symbols is quite inadequate. Thanks

Nice start Curt. Google "flush skylight" for some good looking designs. I would prefer metal roofing on such a low pitch roof but if the client wants shingles you may be able to use a peal & stick underpayment & still use shingles. My 2¢

Yes but I do not want them relative in this case. I want the leaders to be non-associative so I can move or resize the layout Box without the leaders moving.

Turn leader association OFF? Using leaders in Layout to label camera views, I added the leaders & then resized the view to fit the layout & the leaders moved. Can you turn Leader Associate OFF?

Plates come installed from the truss company. They are just to prevent contact of the wood truss & the cc bond beam. Strap connectors are installed by the CC guy as they pour the bond beam. They are installed at the layout marks put on the block wall by the framer or GC. We work in 4" increments for block wall heights. Two story block you install a ledger to support the 2nd floor so you have more flexibility on height. Working on a 4 story now. the front & back walls are block on the 1st floor & frame above that. The party wall is 4 story block.

I seldom see sill plates any more in Florida. Truss sits on the block bond beam with s galv. plate that comes with the truss. Simpson META16 in the bond beam to anchor the truss.

Well if you are talking inches you might be in the Unites States. You local climate will likely drive the decision as to the wall components. Here in Florida 8" CMU block is common and we use a 1x2 furring system with insulation on between the furring strips. If the Energy Audit (needed for every permit) requires more insulation to pass code a core fill insulation can be added to the cells of the block.

Typically I draw in CAD with layer names that have a floor prefix. FL1_xxxxx Floor One FL2_xxxxx Floor Two P1_xxxx Plumbing floor one FR1_xxxx Framing Floor one If you use a similar method you can stack the CAD file & turn layers On & OFF Or block the floors separately before you import it. If you use one layer name for all floors & place line work for each floor in a different location in model space in CAD you will need to bring each floor in separately. If you do that consider blocking the CAD before or after importing OR import each floor in a separate "CAD Detail" . Then you can create a block, explode the block & manipulate the line work without dealing with the Chief layer sets. Any way you decide I prefer blocking the CAD to make it easier to turn off & on.

And when you set the display to Show Line Weights this is what you see. So none of the previous displays give you any clue as to what the print result will be. Personally I want to see line types as the print all the time but can't without line weights.

Zoom in and the line dash & gap are 7" Zoom out & the gap & dash grow.

see the line type

I guess that working with static line types & dimension sizes for 20 years has me set in my ways. When I see a line type that doesn't look correct I think I need to fix that. But wait it was the Zoom that was tricking me. When I zoom out the dimension look wonky. I don't need or want that feature but can't turn it off. Yes I will put in a feature request & with a vote of one we'll see how long it takes to implement it. Seriously though there are several other things I would like to see fixed/changed before the line type issue. I realize i am only one voice and other users have learned to use the software "as is" so I have little hope of real change.