Alaskan_Son

Just FYI, that particular sofa has some VERY unusual problems with its 3D geometry and its behaviors in general. Something definitely wrong with it. It can be fixed but its not at all normal.

Thank you for posting a plan file. Describe exactly how you would like to change the objects and I'll see if I can't help you out.

I was referring to the actual plan file and not a screen shot. Anyway, that may all be a mot point as it appears you may be using one of the Home Designer products which are lacking many of the capabilities available in Chief Architect Premier. This is a prime example of why creating a good informative signature line is important. I would suggest you head over to the Home Designer forum... https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/?_fromLogin=1

You're welcome Perry.

You can change the layer set using the Layout Box layers tool.

Sounds to me like you just aren't using the View Draw Order edit tools quite right. Post the plan for a quicker and more accurate answer though.

Yes, you do need to resend. The layout boxes forever remember those 2 Edge Line and Pattern Line settings as they were originally sent (checked vs. unchecked). For this reason, I think Chief should cause those 2 options to be grayed out in the Layout Box Specification dialog when those settings were unchecked during the Send To Layout process. They're just confusing otherwise because they won't do anything.

We already can actually. Check your Ridge Caps tab. For the Rake tiles check your Shadow Boards tab. Just create and assign a molding symbol.

I guess I would assume otherwise. Those programs typically keep working a lot longer than that. I mean there are people still using pre-X versions of Chief and only fairly recently have they started to have any notable problems. I guess I'm not very familiar with Macs though either. Maybe they're less friendly than Windows in this regard.

I would really just consider sticking with Quickbooks. Its really not one of those programs that needs to be updated very often. I'd venture to guess you'd be fine using that same version for a number of years still. I say stick with what you know and just plan on not upgrading later. Who knows, maybe they'll change their mind in a few years or something better will come out.

Not that I know of. Its not totally random though. The arc draws clockwise from the Start of the line to the End of the line. I guess if you're dealing with an open polyline you could use the Reverse Direction tool to control which way the arc draws.

Yep. Good additional tip. A couple other notes while we're on that subject: That setting will only recognize the line settings for object with a Line Style tab. They will not recognize other line type settings such as the line types we can set in the wall definition dialog. If you uncheck Use Layer Settings you will get no lines at all in plan but in layout all surface lines will be drawn black with a line weight of zero.

Nice illustration Eric.

This^^^^ is what I would recommend as well if you really need or want to use a symbol and its CAD block, but there are at least a couple other options... Just use your original primitives, set their line styles appropriately, and block them (Architectural Block). Explode your custom CAD block, and while all items are still selected, convert to molding polyline and re-block (Architectural Block). Select your already created custom symbol and block that as well, open the block, and uncheck Display Sub Objects. Now place the 2 on top of each other and block them. NOTE: There are a couple other methods of getting the symbol's lines not to display as well, but I think the above is the quickest, easiest, and least likely to cause problems with layers and other views. 60 Prefab Wall with Cap (modified).plan

Just tested out the extra ceiling plane method and that DOES work. Its a little tricky though as you have to lock your original trusses (no special snapping and lock truss envelope), draw the ceiling plane, and temporarily change your ceiling settings. Not a bad method though. Could be faster than modifying the truss profiles depending on how complicated the roof is and how many truss profiles you have to deal with.

See if this helps you out...

I'd like to see his work. Is he related to M C Escher by any chance?

I understand the desire for a quicker method, but you should be able to make pretty stinkin' quick work of this by inserting 5 pages using either Insert Page Before or Insert Page After. Then, using your Project Browser, go to Page 1, Control+A (Select All), Control+C (Copy), switch to Page 6, Control+Alt+V (Paste Hold Position), and repeat for pages 2-5 and 7-10. I just tested this method out on 5 layout pages and it took just over a minute. Oh ya, I guess I forgot you also need to relink all the appropriate views so maybe another minute or 2 doing that, but that part would be necessary anyway.

The highlighted portion of your suggestion is really my main problem. I wouldn't say any of them are actually used very often. On average, I'd say I might use any given one of the hard to find textures 2 times in any given year...if that. I think its one of those problems that has no easy answer. It serves as a good reminder as to why I appreciate my tile and flooring saleswoman. Not only does she have a good eye for things but perhaps more importantly...she knows where to find it. Reminds me of a line from Pirates of The Caribbean:... "It's an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is."

No, that's not right. Deck framing always gets placed on the floor below the deck room; HOWEVER, in a case where the deck room gets built on floor zero, there is no floor below to place the framing onto, so the framing gets placed onto the same floor as the deck. Its a pretty limited scope we're talking about here. Only an issue with decks built on Floor zero.

Can you not just go to Floor 0 and Build Floor>Insert New Floor?? I should think that would fix your probelmo...no?

Nice catch Ray... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT!!!!

Unfortunately this bug actually got a little worse in X10. I’m really hoping they get this sorted before final X10 release.

There are many ways to do this. Some using custom macros, but also... You can just create a CAD Detail in plan or layout and then send from that CAD Detail to layout. You would have layout boxes all linked to the single CAD Detail instead of multiple text objects.

Funny, I was actually just thinking that might be a possible solution and was planning on testing it out when I got back to the office. It seems that it may only work if you at least temporarily remove one of the roof planes or put it onto a different floor.