HannahKucerova

@SHCanada2 Okay, I gotcha. Once upon a time I had considered adding pre-defined cameras to my base template plan but the one time I tried it I couldn't move them to where they needed to be, so I was like, bleh, forget this. I've found that in some areas where I thought having predefined items on my templates would be helpful, I spent more time deleting and recreating them because that particular plan didn't "conform". I thought I had missed something crucial this whole time, ahaha.

All...thank you! There are several good suggestions here with ideas I have not been utilizing. I think a combination of a few options here will help do a little streamlining. I think Michaels idea also might cover another peeve of mine as well, so kudos! @SHCanada2, Jason, I am going to ask what might be a really, really dumb question. If you have a template plan with multiple cross sections already placed (I'm going to assume they are like in a designated area off to the side), how do you move them to actually cover the intended area? For example, if you have one for stairs and you design a house where the staircase is turned a different direction than you cross section is facing, how do turn the pre-placed cross section camera?

Yes, they do. But unless I am missing something very obvious, even when using these custom defined default sets (which I do use and have several custom default sets set up for my workflow), all of my newly created elevations get set to whatever layer I have put in the Cross Section/Elevation defaults. There is also no option to control the individual camera/section settings, which is another thing I was hoping to streamline.

Hi Jonathan, The Default Sets option does do some of the elements of what I am after, but it doesn't allow me to set the default layer for the elevations or specific clippings, etc. If what I was after isn't feasible, it's definitely a "halfway" bridge. Was just trying to get everything in one pop. :-)

Hello All! Does anyone know if there is a viable way (that I can't figure out) to create a toolbar button for custom elevation presets? For example: If I use the standard "Wall Elevation" tool button, Chief will create my wall elevation using whatever my default settings are set at under Camera Tools > Wall Elevation in the plan file (i.e. what dimension defaults it uses, which layer it lives on, etc.) I'd like to be able to create a custom toolbar button for various types of elevation presets. If I am doing an Electrical elevation, I want to designate that from the beginning the dimension defaults are my electrical dimensions, and that it is on a special electrical layer, that it is clipped in a certain way, etc. I know I can change all of these manually in the object dialog after I have created a view, but it would be great from a workflow perspective to just use a preset, so my cabinet elevations don't show on my electrical layer and so on. I seem to spend a lot of time changing clips, re-labeling and re-layering things lol. Am I dreaming a pipe dream? Thanks in advance!

I feel dumb admitting this but that right there is the simplest thing that in my 7 years of using CA I have never used as you just described. Like as I type this I am thinking to myself, how, how did I not know that? I used to mentally be like, ok 96" ceiling height, plus maybe 16-18" for trusses, 1" for tile, 4" for toe kick (all variable depending on what house I was working on of course) and adjust the height over and over until I got it correct. Sometimes the smallest things are the game changers. Thank you!

Does anyone know the logic/reasoning behind why a CAD Line drawn in a plan (i.e floor 2 of plan with a foundation, floor 1, floor 2), when converted to a Molding Polyline, will appear and live on floor 1 regardless of which floor the line is actually drawn on? I've spent years making molding polylines for vanities/cabinets/deco details on the foundation or second floor of a project and manually changing the height in the general tab of the polyline specifications to raise it up or down. Sometimes it takes a lot of math (whaaaa whaaaa, I know) to figure out where it needs to sit. Is there some magic setting I have been unaware of this whole time? So many other things have a reference height drop down, but not this. I'd love to place a vanity, place a molding polyline and when I set the height at 4" know it will show up right at the toe kick line of the vanity I'm working with, instead of in the room below or above. :-( Molding Sample.plan

Thank you Christina! I am sad it is a real thing but also glad I haven't lost more of my mind that previously thought...

Did a quick browse/search and don't see where anyone else has posted about this. Has anyone run into imported materials not stretching properly (or as they previously did in X12 and backwards) in the new X13? I import a lot of custom countertops materials and previously when the material was set to stretch to fit, it would spread out nicely and create a fairly realistic interpretation of the material. In X13, the same material now has multiple directional face lines when on a surface that has a hole in it (i.e. a countertop with sink, etc.). I do remember seeing this same phenomenon in prior versions when I would use a custom tile material on a floor (for like a shower, but I always would undo the stretch to fit option because in those instances I *wanted* the repeating pattern.), but never on a countertop. The attached pictures are the same custom countertop size, sink, faucet and material...just one is x12 and one is X13. Both are using the Custom Countertop tool. I'm pretty sure this has to do with some of the new rendering coding, so maybe it is proper for X13, but I am hoping there is a way to get around it as it does not look good in presentations. Am I missing something easy?

I have had several PM replies, thank you very much everyone! :-)

Fellow CA Users - I am in need of a few custom macro's to be created (and dumb me provided with custom step by step instructions on how to load them), primarily for cabinet labels. I was wondering if anyone who is a whiz at doing this would be willing to work with me and create what I need, for a fee. I have spent some time reading through various posts made on the topic and to be honest, I am in no way, shape or form a programmer and just reading the posts about made my head explode. Based on the time I sunk into trying to make sense out of prior discussions, I have determined it is just better for me to pay someone. :-) If anyone has some free time (yes, I know I am grimacing and laughing at the same time...), please PM me so I can describe what I am hoping to accomplish. Thank you! Hannah