Steve_Nyhof

This will help explain what I am doing... https://www.loom.com/share/5e075ef2a1a7424587fdc15e8c0a3af8

Ah!! Of course - Thank you!! I figured it was something simple. Yes, I have a few of custom layers, most I have abandoned. But I use some custom layers to set up my different foundation and floor joist types. Example

Not sure what it is in the template, but I took the wall from the older plan and pasted that into the template and updated the lines and color, renamed it to what I wanted and it works fine.

I'll add this... https://www.loom.com/share/55d3a1d485e249ec85b5e286e4fdd32b

Hello, Anyone know why change a new (copy of a) layer makes it not display? https://www.loom.com/share/74a91a05a39b4852b611ed0f7ce985b5 Thank you, Steve

Ah! I see... That makes it simple! Thank you, Sir!

I knew it would be something obvious... I was so focused on the list of details below I completely missed the checkbox above Thank you!!

I have two jobs open showing the Reference layer - one project is working the other is not ??? https://www.loom.com/share/aaa229e27da84df5b89baa01c889df3a Thoughts? Thank you, Steve

They are on CAD, Elevation Details layer This is the trick! Thank you!

Is there a way to erase entities on a visible layer? Or like the shift key, select all from a specific layer? Or, more specifically, I had to mirror a plan and my sections are messed up with Auto Details that were applied to the section. How do I delete these details so I can apply again? Thank you, Steve

I just wanted to add that I cloned the C: drive to a new 1TB Samsung SSD 980 PRO - Replacing my 970 and I can see a considerable difference in the speed of the undo and other functions. X12 was not really an issue with refreshing the 3D model, but in X13 (standard mode) when I delete a roof plane (for example) and then undo, the model would fade for a moment, sometimes like 1 to 2 seconds and then rebuild. Now it is hardly noticeable and the object(s) pop back into place. I put my old ram back in, back to 32 from 64 and faster because I was getting a blue blank screen. However, I am still getting this blue screen so looking into why that is happening. When we went to update the graphic driver I would get the blue screen. I am running 4 monitors so thinking of disconnected 2 of them to see how it goes. Maybe something is going on with my driver. Bottom line, upgrading to the 980 made a noticeable difference for anyone wanting to gain some more speed. I also updated my storage drive D: to a 2TB 980 PRO so loading plans is faster also. Thank you everyone who helped with advice here! BTW, I tried using Macrium Reflect but kept getting an error so ended up using AOMEI Backupper which worked perfectly.

Ah! Right there it is!! Thank you, Mick!

I had the computer crash and the temp files remain. I tested it by opening a plan, making some changes and the undo temp files showed up. When I closed normally the temp files were removed - all good. Further question on temp files... When my computer crashed, (I think I over clocked the new ram and put that back to auto) and went back in to open a plan I was working on, it wanted to use an auto saved version, which I excepted. However, it said it was corrupted and would not open. So I went to open the file again without the saved version and it was like an hour old. Most of the things I worked on were gone. That was fine because I was messing around with a portal framing detail. However, if it was a clients plan, I may not be so dismissive. I have the preferences set up to save every 2 minutes. Where can I go to find a backup file that is more than 2 minutes old? In AutoCAD I created a system to backup with every save which created a copy of the last backup and put that into a separate "Previous" folder and then it would overwrite the file in the main "Current" folder. So even when the software crashed and would possibly corrupts the "Current" file, I always had a "Previous" backup. Does CA do something similar so I can get my hands on at least a more recent file? Thank you, Steve

I figured. Now that I have the Temp folder under my own path I will watch it. Thank you

Thank you very much! I do see that on my X12 I used the default Temp folder which is also used by many other programs, where my X13 I set up my own Temp folder.

Can I go into me Temp folder and delete old dated or even all Temp files to clean things up?

Great to know - thank you for the info!

Ah! Thus the "Clone". Thank you

I agree. My son keeps showing me gaming setups, and I keep coming back to him with, ok, thats nice, but will it speed up CA's typical CAD operations within the drawing. He does not know the answer to that. I have done some research on CAD setups, but not enough to know what I would be talking about. Chief has their recommendations and requirements, but it would be nice if Chief developers would chime into some of this and say, well, if you don't mind spending some extra dollars, we would highly recommend this because it helps with, X, Y and Z, etc.

I've never done this. Makes me nervous moving my operating system. For now I am thinking of reinstalling CA on the new drive and set up my paths. Leave the C: as is. I know my son wants me to move everything to the new drive so I will cross that road when they show up. I just cannot afford to be down for long.

Thank you. I'm assuming adding my Undo and Temp, and perhaps all of CA onto the NVME is a good start.

Great info. I will bookmark this thread for future upgrade advise.

Very good. Thank you Larry. I work along just fine now with only a few jobs that cause lag, and I have done very little to make my own materials so I am going to leave things as they are now and wait for some real change in hardware before I upgrade. No reason to spend money on such little gain with new things coming around the corner.

EDIT*: Ah! So I would need to upgrade "*to a new motherboard" anyway to support the new CPU.