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Or if none of those work for you, try Preferences>Edit...Show Start And End Indicators

Speaking of this, I just happened to realize a little earlier today that we have the capability of using CAD block instances dynamically. Can you share what situations you've found (if any) where this might be particularly useful?

Not sure I fully understand the question, but there are a few macros that could come into play. The 2 I think you might want to use are... Layout Page # (%page%) which will display the actual layout page # (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) Layout Page Label (%layout.label%) which will display the label you enter in the Layout Page Information dbx (see below) Place those macros in the appropriate places in a text box on page zero and then on each individual layout page (Tools>Layout>Edit Page Information) enter your desired prefix followed by the # sign. The # sign will automatically display the sequential page numbers for each prefix you assign (A1, A2, A3, M1, M2, M3, etc.) OR, simply enter the prefix if all you want is prefixes and actual page numbers. Play around with that and see if that gets you what you're looking for.

Question 1...Yes. Just manually place the lighted post caps on your newel posts and adjust as necessary in an elevation view. Question 2...Just draw a very short section of invisible wall between your railing and the wall. I think you basically have to draw the very short invisible wall first, then drag your railing over NEAR it (not all the way...maybe about 4" away). The railing will join to the invisible wall when its close enough. If you drag the railing all the way TO the invisible wall section or get too close the railing will overtake it and delete it.

3D warehouse has a few. I don't think we have any in Chief though.

You bet, sorry that took so long : )

Actually, nevermind that last thing. Uncheck Legacy Shadows. I bet that's your problem.

Maybe uncheck it then?

Under Preferences>Render, try to check Use Enhanced Lighting.

Try these settings... Tilt Angle: -48 Direction Angle: 90.0 degrees

Hmmm...works fine for me. Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing though, if you navigate to 3D>Lighting, Toggle Sunlight and Toggle Shadows are both checked before you start adjusting sun right?

Are your sun or shadows toggled off?

If you're just after a specific look simply for artistic purposes, take a 3D view, open up the adjust sunlight dbx, select Use Generic Sun and play with the Tilt Angle and Direction Angle sliders till you get the look you are after. If your sun and shadows are both toggled on any changes you make inside the dbx will reflect right away (even without closing the dbx).

If your sun settings are correct, you won't start getting any sun in the window by that table till around 3 or 4 PM. Just adjust the time settings.

Are you referring to shadows? If so, 3D>Rendering Techniques>Technique Options>Vector View and adjust the shadow intensity.

Here's another idea. A bit trickier but probably easier as well... You can place your door or drawer front in a blank plan and using the delete surface tool you can adjust the material settings for the various faces. After adjusting the material settings, delete all the surfaces you don't want to affect, and then Convert To Symbol (before allowing 3D to rebuild). If desired, go through the process again for a second set of surfaces. Lastly, drop the original symbol into the plan and delete any and all surfaces you previously changed and convert what remains to a symbol. Drop those 2 or 3 new symbols into a blank plan and overlap them onto each other. Now take a 3D view and Convert to Symbol. You will now have a very customized door or drawer front with different materials for all the various faces.

I don't have an answer per se, but if you think about how that glazed effect is created it might give you an idea... There are multiple techniques people use to achieve various looks, but I think what most have in common is that an additional, semi transparent, often tinted topcoat or "glaze" is applied. If you create an extra cabinet door, drawer front, or molding profile just slightly bigger than than the first either by copying and pasting in place or simply by creating and re-sizing a symbol for the appropriate area(s) on the cabinet, you can change the material on the second front to a semi transparent, colored material. I messed around with it for a bit and was able to achieve varying degrees of success. Might be worth a look. Just play around with the various material and rendering settings to see if you can get an acceptable result.

Just click on the cabinet in the 3D view window or scroll down to Custom Face instead of Use Default.

I think you should attach a plan with that cabinet.

I think you might just be overlooking it. Its should be there.

You bet, and I hate to tell ya, but I think we've been able to do that for quite a few versions now. I think we all have those little things though that it seems everyone but us has known about forever.

Todd, There are a number of things you can do to address your issue such as those listed above, or by placing a break in that lower roof plane anywhere over the main layer of the wall below and dragging the section over the inside of the building to the face of drywall. HOWEVER, to get to the root of your problem... I believe the issue is caused by the fact your roof baseline and ceiling height in that area are identical. My guess is that this is simply confusing the program. Either lower the ceiling height or raise the baseline by even 1/16" and your problem should go away.

There are at least a couple ways to do this: 1. Select the schedule and use the edit handles in the number column to move any given item up or down to where you want it on the list. 2. Select the item and use the Move Down In Schedule or Move Up In Schedule tools (found in the edit toolbar).

Did you try going through the steps in that other thread?

You are 100% correct, and I don't recall the exact check-in frequency requirement, but I believe its only like once every 7-10 days. It's a pretty substantial amount of time.