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1 minute ago, HumbleChief said:

Thanks but I'm not sure I can make sense of this "just as any other drive, nothing stored locally."

 

[bonehead] Don't all my drives currently store files locally? What makes a 'mapped drive' not store files locally? [/bonehead]

My apologies, it should read "works just like any other drive, but nothing stored locally..."  Windows reads it as a normal drive, 319GB used / 168 free, is actually the capacity of the cloud account.

Thanks, I edited the new screenshot to remove some more info.

Yes, the mapped drive functions just as any other drive, nothing stored locally.  For instance, if I open an AutoCad file on my work computer and forget to close out, then try to open the file on my home machine, it will report that it's open on another computer and create a read-only instance of the file.  I don't know anything about collaborative use, as I only access the file myself.

@HumbleChief just really quick, can you edit out my attachment on the quote?  It may contain mapping info to my OneDrive.  Replying to your question shortly

26 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

I'm curious about mapping OneDrive (or DropBox) as a network drive. Does this mean that drive, which lives in the cloud and not on your computer, stores all the files freeing up your own hard drive? And accessing that drive, on the cloud, can be done from multiple computers like any DB or OD folder?

Here's a screen shot of my computer drives.  I only log in to the onedrive once after restart or lost internet connection.  That ExpanDrive looks handy for other users though, thanks.

@HumbleChief really?  I did not know that.  Unfortunately it seems, as I'm on Windows 7, its not possible to map dropbox (not able to use "an app").  I do use it manually for sharing files with clients as necessary.  Though with large global limits on email, that's the quickest for me.

I feel like a shill always adding unrequested info about microsoft One Drive.  But, the biggest advantage for me (working on multiple computers) is it is a mappable drive, so your computer sees it as just another hard drive.  I had no issues working off of it, not storing the file on my local drive, but I have pretty good internet as well.  There is no need to sync, auto or manual, and you can set up a local hard drive backup from the mapped drive (SyncToy).

I've been previously told to use PNG, which I do with great success.  I believe the value of the PNG is scaled graphics which you wouldn't get with a jpg that only has as good of a resolution as it was originally saved or printed to.  I have not checked my final file size with it, but operation within the program is much faster.

2 hours ago, DRAWZILLA said:

I delete all past versions except the previous version but I keep the data folder for each version with all previous jobs on the 4tb backup drive. I still keep and have all jobs I have ever drawn since computers for personal use were invented. 

We not only have all of our hard drive data, but even paper files back to the 70's (Engineering firm).  I also have boxes of 3.5" floppys from construction and inspection projects and boxes of ZIP drives.  I suppose one day I'll need to clear a bunch out, but there hasn't been a pressing need for space and I do have functional readers for all the data (which is getting really difficult).

Just out of curiosity, is there any particular reason to delete previous versions other than good housekeeping?  I've kept all my previous versions and could pull them up and use them, if there was ever a need to.

On a previous post a while back, after someone recommended I just call CA about an update, they wound up shooting me what felt like a very fair price from X6 to X10.  I don't precisely recall what it was, but it felt like a mistake on their end.  This is basically a hobby program for me as well, but I do want to try to stay current and entry-level proficient.

An additional option that had been given to me in a similar post is use .PNG file type.  I believe that PNG offers a better file size to resolution ratio and it barely slows CA down.  Especially in details from code where I desire a higher resolution instead of converting a PDF to a higher-res jpg which can become a large file quickly.

Thanks Renerabbit.  I figured it was an easy solution, and had tried the "extend downward" but didn't realize the need to change side walls to gable.

This seems to be the same plan as the previous post, but the only way I'm aware of to make CA do this is rotating the baseline angle.  I've never seen the join tool do that, only manually.

Renerabbit, slightly off-topic, what auto roof method did you use to extend the slope down on the garage bump-out?  I know its easy with manual, but I'm curious about auto settings there.

I'm far from even proficient with this program, but with three specified roof pitches, I would go through the effort of setting up roof info in the wall dialog boxes and use the autobuild function.  Ignore the main body of the house, and the hip instead of shed at the garage doors, this is how I attempted it.  Seems to have built out correctly.

EDIT: Deleted my attachment.  Renerabbits is the same thing, but better

KBird, yeah, I frequently find odd behavior in my program.  After your post I even went in again attempting to select and get some sort of grip handle to pull down.  Nothing.  However, Alaskan_Son, the half wall worked great with the behavior I was looking for.  Thank you

Oddly enough a search of this term yielded no results in the forum.  Is there a method to add deadmen anchors to a foundation system using foundation wall tools instead of just drawing cad lines?  Just in case, a deadman is a return wall generally three feet to the exterior of the foundation and 2'-3' below the top of the wall where there is a long straight foundation wall exceeding (here) 16 feet. 

Currently, I'm trying to select the origin point on the foundation and extend a deadman 3' sticking out at a right angle.  However, this then extends that wall up to the floor level or up to the soffit level. Previously I have been successful in looking at the wall in elevation, selecting the top and dragging it down to the elevation desired.  However, this didn't always work, and is clearly not the correct way to go about it, and isn't working in my current plan.

deadman.plan

@AlaskanSon replied to this same question I had a bit back.

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/20623-change-height-of-single-room/?tab=comments#comment-167777

I don't know how to quote posts on other threads, but here is what his response had been; it solved the issue I had:

"Your problem is that you have an attic room defined over the top of that area.  When you change the ceiling height in one room below, Chief thinks that it needs to push the whole floor system up to accommodate the attic floor system...and therefore moves the entire ceiling up.  Not sure why you have it there, but one way or another, all you need to do is break that attic room definition and you should be good to go. "

OP, have you tried a standalone PDF Printer?  I've used PDFCreator v1.7.3 (I like the performance of this old version).  It is a lightweight program that seems to be very effective at virtual printing.  Even in layout pages with a bunch of copy/pasted images I have never waited more than a minute.  if you want me to test it, and you can post the file, I would do so.

I did see your post Solver, and had tried the layer control.  Somehow when I performed this action, it seemed the layer control-> "Rooms, Interior Dimensions" turned off the default label as well as my macro label for room dimensions.  Have repeated this morning more thoroughly, labels are now functioning as intended.  Thanks all.

This isn't smoothly done, but it demonstrates my issue.  When I add macros, they insert between the room label that's already there.  If I try to control the labels that always show up with layer controls it grabs the "always on" labels as well as referenced macros.

There are several people here that post very helpful video snippets of their on-screen actions.  What software is used for this?  I think it would be very handy to demonstrate some questions that are difficult to word properly.

Solver, thanks for the reply.  When I place those three macros in that text area, it results in a label that generates this:

<Room Label><Room Label>

<Room Dimensions>

<Ceiling Height>

<Room Dimensions>

What I'm trying to do is simply place the <Room Height> label below the <Room Dimensions> in the default room label.  As is, using that default text area, placing those macros inserts them between the Room Label and Room Dimension in the default label.

Where is the default information for the Room Label located?  When I go into default settings->Floors and Rooms->Room Label I can add a macro (Room Height in particular), but cannot see the "Room Type" or "Room Dimensions" macros.  When I place the Height macro in the "Text" area, it places this information on the same line after the "type" label

<Room Type><Room Height>

<Room Dimensions>

  If I place the height on the second line, it places the information below the label, but above the dimensions.

<Room Type>

<Room Height>

<Room Dimensions>

I am trying to place the Room Height at the bottom of the label.  How can this be accomplished?  A follow-up question: is it possible to "refresh" the existing labels on the drawing to have them display the new label data without opening the dbx, turning off "show label", closing, re-opening, reselecting "show label"?  I'm not having any luck with CA KB or Forum search.  Thank you.