Alaskan_Son

I thought I already answered this question for you over here... Am I missing something?

You’re clearly a power user who is in practice with those tools though. The vast majority of users will have a far bigger differential. I personally know my way around the cabinet tools better than most and based on how often I’be been drawing custom cabinets lately (not at all) and based on my desire to get it right? I could pretty easily see myself messing around with that for half an hour or even more and I don’t doubt the average user could waste an hour or 2 and ultimately give up. Solids on the other hand are a lot easier to get proficient with. And yes, even when I’m out of practice it would likely take just a few minutes. i’m not sure I agree about the easy adjustment either. Even after I got the cabinet built, trying to remember exactly which settings were controlling which component can be a huge pain. I do, however, totally see how a super proficient user who uses the tools an awful lot might be able to make good use of it in certain circumstances.

Although this stuff can absolutely be done with a cabinet, I personally suggest just building the top section with one or 2 cabinets and a countertop and then build the leg and shelf framework with solids. Unless you''re going to be making a lot of very similar cabinets of different sizes, I just personally don't think its worth the time and effort it takes to futz around with cabinet settings and/or creating custom symbols for the parts. It will take forever and/or there are little things that still won't be quite right.

Wall connection issues: ...and for the garage, you have the floor set to be defined by the foundation room below but you don't have a properly defined room below it.

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Funny you bring this up, I started noticing some issues with these moldings recently as well. You're not wrong. The values can be incorrect, and converting a polyline to a molding causes the resulting molding polyline to offset. The latter definitely seems like a bug. The other though is a little debatable depending on which values you expect to see. The values in that Polyline tab will vary depending on exactly how the polyline is drawn, how you have your polyline selected, and in which view/editing plane you're working. The reported lengths/areas in that dialog seem to report the length/area of the polyline shape is it relates to a very specific plane. If you want simple molding lengths, you should probably be using the Components tab, the Materials List, text macros, or the Ruby Console to get that perimeter or molding length.

If you don't get the option to change materials, its usually because at least one roof plane has at least one component that the rest do not have.

Where exactly are you putting that "A%page%" macro? I'm assuming that you're putting it on the actual layout page somewhere as a text box. What you probably should be doing is going to your layout page, clicking the Edit Page Information tool, and then putting "A#" into the Label field. Then back on page 0 (or on your template page), place the %layout.label% macro where you currently have "A%page%". What you're currently seeing is that Chief with automatically label those camera callout labels using the actual sequential page number unless you have a Layout Page Label specified. If you specify a label, then it will use that instead. In the Layout Page Label, you can specify any desired prefix followed by the # symbol and Chief will automatically number any pages with that that same prefix, so if you have 3 pages labeled "A#", they would show as A1, A2, and A3 and you would see the same thing in your callout. You can use a different prefix on another page for example ("S#") and the numbering will start back at one (S1, S2, S3, etc.).

Try this: If you select the door, you should get 2 different Edit tools for adding to the library. One is called Add to Library. The other is called Add to Library As. Use the second tool and select the actual Door to add to your library. What you're probably experiencing is that you're selecting Add to Library which is adding the doorway. If the Door Style for that doorway is set to Use Default then its not actually carrying the custom door with it, rather its just carrying that Use Default setting so its using whatever the Default door is in your current plan.

By the way, to answer your original question, If your symbol is set to Inserts into Wall you can just click the Edit Wall Cutout Polyline and then adjust the shape of that polyline manually.

My advice: 1. Draw your windows in an elevation view using CAD. SIDE NOTE: I think this is essentially what Gene was referring to when he mentioned using a CAD Detail From View. The use of that view was just to get the required snaps and lines to work with. In X16 though I rarely find the CAD Detail From View step necessary though since we get all sorts of snaps in elevations now: 2. Draw your all your windows using the Shape tab. NOTE: I set the height and width by just snapping my window to the CAD lines, so I didn't actually have to enter those numbers. 3. Copy/Paste and Reflect to create the second flanker and delete your CAD to finish.

A few different solutions here. The easiest might be to simply ditch the size column and use the Width and Height columns. This way you can click on the Number Formatting tab and format those dimensions however you want. The other most obvious answer is to use a Custom Object Information Field along with a custom macro.

Glad you got it figured. I would however caution against using the room divider method very often. Yes, its a perfectly valid and useful method but if there's another way, I try to avoid it because it can have all sorts of little long term problems such: Messing with any Room Schedules you might be using Messing with the automatic room labels (name, area, and dimensions) Messing with both window and door placement in some circumstances Messing with cabinets or countertops that straddle the room divider in some cases Messing with future wall placement or wall edits (unwanted wall breaks or wall intersection issues) Again, its a good method for some circumstances but I usually try to avoid it myself for those reasons along with a handful of others.

I concur with all the above...IF the room is rectangular. If its not, than I would simplky use a 3D solid or possibly Countertop in lieu of the soffit.

My method for this is to use a Text Box with no text in it. Use the extents of the empty text box to create your desired symbol extents. The text box will not create any lines in the 2D Symbol.

That's not a default. Its based on your Print>Drawing Sheet Setup>Drawing Scale for the current view.

You can also type in: 1 ft 1' 1 foot 1 in. 1" 1 inch 1 yd 1 yard 1 m 1 meter 1 hand (where "hand" is a custom unit) ...etc. The spaces aren't required and you can combine units (12' + 1cm would result in 144 25/64") and you can also enter angles with optional minutes/seconds (12 = 12°, 12 12 = 12.2°, and 12 12 12 = 12.203333°) and minute(')/second(")symbols are optional as well. FUN! For those not subscribed to Michael's Mailer, this is one of the types of hidden features/power tips I would normally only share there. Maybe consider signing up if you haven't already!

While I agree that testing it out for oneself is the best approach, it should be noted that this one is a little more complicated than simply changing drawing scale and seeing what happens: IF you're talking about a view sent to Layout and your Drawing Sheet in Layout is set to a 1:1 scale and your Layout Box is set to Use Layout Line Scaling, and you are Printing To Scale, then yes, the Text Height in your Line Style settings will match the actual print size. Change any one of those variables though and things change.... If you're printing from Plan, then it will depend on your Drawing Sheet Scale. The text will be sized so that it is printed at the correct height only when you're printing at the specified scale. If you print at Fit To Paper - XX% then your Text will either be bigger or smaller depending on your current zoom setting and the percentage value you enter. Unchecking Use Layout Line Scaling in Layout will have a similar effect where the text is only the specified height IF your Drawing Sheet is set to 1:1 in layout and the Layout Box scale is set to match your Plan View's Drawing Sheet Scale, and you Print To Scale. Otherwise the text while change size accordingly.

Read my post again. Specifically this line... In addition to every material being used by your roof plane (shingles, underlayment, framing, etc.) you're also seeing every material used for you various wall types, materials used in your cabinet defaults, and any other Plan Materials you may be using.

When you use the Backup Entire Plan tool, it saves the Plan File, any referenced Plan files, any image files being used in the plan (materials, plants, billboards, picture boxes, etc.), and any PDF files saved in your plan. The vast majority of the referenced files are usually images being used in the various materials being used in your plan (including those being used in your various defaults). When sharing a plan here in the forum for troubleshooting you typically don't need all those referenced files so a simple plan file is all that's needed (unless of course your troubleshooting issue has to do with one of those materials or referenced files). The backup folder is really intended more specifically for times when you're trying to collaborate with another user who needs all those various files. Does that make sense?

Its actually been like that for as far back as I can remember. You can't easily place new symbols (including many cabinetry objects) inside the bounding box of another symbol. Some objects will given you the popup option to "Place Anyway" but others just don't let you and the only way is to either temporarily cut and then paste hold position the large symbol or place the symbol off to the side and then drag into position while holding down the control key. I believe I have requested in the past that we be given the option to hold down the Control key to allow initial placement wherever we want. It should be noted that there are a couple messages you may have inadvertently suppressed that may have helped you understand what was going on or that may have allowed placement. One is a "Not Enough Vertical Space" message (just informative), and the other is a "There's Already Something Here" message (allows placement anyway). I believe both can be suppressed and will never show up again unless you Reset your message boxes. Also worth noting that you can get the shelves to work if you set the default shelf height above or below the height of your symbol's bounding box.

Seriously, exactly what are we talking about here? I assume we're talking about some sort of dimension extension lines but I'm not sure, and even if we are, there are different types of dimensions with different types of extension lines. Please clarify. Perhaps include a screenshot to help illustrate your problem.

I'll see your "What numbers?" and raise you a "What extension lines?"

Rich Text has a number of benefits over Standard or Simple Text including but not limited to: The ability to have multiple colors, formatting options, alignment options, and text sizes in a single text box. The ability to have some sections of the text be all UPPERCASE and other sections in the same box be Standard Case. The ability mix and match Line Spacing and Margin settings in a single text box The ability to use various Bullet styles along with optional Number Prefixes and Suffixes The ability to insert one or more clickable hyperlinks Standard or Simple Text on the other hand has several benefits of its own including: The ability to create adjustable tab stops or rows The ability to display gridlines The ability to create a single link that can be accessed through the edit tools Perhaps most importantly, the ability to dynamically control your text by either layer or by text style My suggestion is to use the one that makes the most sense for the situation, but but BUT, if you're not sure and don't specifically need a Rich Text feature, use standard Text. Standard Text will give you more options that you're likely to want in the future (namely the ones mentioned in the last bullet point) plus you can always convert Text to Rich Text. You cannot simply do the inverse and convert Rich Text to Text.

Just try it my friend.