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I would like to go to a CA class or user meeting but there is never anything that I see closer to the LA/Orange County Area. Otherwise I would probably go.

Joey there is so many different things to consider, is there land and setbacks that have to be meet, is there cost involved that will be determine the over all of each apartment, like Perry said in one of his post draw the outside dimensions of you build that is requried then add the rooms your client might want to have for that space, after that show your client and it is fairly easy to adjust your walls  to make room sizes they might want or need

I understand zoning, setbacks, parking spaces, lot coverage....... I appreciate the help but I must not be asking the right questions because they haven't been answered yet. I know that I have space for a 80 ft. x 30 ft two story apartment building with taking into consideration the R3 zone in LA that I need 1 parking space per unit, 5 ft side setbacks, 15 rear and 15 front....... That's simple stuff.

I went on Google search and found some floor plans of other apartment buildings to get some layout Ideas to get me started

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Perry you are correct just didn't have the time then, what I did was place a symbol in the plan then selected it, select the open symbol icon the one with the chair and pencil under rotation at the bottom select the y axis, then rotate 90 deg either left or right, then I save it to MY electrical lib that I have in my user catalog

I knew how to do that myself but its always nice when someone gives you something just to be nice with no strings attached so I wanted to say thank you. But Perry is right we need to know how it was done otherwise we don't learn. So Thank you both!

Thanks for the free stuff Ray!!!

The first thing I do around here is check the parking requirements. That can make all the difference with the design. 

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I'm familiar with most of these things but if you remember my original question was;

Looking for a few Ideas to draw a four-plex apartment unit. Are there any sample drawings within CA or anywhere else I can look at to get me started? Haven't drawn an apartment building yet and I need to get my thought process in that direction. Any help would be appreciated.

More for two story design layouts for the apartments themselves. I can do it on my own but it always helps to cheat a little by looking at some other drawings for ideas. This is mainly just preliminary to put some cost together for the owner. I have done a lot of work for him in the past and don't mind going thru the extra work but I wan to keep it simple. Not getting paid yet. 

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Thank you I forgot about party walls. I thought party walls were more for Condo's but I sure do understand the separation is good for sound. I have done a lot of sound walls for restaurants and churches for the bands. Quiet rock is my material of choice for sound but it may be to costly and over kill for an apartment.

Does separation also help with fire? I know 5/8 type X is the materials to use but just to be clear I'm asking if the 1 or 2 inch gap helps with fire?

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Looking for a few Ideas to draw a four-plex apartment unit. Are there any sample drawings within CA or anywhere else I can look at to get me started? Haven't drawn an apartment building yet and I need to get my thought process in that direction. Any help would be appreciated.

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If you're not intimidated by building a computer, you'll get the absoluted most bang for your buck by building one.  I've built my last 3 desktops with top of the line components for around $1000 each.  The people over at http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ provide an amazing resource, tell them what your needs are and they'll search out the best parts for the best prices at the time.  They'll give you a complete breakdown of what you need to buy (with links attached).......you just buy it and put it together.....piece of cake!

 

Best part is, they charge you all of NOTHING for their services!  Even if you are hesitant on building a computer, all the information you'd ever need is online, it really isn't that difficult.

 

Good Luck!

I will check that out.

Thank You!

I spoke to my son and he buys a lot of his components through newegg.com and some from Fry's electronics and even alienware. I think with all the information I have been given I think I will build a system myself using his help and the technical information that you have all shared with me.

I have been using AVG as an antivirus and I also herd some good things about system mechanic. Any thoughts on that?

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Thank you all for the specifics. That really helps! I want to make a good choice and these are all good suggestions.

I put mine in desk top mode also. I just think it is really awkward compared to other versions. It was set up for touch screen and I think that is why it is the way it is. I think they should of figured a way to make so you can still have the traditional desk top. They sort of did that but not very good. I think they really missed the mark. I think its even worse than windows vista. XP in my opinion has been the best ever as far as user friendly. I hope they do a better job with the next version.

My signature shows my most recent computers. One desktop is home built, the other is HP. I've been happy with both approaches. Purchased the HP in June and have been VERY pleased with it. The liquid cooling is quiet and the six cores add a little extra pop for ray traces. This model also allows overclocking.

Don't own a MAC so won't comment on that OS. Windows 8.1 in desktop mode works great. From what I've read recently, if you have Windows 8.1, you will get a free upgrade from Microsoft to Windows one

One of my lap tops has windows 8.1 and I hate it. Let me know if you get more info on the upgrade I would like to do that.

I have had HP before also and I had good luck with it in the past.

My son purchases his equipment through alienware and builds his own for gaming. He spends a couple thousand every few of years. Maybe I will ask him to build it. 

I think I will look for a local shop and see what's out there. I will tell them I want it good enough for gaming. I think that is a good suggestion.

All great suggestions!

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Thinking of getting a new desktop computer to run the CA program. I know a lot of people don't like Dell but I have a Dell and have been very happy with it and the online support has been good. I pay the service fee each year because when I screw things up I have instant help and I multitask a lot so I need it.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the type of operating system, hardware, software....? And I'm open to other manufacturer's I just wanted to give my experience with Dell Computers. I not totally dumb when it come to computers but I would like to know what others are doing so I can make a better choice.

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Joey

Thanks Perry

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Joey,

 

If you create Back Clipped Cross Sections, the camera callouts can be displayed on all floors.  But I don't think you can dimension to those.  The other option is to create the "Reference" or "Grid" Lines on one Floor and then "Copy" - "Paste - Hold Position" from one floor to the next.

I don't need to dimension off them. I just use them to reference the wall for the structural calculations. Its funny I have never use the Paste Hold Position. New it was there but I guess I never thought about how it could help me,

Thanks Joe

Ok, what I came up with is to put them on a layer set as Ii usually do but copy and paste to the second floor. But what I didn't know is that I can cut and paste "Hold Position" and it will be same as first floor.

That works unless someone has an even better idea?

Just use a callout, put them on their own layer and in the callout DBX, select "Display on all floors"

I put them on their own layer set but don't see in the dbx where to display them on all floor?

I'm not sure what the technical term is but I call them "Reference Lines" (refer to attached picture to see what I'm talking about). 

My question is;

Is there a way to put these reference lines on the first floor plan and have them show up automatically on the other floors without having to manually put them on each floor? I put these in on all my drawings manually and I hope I'm not missing something simple. I thought there should be an option or tool to automatically generate reference lines but I haven't found anything yet.

On an addition they only calc out the effected area in the T24 energy

Joe,

 

I use Circles for Doors, Hexagons for Windows, Octagons for Cabinets and Squares for Appliances.

I guess just being consistent is most important. I appreciate all the input. Although since I have been on the forum I have changed the way I do things on several items. Hoping that I can be of help to others at some point.

I don't always show existing windows and doors for the entire house but when your doing Historical houses you have to show everything for the planning commission.

I put the (E) and the (N) in front of the label in the schedule and on the elevations but not the floor plan.

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