Alaskan_Son

You don't need to change that setting in preferences and you don't need to totally switch Edit modes. All you have to do if you want that particular functionality is press the X key before you start dragging (which temporarily puts you into the Resize edit mode). You can also simply Control or Shift select your layout box and then resize to get the same result. I see now that what Chopsaw is looking for is the ability to drag one corner while the opposite corner remains stationary, and have the layout box change scale without changing shape. For that, and assuming we're just talking about a rectangular layout box, I think these are the 2 fastest methods: 1. Switch to Rotate/Resize about current point, place a point at the opposite corner, and drag corner using using the X key. 2. Draw a diagonal line from one corner to the other and drag corner along line using right mouse button or while holding the Alt key.

I must be missing something here. I don't understand what the problem is. Right click and drag seems to do exactly the same thing as anything I ever did on X9.

More or less. Yes.

3 things: Multiple terrains are possible if you convert one of them to a symbol. Of course one of them wouldn't be a real terrain but it might work for what you're trying to accomplish. You don't have to resize your terrain. You can just pull your camera back if you want. You can also just draw a closed polyline and give it the appropriate fill instead of using your terrain skirt.

Yep. Another good method. NOTE: The Distribution Path method will only work properly in plan views.

I think the most intuitive and effective method is probably using a Distribution Path. Here's a video a made a while back that might help you out... It doesn't have to be a closed polyline. It can be open. The same basic principles apply. If you're using X10, the process is even easier now because you can use any polyline as the basis for your Distribution Path by just clicking the Convert Polyline tool and then selecting Distribution Path.

Like Chop pointed out, you can just use the alternate edit behavior. Just right click and drag or hold down the Alt. key while dragging

...or hold down the alt key to override the library replace mode.

Open Symbol>Options and uncheck Flush Mounted

This is true. Plan files are 1:1, layout is whatever you tell it to be. It seems like this might deserve a little further clarification. The scale setting in the Drawing Sheet Setup is really only applied when printing. You can see the effect of that setting if you choose to Show Drawing Sheet In View, but aside from that, the setting doesn't have any effect on your drawing scale at all, either in plan or in layout. Yes, you draw at a 1:1 scale but if a person chooses to print from plan, they may very well set their Drawing Scale in plan to 1/4 in. = 1 ft. (as Mick pointed out) so that they are PRINTING at the proper scale. That setting should really probably be thought of more as a "Printed Drawing Scale" NOTE: The Drawing Scale set in your plan file is what controls your "default" Scaling value in the Send To Layout dialog. When you send to layout, you can still send your drawing at any scale you choose. Doing so will reduce the scale of the view sent to your layout page so that you essentially see things as they will be printed (assuming you have Show Drawing Sheet checked and/or some page border(s) or title block(s) to go off). You could even send it to layout at 1 ft. = 1 ft. if you wanted and then use the Drawing Scale in layout to change your scale to 1/4 in. = 1 ft. I wouldn't really recommend doing the latter, but my point is that its possible. Just remember that our plan file is always drawn at full scale. We just decide to scale it down either when printing from plan or when sending to layout. You just typically don't want to be scaling it twice which is why that setting in layout should normally be left at a 1:1 ratio.

That guy’s “comedy” may be lost on me, but one thing I do find rather interesting is the placebo effect his videos seem to have. The methods he’s using are just plain trickery but time after time people are convinced their computers are running better. Is he helping those people despite himself? That’s a tuffy.

Go to Print>Drawing Sheet Setup and make sure your Drawing Sheet Scale is set to a 1:1 ratio.

Definitely subjective. That kind of humor is funny like pushing old ladies into a busy street is funny...Not so much.

Okay, I see what you're talking about. I misunderstood. Ya, that situation is tough, and also something I've never needed or wanted to model before. This example isn't perfect but it's not too terrible either... Example for Eric.plan I don't know though...It depends on what I needed to draw that up for. If I needed something really accurate I'd probably end up doing a lot of that manually.

It should take almost no time to convert all those objects to symbols of the proper category which is what I would probably do, but depending on what information you need to show in the schedule, you can also block the object, check Treat As One Object, and then select Fixture from the Include In Schedule list.

Dunno. Never had to do that before. It would depend on a number of factors I'm sure, but I imagine I would probably do something like this (similar to what you did way back in post #13)... Barrel vault.plan ...and I don't see myself using the ceiling plane framing either. I would likely just add any of those elements manually.

I'm not sure I understand what the big deal is. In that particular situation I wouldn't personally be building that with the 2 short walls anyway. It would just get built as 2 framed walls with a drywall (and maybe plywood) wrap and I think a single wall definition suits that situation just fine... I think at most in some circumstances I might add a couple CAD lines to show the plywood and/or drywall wrapping the opening...

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Absolutely worth the “effort” in my opinion. No doubt about it.

That's because its not one of the available tools. I think your best bet is to just draw manually using CAD arcs. Just draw a series of connected arcs to form a closed polyline. Once you have your closed polyline you can block it and add to your library for future use. You might want to create a series of these at different sizes even. When you drop it back in the plan, you don't really even need to explode the block. If the callout size is anywhere close to the right size you can just resize the CAD block. I'm going to assume you're referring to a triangular callout. You can draw that using CAD>Text>Callout. Just select the triangular shape.

Yes, but its also common for the back of that cabinet to be unfinished and finishing that back can be a major consideration. It would not be out of the ordinary for us to actually build an entire island like that in one piece or with extended back panels on the 2 side cabinets and splines to join the 3 back panels together. Again, its all in the details.

Yes, but my point is, we still need to know the details. One of the easiest solutions for example is this... If the middle cabinet isn't going to be a rectangle then it could be masked... ...of course this may or may not work depending on what you need for material lists, schedules, 3D views, 2D details, etc. Completely depends on what the end goal is.

Not sure you understand the reason for my questions. Yes, the cabinetry CAN be represented accurately in the plans. In order to represent accurately though a person has to know exactly how its going to be built. Are we in agreement? The method used to obtain the desired end results would depend ENTIRELY on how the cabinetry is going to be built in the real world.

How will you actually be building that? Are you going to use a cabinet shaped exactly like that? Will there be skins/paneling added to cover the back side of the cabinet or will it be custom built with a finished back? Or will that be built with a rectangular cabinet and skins/panels applied all 3 of those faces?

This^^^^^was the correct answer. The dialog box looks the same but in previous versions unchecking Railing On would also preclude Railing At Wall. In X10 you can control both independently.