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I think it's pretty new -- maybe 2 versions old?

Thanks. It's the Depth Cue tool. Works really well. You should check it out.

Just to follow up, looks like label position can vary by view. I dragged the labels out of the way in the grey background elevation below. In the second view, they show up where they were automatically placed. But, Robert's solution is "cleaner."

I don't know re. your first question. That's probably a downside. I'd have to go back and check. Not working today - just rode the bike! Jim

I had this come up the other day. I had an exterior elevation where I wanted to show window tags in the foreground but those in the grey out background beyond I did not want to show. I just grabbed those tags and moved them up out of the way so they did not show in the layout box. Jim

Doug, Pretty sure DBC is right. You have invisible railing walls up against the house. These are interfering with the window and door openings. Jim

Thanks again for your insight.

Thanks for confirming. That's pretty wild, but good to know. One thing still confuses me is why didn't Undo correct this? Are changes to default settings not affected by undo? Jim P.S. Once again the forum proves to be a great resource.

Hello, I was working on a sloped terrain this morning in perspective full overview. I went to adjust a retaining wall height and apparently grabbed the wrong handle of something, causing my entire first floor building height to reduce by 2 feet throughout. This really tweaked the model. I tried to undo / undo / undo several times but with the no effect. And that's when the "panic" started setting in... Anyways, what I figured out was the handle adjustment had somehow changed my 1st floor / floor level / ceiling height in Default Settings. I was able to correct the value and everything returned back to normal. I wouldn't have thought a handle grab in 3D view could cause such an overall change to a default setting. I'm wondering for my own education what I grabbed could have caused this? (Like an exterior room, or?). Thanks again, Jim

Liz, Search for "custom muntins" under help. This tool allows you to define window muntins how you want. Jim

Agreed! I'm gonna try it out tomorrow. Jim

I took a stab at this and made some progress. My attached test PLAN (X17) is simpler example, but should apply to your condition. I drew CAD helper lines in elevation to be able to get exact measurements for the heights, radius, etc. I think the key is selecting the "double arch" type for the shallow arc shape of the arch. Right or Left Arch for the side units and Full Arch for the middle unit. Mulling the units together did not work perfectly, but you might have better luck. Good luck! Jim SAMPLE ARCH COMBO WINDOW.plan

Christopher - It's already there. It's just hiding off to the side. Jim

I've done projects where voice/data is by others. I think your approach of delegating to the homeowner is okay. Cable and copper lines are not entirely obsolete. Cable is still very common for internet service. As for phone lines, I can still get DSL in my building if I wanted. I have an elderly neighbor who has problems working his smart phone and he probably should get a phone line hooked up just for his own safety. I imagine once you run cable and phone to the home, it's not that much more cost to run it to a few rooms. As for ethernet, a lot of home owners like data wiring just for its reliability. No wifi connection issues. Jim

My first thought is do it all as mulled window units. For the lower "units" with the recessed panels, you could adjust the window frame widths and turn off the sashes. Change the glazing material to solid white. Mull everything together.

This technique gets the plan display I like for high transom or clerestory windows - dashed window outline for windows above with solid wall at normal plan section level. Probably old news to some of you, but I thought I'd share. Place your windows Put these high windows on a new dedicated layer (e.g. Windows, Dashed) with dashed linetype. Here's the trick -- make the host wall have a pony wall with the pony wall top height below the sill height of the high windows. Turn on "Lower Wall" for "Display in Plan View." This will get you solid (non-broken) wall display for the wall with the windows showing dashed above.

May be simpler solution... Does this work for you? Add "#" after manual text "A-1.". The "#" will tell Chief to auto update the sheet number.

Yes, you're right. Missed that.

Thanks for explaining this. I've had the case where two windows that were identical except for their muntin patterns were being scheduled as the same, which confused me. As soon as I added the muntin / grid column to my window schedule they scheduled out as separate. Jim

Good workaround

BTW, Pot Line View is not supported for this -- at least in X16. I came across this limitation when I set up a reference view of multiple buildings on a site plan. Maybe it's fixed in X17?

Shane, Steve of Chief Skills has a video that addresses this along with many other good videos:

No problem Larry. Now, I just wonder what the purpose of that layer is? Is it to represent in plan the wall cleanup? Jim

Larry, Check this layer:

You might be able to get a pretty good representation by using an offset pocket door. I attached a PLAN file so you can take a look at the settings. TEST BYPASS BARN.plan