Alaskan_Son

I might suggest some more concise, slightly faster, and less lossy coding to get the same end result: %box_scale.sub(' ft','\'').sub(' in','"')%-0" That being said, neither of these would handle any edge cases very well and would only work for very basic imperial scales.

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We actually have a couple ceiling cassettes in the User Catalog. Have you tried those? They're in Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing>Heating and Cooling>Heat Pumps

in my experience, it’s mostly just to find missing dimensions. I almost never scale anything.

I've framed houses for over 20 years, and I honestly wouldn't really care if the plans were 3/16" scale. I could also deal with 1/8" honestly. I would just need to remember my reading glasses. I think your idea of offering 1/4" on request is completely reasonable. I think the easiest and most reasonable option though is to draw at 1/4" scale for Arch E but just print most sets at 1/2 scale on smaller sheets unless requested otherwise.

If it requires using any parametric objects (walls, windows, doors, cabinets, roof planes, etc.) then storing in a single plan comes with all sorts of problems. That being said, one thing I personally do for relatively small options changes like a different kitchen cabinet configuration for example is just group select "Kitchen A" and drag off to the side a specified distance (say 50 ft. so its well out of the way). I then drawn in "Kitchen B". Option A remains off the side where I can easily group select (unless it already in an Architectural Block) and then move back the specified position to where it previously was. using this method allows for a way to at least store your various options in a single plan. Doesn't work so good for super complex changes though.

Hard to tell from just a video, but a couple possibilities: You have several things in that area and Chief is just having a hard time snapping to the one you want. The reason this isn't true for new dimensions in that the new dimensions know exactly what they are supposed to be snapping to. Editing after the fact allows you to snap to almost anything. You aren't releasing you mouse button far enough from other object. To snap to your wall's main layer when there are other potentially conflicting snap point nearby, I often find the need to release the mouse button much further down the wall. It will still ultimately measure from the end of the wall, but you release the mouse button in an area where there are no conflicts.

Please read my post again. A few key points regarding your specific plan though: Your foundation wall's Main Layer is "Grey-Blocks Running Bond". Your wall above is set to Foundation to Exterior of Layer "White Brick" with a Foundation Offset of 0" What you are telling Chief to do is to align your "Gray-Blocks..." to your "White Brick" with no offset and that is exactly what Chief is doing. If I were you, I would probably address this by just adding the appropriate Foundation Offset to your upper walls. This is exactly what does happen with the default Siding-6 wall and the default 8" CMU wall.

Here are a few key things to understand: 1. Foundation to Exterior of Layer is a setting that affects or aligns to the foundation wall below. It does not affect the wall itself in any way aside from being used for its alignment with the wall below. 2. Similarly, Foundation Offset only affects or aligns to the foundation wall below and is measured from whichever layer you assigned to the aforementioned Foundation to Exterior of Layer setting. 3. Perhaps most importantly, your foundation wall aligns with the wall above based on its own Main Layer. That is, the main layer of your foundation wall aligns with the following settings in the wall above: whatever layer you have assigned to the Foundation to Exterior of Layer settings plus or minus any defined Foundation Offset. NOTE: When using the Align With Wall Below tool, the opposite is also true, the wall above would align with the wall below based on those same settings, the main point though is that the foundation wall uses its main layer for alignment while the wall above uses the settings in the Wall Properties tab.

I don't see any of the problematic cameras you mention. In fact, the cameras I do see don't match you show either...

Can you post the plan? Even a stripped down version?

Can't say that I do, BUT I'm 99% certain AutoCAD has built in functionality for both converting vector based PDFs to DWG and for snapping to underlying PDF vectors. Most PDF editors have snapping and measuring capabilities as well.

You probably need to post the plan. Too many variables.

Not sure what you have going on there because I haven't seen the plan, but the slab should build through to the exterior as long as the main layer is framing. If you're using a pony wall with concrete on the lower half that's been dragged all the way down then you'll get what you're showing because Chief is holding the slab inside that concrete wall (even though you've pulled it down). Doing what Rene shows should force the desired behavior for even a pony wall though.

You have to select / highlight the layer before the Convert Selected Layer(s) tool will do anything... Once you do this though, you should get the following import... Its a terrain perimeter with a bunch of elevation points and lines at this stage, but if you create a CAD Detail From View you can get it all into CAD form.