Alaskan_Son

You can also address this problem by just changing the bounding box dimensions.

I was waiting for somebody to give this answer. I am not surprised in the slightest that it was from you good sir : ) I was away from my computer all day and couldn't answer because I couldn't rightly remember off the top of my head which tab that setting was under or what exactly it was called. Here's one extra little tidbit though for whatever it's worth... You don't actually have to go to your Auto Story Pole Defaults. You can go to ANY of your dimension defaults and change the setting there. Easiest way is to simply double click on any one of your manual dimensioning tools. The reason you can change this number in any of your defaults is because Chief only allows you to set one Grade Level Marker number and Elevation Reference.

Hi brentjohn, To modify the Custom Place Library Object Toolbar simply double click on it. This will give you the ability to change: The Library Object The Button Name The Button Icon To delete the button, simply right click on your toolbar, click Customize Toolbars, and then depending on the situation either: A. click on your button and drag it off screen (or at least out of the toolbar area) OR... B. click on Toolbar, select your custom toolbar from the list, and click Delete. Hope that helps.

Thanks Johnny, I said that because I used an imperfect method to draw it (just drew a CAD circle and lined it up by eye) and didn't take much time to double check anything, but I think you're right...I did get it really really close. Just not the sort of method I would typically prefer to use. I like to use more exact methods whenever possible and avoid ever just lining up things by eye. But hey...whatever works eh?! Actually, on second thought...no...I want to get it right. I decided to get ahead and make quick video showing at least one method to do so...

Another very good option depending on the circumstance. Thank you Eric.

Try using a Double Arch instead of a broken arch. This will give you control over the radius. Not perfect, but here's a really quick example... Quad arch.plan

....You aren't stuffing old people into cages are you

Based on your enormous smile I can't be sure if you're serious or not, but I have several different options that meet this description and might be able to help you out. I just sent you a PM.

You shouldn't have to use tabs at all. Here's a quick primer on the subject...

You can always move your baseline to get what you're after or manually set the Birdsmouth Seat to the depth of your wall. I was just showing how Chief has it set up by default.

This is only true if your wall heights, rafter depth, and seat cut are all identical. There are obviously a lot of variables.

Think of the baseline as the teetering point for your roof plane. If you start to drop the portion of roof above this teetering point (lower the pitch) then the portion below will raise up. If you raise the portion of roof above that teetering point (increase pitch) then the portion below will drop down...

This would depend entirely on WHERE your baseline is located. If your baseline is located out at your fascia then the answer is probably yes. If your baseline is located above your exterior wall than the answer is probably no.

Yep. There is A LOT more that can be done with the various paragraph options too. Also, for those who don't realize this, a person can also copy and paste tables from a spreadsheet or word processor into a Rich Text box. With regard to the columns. Glenn is correct. This is a bit harder but it is doable. There are at least 3 ways that come to mind but they do all require a little maintenance and proof checking from time to time if notes are added or changed. Option 1: Use multiple text boxes. This is probably the easiest. Option 2: Use a single row table in a Rich Text box. Fill up your first box (column) as far as you'd like and then just move to the next box to start your next column. Option 3: Use a single long text box and break it up in layout by using multiple layout boxes. Just resize the layout boxes so that they take a snapshot of different sections of the text box and then move them so that they are side by side. I use this method for schedules as well.

That's one of the reasons I created those "Custom Plot Lines". We have never been able to relocate those automatic line labels (Show Length and Show Angle). They are stuck exactly where they are and there is no way around it.

You are correct. It does seem to work just fine for you. I can easily reproduce anyway. Did you download the latest update?

Just got back to my computer after a bit of an absence and I wanted to throw my 2 cents in here. Chopsaw is 100% correct. ALDO has NOT been working quite right in X9. There are several little problems it seems to have that weren't an issue in previous versions. I've reported some of them and those ones were fixed, but there are a handful of issues that still remain that are either inconsistent, difficult to reproduce, and/or not enough of a problem for me to be willing to take the time and energy to report just yet (I can only fight on so many fronts at the same time). This issue Chop has brought up is a prime example. If we created a new layer using the ALDO in X8 and then switched layer sets using the ALDO, that layer was right where it should be in that other layer set. In X9 this doesn't work correctly and is very easy to reproduce. Hopefully you have reported this one to tech support?? I would have found this one to be worth reporting myself. Truth is that I don't believe I ever even noticed it before now because I typically create all my new layers through the various object dialog boxes.

Good question Joe, it was actually the first time I ever tried to block a distributed object. I'm away from my computer now, but now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure the block I made from the distributed object had to be an architectural block but the object I was using was definitely a CAD block.

I have repeatedly asked Chief to provide us with X and Y location attributes for markers and other CAD based objects so that we could do exactly this type of thing. Super frustrating that we still don't have this.

For whatever it's worth, it was a polyline distribution path that was using a cad block as it's distributed object.

Away from my computer and I obviously don't have a plan to look at so this is just a guess off the top but it sounds like you might have trusses checked.

Not sure if you ever pinned this problem down, but I just had this happen when trying to block a polyline distribution path and add it to the library. For what its worth in case anyone else runs into this problem again, I actually WAS able to use my suggestion from above to remedy the problem. I group selected my entire User Catalog except for that one single item, exported it, deleted my User_library.calib file and then re-imported the rest.

Hey guys, only have a few minutes here before I need to get back to work, but a Polyline Distribution Path is a good alternative for many if not all of the challenges listed above. Perfect? No, but check it out...coupled with the appropriate CAD block and perhaps assigned to a custom toolbar and/or hotkey and I think it just might do what you need.

I personally take a lot of things into consideration such as: Wall heights Ceiling heights Ceiling shape Room function Which direction the wall is facing (north vs. south) Whether or not there is a notable view from that particular window or wall Whether or not their are privacy concerns Heights of adjacent doors All that being said, my default bottom-of-header height is 81-1/8" from subfloor. This is based on an 8ft. wall (92-5/8" stud) with a 4x12 header and a 2x6 nailer underneath that header. It just works out well for the way we frame and matches up pretty dern well with a standard 80" interior door.

You just have to turn off the "Walls, Through Lines" layer