Alaskan_Son

That's cool. I hadn't seen that one before. There are a few others out there, but they're not as robust at that. Thanks for the link Kevin.

You don't insert custom fields in the schedule. You insert them in the wall. You only display those columns in the schedule.

It's in 3D View Defaults>Always Display Active Cameras, but it won't solve your current problem.

What are you expecting to happen?

Several ways to deal with that problem but to me I think it's totally subjective as to whether it should really be considered a bug or not. If the individual windows aren't set to be excluded from the schedule, then why wouldn't they be included? Also, just as a side note, you can easily control the behavior in X12 even further by using Custom Schedule Categories. EDIT: I only read that one post when I responded just a little bit ago. I just went back and read the rest of that thread and realized I had already responded with some good information there. Read my last 2 posts in that thread. Bottom line is that I don't think its a problem and neither do some of the rest of us. And by the way, just because Chief acknowledges something isn't the same as them admitting there's a problem or that it will be changed. They may just be acknowledging that they see what you're saying and have documented that you want it to work differently. Doesn't necessarily mean they plan on changing it. Also, don't forget that not everyone at Chief is 100% familiar with all the settings and nuances. They make mistakes and misunderstand things just like the rest of us and as such make incorrect statements too.

This is an entirely different question, but yes, this is possible. You really need to uncheck Group Similar Objects though unless you know for a fact that all similar window just so happen to lend right next to each and will fit perfectly into your desired sequence. Anyway, after unchecking Group Similar Objects, just go around the house selecting the windows one by one starting at the desired corner and then click the Move Up/Down In Schedule Tool till its properly positioned. Continue around the building till they're all in order.

What pray tell might that be sir?

All the schedule does is report windows in the plan. There's nothing wrong with the schedule. It's your windows you would need to start fresh with. Select your window tool, hold down the shift key, and draw a marquis around your entire floor. Click the Open Object tool and then delete the Comment. Repeat for other floors. Your real problem though is that you need to understand how schedules work. If you want the comment to apply to all of a specific window then you'll need to either group select all those window or (as Robert already mentioned) use the Open Row Object(s) tool. Anything with a unique comment will report as a unique window, and right so. My personal opinion is that I wouldn't be trying to combine my windows as a single line item like you are. For example... "1 WINDOW W06 WILL REMAIN ALL OTHERS NEW, OLD IS IN FIRST FLOOR MASTER" You're making more work for yourself. Use the schedule like it's intended. Adding a note to the window in the first floor master noting it as existing will clear all that up in one fell swoop. Plus, you won't risk accidentally re-ordering your schedule and making yourself look silly with the reference to W06 if that's no longer the schedule number. "THREE 07 TO REMAIN, OTHERS ARE NEW" Again, add notes to those 3 windows and they'll become their own line item.

I mentioned earlier in the thread, but he didn't actually write the items up. He just gave us a sort of warning for future and since I wasn't there at the time, there really wasn't/isn't anything for me to do about it. I was just posting here out of curiosity as to what others may have run into. If it comes up again, I definitely have some ammunition with that ICC clarification commentary.

I don't believe Shelf Ceilings were designed to be used on multiple adjacent rooms. Only for rooms within other rooms. I think you'll have to use another method for that one. Here are the first couple that come to mind... Just set that one wall to No Room Definition Build an extra floor to create that upper space with

It's working just fine for me. Check your default settings. Make sure your desired Door Defaults have their framing set to Calculate From Width.

I just ran through the possible settings that could be affecting materials outside of the actual material settings...Camera settings...nope, Render preferences...nope, 3D View Defaults...ding ding ding ding ding!!!!

3D View Defaults>Legacy Compatible Texture Mapping...Yuck

Ignore it. It reports real world scale as it relates to screen resolution right up until it’s printed at which time it reports scale according to the Print dialog’s scale settings. If you print To Scale, then your scale in the PDF or on the printed page will match the scale as set for that view. Give it a shot.

I’m sure this is it. Good thinking Eric.

Regardless of which program is the "cause" of the conflict, it's still a program conflict of some kind. NVIDIA regularly changes their software to accommodate video games. I doubt they do the same for Chief, and most software companies write their code to work with common video cards, but they can't control what video cards do with their hardware or software. Anyway, the first place I would look though is at your video card. I can definitely see a potential problem when your screens are using different video card drivers. That sounds like a recipe for disaster because Chief should be using one or the other...preferably the NVIDIA.

I'm not seeing any problems. I am however very intrigued by something you're doing. Why do you have a bunch of text notes hanging out outside your schedule with one dragged over on top of your schedule? And where did they come from? From the looks of your screenshot, it seems like you know how to properly use the Comments field but from the looks of your plan I would have guessed otherwise. Anyway, all seems to be working normally to me. I suspect you're either doing something really weird and inadvertently activating tools that you're not realizing, your computer is going haywire, or you've run into a bug. As far as I can tell though, you're just making the whole thing up so you can spend time with us

Schedules will only differentiate objects when one of the included columns includes a differentiating piece of information...

That was my first thought as well, but that wouldn't really explain how the sort order seems to be so stable. What would that build order be based on? It seems totally random, but again, totally stable. If elements are removed and then added back in later then they seem to return to their original locations in the sort order. It seems like the build order would change.

No problem. I'd really like to know where that other sort order is coming from though. I can't seem to tie it to anything. It does seem to be pretty consistently based on something though because if you test with a cabinet schedule, remove the top item from the plan, regenerate the order, and then replace the missing item and regenerate the order again, it will return to its original order. There seems to be some specific value tied to the objects in the plans and it seems unrelated to the object_id too. Anyone at Chief??

The normal sort order is alphanumerical based on the furthest variable column to the left however, here's something I've never noticed until just now.... If you uncheck Group Similar Objects, then the sort order seems to be based on something entirely different. Not sure what though.

What happens if you cut/paste hold position that schedule?

The reason I started using the empty text box is that its the only one that makes everything disappear. I used to use points and zero length lines but ultimately all those other methods I used showed up as dots in one view or another (which was really only a minor problem but an annoyance nonetheless). The text boxes are truly invisible.