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Thanks, the Aerial View is somewhat useful. Although not for all commands. The help says: • No matter what tool is active, when you move the pointer to the Aerial View window and drag a marquee, the floor plan view zooms in on that area. But for some CAD tools it is not operable. Looks like dragging an object doesn't work. God I miss Autocad. To me this is a clumsy environment to draw in.

I agree, talk about user UN-friendly.

Always informative Steve. Thanks

Yes that paints a different story.

For those concerned with the SATA II versus the STA III take a look at this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-sata-3gbps,3469.html I'm still looking for a better price on the 850 Pro 512gb but am close to a purchase. My video card is the weak link in my old system, but I may wait on that until I get a new computer.

Many thanks. It's easy once you know how. Now if I can jut remember for next time.

Here is a test plan WallTest.plan

Walls will not break but pulling then apart I made a short 8" thick wall out from the intersection & then moved it into place.

Your walls are too far apart. The north south walls share the framing line. i.e. no drywall.

When you do that it creates a notch at the cabinet side of the junction.

That one worked great with a swap out of the existing. Now for the switch.

How can I close the walls so no notch?

How can I turn the outlets & switches 90 deg? There is a raised counter top & half wall that they are in.

So most likely a driver issue. I'll research that. Thanks

Printing ALL sheets to PDF file via "PDFCreator" driver I have 2 sheets out of 7 that are rotated 90 deg. In the preview pane all are correct, they are landscape view. Is this an issue with the Driver or Chief? Is there a way to send each sheet to a separate file or is this the driver too?

I looked everywhere, i think. Where are the exterior flood lights, Usually a pair at the corner of a house.

Interesting, I assume you can raise/lower all roof planes at once, cool!

Currently the lower roof is supposed to be 10', at garage the floor is -6. The higher roof on the main house is supposed to be 11'-8" The high roof over the entry needs to be adjusted up/down to be high enough to allow the entry shed roof and not be too high for the tie in on the right side roof. I may need to raise the 11'-8" roof to 12'-4" for a better look on the gable. It looks too tight where it is. I'll be back later today. Thanks

Yes a typo, ON the wall, exactly as described. Metal plate separates truss & concrete. I have a plan with varying plate heights. As I try to adjust roof heights I am confused as to what the best method is. There are two areas that need manual roof plane adjustments & auto roof keeps deleting the manual adjustments. I wanted to move bearing height up & down & change the roof pitch as well to determine the optimum for this house. Once I added interior walls, using the floor structure to adjust bearing plate height became troublesome. At first I was using just large areas, calling them hall, living room & garages. What method do you use to adjust plate heights to change the roof plane? BellaVistaLot3-r3.plan

99% of my roof trusses are pre manufactured trusses and sit on the wall with no 1-1/2" plate on CMU walls. Top chord on trusses are 2x4 except for tile roof or long spans & then 2x6 They can be standard overhang or cantilevered overhang. Overhangs vary from 12", 16", 20" & 24" Sub Fascia boards are 2x6 or 2x8 typically. What settings are critical to achieve a true roof plane & fascia height? Assume ceilings are 10'

Does it bother anyone else that the basic description & size is missing when you select an object in the Library Browser? Searching for a Large Dresser I get many pictures but no way to judge actual size. Seems to me as a no brainier that that info should be displayed if you select an item. Or is there something I missed? Also some items can be stretched with no problem but some can not. I tried to stretch dresser to make it wider but it moves the right side like a blank & the left side it only stretches the top. Should be some warning that the object can not be stretched, like an Astrix or something. Just venting.

We use 1/2" Sag Resistant Drywall, at least that is what I spec.

I though I had too but could not find the article.

Oh,I was looking at the 850Pro for warranty info. Product Capacity Product Warranty Policy (Period or TBW) 830 Series 64GB/128GB/256GB/512GB 3 years 840 Series 120GB/250GB/500GB 3 years 840 PRO Series 128GB/256GB/512GB 5 years (73 TBW for enterprise applications) 840 EVO Series 120GB/250GB/500GB 3 years 850 PRO Series 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB 10 Years or 150TBW Must have miss read the life span thing.

You give up some longevity in Rapid mode but with a 10 year warranty who cares.