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The sad fact is that if they opened up / improved support for Ruby a third party would move in and provide all these tools we're wanting.

Glen, In All the Dim Defaults? I did this in my 1/4" and no joy,

$14,000 was the figure I was told. (not installed) The door is in a "Chief doorway" with a Nano door symbol in it But the door way should be able to be snapped to it with snaps.

Trying to dimension a door opening manually, 19'-7" Nano SGD, but no snaps to the frame of the door. What am I doing wrong? The only snap that will come close is the "On Object" snap which is only snapping to the wall MOL.

Thanks Michael. The Right Click while still holding the Left button down when cursor is OFF Screen does seem to work. Just have to be mindful where you cursor is as you can activate another program if you are in the windows task bar. Still not as easy as click pan click. Wish Chief would allow us that option. Some command work that way.

Perry, if you are selecting corner points across a house 100' you can zoom in to one spot but to get to the other spot 100 feet away would take a lot of arrow keys to get there! For anyone that has use the Click to pick for each point & no drag method this is an incredibly awkward method.

Thanks Mark but I only have two hands. Wow to scroll wheel works but incredibly awkward.

OK this drives me nuts. Would someone enlighten me please? While in a command line draw a line or selecting dimension points or any other similar pick a point command entry. I often need to zoom in to get the EXACT point i need then to drag to the next pick point I need to zoom back out to see where I am going and then zoom in when I get there to pick that final point. How do you manage the Zooming while in a command? Would someone turn the light on please. Thanks

Good I'll give it a shot. Thanks

I have a plan & layout file that is a similar project to a new project I want to start. If I save the old Plan file to the new projects folder & rename it to the new project name. How could I reuse the old layout file saving it & renaming it in the new project folder. Do i have to wipe out all traces of the old file & start over with all the saved views & sections?

That helped, once built turn OFF the Automatic Heights. Thanks you.

I have an 8 story building & the first floor has a 15'8" rise so 3 sections & 2 landings. I am not through moving the stair tower walls so I need to STOP the stairs from disconnecting from the landings. Ideally I would block the stair because at this time I do not want it changing. Any suggestions?

Thanks All, I will study the Story pole Dims. In the mean time Michael helped me out with a Macro solution.

When you as Chief to Frame walls can you get Chief to ignore wall framing already created on other floors?

Thanks for the work around. I reported it to Chief, maybe they will fix this.

I have an Electrical Anno Set but the revision cloud creates on CAD, Default layer How do I get it to create on the Current layer which is CAD, Electrical

OK using a blank plan X8 I got it to build a floor framing & I manually added beams & post w/ foundations. Just need to adjust height of post. Maybe adding terrain will help with that. I think the other plan had some defaults set that prevented me from creating the floor framing. Hall 1.plan

Yes, as if you built the house on a DECK. I expected it to build as if a deck but with 3/4" plywood sheeting ILO 5/4 decking.

Sorry folks forgot what version it was. Plan Deleted. I'll upload an X8 version after dinner.

First one of these for me but can't get it to auto build. I used my template file so maybe my defaults are not set correctly. Called a cabin due to it small basic design. Nothing special just framing floor & foundation. Thanks Plan deleted (Wrong version of Chief sorry)

Yes Michael I am still interested in your Macro send me an email when you can. And thanks for the tips on Story pole Dims. That delete method is helpful.

Yes that is why I requested a Delete Option in the DBX. A tool to delete in elevation view would be great too.

Yes I saw that. handy for ADDING markers but a little tedious when trying to eliminate them. The delete function would be nice. More tools in the tool box is a good thing IMO.

Yes unchecking the Marks to include eliminated many of the unwanted but a delete option would be very helpful. As this option is not an every day tool for me it is easier to delete unwanted than to reconfigure each time I decide to use it.

Yes Joe, that is where I got hung up thinking that was the only place you could modify text.