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Thats intresting. I will have to exsperiment with that setting in relation to view and printing. Thank You

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Even though I use color in my drawings, I like to be able to print black and white and have everything looking sharp. Most young people these days depend on color instead of line weights these days. I drew by hand when I started 44 years ago in high school, and I learned about line weights to separate wall lines from dimension lines and so on. It’s just something I can’t let go of.

If you print black and white on the printer the color grey does not show up. If you use black and set the transparency black will show up as grey.

This is perfect for me, becasue when I need to run something over a wall such as an arrow you can see it clearly. With black walls you cant see anything. Personally I like this look a lot.

Ok, I did not know that you could do that with the black. I have been working with grey and it would not show on the black and white print. I like this much better than everything else I tried. It prints out beautifully and looks very clean. Thank You! I couldnt figure it out becasue it was too easy

Thank you Joey for your response. I color my walls also but the problem is I need them to show up for black and white copy's. You gave me an idea; Im thinking to get the best of both worlds I can do the backround color with angle hatching so the hatching will show up in black and white print.

Yes, you’re right. I don’t think that there will ever be a perfect science to it.

Thank you! This is confirming axacty what I was thinking. Why have a saved template at all? If anything you can use the last job that best fits what you are trying to do and prepare it just as you are suggesting. However, I do understand the concept of the template and will probably try to keep a template up to date using the same process, but will not call it a template I call it "NEW PROJECT". Deleting all floors seams to be the safest way to prepare for the next job. I will typically block my kitchen and bathroom designs and add them to the libuary so I can just pick one that best fits my new plan and alter it. The libuary is my favorite tool, I put everything in it that I can for reuse. This would be a good thread to keep going becasue there are so many differents ways you can build your tempates, boiler plates, new project... Whatever you wan to call it.

Thank You guy's

I did check out the tech file. I was confused by some of it. I dont always do well with written instruction but I always try. One on one help or video's are much easier for me.

Thanks guys for the insight. I also just changed my signature to read x17 instead of x16

Hello my freinds, I spent that last 3 days building my layout and plan template off of one of my current jobs. I cant find any instruction that gives me enough inforamiton to prepare the the current job for a new clean template. Im concerned that I will delete too much and I dont what to messup what I have built. Can anyone help me with this or point me to a video or somthing that will help me though the process? Any help would be appreciated.

I just used angle hatching for now. Seems to work fine at 1" or 3/4 when I print black and white.

Wall Types I was trying to come up with a wall type for my new walls that will show when I print in black and white. I thought maybe dots would work but when I print, it doesn’t show the dots. I don’t like solid black walls. I prefer gray but it doesnt show up when print in black and white. I have to print in color or grey scale Any Ideas, Anyone?

Thank you for the response. Just to understand it helps me. I look forward to continued improvements of the Project Manager. I like it and I think it will be a useful tool.

What drawzilla said

This is confusing. Why does the project browser allow for duplicate file names? Are they going to be the same when I open each one or will they be different? Anybody else having this problem or concern?

I have never done anything with the asset managment. Is that something Im supposed to cleanup and mantain? There are a lot of files in it that I dont use.

Hey Guy's and Gal's, I just started using the project browser (manager) in X17. I confused in the purpose of what the Common Documents are used for. Is it only just a storage folder for documents or is there more to it than than? The reason for my question is that when I bring PDF's into my plan or layout, I was trying to figure out where the pdf would be stored in the project browser. Any input would be helpful and any other dialog for using the project management system. I watched the video and read what I could in the help section. I think I understand a lot of it but would like to know more from others that are using it. Thank You This is the way I have mine setup so far. Note: When i click on any of the folders on the let the common documents and plan and layout templates dont show up. Im sure that is typical. Not sure.

The roof somehow got off from one side to the other and it was generating an attic wall along this line and was affecting the corner of the railing wall. I just figured it out now and thought I better post it. Thank you all very much for all the help.

This kind of stuff drives me nuts. I usually find out it has to do with wall alignment, invisible walls or just how walls are structured. Most of the time I figure it out but this one has got me stumped. Untitled 1.zip

Noted, Thank You Sir

Thank you Guy's, very helpful This helps and reenergizes me to investigate customizing my materials list so it can work for me. I’m sure I will have more questions and comments to add to this thread as I put things together. I need to review some videos and get reacquainted with the materials list. It’s been about 5 years since I tried to use it and I’m sure there has been lots of changes that I don’t know about.

I never have understood the wallboard (drywall) section. I wish I could rely on it for material quantities but its to confusing and I never know if it is including the ceiling wall board (drywall). I like the "Insulation" section beter. It says whats walls and ceilings. Im sure you can customize it but It always seems to time consuming and I can do take off faster with a pencil and calculator. Dont get me wrong, I am a total Cheif Architect fan I just wish the material list were better.