Alaskan_Son

This is correct. Insertion points don't carry over when used as the 2D Block for a symbol. Also, just a quick tip for you guys... I found a better way to offset CAD Blocks than the one I used in the video above. Use an empty text box instead. The text box can be 0"x0" even if you want, but it's really not necessary usually. The results will not print the little dot that my other method did. Used for this particular GFCI example (the CAD Block itself is the one on the upper right)...

You're welcome! And yes, I would definitely be interested and do this type of thing for a number of users. Shoot me over an email to alaskansons@gmail.com and we can discuss further. Thanks!

I really think you need to clarify what you're after. Do the shed roofs start at eve of the existing roof? At the wall? Somewhere higher up the pitch? Below the eves? Doer the gable section have a higher ceiling? Higher pitch? Lower pitch? Same pitch? Does the shed roof have a lower pitch? Does the gable section bump forward? Is there actually a gable end wall? Is the gable built on top of the shed roof or are the shed roofs truly separated? The list could go on, and the details matter because it may change the approach taken.

My day had cleared up a little bit so I figured I'd donate a little time and get some practice in. I didn't notice that you had found one till I was already finished. Oh well, some of those symbols can easily have 50,000 faces or more anyway, so if you just need a basic iteration that's not going to bog down your model so much, try this one (1,300 faces)... Carved Island Leg.calibz Either way, it was a kinda fun little exercise for the day. NOTE: This was made in X11 so if you want it in X10 someone will have to convert for you. I gotta get back to work now.

It might not exist and you may just have to make it yourself or find someone else who can. You would have to make a decision as to how accurate it needs to be though.

There is no Break Terrain tool. You can break an Elevation line, and you can use a Terrain Break. Probably best to clarify which one you're talking about or if you're talking about something else entirely. Your original post said you tried the "Break Line" tool which is a tool, but it could have been used on your Elevation Line or on your Elevation Region (closed elevation polyline). Then your last post referred to a "Break Terrain" tool which isn't a thing at all. There is a Terrain Break, but you didn't have one of those in your plan. What you did have however were some Terrain Retaining walls which have a sort of built in Terrain Break functionality.

I assume you're referring to Marquee Select Similar right? The answer seems to be no. That tool is not available for wall framing while in plan view...only in a Wall Detail. Can't tell you why though. BTW, Match Properties isn't working for those objects either. Something is broken.

For what its worth, I personally almost never use images for this sort of thing and rather I choose to re-create the object with 3D entities for a few reasons... Those images are only going to be visible in a limited number of rendering techniques. I hardly ever use the standard rendering technique for outgoing files and I'm not sure I ever use the standard rendering technique for CDs. I very commonly use Vector Views, Technical Illustrations, and Line Drawings, and images would show up in none of those. I do sometimes use PBR and Ray Traces for outgoing files, but I want something that will be visible in any rendering style. Even though the images WILL show up in standard renders, ray traces, PBR, etc. they aren't super effective and can be rather problematic in my experience if you want to use them on a transparent surface and realistically see both the front and the back of that surface. I find that objects created out of 3D components also render a lot more realistically as well. Lettering edges are sharper and can be raised or recessed without having to create complex texture maps, and there's also no pixelation or perspective skew that we often see with imported images.

See if this helps at all...

Totally good point Rich. Cleaning up bloatware and disabling various resource hogs is one of the very first things I always do and it can be pretty time consuming.

We had one around these parts a number of years ago. I pulled up behind it one day and the back end looked like one solid racing slick. Could barely make out the little differential between the 2 tires. One of the most de-moralizing little sleepers ever.

Here's the mother board you want to use...

I did a bit of research on this and one piece of information I found was this... "What about combination systems, which use an SSD as a primary “OS” drive and a larger hard drive for more dense file storage? Sorry, no. Optane’s caching system only works with the primary OS drive, and even then, only the primary partition. You can install Optane memory in a desktop that uses both SSD and hard drive storage, but it won’t improve the speed of the secondary storage drive at all. Your money would be better spent on more RAM or a larger initial SSD if you’re building from scratch." That was from an article written back in 2017. Is that no longer true?

To help clarify its function, I always tell people that this is just like rotating your drawing board so to speak. EVERYTHING gets rotated when you use that tool, the model, the text, the grid, the axis...everything. Its like taking your piece of paper and spinning it around on the table in front of you. It doesn't change a single thing about your plan or your model...only your perspective.

Hey David, It's all in there. You just need to use the appropriate methods to get to it. I took the liberty of printing it to a PDF. Rafael is a super nice guy and I would help him. I just don't have time right now. Edgemere St Plan (1).pdf

No super strong opinions one way or another but that definitely looks like a solid rig at a fair price to me.

Hey Mick, I posted the specs to the machine I ordered here... ...hasn’t showed up just yet.

If you post the plan you'll get a much better answer, but my guess is that your wall was adjusted in 3D at some point and the Default Wall Top Height was unchecked...therefore turning off the automated behaviors.

What Mick is alluding to here is that there is a special setting in the Premier version (X11) that has to be checked in order for the file to be usable in the Home Designer software versions. Its really easy to forget to check that. It's also possible that whoever was helping you didn't know you were using a Home Designer product. Either way, someone who uses the Premier version may have to open the plan file for you and then re-save it with that setting checked.

Why not just make one?

A couple quick tips Alan, Instead of trying to turn the layer off, consider just changing the line style to the Invisible line style for the layers you don't want to see. You can optionally convert all those CAD objects to molding polylines (no molding assigned) and then create an Architectural Block instead. Then you can do what you're trying to do. Block Layer Test 2.plan

Those walls stop cutting the crown if you uncheck No Room Molding.

The lights are working perfectly fine on my end. Not sure what's going on, but another user I do some work for was also having problems placing lights in their plan when it worked just fine in mine. Are you guys and gals running the latest update?

This is all fabulous stuff Dustin. Thank you so much. I do have one quick question though. My spare time these days is pretty limited, but I do want to invest a bit more time in this. Do you suspect this thread and the linked resources will be available indefinitely, or should I try to schedule some time sooner than later to download and install everything I need to. I have a new computer coming here in the near future as well and don't want to have download and install things any more than I really have to. Thanks again for your time!

FWIW, there's no error opening plan on my end. Are all you fellas running the latest update? I'm on 21.1.1.2