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Yeah, that's what I meant.

Discussion here:

here's the result of b) above:

Shane, a) you could create your DW / cabinet combo in an X16 plan and copy/paste it forward into your X17 plan (old school). b) you can modify a base cabinet to show back panel only. Here, below, I show a base cabinet where I have turned off toe kick, done an appliance opening for the front face, and for the left and right panels I have selected "none." I would think this would work for your situation.

OK, I figured it out: Turns out I needed to update the Angle / Quadrant Bearing setting for each floor level. Once I did that the angle bearings showed correctly. The CAD Defaults setting is unique to each level. Learned something new today. Jim

Looks like the floor plan is a polygon. There is a Polygon Shaped Room tool in the Build menu drop down. Try that.

Hello, I created my lot boundary lines on level 1 with the CAD polyline showing length / quadrant bearings. I added my North Pointer and rotated to true north. The lot boundaries updated correctly to show true bearings. All well and good. Level 1: Then, I blocked these lot lines for convenience in order to copy across multiple floors as I'd like to show lot lines, setbacks, etc. on different levels. My problem is the lot boundary bearings do not show correctly when I copy/paste to the new floors. Even if I add a new north pointer to the level is does not work. Other levels: Your insight appreciated. I suspect North Pointer does not play well with blocked polylines. (I also swear I figured this out before but I just cannot remember!) Thanks again, Jim

There are materials available:

I think you are in good hands with Robert. Follow his tips to get the hang of it. I did a quick import of your DWG into an X16 metric plan template with units set to meters. Attached is the .plan result. It appears to be scaled correctly. For example, the parking stalls measure out to be 3 meters in width exactly (same as Autocad file). DWG IMPORT - X16.zip

Post the DWG and I can take a look at it. Jim

Have you seen this? Just tried for first time. Neat.

Yes, it might be an optical illusion. The stair does looks like it might have different radii, but the coffered ceiling directly above looks like it could be circular.

It is possible to break the curved stair into multiple segments and have different radii for each segment:

Can you use Edit Area (All Floors) to copy-in-place the content of one plan into the other?

Joe, Have you seen this? https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/354/framing-with-attic-trusses.html Jim

Rob, I gave this a whirl. First time building a custom garage door for me. Others might have an easier method. I built custom door panels out of 3D solids in elevation. Basically 2 panel types -- 1 for lower panel and 1 for the 3 upper panels with glass. I then created separate Millwork symbols for each of the panel types. I then assembled (stacked) the millwork panel symbols in elevation to create my new door assembly. I then created a new door symbol out of these 4 millwork panels. You could probably skip creating separate millwork symbols for each panel types, but the thinking was if they were their own symbol they could more easily be rearranged if the door panel layout changed. This took maybe 10 minutes. Jim GAS STATION GARAGE DOOR.zip

I would agree. It's most common to have titleblocks on the right side vertically. If the set is rolled, it means you do not have to unroll the roll to see all the plan set information. Also, using a vertical strip for info means you are left with a more square drawing area on the sheet than if you did a horizontal title block. Those are two advantages I can think of.

I think you need to add a roof:

If you turn on Balloon / Extend through Floor Below for platform intersections for that particular wall it cleans up well. Also, like Shane set you might want to review whether the 3" extension is needed for brick in that wall definition.

This is what I do for switches. For example 3-way switch for stairwell light(s). I'll show a leader line from fixture with arrow and note either "to above" or "to below." Should be clear enough for the electrician.

John, I think the viewer app is "light weight" and meant for tablets and phones. But, I agree that it would be nice if it didn't have a memory limit. If you don't already know, there is a desktop viewer option too which allows the client to view the full model in full detail. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/resources/viewerrequest.php Jim

Hi Ryan, Welcome. The way I might approach this is start with a "nominal" basic wall type definition, for example a 6" wide exterior wall or a 4" wide interior wall. Useful while doing schematics or design development. Later for CDs you could redefine the walls to actual wall width definitions. You could selectively change each wall definition wall by wall or just redefine their wall type definitions so that they reflect actual construction. - Jim

Ben, Thanks for reply. Problem solved. I restarted Firefox which fixed it. - Jim

Anybody having problems loading browser-based 3D viewer models today?