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Will this help with the folder issue you are running into? at 7:39 timestamp: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/268/library-browser-overview.html?playlist=84

Within the shed dormer, there is a wall visible in the plan view that doesn't appear in the 3D view. When exploding the dormer, this wall became separate from the outer dormer wall. Deleting this wall creates a hole in the exterior dormer wall. Since this wall lacks structural necessity and I don't want materials calculated for these walls (there are four of these walls in total due to the two shed dormers), how can I exclude it from the floor plan while preserving the integrity of the exterior dormer wall?

Thanks for your added clarification. What is perplexing is that previously I had saved numerous files as X12 files but when using 'save as' I encountered the problem of it saving as X8. When I installed CA X12 I think I must have selected yes to the question: "Do you want to associate plan, layout, and library files with this program?" because I was able to save new files created in X12 as X12 files. After following @solver advice I'm now able to 'save as' and it actually does save the file as X12. Incredibly grateful to him and his kindness to quickly follow through with a correct answer to solve my problem. Thanks for posting the link to the CA article - it's very helpful. Not sure if other ChiefTalk users look for answers to strange issues with CA as often as I do but I find it very helpful to have links to articles (thanks @TeaTime) that explain how to fix the issue, even thought I may have landed on a post that is three years old. Grateful for this community and literally blown away at the generosity of everyone's willingness to help.

@solverProvided the answer on how to get my X12 to 'save as' X12. Preferences > General > File Management At the bottom, click Associate Files With This Program

Doesn't get any easier than that to fix this one file. Thanks! Hopefully going forward all my 'save as' in X12 will default to to opening in x12.

Thanks for the quick reply, is there a way to check file association on a Macbook Pro?

I started a new plan in X12 and selected Save As to save the plan to a different folder with a new file name. When I open the Newly named plan by navigating to the folder it is in it opens in X8, uncertain why my X12 .plan is saving as an X8 .plan. Any thoughts on what I need to fix to make this X12 plan Save As X12 and open in X12? One other note: If I open X12 and navigate to that the newly saved .plan it will open in X12 but if I have closed out of CAX12 and then click on the file it opens in X8. I have no need to work in X8 and would like to get this corrected. Thanks in advanced,

Thanks so much! I watch so many CA videos, which explains why I was thinking it was possible. Don't understand why many of the videos don't list what versions of CA they are teaching applies too.

I seem to be missing that small triangle, have I mistakenly turned it off somehow?

Am I mistaken thinking it was possible to rotate the dimension label on a manual dimension?

Thanks so much the help!!! @solver Thank you for the video! You make CA easy to understand! @TeaTime I appreciate your feedback too! With your advice I realized a Pony Wall was not the solution. I had tried earlier in the day to use two walls but my error was using a straight wall, and that would not place drywall on the sides when connecting the walls to the exterior walls. Solver's video showed me that by returning the wall back to the exterior wall, the drywall would show on the sides. So I created the interior wall and returned to the exterior wall leaving enough space to add the half-wall with it's returns. Then moved the sides of the interior wall to the sides of the half-wall. I edited the wall types to reflect the proper materials used to correctly calculate them (thanks Solver for the advice on this). This method also allows me to insert the fireplace using a pass through opening.

Thanks @TeaTime I appreciate your help. Between @solver advice and yours I have a game plan to fix this tomorrow morning.

What is the best practice to build this wall type so I can insert a wall niche and then put electrical in the wall niche and calculate the wall materials correctly? Note: I created a wall using an exterior wall and defined it as a pony wall and got it to look like this, but I can only put a wall niche in the upper pony wall and it won't let me put in electrical outlet or cat5 in the niche, and I can't put a niche in the lower pony wall at all.

Very impressed with these renderings. How does the laptop perform with floor plans, elevations, full perspective overviews, materials lists, etc? Do you find any lag with the 16g of ram?

Appreciate your time and expertise - Unfortunately I'm unable to change any object descriptions. All my objects come from the Core Catalog and Bonus Catalogs. How would I change the Symbol Name and where would I find it to change it?

How does one go about showing the active defaults on the right? This is what my toolbar looks like out of the box from CA:

Any thoughts from anyone on how to create and show a 6 gang switch in plan and on the electrical schedule? Adding 6 single pole switches is incredibly messy on the electrical plan and visually in 3D views, and it doesn't communicate well to the electrician in the electrical schedule.

Unfortunately - I can't click in the formula column and description row to change what is in that cell.

For some reason I can't change the name of the component description. Is there something I need to turn on or off in order to be able to edit the description of an object? I don't want to edit the label. I want to edit the component description so it reflects an accurate description in the schedule.

Thanks Jason, I tried creating a copy of the 1/4" default set and renamed it, but this caused even more issues. I couldn't get the default set to stick to either view, it would always change to whatever default dimension set I selected to both views.

I duplicated my Floor Plan View and Titled it 'Floor Plan View Rough Opening'. In the 'Floor Plan View' I added auto exterior dimensions centered on openings and walls and sent it to layout. My problem occurs when I open the 'Floor Plan View Rough Opening' and I change the defaults to find the rough openings it is changing my auto exterior dimensions in the layout for the 'Floor Plan View Rough Opening'. I want to be able to send both dimensioned Views to the same layout page. My plan is tiny and having centered and rough opening dimensions all in one plan view creates a jumbled mess. My solution (so I thought) would be to create two plan views and have one auto dimension to centers and the other to rough openings and surfaces. Any thoughts on how to do this correctly? Also just discovered when I'm in 'Floor Plan View Shell' and remove the Center Line dimensions I created it is removing them from the Layout created from the 'Floor Plan View' It seems like all my plan view dimensions are related no matter what View they come from, is this the case? If yes, is there a creative way to dimension my views differently?

Thank you! I did not think of this. It would be wonderful if CA would have a way to click a button in layout and just view that page, rather than having to go through the steps of creating a PDF.

Are there any options available for viewing my layout pages at the actual size of the 12" x 18" ARCH C drawing sheet? I would like to be able to assess how the dimensions, callouts, text, and other elements appear at the printed size to avoid any issues with overcrowding or jumbled content and fix these prior to sending off to the printer. I hope this make sense, if not let me know and I'll try to clarify.