PitMan71

I have been using X18 for a couple weeks and i haven't run into any issues.

Dropbox or One Drive link would be an option if you have.

Now i just need to figure out how how to display the walls on the daylight side of the basement on the foundation plan since they are stud walls with brick with windows and doors. I have it as a pony wall with block below FF. thanks

I think i got it. Took me a couple times to assess the best approach but I figured it out. Thanks

This is my first try at basement at level one. Usually i do basement on level 0. I'm with both of you and ready to get back to Egypt. I guess it wouldn't be terribly difficult at this point to do it the other way. I would have to figure out the best way to move things around.

This is some ninja stuff. I have always wondered why i had that problem. Thanks for the tip!

Send this to Chief Support and get their input. Update us when you hear from them.

260032-29.zip

I have a home with a main level with a basement where the basement is level one and main level is level 2. How do you get Chief to generate the foundation walls for porches and garages at level 2? Thanks in advance.

You will likely need to use copy (ctrl-c) and then paste (ctrl-v). Basically the same as what "Rookie65" said. The copy tool wont stay invoked outside the view its started in. You can use the copy and then use paste under edit to paste it in your new view. There are several ways to accomplish this. Give it a go and let us know if it works.

This fixed it.... Or its a good work around. Thanks for the reminder.... Seems like i have done this before.

This sounds strange... i have never experienced that before. What version of CA are you using? Is it a particular plan that is doing it? I would also want to know what specifically do you mean by this? is nothing happening at all or is the camera view blank? Posting your plan might help..... You will need to zip it up.

Anyone know why the frieze wont generate on this roof sections? Also, side question, is there a simple way to do a roof like this with auto generate roofs on? Thanks 260031-XX - Dog Ear Roof.zip

Thanks for the reply. Later yesterday after posting i got to thinking that this might be the case. I guess i am so used to most things referring back to the defaults that I imagined that to the be the case here. Seems like this feature is not to that point yet. Thanks.

Seems like its not a slam dunk answer. I will post plan so you guys can have a look. Some clarity, I am more concerned about the fact that what have shown as the default room label is not what is being displayed. Seems that its just displaying room name and interior dimensions like it did before instead of what i have included in the room label defaults. I intend to polish what i want included since i am just testing at this point. in fact, right now I have "TEST TEST TEST" in there to make it easy to see it when it works as i thought it would. Thanks in advance. Maybe you all will see something that i dont. 260032-29.zip

This is a great addition to the print dialog under sheet size selection. Saves time when bouncing between projects and sheet sizes. Thanks CA!

There is a lot to love about this! Update. So one of my rooms (Storage) randomly decided to adopt the additional items i added in the label. Digging into it the label was not set to automatic for that room, and the info I had added in the room label under "specify label" in defaults was added in the "specify label" in the room as if i had added it there manually which i didn't. After looking into I cant reverse engineer what happened. #RabbitHole

Is there a video somewhere that explains how to use the new built-in Room Label tool? It appears that under Room Label Defaults > Specify Label, you can add the information you want displayed, such as ceiling height. However, none of the additional information I add there seems to show up in the automatic room labels on the plan. I’m only getting the room name and dimensions, similar to earlier versions. I’m wondering if there’s another setting somewhere overriding the Room Label Defaults that I’m missing. Also, the automatic room label now seems to come on automatically when defining a room, which I don’t remember happening in X17 or X16. If you prefer using your own Rich Text room labels, this actually adds a step to the workflow because you have to suppress the automatic label each time. That wouldn’t really be an issue if I could get the new automatic labels configured to display exactly what I want. Has anyone figured out how to make this work?

Great info. I need to dive on in. Seems like based on what all are saying here is that I wont miss X17 at all.

I agree that it is a little clunky at this point. I like the managed files concept better than the old way, but i do wish it were simpler to open the file on another device without the export/import hoops. I believe there will be a future cloud option to address these concerns which would be awesome. Until then we will operate this way, which i am okay with.

You will export it from x17 and import into X18. Do you intend to work in X18 from now on? Sounds like the answer might be yes. If so, You might want to reset migration setting in X18. Close and restart X18 and it migrate everything over for you. I think you just need to select the items you want it to migrate.

Okay.... Click on the railing wall and frame it and the gable above will frame too. See i that works.

It has something to do with there not being a ceiling in the porch room behind it. BUT I am not convinced that is the only thing. Couple of work arounds just to get it framed. Uncheck attic wall as MP mentioned, frame it and the recheck attic wall. OR add flat ceiling in the room, frame the wall and take the flat ceiling out again. OR you can shift the wall back into the porch 2' or so, frame it, then move it back..... This does seem to be a bug so I might open this in X18 just to see if the behavior is differnt. i will let you lknow..

Yeah. That does correct the issue, BUT it should still frame since other attic walls are framing. Wondering it its a bug. It does frame when autoframing. Clicking on it and using the framing tool isnt working. Ill keep poking around on it.

try changing it to a railing wall, solid.