Alaskan_Son

The thing I find that causes people the most problem with the auto dormers tool is not reading up on them to understand their limitations, and not changing the height and/or width settings to accommodate their desired placement.

It’s much cleaner and more intuitive IMO (both for new users and for old users once you realize what’s going on) . Since we can now rotate these patterns on an object by object basis, it makes little sense to include a pre-rotated pattern in the drop down. It could actually be extremely confusing if a rotation angle were set.

I don’t know. Didn’t try it. I was just looking for the root cause of the problem.

You also have a Stem Wall Top elevation of 4" on all those upper rooms that should probably be changed to zero as well.

First change the ceiling for that foundation room to zero and then change the floor to zero.

Just a side note here, but don't forget we can also directly access the actual molding information using macros as well... ...it's a bit more complicated than some of the other stuff though.

You have to block it and then rotate it.

Sounds like there's a wall in the way to me. I always have to pull the wall back first, place the window, and then reconnect the wall. Either that, or change the wall to Invisible, move the window, and then change the wall back to a normal wall.

If she’s just wanting to modify elevations, maybe send over a 3D DXF or 3D DWG file. I assume ArchiCAD has some form of a CAD Detail From View tool.

You have to add the Comments column to your schedule.

A polyline has a perimeter attribute and has for a long time. A room also has a perimeter attribute now. If you want to use the perimeter of a room somewhere other than the actual room label though, you need to use room.perimeter. The latter will not return the perimeter of a plain old polyline though. It will return the perimeter of the room it is located inside of (if it is).

Another thing I personally do sometimes is convert my polyline to a molding polyline (no molding) which gives me a second label layer to work with...

Those copies are typically created when you create CAD Details from View. Delete the CAD Details from view or replace the blocks in those views with the originals.

Default Settings... Schedules...

Away from my computer and this just a guess, but is it possible that they did that to provide the necessary clearance for the lid to actually open?

Quick example... this one damper could be used for almost any of the above scenarios along with the proper switches and relays... https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-ARD12-Automatic-Damper-ARD-12/dp/B000LDIK7G We’ve used it quite a bit, just switching it from normally open to normally closed depending on the scenario.

For our purposes, yes. We don’t typically use equipment that is specifically designed for those various purposes. We use parts and pieces (actuated damper, appropriate swtch(es) and relay(s), piping, ducting, roof and wall caps, etc.) and make them work for those purposes.

Many ways to deal with some of these scenarios but a couple things we do from time to time... Actuated dampers (normally open or normally closed depending on the situation) with pressure, current, humidity, or temperature switches and related relays. To deal with cold air (specially for foundation vents...one or more inverted P-traps. Cold air falls to the bottom of the P-trap and keeps air from freely flowing until negative pressure caused by the ventilation equipment or appliances overpowers the affect.

I saw it like quite a while back. It may have even been X10...in fact, it probably was X10 or else I would have likely reported it pretty quickly... Then again, if I was in the middle of a meeting or training session I could have easily got side tracked with the task at hand and forgot to write it down. It happens.

I’ts been a while, but I had that happening for a little while. As I recall, I was swamped at the time and I never actually got around to reporting it. I think I remember figuring out the cause though. I’ll post back here if I remember what it was. Till then though, you’re not crazy, I’ve seen it a handful of times too. I do think it was all in the same plan though for whatever that’s worth.

2 things... 1. You can place small gaps between the objects to keep them from merging (more realistic looking too) 2. You can create a copy of the material (simply having a different name is enough) and paint every other piece a different material.

Open the object, click on the Object Information Panel, and edit the Description field.

It's not exactly what you show in your picture, but in my opinion, the best way to deal with this is as follows: Drop an Electrical Schedule in your plan. Adjust the settings to something like I have shown below... The result will be a sort of live legend that only includes items you actually have in the plan...

I was thinking along the same lines, although a Repeat Edit tool would be really nice anyway.

It sounds to me like you might have a fundamental problem with regard to your understanding of annotation sets. An Annotation Set is nothing more than a pre-set and pre-selected group of Active Defaults....that's all it is. You can change your Active Defaults piecemeal or you can change them all at once using an Annotation Set. Your Active Defaults (text, dimensions, callouts, notes, etc.) are each set to have very specific settings. One of those settings is the layer that they are automatically placed on. This layer is set specifically for each Active Default. It doesn't matter which Annotation Set the Active Default is being used in. It will always obey the layer you have set in that particular annotation object default. If you want your text to be placed onto a different layer in a different annotation set, you can't simply create a new Annotation Set and change the layer setting for your Active Default (Text in this case), you have to create a new Active Default as well.