Alaskan_Son

Its gonna take a lot of faces to make a symbol like that look halfway decent. I decided to have a go at it this evening to see if I could cut it down any. Here's my version based on the picture you posted. All done in Chief. Its still got a lot of faces, but at around 130K its still less than a quarter of what that one in 3D warehouse has. I didn't add any lights but a person could do that as well. I personally don't think it would be worth the time or effort though. Anyway, here it is for anyone who would like to use it... Wagon Wheel Light.calibz If anyone finds it helpful enough maybe just consider pasting paypal.me/alaskansons into your web browser and sending a small donation my way if you find it in your heart to do so. Its all good either way though. Hopefully it helps some of you out. P.S. I could reduce the face count substantially by doing away with those ornate lamp bases (those are around 10k faces each) and/or by switching the chains out for something else (those are around 15K faces each) but I was going for accuracy. If you would like me to make some changes I could do so for a fee. Just email me at alaskansons@gmail.com and we can discuss further. EDIT: I realized afterward that I could have actually made the bases with as little as 10% of the number of faces so with a little work I could conceivably cut that symbol size down to as little as 50,000 faces or so without any real noticeable difference.

Yeah, some of the limitations we have are pretty frustrating. Here's a crappy workaround solution if you ever really find yourself needing the borders and fills for your dimensions...

Not sure what you're doing differently, but they work just fine for me. Starting in X9, any surface mounted outlet should snap right to the side of your cabinet.

That's what Current CAD Layer is for. You can also take it a step further and start utilizing Annotation Sets to automatically switch that Current CAD Layer along with a whole bunch of other defaults.

You betcha.

All standard text boxes can have a border and fill (set through the Attributes tab if I recall correctly).

Totally agree. So should labels. Its definitely something I've wanted to be able to do at times and would be a good one for the suggestion forum. EDIT: Since it's something I've wanted anyway I went ahead and posted a suggestion myself...

What do you mean by "Text Mask"?

Good thought. That one seems more likely and is a much less silly question than mine.

Silly question maybe, but did you make sure they're actually turned on?

David, That's just how how those room dimensions work. They're called "Interior Dimensions".

Whether or not there is a fill is controlled by the text style...

Yep. That is exactly what I was talking about. I don't think it's a bug although it does bug me. It's annoying right?

Are you possibly dealing with an invisible wall?

Search "Cable Jack"

My $0.02... Do an ACTUAL union or reshape those objects so there is no overlap. Other than that, you are correct...it is a little hit and miss. If perfectly aligning the objects doesn't work and if you don't want to reshape the objects I think your next best bet is one or more of the following... Use one or more overlayed CAD patches or overlayed p-solids. Set one or more of the objects to use the invisible line style. This only works well for certain circumstances. In conjunction with using the invisible line style, add your own lines only where necessary. Depending on the view type this can either be done with actual CAD or with a thin 3D object. Remove the extraneous lines in layout using Edit Layout Lines. All workarounds I know, but at least its sumpthin'.

It definitely has something to do with the combined height of the top and bottom chord in relation to the heel height. Energy heels will properly generate for essentially ANY heel height as long as the combined height of the top and bottom chord in relation to the heel height is low enough...thus the reason the workaround I suggested above works.

...again, you're not reproducing the same situation I'm talking about. You have a rather large heel height there so you're not going to have the same problem. Try making that heel shorter or try using larger top and bottom chords. I'll say it again...Once the combined height of the top and bottom chord reach a certain percentage of the heel height, the energy heel will not generate properly. Try an 11-1/4" heel with 2x6 top and bottom chords. I'm actually not certain, maybe it has something to do with the height of the truss envelope at the tail or the intersection of the top and bottom chord. At any rate, I know I can't get some of our most common configurations to automatically generate properly. Just try to slowly decrease the heel height or increase the chord dimensions and you should be able to see what I'm talking about.

I'm away from my computer so I may not have the terminology quite right, but try going to your 3D View Defaults and checking Use Layer Settings.

Thanks Jared, I appreciate you taking the time to try and help us out, but your example is not quite the same. Try creating a much shorter energy heel or try using larger top and bottom chords. Energy heels work just fine down to a certain point. Where that point occurs I'm not exactly certain but once the combined height of the top and bottom chord reach a certain percentage of the heel height, the energy heel will no longer generate. Try getting an 11-1/4" heel with 2x6 top and bottom chords.

If I understand correctly what you're after then don't use the %page% macro. Chief has a built in method for dealing with this... Use the %layout.label% macro instead of or in conjunction with the %page% macro Click on Edit Page Information and in the Label field add your desired prefix followed by the # sign The # sign will automatically create a new series of page numbers based on the prefix For example, you could enter the following in the respective label fields: Page 1: CS Page 2: A# Page 3: A# Page 4: A# Page 5: S# Page 6: S# Page 7: P# The actual displayed label output from the %layout.label% macro would be as follows: Page 1: CS Page 2: A1 Page 3: A2 Page 4: A3 Page 5: S1 Page 6: S2 Page 7: P1 Let me know if that doesn't do what you're after. There are a few other tricks we can use as well.

Absolutely yes and positively no. It depends...can you be a little more specific about what you're trying to do.

As always you are very welcome. P.S. I just realized that your signature says X3-X8. You're not still using X8 are you? I assume you're not and that your signature just needs to be updated.

Sorry, I can't find any way to change that setting.

Are you talking about File>Export>Export Picture? Are you just trying to avoid manually entering your resolution in that dbx?