Alaskan_Son

You'll only find the height there. To adjust the width we have to jump through some hoops. There are a few ways to go about it, but the short answer is that you have to either: Group select and change after the fact Leverage the new Framing Groups and Retain Framing setting. This way you can change the default width and frame various areas individually. Probably other ways I'm not thinking of right now, but Chief sure doesn't make this one very easy. Please send in a suggestion or add your support to one that others of us have made. I just wish Chief would respect the Material setting for joists like they do for wall framing.

You bet. I went over some of this in the video, but in addition to the crisp line work, you also get... -Increased control over line display on an object by object basis -Increased control over those Pattern Lines -Snap points in layout -Editable Layout Lines -Real time feedback as to what your drawings are actually going to look like when printed

Okay, now we're getting somewhere. No. Currently Chief hasn't given us a way to add partitions to Style Palettes. You might consider building those out of actual cabinets though which would open up the possibilities a bit more.

Still not sure what you're doing. Are you adding the panels to the cabinet itself using the Accessories tab? And are you using the Default, Slab, Framed, picking from Library? Or are you using a Partition from the cabinet tools dropdown?

How are your "panels" constructed?

Not sure what you're missing. Sometimes I feel like I must be speaking a different language than the rest of the world. See if this helps though.

I'm still half asleep, but see if this helps...

You need to uncheck this new setting...

Just thought I'd better mention that this method doesn't work so good if you're using color or shadows, but instead of cropping the layout box you can also just apply a CAD mask to cover the roof in you elevation.

No. Not suggesting you try it again. Resize as desired and then convert that updated size to a new symbol. The NEW geometry will generate a new (and accurate) 2D block that will be correct. This is what I used to do when I needed an accurate 2D Block back before Chief gave us the Auto Generate option (which apparently still has some issues). And P.S. This is what I still do when I actually need to use that block and it's related line work.

These are the apparent OOB settings... unit = Not set show_unit = true show_leading_zero = true show_trailing_zeros = false use_fractions = false decimal_places = 6 denominator = 16 thousands_separator = , show_denominator = true reduce_fractions = gcd (greatest common divisor)

There are a couple other options in addition to what Robert suggested... Consider not turning the lines off completely but rather reducing them to a smaller line weight and lighter color. I personally do this by sending to Layout using Pattern Line Defaults and then setting the Pattern lines to a line weight of zero and a gray color. The pattern lines don't jumble the view that way but they still communicate some information about what you're looking at. You can turn ALL the patterns off for a specific view by using a specific Layer Set for that view and then toggling off the "Pattern, 3D Views" layer for just that layer set. Dermot mentioned this, but I spelled it out in a little more detail to underline the importance of using a different layer set. Also, don't confuse this method with using with the Toggle Patterns tool which will Toggle Patterns for ALL views.

Yup. Definitely some weird behavior. To fix issues like this you can always select the object and Convert Selected To Symbol to get a new symbol and a new 2D Block.

There are ways to even further speed the process up too. Most notably you can increase the Smoothing Angle for your symbols to greatly speed up surface deletion for some cases.

Ya, I know how to use it and I currently have a base macro set up that I can modify and simply copy as necessary for various formatting. I was just thinking aloud and wondering whether we could access the settings for the class itself or not. Not a big deal at all. I might search the program files to see if it’s hidden in there somewhere. It’s just a personal curiosity really and not too important.

I’m curious if there’s a way to access and modify the initial settings in the NumberFormatter class.

Alan, I think your quickest solution might be to group select your doors, add a casing to provide the offset, generate the Room Molding Polyline for the rail, and then group select the doors and change the casing back.

Nope. Don't think you;re missing anything. Make sure to send this in as a suggestion.

Not sure if you’re suggesting the tools be combined, but if you are, hold your horses. The tools don’t behave exactly the same, particularly the single click behavior. It’s handy to have the 2 different functionalities available.

Your guess is correct.

Yes. There are a good handful of scenarios where we might not want a different block. Electrical symbols are one of the most obvious and there are sink blocks along with their associated Countertop Holes but there are plenty others as well.

I believe it's indicative of the fact the auto generate status is in limbo so to speak. If you try to rotate that block in a section/elevation view, you will get a pop-up message asking "Do you want to regenerate....". Whether that box becomes checked or unchecked depends on your answer to that question. In other words, the setting is somewhat undecided till you get the pop-up dialog. NOTE: While that setting is "in limbo" (my term not Chief's), the block will remain unchanged with any plan view changes. As far as I know, it's only rotation around the x and/or y axis that trigger the pop-up.

it does. Look closer at that dialog.

It's not a full list if what can be done, an explanation of exactly how the conversions work, or an explanation of the different types of Measurements (Linear vs. Area vs. Volume), but here's a list of a few of the basic methods you can use to convert measurements to floats based on other units: .to_inch .to_in .to_foot .to_ft .to_yard .to_yd .to_mm .to_cm .to_dm .to_m .to_sq_inch .to_sq_in .to_sq_foot .to_sq_ft .to_sq_yard .to_sq_yd .to_sq_mm .to_sq_cm .to_sq_dm .to_sq_m .to_cu_inch .to_cu_in .to_cu_foot .to_cu_ft .to_cu_yard .to_cu_yd .to_cu_mm .to_cu_cm .to_cu_dm .to_cu_m And here's a list of what you can use to convert a float to a measurement... .inch .in .foot .ft .yard .yd .mm .cm .dm .m .sq_inch .sq_in .sq_foot .sq_ft .sq_yard .sq_yd .sq_mm .sq_cm .sq_dm .sq_m .cu_inch .cu_in .cu_foot .cu_ft .cu_yard .cu_yd .cu_mm .cu_cm .cu_dm .cu_m ...again, learning exactly how the conversion works is a bit more complicated but if you use .to_s you will get the newly created Measurement and its units. There are other similar methods as well such as .convert_to (as was mentioned above by Ben) as well as Measurement.new(value, optional unit). In addition Chief also has a built in NumberFormatter functionality that you can use to format various measurements. It basically works exactly like the Dimension formatting options we have. I don't have the time or inclination to go into all of it in this post, but it's pretty cool.

It can actually be even shorter. I believe area.to_sq_m.round(2) does the same thing right?