Alaskan_Son

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  1. Make sure all the appropriate layers are turned on in that CAD Detail’s layer set. It looks to me like all your layers are turned off except for your cross-section lines layer.
  2. Your leader is not set to Attach Head to Other Objects.
  3. Are you sure that your leader is set to Attach and that it's connected?
  4. I personally think one of the most efficient methods is to simply maintain a statically named Main plan. Only rename a version when you are dropping it and only relink a plan to layout when it becomes absolutely necessary. See below for a little more info. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/25572-save-as-plan-with-layout/?do=findComment&comment=205297
  5. No need for the rescue exceptions. The serve no useful purpose in this example and just take extra time to execute. Just use %label% in your text box.
  6. And what are you hoping to get with the leader?
  7. What do you mean by "over ride"?
  8. I agree. I don't think it has anything to do with the macro looping. His screenshot shows the executed macro results meaning that its not stuck in a loop and has indeed finished execution.
  9. The Help Files are simply stating that Plan and Layout files are tracked independently of each other. Has nothing to do with Save As.
  10. Save As doesn’t start a new plan. It just saves the same plan under a new name. To start fresh, either Save As Template or Save As and delete all the old Time Tracker entries.
  11. Just a side note, but I've also found a way to access %wall.top_elevation% and %wall.bottom_elevation%. These 2 values can only be accessed using notes and a note schedule though.
  12. Currently, you can use %referenced_view_callout_label% which will report the camera's callout label. This way, the callout number in layout is automatically synced with the camera's callout label in plan view. If you're looking for the other way around though, where the camera's label changes according to the label given in layout, then that's not something Chief has provided.
  13. It totally depends on what you mean by this. What sort of numbering are you referring to?
  14. Open Symbol>Sizing>Uncheck any Stretch Planes or Stretch Zones
  15. Both statement are correct. If the view is a Plan View and is linked to a Saved Plan View then it uses the Saved Plan View name. If the view is a Plan View and is not linked to a Saved Plan View, then it uses the Floor Level Name. If the view is a Camera View then the name of the Saved Camera is uses. If the camera has been deleted then no name is used.
  16. Not sure why this advice was downvoted because its a good and perfectly valid method. It can actually result in more refined control over the extent of the cross section line too then what you get simply be reducing the callout size to zero.
  17. As far as the stairs themselves are concerned, I see no violations in the pictures, but I do see a violation in YOUR design. Specifically, that hybrid stair tread/landing at the bottom of your main stairs isn't deep enough to qualify as a landing and as such needs to be considered part of the entire run. Since its obviously more than 3/8" difference in depth from the rest of your treads, it would fail. I also see an issue with that same tread/landing area with regard to its functionality as a proper walking surface. Its too narrow a surface to serve as a walkway to the adjacent hall. If you move that whole lower landing and the L shaped stair thing about a foot to the left, I think you should be good.
  18. Just an idea to possibly hold you over but maybe uncheck Use Room Ceiling Finish for your roof planes, set your garage to Flat Ceiling Over This Room, and then delete the Ceiling Finish and Structural layers from your garage room.
  19. You don't set the wall to 60. You use your roof planes to cut your walls down.
  20. Next time consider using a molding polyline with a 3D molding symbol or a distribution path with a similar symbol or other library object. The distribution path in particular can even be exploded for further perfection. For example, you could use an architectural block consisting of 2 solids (one for the brick and one for the mortar). When you're nearly done you could explode the path and then go around perfecting all the corners and such.
  21. Although I have personally used actual Wall Details for all sorts of things and know of plenty of other designers and architects that do as well, I think a pretty large swathe of users are actually using a lot of the new tools for the resulting Materials List improvements more than they are for actual Wall Details.
  22. I think you need to get more specific details from your engineer as to what exactly he needs to see. Without knowing exactly what information is needed, you can't possibly know what to export and what not to export. Also, bear in mind that in most cases, you're only going to be exporting what can be seen in your view. If you want to export actual Wall Details then you'll need to open those details and export those individually. As an aside, you can also potentially open a 3D view and export a 3D DWG/DXF file which can be useful to some guys so they can get a better idea of what's going on.