Alaskan_Son

Just select the view and then click on the little Relink tool in the edit toolbar. Not at my computer but if I remember correctly it looks like a couple of zeros overlapping each other.

I'm not sure I follow everything you guys are doing but it sounds overly complicated. The way I operate I usually find it faster and easier to create new layouts from scratch for the majority of what I do; however, when I do use a layout template I simply relink the as-built views to my as built plan, relink the demo views to my demo plan, and relink the proposed views to my proposed plan. Easy peasy. Are you perhaps trying to relink the entire layout instead of the individual boxes?

I don't think Glenn was suggesting the point be added to the block. It's just a good tool to help situate/locate your new insertion point. It's especially useful when your insertion point is outside your block or at some other location where you have nothing to snap to. In other words, the point is just used as a tool and then deleted. The problem with using Place Point instead of a Point Marker is that you can't select and move the Temporary Point to help properly position it like you can with a regular Point Marker.

Ya, I can see the added difficulty created by having to align the tapered column using a part that has no snaps. I had to leave the office and head to the job so I don't have time right now, but I'll try to make a quick video later. In the meantime... You are correct that a guide of some sort is basically necessary. Technically all you really need is to know the distance between the center of your column and the top outside edge of that taper and you can simply offset by hitting tab while dragging but I would personally probably use a guide as well. You could also use point to point move in a couple elevation views but that would also require stealing some snap points from a CAD Detail From View. Here is the method I would probably recommend that should work for even a complicated layout with a lot of jogs and offsets: 1. Figure out your offset dimension (4" in your case if I remember correctly). 2. Create a room polyline using your balcony/deck/porch/exterior room. 3. Hold down C and resize the polyline using one of the corner edit handles. Resize to make It smaller by the size of your offset. 4. Select your column and use Multiple Copy to drag out however many columns you want for any particular edge. 5. Group select your columns and Make Parallel/Perpendicular to the desired edge of the polyline you previously created. 6. Click Align/Distribute Along Line. Click the desired polyline edge and align centers and distribute centers to end points. NOTE: You could also manually place the corner posts, place copies between them and simply use the normal Align/Distribute tool. The whole thing should be pretty stinkin' quick. It could be even easier if it weren't for the offset issue you have to contend with. There are other methods as well, but I think that one might be the easiest and most flexible.

Can you guys not just use "working" layer sets? You can have any various layers turned on in those sets but turned off in the sets you send to layout. This way you don't have to worry about deleting anything if you don't want to.

C'mon Rich, stop beating around the bush. Tell us what you really think : )

In addition to checking the 3D warehouse try the bonus library titled "Image CAD Blocks" or better yet maybe..."3D Plants". You can also do a quick search of CAD trees and I'd venture to guess you'll find a bunch of online sources. I'm thinking the 3D Plants bonus catalog might be your best bet. In VECTOR VIEWS they look nicely generic and "sketchy" and work for both plan and elevation views...worth a look anyway. If the face counts start to cause you problems you can always create a CAD Detail from View and just steal (cut and paste) the 2D CAD for any given view(s).

No plan from either of you guys...Joe?...Ben?

Have you ever thought about simply TRYING it? I'm personally a little partial to the trace method, however CAD to Walls seems to work fine for me. I don't care for it, but it seems to do what it was made for.

Can you post that plan with a description of what you're trying to do? I'm relatively certain there's a 10 second method you're probably overlooking.

You should have no problem at all referencing several different plan files in a single layout. Many of us do it all the time.

Any chance you could attach at least a stripped down version of the plan Joe? I for one have never had that issue. Even when there is an alignment issue I never even get the message you're referring to.

...or you can just use the Material Painter.

For starters, read this... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/4095-guidelines-for-posting-on-the-suggestions-forum/ And try visiting here... https://support.chiefarchitect.com/home

Just to add a quick note here. You can control text for a lot of things via layer settings. A few that specifically come to mind... -CAD Lengths and Angles -Labels -Callouts -Any other dimension or text set to "Use Layer For Text Style"

You can skip steps 1 and 2 and you could potentially skip steps 4 and 5 as well. You could simply change the text style to an existing text style in whatever layer you're drawing on (Current CAD Layer).

Chopper, You don't actually have to go into your default settings at all. That Current CAD layer is simply showing whatever you have Current CAD Layer set to so all you really have to do is go directly to the desired layer and change it there. In other words, as soon as you change Current CAD Layer, those settings will change in your default settings.

I just got back to my computer. William beat me to it...sort of. Yes, those are controlled via your layer settings. To clarify though, you don't necessarily need to place them on a specific layer. That layer just needs to have the desired text defaults in the particular Layer SET that you are using. The same layer can have a different text style in each and every layer set if you want it to (i.e. you can switch layer sets and your text size can change with it).

Not at my computer but try Default Settings>CAD>General CAD.

I'm not so sure we're all talking about the same thing here. I for one was talking about dimensioning elevation views in general (cabinets, countertops, appliances, fixtures, interior finishes, furniture, framing members, etc.)...not just story pole dimensions.

Are you printing in color or grayscale? And is your PDF in color or just black and white? Also, how are you actually printing to PDF?

Without the plan, its all guesses, but even in your screenshot the center cabinet appears to be further forward than the other 2. Try sliding it back to the wall and see if that fixes your problem.

Still think you should post the plan but based on that screenshot I'd venture to guess that your cabinets aren't exactly snapped together. It works fine for me...

Hard to tell, but from the looks of your screenshot you're not showing any moldings on the tops of those cabinets. I think what you're seeing is simply the cabinet module lines. Are you sure you set the numbers correctly? Maybe try posting the plan for a more accurate answer.

I'm not sure where our misunderstanding is...here's a sketch from the actual IRC code commentaries referring to the code section in question...notice there's no fillet or chamfer...