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Nick Sonder has a new series out too actually just got an email from Sketchup about it, though I am firmly in the CA camp despite the Materials List not being as Useful as I had 1st hoped. http://blog.sketchup.com/sketchupdate/more-modeling-and-documentation-tips-sketchup-guru?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6zOZKXonjHpfsX56eQlWKO%2Fgokz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcJnPa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7bBKc1j1d8QWBXj

That would be nice and isn't it standard windows behaviour ? that or auto unzoom...

Don't have win10 yet , but make sure you have the latest win10 graphics Driver for your card. CA Server is down again this morning which is why it takes about 2 mins to get it going, the authentication has to time out 1st then it starts... you can only revert Win10 within 30 days of installing it , then you would need to do a full reinstall of previous OS. M.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com is still down , X7 just took me about 2mins for it to Load not sure if that cos I Auth. earlier already but yes advise last time was to wait and let it time out , though they said they lowered it from 5 mins to 90secs didn't they? Have sent Dan Park a PM so he should get an email too to let him know. M.

I think the Server is down again , I had trouble getting my license off my Laptop about 1/2 an hr ago too... and can't get into Chief.com either ***Edit. I sent Dan park a message just incase they don't know... M

It's all in the Details you actually had it setup right but hadn't built the Roof or put in the approximate Pitch in the DBX (49°) it was still on 22° ??? couple of things: - make sure your dimensions are accurate ( I moved walls etc ) and the exterior side of walls even the invisible one in this case, are too the exterior of the building. This is easily seen when you select a wall by which side the selection handle in the middle of the wall (square) is on. - the 265mm thick wall in this case actually means your Roof Pitch is 45° , not 49° as it was with my standard thickness wall . ( this is actually info you should of got while OnSite , get a Level App for your Mobile if you don't have one they are good enough for this.) here is the fixed plan.Liz 3_MH.plan

Assuming you transferred the X6 licence properly I would say they will let you buy the X7 Upgrade which includes SSA free for the 1st yr , with SSA you would also get X8 free if it came out 30 Days? before your SSA expired. SSA isn't available for X6 as X7 is already out as SSA also gives you X7 as noted above. M.

Thx Yusuf , I hope the Client likes it too. M.

You don't say what software you are using and haven't filled in your Profile Signature either so People will know ( see mine below) but this is possible auto too, and is easier if you know the roof pitch but after a quick play with your measurements it looks like it is 14/12 or 49.3 °. You have to make a Complete Room but not a house , even if only doing a single Room remodel, like a bathroom , usually it is easier to just make a big Room and then place your Remodel in whichever corner you need exterior walls on or in the middle if you only need the one wall , ie the 58cm wall in your case at the low side. (you are using cm but I started in inch, so just stayed with it in the example below) Once you have the big room and have placed walls for your Bathroom , you can split the bathroom into two rooms with an invisible wall and make the lower room (see pic) 58cm and the upper room 233cm then set the lowest wall at 14/12 or 49.3° and the end walls (right /left)as Gable walls and build the Roof. Here is the result and the plan so you can check it out.....ask more questions if needed. M. DMedina1.plan

I use my Mouse wheel too usually or the zoom shortcut keys

So Sad ...no plan to play with M.

In the next 9-12 months or it won't be Free M.

Your welcome Mickey... this is the only RayTrace I have them in at the moment , I made the back wall of the shower invisible to get a view of the bathroom but it should give you an idea. M.

Print to PDF and then Print it at 135-150%? on the Larger Paper . I used to Print to PDF on 12x18 at 100% and then have it printed at 200% on 24x36 if needed and it worked fine....

The program has a materials list but it only contains exactly what is in the model ,check out the Reference material for help on how to use it ....knowing that it is not perfect or infallible , should work for basics though.

You are in a Vector view (orthographic camera?) in that pic , which means you left the Pattern colour as white and didn't assign the Pattern to be Brick either It also appears as if your Standard view texture (pic) needs to be rotated 90° to work as a Wall Brick in a standard Brick pattern. ( brick looks like it runs up/down in DBX pic above not side to side) easiest way to get it right is to copy a brick from CA's Material Lib. to your User Lib. the Open it and see how it is setup correctly.

Did I not see a video on you doing this Yusef ?

I had noticed that too actually , and like you am not sure what the difference is....

Temporary dims don't show IF you already have a manual or other auto dim already in the same place , and I can't explain it but what you are actually seeing is the Dims you put on the plan while in Plot Plan View , delete one or two of them to check as I did and then they don't display while in Plan View Set as Temp Dims. Your plot Plot Dims are off in Plan View , so I'll have to let someone else give you a better explanation and the fix .... M.

looks like time to turn your Full Editor Options back on again D. M.

Correct ........ I missed the "elevation" part of the request after reading just the title ....

In Plan view (Or a 3D view) you can just open the Camera (not the view) and set whatever angle you need too. M.

grey is the default selection color ,(which can be changed eg pink works well) so if you get it you have a closed polyline assuming you are talking about a CAD circle? for whatever reason in CA if you use the CAD circle, box, etc Tools ,although they are closed by default , you still can't add them to the library , but draw a box out of CAD lines and when it closes you can add it to the Library. However, the pre-drawn Tool items you can add by --- convert to polyline solid --- then convert to plain polyline in two clicks and then add them to the Library , but as Joe and the others mentioned for columns etc there are easier and better ways. M.

This Theme addon may help with some of it Joe , I hate the all white look too.... http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7935-color-window-borders-title-bars-change-windows-10-a.html

I was thinking like Perry , that's a dumb dumb place to put that default, Rooms are not Floors... and Decks/Porches etc are never at Floor level at least around here.