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did you do your reshaping ,sizing etc BEFORE you converted to a countertop?... once it is an "object" the edit parts tool doesn't work (does it ?) as it's no longer a CAD line. If you break the polyline and touch a section with the edit parts tool , it straightens that part of the curve, (my experience to date) but I don't play with custom counter tops often and use the arcs tool usually, maybe more options in X6? but not sure you can multi-select on a closed polyline , it just causes it to give you the "move" selection handle. M.

same here doesn't happen 100% of the time but pretty frequently.....

Thanks Glenn , things went better today , I had tried making a "template" of all my default settings in a plan and I think it was screwing things up yesterday somehow so deleted it, and went back to the Standard profile.plan today to start and things went better .... The Railing width wasn't an issue, easy fix as mentioned , it just happened to be the only "thing" I saw different yest. after trying different settings. Once I figured out how the wall layers were working and their widths it went ok , didn't get to the 2 post Corner tonight but so far not too bad. May be how my wall thickness are set as I see "shimmering" in the rim joist materials between Rustic Alder and the PT Wood, so tried changing some rim joists to white which seemed to help. I found I didn't need to change the wall type back to normal once the other settings were done , in a cross section view I could click on the railing which gave me a height measurement ,which was editable , I just clicked on it , didn't alter anything, and hit enter and the railing dropped down to the bottom of the Rim Joist. What's the best way to "save" these settings in X5 for reuse ? possible? thanks for taking a look , appreciate it. Mick. Fascia Mount Deck Railing_X5.zip

haven't seen it as Code anywhere but I have seen it mentioned on TV shows (Flip This) eg about L.A.,Cali., that it can't legally be called a bedroom for Real Estate advertising Purposes and can thus adversely effect the Selling Price. ie a 4 bed house is worth way more than a 3bed... just cos it has a 2ft wide closet..... nevermind the room is now 9'X9' M.

it happens all the time here and on Hometalk when you edit a (recent?) post , Copy your reply goto the full editor , paste it in if the full editor removes the formatting and hit post. Usually works for me.... or just goto the full editor straight off and it doesn't seem to happen.

if you don't uncheck Cookies before you run CCleaner it will delete them all and you'll need to start at square one....been there, done that.... had to re-enter my ID , PW etc on all the forums/website etc I belong too M.

might be your internet cache/cookies if it still shows the old email in the login possibly ?

Thx for the info Scott , I'll try and find that video too , it'll be nice not to have to tell client's my software can't "draw" the rails how I'm really going to build them , if I can sort this out. M.

I'm missing something obvious or using the wrong railing tools , not sure ? adding an extra 3 1/2" layer (Post width) only seems to make the top and bottom Rails wider ,but the posts don't move. Perhaps the wrong layer is assigned as "Main" layer ? ( I can change the railing width in the DBX if needed but , I don't get your result.) Did you start with the Straight Deck Railing Tool ? or Straight Deck Edge Tool , and add your own railing to it? Not sure if you have time for a step by step or a Video , but thanks for the help so far. M.

I now think I was thinking about the check box for Home Designer Titles but even that only works if it is the same year/version. Had a bit of a play but no luck yet getting your results yet. M.

AMD ......don't you have the bonus Beam Catalog it has a C-Channel in it along with 2-3 other steel beams/flanges etc? might not be what you wanted of course but it is horizontal by default by the looks of it. M.

While looking at the KBase for something else I came across this article on moving CA to a new Computer ,thought it might help..... http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00001/ M.

Ok for some reason I thought I had read/seen that you could allow when saving for older versions to at least view the file ie read only.... guess I am wrong about that .... thanks I'll give it a go..... Mick.

Hi Glenn , is it possible for you to save that plan so I can open it in X5 please ? you must have file locking on in the Prefs?, thanks again, Mick.

Saw you other post thx for the reply .......Cant you work in X5 please some nice Stuff , maybe one day i'll be able to use it.Thx.

I see that wall framing turn up when I have Energy Heel Trusses too , which means the exterior wall ply and Finish must go upto the bottom of the top chord , not sure how many Framer's would actually build a wall there , it's more likely to be a solid block eg a 2x10" or 2x 12" depending on the Energy heel height. Looks like your Rafter depth is set different from the Truss top chord depth for the drywall issue? M.

Old Issue for me with an undocked library too , also using 3 monitors M.

Apologies for not getting back to this earlier Glenn , yes that looks just about perfect , I'll download your Rail2 zip file and hopefully I can open it and figure it out alongside your Description. thanks a lot for the time taken. Not sure why CA makes it so diffircult though it's been an EON since you were allowed deck mounted posts or posts notched around the double Rim , you cant model post inside the rim or outside the fascia the only to acceptable solutions for Timber Post, in elevation/cross Section the don't extend below the decking either so you have to Draw in those parts yourself.... thankfully not to often. M.

I've only seen that when I didn't realise I wasn't logged in for some reason , ever tried hitting the back button from the search results after looking at a link? everytime I get a webpage expired message. have to reload hit yes try again etc etc.... if you hit back again you end up back on the forum and do you whole search again. M.

Not sure if it happens in X6 and maybe not your issue but one issue I've had is CA defaults to using the Primary Screen's configured Video Card , so if the Primary screen isn't using the Nvidia card you can end up with it using the other Card. Are you using or have you used Dual displays or been hooked to a TV? In my case I have 2 cards but 3 screens so I need to make sure the Primary Window is set on the NVidia Card ( you can see this in the NVidia panel under "setup Multiple Displays") not the other card. the Primary window has the * in the corner and it should match the number above of the Nvidia Card. M.

Any chance you can update your Ikea Lib. download ? maybe just me but each time I goto MediaFire the webpage locks up , perhaps you can split it so you can post here ? ( 10mb limit) Thanks Brink. M.

Thanks Brink , just wondering if your symbols only work for X6 users or for older versions too eg X5 or X4 ?

Thanks Joe , those windows work well , they are on the Furniture ,Exteriors layer so I switched it them to Windows Layer , I assume that's no issue right? definitely easier than messing with the Bay window tool so thanks again. M.

Not sure 100% but only HD Arch. and HD Pro can do Vector view and Elevations , so he is stuck with Camera view only. Some titles deliberately block some of the 3d view too ,eg you cant see the whole foundation ...nothing below ground , unless that change in recent titles ? M.

We'll have to wait for enlightenment till 3pm PST minimum? , its 3AM in Oz