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I think you can Copy and Paste them over. Give it a try.

Larry, You might need to download the Bonus Catalog / Exterior Roof Attachments: Jim

You might check out this recent thread with a similar condition. See if there is useful info there. Jim

Brilliant! Worked very well. Thanks, Jim

Great idea. Thanks!

Have you checked out the tutorial videos? I think these are often overlooked. There are many help videos for roofs: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/95/roofs.html

Today I wanted to select all walls of a certain type (Interior 4 - NEW) in order to change to another type (Interior 4). I thought you could do this with the restrictive selection tool (with certain filters?), but I could not figure it out. I only got so far as selection all walls... Can somebody clue me in on this please? I think I'm missing something important with this tool. Thanks again, Jim

That's correct. They are typically inswing I believe. I worked a while in Germany -- super common there. Great windows.

Radical! I've got some homework to do. Thanks, Jim

Is there an easy way to have a "dummy" place holder for a deleted schedule item? For example, if I delete a door from a door schedule I often like to keep the schedule line item and mark it as "Not Used." This is to keep the overall schedule numbering order / total count unchanged. I feel this helps the plan checker or GC in keeping track of changes and is better than renumbering the entire schedule. Would be interested if anyone has a good method for this. Thanks again, Jim

Thanks Rob for the input. Jim

No, it's just attic.

I struggled with a tray ceiling earlier today and wound up just making it as a 3D solid due to time. I have not used the tool much, but have watched the videos. Just a simple grid / box dropped 6" from the ceiling plane as shown in white below: I was wondering... a) Will the tray ceiling tool work for this layout? I just couldn't get it to work. It seemed to me that the tray tool wants to work from the room outside perimeter in. I could not figure out how to have a tray at the room interior with a perimeter of unchanged ceiling height around it... b) if not, what's the best way? Thanks again, Jim

Thank you sir. Drawing Sheet Setup it was. D'oh! I had accidentally change my drawing scale to something weird. Changed it back and that fixed it. Jim

Good morning, For one of my projects the display line weights have "suddenly" become very fat: As opposed to this below -- another project -- which looks normal to me: Both are PLAN files with Line Weights turned on. This happened "suddenly", so I feel like I may have changed some obscure line weight setting that affected the problem PLAN file only (not global). Any thoughts? Thanks again, Jim

I don't know if you can override the primary format for a single dimension within a dimension string with multiple dimensions. But, you can create a separate dimension, override the primary format and drag it into place. Here's a screenshot. Circled in red is the single dimension whose primary format I overrode to show inches:

Layout boxes are transparent. Content will show through.

One crazy thought -- could you do it with 2 superimposed layout boxes? One behind with black and white live view with all annotation turned off. One in front with only annotations turned on and in color?

Well, it turns out you can use the batt box tool within the pattern maker tool to create a repeatable batt hatch. Nifty.

Ed, I messed around with the CAD pattern maker tool to create a custom "S" hatch. You could then use in a polyline fill (See #1 below). Seems graphically pretty good IMO. You might be able to fine-tune the pattern so it reads better. Unrelated to your question, but #2 below also shows same hatch in an exterior stud wall as a quick experiment. (I've been wanting to use this for my exterior framed walls so that the hatch is automatic and therefore no need for the somewhat tedious batt tool).

Me neither. I just remembered I watched the video when I was evaluating the software a few years ago. Glad it worked out!

Rob, I remembered a video about this kind of condition. See if this helps. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/64/using-the-shelf-ceiling-room-structure-setting.html?playlist=96 Jim

Do you mean spiral stair? Search for "spiral stair." There was a forum discussion about a year ago. Jim

There's a dedicated layer you can turn off. Jim

I've noticed this too with my plans. Now that I think about it, many (most?) dishwashers are installed between base cabinets. Maybe the trick is to place it freestanding by itself and just pull a custom countertop over?