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So for that to work, set only the CMU as main layer and set Auto Exterior dimension to Main Layer? And when you draw a new wall it ignores the stucco layer for snapping? PS I see a "Dimension to this line: in the wall dialog that controls the dimension snap to. Can't find what makes the drywall line visible in some drawings & not in others.

Scott, I did use the EDIT WALL LAYER INTERSECTIONS tool, but could not get your results. Also made the CMU the only main layer, no joy. BTW the wall was stock CA definition. They had all the Main Layer checks. Alan that may be a solution but I have a problem with an actual stucco layer. I do not want any dimensions to the stucco, only to the CMU. We never measure to stucco surface on exterior walls. Thanks for your time.

OK I have a 3rd Floor that is not full length of the condo. So the partition wall is 2x6 exterior frame and the lower CMU wall is a Parapet wall. The CMU full height wall needs to frame through the 6" wood wall & stop. See attached. I did try the new wall tool. Thanks for any help. Wall Test.plan

Well it was a pain having to pull down the box every time you wanted to show them.

Give that man a cigar. It was the Font. Thanks Tommy. Trying IMPACT for room names.

Perry, The Text has the checks already & yes opened the dialog & closed it but did bot uncheck them. Tommy I'll try another style but I just sent to tech support to see what they have to say. Thanks

OK, bad spelling & fat fingered typing are a bad combination.

They are checked Perry. Thanks for the suggestion but no joy.

Hum, I didn't find that setting. I'll look again.

Joe, Nothing under stair. I added the curved walls after the stair was built. Had a hard tile trying to align them. My desire was to have another set of eyes look at the stair & see if it could fit better in the space & still fulfill the requirements listed. If I rotate the stair away from the walkway under the stair I did not have enough headroom going up the stair & vice verse. As it stands now it is un workable for code requirements. So I was just leaning on the community for conformation or another solution. This is not a CA problem but a stair problem. Thanks Alan

Why is the Plain Text Box clipping dangling charters? This is not the room label. Ariel Black 10"

My limited experience is that UNDO works on each operation I preformed but only if it changed geometry. Point is you are flying blind due to the fact the program is not telling you what operation it is undoing. Hate to keep comparing this to Autocad but it is my Gold Standard. Autocad undo will tell you what each command it is undoing. Like PAN, MOVE, LINE, etc. You can even set an Undo Mark when you know you want to undo from this point onward. Do your changes then UNDO back to that Mark.

Maybe someone has a better idea. This is a new house & the floor height is not changeable per the contractor. (But if that is the only solution I will go back to him) The problem is I need 7' clear headroom as you walk under the stair. I need 7' headroom as you walk up the stair. I need 10" tread depth at the 12" walk line. AND I need to preserve the Lenin Closet Door in the Powder Room. (This may need to be amended to be a open shelf Linen because I don't think the door can be saved.) Note that the stair is 39" wide in the Plan but it will be 42" wide when built. CA does not recognize the balusters as the inside of the walk path to get the actual walk line. So I had to fool CA by using a 39" width. Anyone have any tricks up their sleeve? 6227 Bayshore.plan

Quite annoying, I have 4 or 5 commands to undo as I was trying to move the stair & needed to adjust dimensions. Point is I am in a section view & need to UNDO 4 or 5 times to undo the stair rotation which took place in the plan view. Hell i don't remember if it was 4 or 5 undoes that are needed. Why doesn't the UNDO report the command or operation it is Undoing!? Why doesn't it undo a change in the view I am in so i can follow along the path that took me here? How can a mature software like CA not address these items. OK Rant over.

Thanks again guys. Looking very good now. Rods added & angled line was the roof plane bleeding through. Had to pull the roof plane back so it did not touch the exterior wall. Shown below in Vector View which makes line errors pop. The front has some slabs that I could not join but I am moving on to another project.

Thanks for all the help. Most every item has been solved from all the tips I've gotten. Only one wall issue remains on the tight side of the picture. Any tips on how to add two angled 1" rods to the canopy on the left? Wall Test.zip

Larry, Thanks for the tip. Is there a global setting for that or do you set it once per drawing secession? Thanks Alan

Thanks Perry, that did the trick for most corners.

Thanks For the tips All I changed the Stucco wall to include a 1/32" exterior layer that hid most of the lines. Still have a angles line that must be ties to the roof surface somehow. Wall Test.zip

Plan attached. I want clean corner, one line. Not any end wall showing. Have to leave, dinner time here. Later PS This is one of my first projects but I am working on three others, early stages. Wall Test.zip

OK all this talk about correct models yields a clean layout makes me ask what to do to clean this up. Item 1 is the end of the right wall coming through on the front wall. Wall type is CMU Stucco with Drywall on the interior (stock catalog wall) Item 2 is a joint between floors, this front face in actuality is a contentious CMU wall & no seams. But most all 1st floor to 2nd floor walls should be seamless on the exterior.

Thanks Larry, the carpenter will have a good time with those trusses. The Architect insisted on them to save money. I found a ceiling article but this project is in permitting so I won't spend any more time now. Too much on my plate. I'm working on a three story town home & the inability to show half the stair in one floor & half from above is killing me. Perry, I agree, clean model improves elevations & sections but I still see lines that need to be deleted. I'm learning as fast as my old brain will let me.

Well I'm in my second month with CA so I look forward to the day when I can do that in CA. The sections and details are quite easy in ACAD as I use LISP & dynamic blocks for lots of things. And the Stretch command in ACAD is very easy. So changes are quick for me. In CA all cleanup efforts are lost when changing to a revised section. I haven't found Web trusses and can't seem to figure out Drop ceilings but time will tell. The issue I see with sections is that 3D to 2D leaves a lot of clean up requirements but that may be me too.

One of my current projects is a one story office. These details are ACAD while the floor plan is CA. I don't see myself doing all this in CA. The sections have changed several times, so doing mods with CA sections when line tweaking is required would drive you nuts. JMO

Too bad they don't fix the CAD environment. There are a lot of little things that bug me too and I'll list them tomorrow. Too busy today.