Alaskan_Son

Sorry Chop, can't help you on that one. Not sure of any way to do that either.

A pass through actually does work. It's just not super intuitive. You need to first draw the pass through windows and then one by one MOVE them (not resize them) by grabbing the move handle and dragging it to the end of the wall. When doing so, drag your cursor just past the end of the wall. You probably won't get any sort of indication that it's working until you let go of your mouse button. Do the same for both windows and then resize as necessary.

Let me preface by stating that I don't really think I like the box and bay window tools. Not nearly enough control. They seem like a very amateur tool made for the Home Designer product line and not for true professional use. It just seems like that tool never really hits the mark. I think building those from scratch is usually a better option. To sort of answer your questions in a nutshell though… 1. You can kinda copy those with Edit Area but it's a little tricky and I'm not sure they always behave properly once they've been copied like that. Try it out though. 2. Without seeing a plan it's hard to say what's wrong with your attic wall. Those wall types can be controlled by the main wall type for that floor, By the wall type you designate in the window dialog box, independently if you use the spray can, or by the exterior room material settings. The attic wall material can be controlled independently if you change the attic will type or paint it with the spray can as well. The material on the attic wall may also depend on whether you change the main walls for the box window before or after you build the roof. Just a few things to look at. I would start out by deleting that particular little attic wall twice and then take it from there.

That has to be your drawing margins. Print>Drawing Sheet Setup>Drawing Margins...adjust your bottom margin to match the side and top margins...

That's a really good solution Glenn. Thank you!

Here's a video going over a few pointers that might help you out Kenneth. It goes over... Creating your own custom column library object using a cabinet instead of the pre-made column symbol Modifying the pre-made column symbol to work like you want it to. How to dimension to those items that have no plan view snaps by stealing snaps from a CDFV (CAD Detail From View)

Steve, there are also a ton of PDF to DWG converters out there. Just do a quick search. Most of them offer a free trial or a free online conversion service. I think some are better than others, you may end up with lots of little disconnected line segments, and if you use a trial version you may end up with extra linework/"watermarks" BUT no matter what...at least you'll have something to snap to.

Here you go Larry...

Make sure to close the plan before trying to zip or post.

The checkbox Glenn was referring to is found here... If that doesn't do what you're looking for, let us know more specifically the situation you need to use it for...there may be a better foundation method you might be missing out on.

Select the layout box, click on the layout box layers tool and the select the layer set you want to use.

Post the plan and I'll show you how, but on a side note, are you sure you don't just want to balloon frame that wall?

Thanks Perry. I really wasn't trying to show how to create views of voids and duct spaces though. Just trying to offer Joe a solution for adding that area to it's "parent" room.

I personally think this is a better solution. It's the same suggestion I mentioned earlier but I thought it might make a little more sense if I showed you...

Joe, to get what you are after maybe try drawing a VERY short section of wall set to no room definition at one of the transitions. It might be a little tricky but it should work.

Actually, Chief works almost exactly like that already. Select your desired tool and then marquis select everything in any given area(s) while holding down the shift or control and only those particular object types will be selected.

OK, the conversation has shifted a little… I include those chases in living area/living space calculations; HOWEVER, I do not include those as part of the room square footage. That's a different story.

What the heck just happened? We went from talking about what we included as Living Area to the definitions of and local requirements for figuring FAR. Not the same thing and may even use 2 different sets of criteria in many cases.

Just sent you a PM

Not by my way of thinking. It's just dead space. It's really only "dead space" if you truly isolate those areas by placing them outside the building envelope.

Really? That's not correct any place I know of. I do the same...always have. IMO it really makes sense for almost every square footage usage a person can think of.

In that case... 1. Make sure to draw some extra lines outside your template area (perhaps an entire border) just to make sure the whole thing is included in the print job. 2. Under Drawing Sheet Setup change the scale to 1 to 1. 3. Again...Print To Scale

2 things... When sending to layout, send at a 1 to 1 scale... When printing, print To Scale, NOT using Check Plot at...

There's other free* open source 3D CAD software out there too. I would respectfully suggest you use one of those many options instead if you really believe what you're preaching. Consider all the time and tens of dollars you've put in so far as part of your own personal donation to the cause. It seems you hold other people's investments of time, money, and/or talents in fairly low esteem, is yours different? *initial software download might be free but somebody, somewhere, and at some time has or will pay for it in one way or another. It's a simple matter of fact. With all due respect, you're just fooling yourself if you think otherwise.

Yep. Plus, that toggle is located under a subsection called "Troubleshooting". Here's what it says in the Help file... The Troubleshooting settings can be used to troubleshoot performance in 3D views. • When Use Enhanced Lighting is checked, Standard rendered views generate lighting effects that require a video card that supports OpenGL 2.0. Unchecking this box may speed up Standard rendering times somewhat; however, the quality of lighting effects will be reduced. Not available if your video card does not support OpenGL 2.0. See OpenGL and Hardware. • Software Rendered Overlays helps address specific errors that can occur with certain video cards and is checked by default. In some rare instances, this may slow rendering time somewhat. Note that it will become checked automatically if the program encounters certain error conditions. • Command Flushing - Select an option from the drop-down list to control how often the program flushes cached video memory. “Rarely” is selected by default and will produce fastest rendering times on most systems, but “Frequently” may be helpful for older video cards.