scout1

in the pic the lights that are casting light are classified as outside the lights under patio entry are classified as patio

as you can see the patio lights cast no light I moved one light to outside eve in the right hand corner of patio it now

cast light whats up.

correct i have drawn in a lot of objects such as grass, fences, septic, lines, etc and you are correct I am clicking around an object

that I would like to highlight and larger objects that are turned off highlight thanks. 

I have recreated the problem if I modify the annotations on a saved plan view and hit save I seem to be able 

to select all kinds of objects on the plan view that are locked or unchecked for that  view. when I exit that saved plan 

view and come back to that same view the ability to select unwanted objects has gone away. 

Why can I still select layers in my plan view that are locked and unchecked to display driving me crazy

how do you change the font scale window back to this 1/4" verses 0.012345

I have a pick of the open window

I wish that it was that simple the layer is on in both views for the objects

in question. 

slab shows in 3d view but not in 2d and other slab

shows in 2d not 3d  I would upload plan but 

file size to large. 

more pics of door

sorry for last reply 

try to draw a wider wall say 6" then trim each side of door select small wall

section make a 4 1/2 wall insert door use poly line draw arch over door 

(see drawing poly line arch convert to solid and enter depth)

try using the wall niche. you can find in the pull down in windows

you can put above door then select it and change to an arch. 

I thought that in x10 the saved plan view was for that purpose. 

changed settings on one saved plan was not suppose to affect

other saved plan views. 

any way to insert door schedules on a door saved plan view and not have the 

doors on other saved plan views change to a call out.

would like other views to stay with the door size that was there before

inserting door schedule. using x10

Out of no where all of the views I try to generate turn out with black screen

any reason why?

say I am on layer set framing and I need to manually dimension a wall  can that dim 

go to a layer called dimension framing then when I switch layer sets to say windows

can I use manual dim and that dim will go to say layer window dim.

  can I switch layer sets and Manual dim will switch to different layers

any one in the Fresno aera using chief

any way to draw top of wall at a given elevation with a straight top

I have a terrain in the drawing from survey.

18 minutes ago, dshall said:

When you import,  before you actually import,  do you identify all stuff on the maj an$ min contours as contours?

 

i: going off memory in r3gards to termin9logy.

after importing dwg I do need to explode cad block before I can select a contour line

2 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

It looks like all the terrain contours must have been cad blocked together and may not even contain elevation data.  You could unblock them and convert to elevation lines and assign your own elevations, but they are not really even labeled from what I can see so unless you know the site very well it would be difficult to be sure and get it right.  I would get in touch with the surveyor and ask if he can unblock the contour lines and maybe it will import with the data or you could ignore the contour lines and enter all of the elevation points and let chief generate the contours but you again would have to know what the surveyors codes mean or it could turn into a mess in a hurry.

thanks I did notice everything was on a cad block I will contact survey company and try again

7 minutes ago, dshall said:

I gave your plan a go and I could not get it to work.  In fact,  when I imported I found nothing.

thanks for the try. I do get info in new drawing can see lots of information will let me build terrain

ect. just stays flat thanks again for the try. 

1 hour ago, scout1 said:

am I missing something I have imported dwg into new drawing

created terrain with no result other than it turning out flat using x9

ACAD-15-450_TPO-1.DWG

I have tried all steps in video 1056 with same outcome flat terrain

this is why I included dwg for help thanks. 

am I missing something I have imported dwg into new drawing

created terrain with no result other than it turning out flat using x9

ACAD-15-450_TPO-1.DWG

importing survey dwg terrain is flat need help

ACAD-15-450_TPO-1.DWG