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Thanks Joe, Wish we could open CA twice but no joy here. Fortunately for me this was an academic question as not much was in the layouts, so I can recreate them. Alan

I like the idea of one layout file & 2+ plan files. Did not know the layout file would open needed plan files. How to copy objects on the layout you are retiring into the other layout file?

Oh I see, force blank sheets in there.

I have a project with two buildings and they are in separate plans & layout files I want sheets A-1 through A-8 on one set & A-9 through A14 on the other. Can this be setup for auto numbering? Currently I use "A-0" in the layout LABEL and a text object for the sheet number %layout.label% works well for one layout file but how to deal with the 2nd layout file? Would I have to abandon layout file B and have two plans open & one layout file?

OK I was able to fix it by going into each of the 3 rooms on the 4th floor & changing the ceiling below. Didn't work before I posted. But I had to do it twice for one room to finally get it to work. Thanks Joe.

Thanks for your time. My defaults are correct but when you click on each room you get 120 for the ceiling height on floor 3.

I have 3 areas on the 4th floor & do not want to change any of there current value. So how to change the 3rd floor without messing up the 4th floor?

Plan attached. Somehow the 3rd floor got changed to 120" & I need it to be 114". All my attempts have messed up the floor above. What is the solution please? Thanks MacDill TH-A.zip

Scott, move them to your youtube channel. Only take you 40 hours or so.

They said no. Thank you for contacting us regarding the Legacy ChiefTalk forums. We apologize for the frustration, but because we are in the process of permanently retiring the old ChiefTalk, we cannot allow the creation of new accounts.

Exactly, no ID for the old forum. That forum was already closed when I cam on board.

As a relatively new member I can not get to content on the old forum. i.e. http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?p=411945#post411945 IMO members on this forum should have access to the content on the old forum.

I know, I use it in Windows & MS Word all the time. But my preference is Buttons. I did report it today & will share the reply.

Ah Ha I use the Icon for Copy/paste and why would I expect it to act differently than Ctrl C Ctrl V ? This drives me crazy. I'm a button man & don't want to memorize 99 key combinations. Give me a colorful button any time. Can't believe I'm the first to complain abut this !!

Please tell me they fixed this in X7. When you select an item from the catalog to place in the drawing you can PAN with the middle mouse button before clicking to paste the object. When you use the "Copy/paste" function to duplicate an object, using the middle mouse button to pan drops the object a it you left clicked. This is quite annoying and a BUG IMO. Thanks

Thanks for the update. Hope they can fix it in X7

Thanks for the info. Title updated.

Horizontal line come & go depending on Zoom level. Is this normal or my poor quality video card?

I created a plan & framed the trusses without the addition. Then I created a plan shown with expanded width, first picture. Then I added the addition to the working plan & copied the red, locked trusses to it.

Not in the plan I posed.

Yes, that is the quick way out & how I do it in ACAD (plan view only). But I wanted the section view I posted & yes it can be done as you illustrated in your Video. Thanks

Now that I know how to do it it doesn't take too long. But is is another "Work Around".

Thanks fellas for the time to help. My bad luck that I don't build CA compatible houses. The solution given by Kevin gave me the idea. Build a main house bigger than actual, create the add on trusses trusses. Then lock the envelope of each truss. Went back & shrank to main house to correct size. And to adjust several roof planes to get back to desired size for main house but the trusses created staid in place. What a PITA.

Thanks but I did that & two other video's plus invested about 4 hours of research before I posted here. That is what infuriates me. Something that should be so simple is near imposable without the TRICK to the process. If you want to do the typical truss over , no problem. So what makes this condition sooo hard? I haven't found the answer yet. None of this is direct at you Curt. I do appreciate your effort to help.

Simple add on to existing house & need to run new trusses over the existing hip. But I am doing something wrong as it will not build the trusses. Sample plan attached. Thanks Truss Over.plan