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Yes, I'm sure too! Thanks for the tip! Jim

Not sure if this is correct behavior or a minor glitch that I could report. I typed in "+/-" as part of a schedule note without any spaces. I noticed paragraph word wrap does not work with this letter combo and push it to the line below. See screen shot with highlight below. I would have expected any letter combo without spaces would be treated as a "word", but maybe punctuation or special character combos are different. Any thoughts? Thanks again, Jim

I typically do not include window and door rough opening dimensions and leave it up to the builder / framer to figure it out. I do this to avoid issues just like the one you described. It's just too easy to make an error and besides, they should be expected to do the calculations. This is not exactly the answer to your question, but it's food for thought for your future projects. Jim

I seem to remember 8" treads / 9" risers being allowable in California up until the 90s? Seems like a distant memory...

Yes, I think your code interpretation is correct. I missed that. Good to know. Thanks! Thanks for your realistic "in the field" input! I will revisit this. You've all convinced me to add a tread. Jim

Good morning, Maybe more of a question directed to builders / framers, but would you have any buildability concerns about a wood framed stair designed w/ maximum allowable riser height? To explain, I designed my stairs on a project with maximum allowable 7-3/4" riser height (California). Code does permit a 3/8" tolerance between min./max. risers. Normally, I'd design in some tolerance wiggle room on my floor-to-floor height, but overlooked this and I'd prefer just to leave as designed as I'm pretty far along. Thoughts? Thanks again, Jim

Thanks Glenn for your help. Jim

Thanks Ryan for your tips. Jim

I've been an Epson guy, but for my next printer, I will definitely check out Brother based on comments. Jim

Good morning -- Thank you for your replies. Ryan, Chief has a tutorial video that suggests this method. The fireplace I'm modeling is monolithic masonry, so I thought a 3D solid would be a good way of doing it. Should I just model with 8" masonry walls? How do people usually model solid masonry chimneys? Glenn, not sure if I fully understand, but to clarify I did not place a door opening. Instead, I broke the wall where the chimney / fireplace occurs. This is to reflect the as-built condition of this midcentury house: Thanks again for looking at this. Jim

Hello, I have an exterior siding wall: I split it into two halves and made the upper segment invisible: Question - is there a way to prevent the wall layers from wrapping the end of the visible segment? (I tried the Edit Wall Layer Extents tool but with no success...) Basically, I want to get rid of that siding wrap between the visible wall and a 3D solid I have defined for a fireplace shown below: Thanks again, Jim

I have an all-in-one Epson WorkForce WF-7710 and have been pretty happy with it. The printer I had before this was also a WorkForce, but an older model. The thing about this Epson model is it can print one paper size larger than 11x17 ledger, i.e. 13x19 "Super B." The benefit is it allows me to print my usual 24"x36" sheet size at true 50% scale if needed. So, my usual 1/4" architectural plans at 1/8" = 1'-0" scale. Ledger size does not work for this. The printer has been reliable. It accepts 3rd party ink, although you'll get a "are you sure you want to do this" warning from the software... It can scan up to 11x17 ledger size. I use the scanner a fair bit. I feel the Epson (PC) software is fairly outdated and somewhat clunky, but it's functional. I just looked at the Epson website and they have them on sale at discount. You might take a look. I think I bought mine as a refurbished item from Epson if I recall. Jim

My personal opinion is time is expensive and paper is cheap. So, I'd would set up all deliverables as one sheet size / 24" x36". If you'd still like to send out a smaller paper format for schematics, one option would be to print 50% / half size on 13"x19" Super B format, which I do from time to time. I use an Epson Workforce inkjet that can handle this paper size. Output would be 1/8" = 1'-0" and scalable. Jim

I see you can already add a box / border to a text object under "attributes." Maybe they could handle your request as a variant of that text setting? Jim

Thanks again for your input and help. Jim

Hi Glenn, Just curious - does a cad line act as a "stop" for a wall? Is that a method to control wall cleanup? Thanks, Jim

If your architect uses an older version of Autocad, you can advise him/her to use DWG TrueView 2023 from Autodesk to convert the DWG to a compatible version. It's free from Autodesk website. For example, I get often files in latest version of Autocad from a client, but I work with Autocad 2015. But, I can use TrueView to "down save" to my version. Use the "DWG Convert" option of the program. Jim

Thanks TeaTime. I'll work on this. I think I have my plot line elevations set up with color turned off, which removes the shaded opaque glass effect. But, I was reading an older thread (screenshot below) and it sounds like the trick is to keep color on, adjust opaque glass like you said, and adjust all my materials to be black white and grey. Jim

Agreed. I "unsolved" myself. I did not understand the proper forum etiquette, but now I do. Thanks, Jim

I sent an email to tech and they responded back today that they'd have the graphics department look at it as they too found it confusing. Way to go Chief! Jim

I've been getting a graphical "glitch" with my sent-to-layout elevations and was wondering if other people have seen this too and if it is correctable. I set my "Glass Standard" material line and pattern to a fine grey diagonal hatch so that my windows come in grey on the elevations: The result looks great in the Plan Elevation View. So far so good: However, here's how it looks in the Layout View with plot lines turned on: As you can see, there's a weird line bleed where the diagonal hatch hits the door or window swing lines. Seems to happen everywhere, but only at swing lines (fixed windows okay). Any insight? Thanks once again, Jim

Norman, I just copy and paste the note label from one elevation view to the other. Jim

Thanks Glenn. That's really clever. Jim

Thanks Brett. I tried that, but it unfortunately did not work. What's weird is I opened up 3-4 other older projects where the electrical schedule was "correct." My plan was to copy and paste the Cad Detail schedule over. Strangely, they all now show the compressed keynote size. But, all the other schedules like "construction notes" look fine. I closed and reopened Chief thinking it is a glitch, but that did not help. Or, maybe I changed some sort of global preference? I'm at a loss. I've attached the plan file. The "problem child " is "electrical notes" under cad details if anyone is willing to take a look. Thanks again for the help, Jim PROPOSED.zip

I had my keynotes in my electrical notes schedule looking just fine. Then in my haste I did something that screwed it up and I can't figure out what. The keynotes now look tiny. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks again, Jim Used to / should look like this: