Adam_Gibson

Revisiting this almost 4 years later. Anyone have a faster method? I use the Sill option for windows all the time.

Nope. Only one layout. I only opened the other one as a test to see if the link was broken. But thanks!

Does anyone know why the "Text Below Line" in a callout automatically populates correctly when sent to almost all layouts, but doesn't when using a different layout? I'm using a different size page than I typically do, and no more automatic population!

That's pretty cool. But sadly, most of my GCs tack the pages to walls.

Stated better than I! I'm looking for something on the elevation to point back to the floor plan. I want a two-way street. So if someone opens up, say, a page 13 cross section without having looked at the plan first, there would be a callout below it that points to where that camera (callout) is placed in the plan.

That only works in plan. Not in elevation. That's the bummer!

Yes, I mentioned it. It was a revelation because I always have to make sure I'm referring to the correct layout page when I draw a callout on an elevation.

Now that y'all mention it, possibly it was an upcoming feature in X10. I'm confused. In any event, thank all for taking the time to address it!

Hi, Joe, At the Users' Group meeting in August, it was pointed out that there is a way to automatically link elevation callouts to plan callouts. I've known that the bottom line populates correctly in the plan, based on where one places the elevation in the layout. E.G.: if I move the elevation to a different page, the plan callout changes automatically. But I've always (and continue to) enter the corresponding information in the elevation callout manually. For the life of me, I can't remember how it was done automatically. But thanks for the response. Hopefully, someone from the meeting was taking better notes than I!

Anyone know why, when a Callout Specification DBX is open in an elevation, when I go the Text Below Line field and attempt to insert a macro using Global>Layout Info, the options are greyed out? I thought it might be because I hadn't sent the elevation to layout, but the options are greyed out all the time. I'm trying to automate the callout to associate with the correct page in the layout. I assume I'm omitting a step, but I can't figure out which one.

I was doing that with no success. Turns out I had to reconvert it to a symbol first. Then I could make it treated as a handle.

Aside from creating individual cabinets and applying pulls one at a time, does anyone know the process (if one exists) of importing 3D pulls so they attach to cabinets? I feel like a newbie.

Michael, thanks so much for the info!

I get those all the time. I'd be very curious about any responses you receive.

Thanks for the reminder. Done!

Wonderful, thanks!

I use the wall elevation view quite a bit. It's perfect for kitchens and baths, and in general when I don't want to show anything beyond walls. Two things I REALLY wish we could do with it: Resize its clip plane to expand its width to include adjacent walls. Break it to step its cutting planes. Both of these are possible with regular elevations.

Perry, I never even noticed that!

Interesting, thanks!

That's interesting, and encouraging that it's not just me. Do you happen to remember if it happened before X9? Thanks.

H'mm. Thanks. I'll have to look into this.

In X9 and from 2 separate plans?

In X9?

Yes, it's the wall elevation tool. I've done it many times in the past. No problem pasting between elevation windows in the same plan