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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! Thank You

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. Thank You Joey

Thanks Perry

I 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?

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

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. Like this:

Well.....I suck at golf so I may as well be doing stupid stuff with CA to pass my time. Seriously though I learn a lot when we tangent off on some of these issues.

Well, I couldn't help much with solving problems so I'm glad I can make you laugh at least.

Is that alien talk?

Check out my video. I can fix that default setting for you!

I'm not an expert on cabinets but what about the "Glass Hose" view? I know it shows the shelving in the cabinets but I don't know how that would exactly help you. You can put in a extra page just for the view to see what in the cabinets. Not sure, just a thought. I guess the glass house option could help you to quickly draw your cad lines maybe. I will use the name Joey seeing how we already have a Joe

Jim, I glad to find out that you cant change the CA 97 1/8 because I spent hours one day trying to do that myself. I thought I was missing something simple and I was going nuts.

I only hope when I grow up I can be as good as you guy's. I'm blown away!

I found it

Where is the best place to by the Disto with the built in camera?

Awesome! Thank You

The city historical team is driving me nuts! They wan the window labels to be in order going around the house. Can I change that some how?