DIYJon

I'm sorry to hear that it pains you so much to produce accurate representations of a design. I'm renovating a 1973 townhome, and I'm documenting it, and I'm drafting plans for the city so I can legally perform the work, which I'm doing myself. I'm also researching this entire process called Architecture, of which I have no formal training. We call that learning. I am the building department. Would you recommend, since part of this renovation is converting to copper, that I deploy GFCI breakers instead of being concerned with GFCI receptacles? I hadn't considered this.

For the purpose of modeling accuracy, I presume I would use a standard 110V CAD block and simply check off GFCI in the options for that receptacle so the model doesn't show individual GFCI outlets in the rendering. Yes?

...or just the first outlet? Also, should I create a custom line type to use with electrical connections that reads GFCI in the middle of the line to denote which part of a circuit is protected?

Just to test the polyline feature, I created an area over a dividing wall and calculated. I get results in the materials list for just about every part of the walls except the upright studs. I get Blocks for the block wall, headers for the door, stucco, running bond, but no studs under framing. Any ideas? Here's a short video of the problem.

I have 15...and that's the last version I'll ever have since they changed the licensing model.

The inset is due to a 1" layer of foamular insulation that will be added behind the wall.

It's too big to attach here. Are there any restrictions to linking to a doc share?

I have a layer set intended to show connections between lights, and I have another layer set to show connections between receptacles. There are two layers for this in each layer set: Electrical, Connections, Lighting Electrical, Connections, Receptacles. I've created a view for each, and each view has the appropriate layer set assigned. When I'm viewing all of the views for Receptacles, including the layer set that has Receptacles layer on and lighting layer off, when I draw a connection between receptacles, I'm prompted to turn on the layer for lighting connections. I have selected the Receptacle layer as the active CAD layer, but it doesn't seem to matter. Is there somewhere else that I need to tell CA to draw connections on a specific layer?

Here's a quick loom of my problem. https://www.loom.com/share/1aaff659860b4d948e871b4617c8aebd?sid=a5f72cd2-8f98-4545-815a-0482ef459fda I have a few top plates that sit higher than adjacent walls and I can't figure out what's determining that setting.

I've recorded a quick screen cast of the problem. When adding a notes schedule to a new CAD view in the Project Browser, despite selecting the category for the notes, nothing populates the list, but on the plan where the notes are, the same notes schedule shows what it should. Loom Question

I'm sure. Here's a quick Loom of what I'm experiencing. https://www.loom.com/share/c29cf9acd6784aeea39fb21f8664c6ee?sid=9365c5e7-27f6-4a7c-9c55-88ce425f7461

I have, but it doesn't seem to do anything to the ceiling.

With a 1/2 shadow reveal?

I have speakers that I'm putting into the ceiling. Rather than mounting them directly on the drywall, I'm creating a 1/2" wide x 1/2" deep shadow reveal that surrounds the circumference of the speaker. When it's complete, it looks like the attached photo, which puts the speaker grill flush to the drywall and leaves that reveal ring around it. How would I replicate this look in CA? I imagine I would create a circular polyline 3d molding and then insert it into the drywall, but I can't figure out how to make a hole in the ceiling surface so I can recess the ring into the drywall.

For visualization / modeling / explaining or asking questions about construction, I find it easier to offer a visual representation of what I'm doing. Right now I'm trying to learn how to physically connect a small sloped roof on a new shed (lean-to) to an already existing and finished stucco wall on a framed structure. To do so, I'd like to present an image showing the underlying layers of the proposed solution much like the image attached, where it's a sort of cut-away showing each material layer. Is this possible with CA? If not, what software are these guys using to create these images?