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in the bad old days , yes ran into that one....several times as SSD's died , thankfully today said Co. allows online deactivating from any computer ..

Well what do you know it works I'll tell ya how tomorrow ........ ok ok ... now not sure if 100% correct but...... Build whole house (floor 1) at 9'1" , turn off Auto roof , and then lower the ceiling in the Rooms you want 8'1" ( and Don't ever turn Auto Roof Build On again , Use manual roofs if needed.) 1512_MH.plan Hopefully what you need , I gone for now... night Mick

I must be missing something , perhaps a fresh look tomorrow if you post the plan file but you have 4 roof planes over the main house and 2 over the garage bumpout , which one are you going to eliminate to make it 5?

I think Sherry is right , Your model can't be right if there is supposed to be 5 roof planes , there would have to be a gable at the back or something to eliminate one of the planes you have there now.... or you miscounted and meant 6 Your Plan must have been open in CA when you zipped it , as the zip file is empty. you don't need to zip it if the plan is smaller than 25mb nowadays btw.. If you scanned and PDF'd those instructions they would be easier for people to see/read too. And the Join Roof Planes Tool wont fix that corner for you ? M.

Thanks Larry , so it's not really a Zfighting issue then ....something to do with Shadows by what Brad_M said ... didn't realise he was from CA either, most of them have the Green CA Avatar. Like you I didn't think you could be "too far away" by clicking on the Camera Icon....but.....what do I know They should add this info to the Flickering Textures KB article if that's the case.... someone else if bound to run into it too. Mick.

H.O.D / P.M Head of Design/Project Manager Or Head of Design and Build or DAMN BUSY

Schooled again ..... here I was thinking the qbasic I used on a Commadore64 in the 80's could of done it better I am not sure why CA doesn't auto add a zero to all the single digit numbers then, sort list sort correctly, but maybe it can't ? M.

Hmmm pretty sure it ain't 1980 still ...ASCII ??? time to update some Code from CA-0. . Perhaps beta testers found it but wasn't a priority to fix? I'm working on a small single level place and there are 70 walls already. Good thing I know a good man who knows Ruby thanks again

Did you find a solution Larry? Guess I missed something.....

Wow... thanks Joe ...really appreciate that. It was a pita looking for say wall 7 and having to scroll all the way down . Not sure WTH CA can't do it properly in the 1st place ....lazy programming... but THX. Mick.

One other question on the Walls Details , int the project Broswer is there a way to make the List sort numerically ...properly instead of 1,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,2,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 etc etc

HD posted on HT too so I directed him to Glenn's post , which makes sense, I was thinking they meant an extra floor.

Did you make the New Wall type the new Default Wall, (interior or exterior Wall) via Edit>Defaults>Walls ,>ext. or int or change the Wall-type Drawn to the New Wall type in the WallTypes Tab of the Wall's DBX? M.

Yes , I think that's right as long as you don't alter the wall , then it re-inserts the default layer # text. M.

You can Clean install if you use the Media Creator and make the DVD or USB Key to install it , generally it is probably better to go Clean every few years to get rid of the "gunk" but can be a bit of work..... Think I'll let it upgrade 1st and see how things go then perhaps spend the time to do a Clean install if all is well. Media Creator https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Hi HD , you actually want to be over on The HomeTalk (HT) Q&A Forum , this is the CA Forum for people willing to pay for help.... use you same ID and Password over there .....see ya there... https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/forum/5-qa/ https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/ M.

You are correct , if you alter the wall the Wall Layer# text comes back by default , it gets the no# from the Framing Layer in your Wall's definition , it isn't always 3. Might be 4 or 6 or whatever depending on what is outside the Framing Layer ie building paper, rainscreening , rigid insulation, sheathing, ,siding etc. If you delete the Auto text ,not the Box, just the text inside it and add the view name macro it will also stay in the view even if CA re-adds the default Wall Layer text again , it just maybe hard to see as it is under the new Wall Layer Text , pull the new Wall layer text down and you will find the one you inserted the Macro into as well.(1st pic) Joe meant for you to check the Wall Layer Text's Layer , not the Wall's Layer 3 and turn it off , see the 2nd pic below . Turn that Layer off in Layout and Assign the Textbox with the Viewname macro to a new Layer copied from the 1st one and renamed, (see 3rd pic) leave the View name Macro Text Layer on in Layout. M.

Hmmm well that would not of occurred to me ....or likely anyone else I'm thinking ..... But mine is set to the Default 12 currently so I'll try 8-10 thanks once more .... I do use the Tab Key but admit I am not a great keyboarder due to a left hand injury a few years ago , but find the TAB Key will cycle thru and often miss the thing I am after so I have to try again. This is when I go click crazy but with X7 that can cause CA to freeze temporarily while it catches up with my "crazy clicking" , don't try that in the Library either , I've had it crash a couple of times now and have seen one or two other reports of the same issue. If its a resolution issue perhaps I need a 4k monitor currently using 1980 x 1080 triple screen. thanks Glenn M.

I don't think the Cursor "focus" is all that accurate myself unless you zoom right in , this is one of my Pet Peeves with CA. I see it all the time for example in smaller rooms especially like Bathrooms , you try to select the Room by clicking on the floor and it gets the Room Label , so you try again and it get the cabinet, move over a bit it gets the toilet, so zoom in and try the floor in the same spot again and finally you can open the Room.... it seems even worse if your cursor Aperture is anything but zero too but maybe it just me or my Mouse ?

Thx again Joe appreciate you speeding time to answer questions and "schooling" me on "best practices" with CA. Mick.

Is this new , with the new cabinet DBX ? in X7, I thought I had used the Control Key in the past to push them in

My Comps are all Win7 Pro too and no invites, I have the DVD Made now but not sure I want to force it if M$ doesn't think it's "ready" , My Win8.1 Surface 3 got Win 10 though....

Did you try the 300" tip ? not sure if it is working or not and is only usually needed on larger terrains not one this size. I was aware of the zooming vs move in move out with the cam. but moving the cam way out , rotating the model till it looked bad (black) and then zooming back in ...it is really bad...

Thanks Joe I don't have 1-3 (no Ruby skills) but was wondering why some of the "Note" Macros I made weren't available in Layout , but I guess what is done in Layout isn't sent back to the Plan View so they force you to go back to the Plan view to add it --- Which might be a better/safer way to do it I guess. Mick.

ohhhhh left your plan open in another tab and it is now showing weirdness in the terrain , road, driveway turf etc , while at high angles only ,not seeing it on the house. am in Pre. Flr Overview too , Pre. Full Overview is fine so far.....