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I think you hit the nail on the head. Plans look more impressive even though 30% of the information is useless. I would rather put more time into better clarification of how to build it and better accuracy with the measurements to make things easier for the builder. I mean, ins't that what were supposed to be doing anyway? Anyway, I don't want to go down that rabbit hole! Thank you again for the encouragement

I get it. I have a lot of old details also. I decided to take on the task to clean mine up one job at a time and update them. I'm sure my amount of work is no where near what yours is because I don't draw full time but I am working into drawing full time as my boy's are taking over the company. So now that i'm just turning 55 this year Its a good time for me to clean things up because I plan on doing plans for about 10 more years. I'm getting myself better prepared for more production.

Thanks Guy's, As I work through setting up these plan templates and library I'm trying to keep items more in the library and pulling them out as I need them. No offence to others that have their own opinion and their way of drawing their plans but I have always built my plan's from a builder prospective with only putting the information on the plan that is needed to build the project. We have so many designers and architects these days that want to use boiler plates that clutter up the plan. I have a job right now that I'm building and they have details on the plan that have nothing to do with the build and there is a list of 17 different floor finishes and we are only using two of them. Boiler plates are great but you have to edit them otherwise you just confuse the builder and mistakes and misunderstandings happen. So the library is a very powerful tool if organized correctly. With that said, I'm not trying to make a bunch of pre-made boiler plates. I'm trying to simplify the flow of transferring information from the library and other places as easy as possible to avoid the clutter. Less clutter also means less pages or just less clutter on one page. No need to cram everything on one page when you can just make another page to keep it simple and easy to read. With that said, there is nothing wrong with general notes as a boiler plate page but I keep them on their own page and I think most do that anyway. Thank you both for giving me your wisdom on this subject to help me accomplish this task.

Hi Guy's, I came up with an idea that may or may not be new to you but I wanted to share it with you guy's to get some feed back on what you think. I'm new at doing these video's so please take it easy on me if its a little rough for you. https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9uf20qbnq8h43e/ScreenCapture_2019-2-16 20.58.34.mp4?dl=0

Thank you guy's! You really helped me put things in perspective. My new templates are coming together nicely. And it helped I finally got some good sleep last night,

Ok, so after playing around with fill for a little while I'm finding how much I like the "Fill Style Painter" on my tool bar. AS PER THE ATTACHED PICTURE: Set your preview width to 120 and it is more like you want it Put the "Fill Style Painter" on your tool bar Build your library with all your different fill patterns This is a good start! Thanks Chief! Question: How can I change the default preview width?

I still cant see it. Can you do it in blue! LOL I'm feeling like a total idiot now!

Sorry Mick, am i missing something? I don't see a file

I imported patterns but they just copied what I already had in the library

So, Is there a way to add a new pattern to this dialog box under the type? I see add to library but thats it.

Thanks Guy's! I should have seen it, these are very simple steps. I have had very little sleep this week because I have been starring at this computer to much. Put a lot of time in watching video's and reading the Manuel and now I'm burnt out! But I got my new templates looking real good now! Thank's Again

I can do an angle hatch but I don't know how to do a angle cross hatch. I guess now I need to learn how to make patterns. I typically don't make custom stuff because I'm not doing the in depth design as some others do. I only use what is available in the program. Maybe it is just a mistake by Chief programmers that it got left out.

There is no hatching in the library. I just don't like that it was taken out. Doesn't make sense to me. I will quit complaining and make my own.

Ok, so I can make the pattern but why all of a sudden we loose the pre-made pattern in X11 after having it in all the other old version? Does anyone else have this problem? Or is it just me?

I'm sorry, am I missing something? That area is grayed out?

I have some fill patterns missing in X11. So far I noticed that the Angle Hatch and Cross Hatch is missing. Anyone have a clue?

Thank guy's! That say's it all! I like when you send screen shots and Mark give's really good detailed directions and I needed to know about the cad file too.

If I export a plan and I want the recipient to get everything to open it properly with all the patterns, are these the right setting? Anyone? I mean,I know I can just save the plan and send it but whats the best way to make sure everything comes with it?

What are you looking for in construction docs? I mean, specifically? Out of curiosity

Yea, I think your right

Im a little confused about the User catalog. I thought that I physically put all the items in it that I use mostly and things I create. Where did all the other items come from? It looks real similar to the core catalogs.

Good advise, thank you!

This right here is sweeeeeet!

I think you might be looking in the wrong folder or it got mixed up.

I left x10 alone when I installed x11 but I excepted to update all my files and then I went in and fixed the default plan and reset everything so I still have my plan files the way they were but my new plan file is set out of the box Chief. I wanted the out of the box plan and I'm rebuilding my new template file from it