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Mick, I would be upgrading to Bosch bluetooth also, I use the measuring tool now without it and I talk to many contractors all over the country and overseas and it seems that the majority prefer Bosch and they swear Bosch being the best and most accurate measuring device out there compare to most others, not to mention very reasonably priced. Just looking at the list of products they make, one of the best know names on the market like Freud, CST Berger, etc Here is the list of others, it just shows quality.

This is awesome Larry, the outcome is great...Great job. Bravo! Is the way to make step by step video or something how to accomplish this. Would definitely like to try doing that. Thanks!

Joey, your typical deck bracing is 2 feet below the bottom of the joists or girder at a 45-degree angle to the beam and joists. You don't really need to resize the braces for the deck and reuse the same one for all deck applications.

Greg, when you get your walkthrough path drawn use the break (#3key) to break the path and you will have additional handles to curve it or shape it any which way you like and you can add more breaks and cameras as you go to get the path you need.

Roger, like Mick said, everything in Self created library is lost, if you don't have that backed up, you have to start all over again.

Greg I do the whole path and after using Add Key Frame tool I add as many cameras along the path as I need and face them any which way you want, adding extra cameras around the turns for smoother turning. I hope it helps.

Old, new... everything is being done the same way if you think about it.

The video I saw on this was on youtube I found it long time ago and saved it

Dennis, I'm glad you got it... Sorry I just got back and saw your post.

Denis, I use to do the same, but I do this for almost every job, so I finally got a handle on it.

What Denis said... but the way I do it which is much faster because you eliminate all that copying over, I go into the library pick moulding profile, right click on it and select Place Moulding Profile... Bring all the profiles I need into a section view and stack them any which way you can, you can break them up and modify any which way you can, etc when got the look you need, block them and add to your library. Here is an image to give you an ides

Larry, this is a good idea and this videos become very useful if you need to reference something down the road...it's at your finger tips. Using videos is how I learned pretty much all the tricks in CA, not to mention this blog, so many helpful tips and tricks. I also subscribed to your Youtube, you have lots of helpful videos and very easy to follow... Thanks for that!

Joey, I hope it works out...

Larry the only thing I can suggest to try is right click the CA icon and run as administrator...and try to open that file again. I hope it helps.

Thanks Joe!!! This Macros been such a hot commodity here, each time you throw one out, I frame them with your name on it. Thank you again!

Hey Larry, What I meant to say we never use wood posts. We use concrete lally column which is rests on top of the footing and when slab is poured, the column is embedded in concrete or we just come up with the block and beam is right on top of that. Footing is always bellow the slab, with that said I guess its the same thing just not use to seeing wood posts supporting anything in the basement or crawlspace... dahhhh me, its Monday I don't know what the hell I was trying to say when I asked that. P.S Larry let me know please when you put that video on your page, I subscribed you on youtube, I will add that to favorites. Thanks!

I just wanted to clarify something, if doing a pier in the crawl space,etc the top of the footing is always under the slab? Do you guys keep top of the footing above basement or crawl space floor? I know the only time the top of the footing would be exposed above is on exterior only, like deck, etc where you would want to keep the post connection with a footing above the ground.

X2 what Perry said, that should be part of it to make things easy.

Very nice Joey!

So what was the verdict?

It would be nice if there was a radio button to control inside color on or off, like same radio button option is used to select door glass . Right now I been using abstract glass and if anyone requests clear glass, just make a notation "matching interior".

Joe, It never seems to amaze me how much knowledge you have when it comes to this and I'm sure other things as well. I tip my hat to you Joe and I give you my utmost respect and I will take upon myself to thank you on behalf of everyone for everything that you contribute on this site, because you are the man to learn from and I'm sure many as myself appreciate everything that you do. With that said, this is way too much for me to apprehend, this programing and all, even that simple macro that Richard and Larry threw it out there, when I was trying to mess with so it would include the text... without your help I doubt if I would got that to work... But in any case programing or not I enjoy reading your every article you post. Thank you Joe!!!

Interesting stuff you come across in this old houses here is a few pictures one shows a house with what its called brick nogging the house was built in the 1900's second picture is a structural beam over build-out bay supporting the second floor by one metal a rod. In the same house I found a medicine bottle in the floor cavity, I guess someone was sick and was taking the medication. The bottle had a drug store address on it in Manhattan, so I did a little research and I found this Pharmacy archives dated back to 1800's and there it was an article posted in the paper with that store address and the name of the owner, and there was another article about the new bottle style that just came out on the market in 1898 and the medicine bottle I found was in the same bottle. That sweet Spirit Nitre sounds like some potent stuff LOL maybe it was something like the 714 Quaalude of the 80s LOL I'll share a little history with you guys.

Perry, If its one 2 rooms its no big deal, if its the whole second floor added, everything is rewired. If its sheetrock, its nothing to it. I'm only 54 years old, I'm not gonna say I been doing this as long as you have,but I have about 70 New construction homes under my belt, and about the same # of complete home renovations and additions... Been at it almost 30 years, and I never seen with another floor cavity on top of the ceiling. If you think about it, If everything below is not being disturbed, you will not have anything new being installed in that new floor system, there is nothing even to be rerouted in the existing ceiling other than a light fixture so there is no need for all that just because of the ceiling light? If someone got a problem with a few lights, they should be making hamburgers not building house.

Perry, I thought he is talking about second floor addition, so there is no underfloor, there is only ceiling and the attic... this is what I'm talking about.