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Seems crazy I don't know the answer to this but is there a way to add layers 'under' roof structures? Like a layer of underlayment 'under' the roof? All the inserted layers end up on top of the current layer. I can add a layer on top of the roof structure, which will end up under the roofing but am curious if there's a way to add a layer 'under' and existing layer somehow?

BricsCAD seems like a great program for everything other than residential and small commercial construction. I'm not a Chief home or fan boy but one look at the complexity of that interface and I'm running back to Chief. Like every choice in CAD software one has to choose what fits their business. BricsCAD, ArchiCAD, ACAD are way, way, too complex and overkill for what I do in my business. If I was designing hospitals or airports or large commercial projects Chief would be my last choice but my business revolves around small residential and for that business model there is simply no better choice - for me.

Go into your Layers and uncheck Walls,Through Wall Lines layer

Thanks Mike, Thanks Chop, appreciate your time.

Makes sense, and hard to imagine text increasing at a steady, smooth rate, though I have to admit I did expect that to happen.

Could be...

That's a good call Chop but doesn't seem to be the case as none of the text wraps during any of the snaps.

Has no effect. Still snaps to something. Actually I remember that being my first confusion about this behavior - that cnrtl key would have no effect as it was my first instinct.

I've seen this in multiple places and can't figure out how to turn snaps off completely.

Agreed, good tip.

Done.

Nice Michael, had no idea that little tool existed.

I find the tools a bit confusing as well but here's the way I break a line using the current tools. HTH

Was always taught to never scale anything from a plan, especially details. I always draw and note details N.T.S. saves so many headaches and shouldn't deteriorate from the working plans.

Love me some N.T.S. notation. Works every time.

I think it's camera 'location'. There are a couple of hot keys that will move the camera in and out but can't remember them. Try moving the camera 'out' and see what happens. Or even the cursor keys, try moving the camera away and see if that helps.

The camera behavior changed with X8 and there's a new feature, something like rotate about object (?) that maybe is set up in a way that's distorting the view? I would look for that new feature and see what changing it does for your views.

Easy enough - Thanks!!

Where is the ability to change this path in the pref dbx? I only see Data, Temp Undo and Patterns? I can see the path but don't see anyway to change it.

Yup.

I thought I would try it with 'My Materials' and could not locate it. Is the library a single 'file'? If so then that might take the fun right out of synching as you suggest. But a moot question as I don't know where that is either.

I have the same concern about the Library, thus my question above, but I can't see how there would be a lag since it is simply accessing the hard drive, which I might have wrong as well? All the library files are currently on the hard drive correct? Curious about the genuine ramifications. Or maybe it would be nice to just get 'My Materials' onto Drop Box as everything else be reloaded in case of a problem. My problem is I don't know where 'My Materials' is in order to put them on DropBox and how would one point to that folder from the library browser? Those are the types of questions I have about using DB for library items.

There is a way to use Drop Box where it doesn't install a folder on your hard drive and you can drag and drop or upload folders/files to Drop Box manually and share the link with anyone who you'd like to grant viewing privileges to. If you have loaded Drop Box on your computer using their software it will create a folder called DropBox on your hard drive and using this method any sub folders within that DropBox folder are automatically uploaded to the Drop Box servers as they are created.

I think Drop Box works a bit differently than you're thinking Michael. I have a folder on my SSD hard drive called Drop Box and it has many sub-folders for jobs etc. again all on that internal SSD drive. Drop Box merely synchs itself with that hard drive so there's no lag what so ever as each time you access a file it is simply accessing the SSD drive as if Drop Box weren't there. I suppose one would be able to access their library files in the same way? Another way to put it. You don't put any files into Drop Box. You put them on your SSD hard drive and Drop Box, which is pointed to that Drop Box folder, uploads your files and synchs them to its cloud servers. Way slicker than I thought it would be.

How would one actually accomplish that? It seems the libary files are hard to locate and move.