Alaskan_Son

I would suggest you don’t do what you’re trying to do even if there is a way. The Escape key and Select Object are 2 entirely different tools with different functions. If you really want to get efficient with the software, you don’t want to use the 2 interchangeably. The escape key will cancel the operation which is a great function, but it’s terribly inefficient to switch to Select Objects every time you want to cancel out of an operation. Having trained and coached many many users over the years, I can tell you the probably the single most common time waster I see is ineffective selection of objects and one the biggest offenders is constantly switching to Select Objects (number one is probably improper/untimely use of right vs. left mouse button and double click vs. Open Object). Might click on the Select Objects tool and open the Help files. Read up on selecting objects.

Very easy to accomplish by auto building the lower tier, exploding it and deleting the center ceiling section, and then auto building the upper tier.

Like I said, study that 2D Block. The 2D Block is the key. If you need in depth explanation and instructions I would be happy to provide them or make you a custom video, but I can only afford to donate so much time so it would be at my standard rates.

Depends on the situation. For most projects I simply use a manually modeled solid. If the structure is more important though I do similar to Scott except that I have usually used ceiling planes instead of roof planes. Roof planes do however have the No Special Snapping setting that can be useful. Not sure about other benefits or drawbacks of one over the other off the top though.

I only quickly threw that together and didn't really study your symbol or original 2D Block. I believe I set my modified block and the offsets according to the 23.75" dimensions though. If your original block was a different dimension, then some or all of the modifications would need to be tweaked to suit. It's not Chief getting upset though.

I personally don't know why it got brought up as something that should be done. If you don't know exactly WHY you're doing it, then I don't think you should be doing it at all. Chances are that if you renamed your default layers, then you probably want them to keep them renamed. Now if your default plan is a mess and you want to clean it all up and start somewhat new...then yes, that might be a good idea.

This can also be done with a normal symbol BTW by just setting the Elevation Reference to "From Ceiling".

Study what I did. Specifically the origin offsets and the CAD block... Supply Air.calibz

Me too. I'm guessing it almost certainly has something to do with the fact that the imported Default Sets did not have a Revision Cloud Default to set. That's why nothing you do will ever match an old default set. Chief probably just recognizes this in fixes it during the initial loading of the plan...which would explain why you have to save and then open the plan again.

If I recall correctly, you just asked this question. You didn’t respond to the answer you were given though. Help us help you.

Show us a screenshot of the patterns in your Core Catalog in X11

For being so cooperative and thick skinned, I'm giving you a quick, functional, and re-usable example... Copy and paste the notes to additional locations and see how automated it can be. When done, simply select the schedule, copy it, and paste directly into Excel. Easy peasy rice and cheesy.

No. It wasn't you. I've just seen negative points showing up a lot when all people are doing is trying to ACTUALLY be helpful and I see examples all the time of exactly why providing pertinent information is so important. This example just kinda set me off today is all...it could have been anyone or any thread...sorry it was yours

In this case, the whole thing can actually be almost completely automated super easily (numbering and all) with even some built in macros. Not going to go over every step, but you can easily use notes, a note schedule, custom object fields, x_location attribute, y_location attribute and a quick copy paste to spreadsheet. WARNING: Explicative laced side rant to follow... I don’t know who you are, but it really really &$&:#+% pisses me off when people downvote @solver, @Signatures, and other invaluable users for suggesting people provide their information (and possibly post a plan). It’s this type of thankless and ignorant arrogance that drives a lot of us to stop sharing or at least share a lot less or with a much smaller group of users. Some of you guys out there obviously have no clue how much these little details matter, or how frustrating and utterly exhausting it gets having to repeat the same &*#% instruction over and over again because people are too lazy to invest a little effort themselves or because some less proficient and less helpful user thinks the details don’t matter. I promise you, the details matter. They really do. The last thing I want to do is spend 15-20 minutes of my valuable time explaining a method that won’t even work for the user. This is a prime example. The best solution we have in X11 was entirely impossible in X9, and even some of the old less effective solutions are entirely impossible in the highest level Home Designer product. In addition, we have even better solutions available in X12. If you think someone is going to sit down and walk you through every single one of them though you have another thing coming. Help us help you people. P.S. That wasn’t aimed at you Randy, although I would suggest you update your signature.

No. Not really. Every scenario is different. I just sent you a P.M.

We already have arrows in defaults. The thing I assume you're wanting is the ability to set arrow style to be controlled by layer settings somehow...i.e. change layer set and arrows change to suit. Is that correct?

That text is displayed based on Layer's Text Style. Change the Text Style to a special 0" tall text in any given layer set and you can essentially just turn the length and angle off in that layer set.

By the way, this can also be further automated in a number of other creative ways using various object types and schedules. Are you actually still in X9?

This can be done completely with some relatively complex custom text macros, could be sped up with some simpler text macro, or you can also just manually enter the points one at a time into a text file in any number of ways. The easiest is probably just to use the Temporary Point tool. Just place a point wherever you want it. Double click on it, and you will get the x and y locations that you can simply copy and paste. As Chop said, you can also get x and y locations using Terrain Elevation Points.

Yup. This is one of the most typical solutions in X11 and prior. Just reduce the text size being used for your dimension to at or near zero.

This has only recently become possible in X12. Are you running X12?

All you should need to do is use different Layer Sets.

If you want accuracy, I think you'll just need to find a door with the internal blinds, or model one from scratch. If you just want the general feel though, try playing with these settings...

I typically just use flash drives. You could probably pick up a flash drive of that same size for $30 or less and it would likely be more dependable and have much much faster data transfer speeds.