Alaskan_Son

Okay, here's a quick crappy video. Sorry it took so long, I actually recorded an entire video and realized my mic was off and had to record it all over again. Hopefully I didn't miss anything the second time around. Anyway, at around 7 minutes, it's not quite as quick as usual, but don't worry...it's still crappy.

Posting video shortly over here on another thread... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/8220-x8-edit-polyline-parts/

That's what the other tool is for...Disconnect Edges. I'm gonna make a crappy video here shortly.

Are you using X7 or X8? You should really put it in your signature. It helps to know what product people are using. If you're using X7, what you're looking for is Edit Object Parts (Shift+F8). If you're using X8, its a little more complicated. I think I'm gonna make a video here shortly.

Just my opinion, but I wouldn't personally recommend putting the Disconnect Edges tool where the Edit Object Parts tool used to be. Its not really the same thing and unlike the other edit tools over there its not really an edit function that you toggle on and off, its actually a tool. It would be a little deceptive to put it over there and might cause confusion. I think Chief was right to place it elsewhere.

Not exactly all or nothing. Actually, if you go into your casing settings, turn the casing on, set it all to zero and then turn it back off, you can get the window to within 4" (the limit seems to be whatever the casing is set to plus 4". You can also resize the window after dragging it tight by making it smaller and get it to within 1-3/4". Then you can resize the window again (through the dbx) to get anywhere from 1-3/4" to 4". Once the spacing is set you can drag the window by the edit handle opposite the wall connection and resize it to what you want. Can't seem to get the window anywhere between 0" and 1-3/4" though. Very very funky.

Just read through the help file as Eric suggested and discovered there is another tool...CAD>Lines>Disconnect Edges that disconnects any line segments you select while the tool is active. Unlike Edit Object Parts, however, it only remains active for as long as you are using it to edit line work. Its sort of like a cross between Edit Object Parts and Select Objects (but specifically for line work) . I went ahead and added it to my toolbar. The new setup might take a bit of getting used to but I'm thinking I may actually prefer it over the way it was before. Just feels like it might be a bit more versatile and stable.

As far as I can tell, the Edit Object Parts function is gone. Connect CAD Segments seems to be more of a drawing tool and not an editing tool. In other words, with Connect CAD Segments active, all CAD that you draw is connected. Even if you deactivate the feature later, anything you drew while it was active remains connected unless you use the Disconnect Selected Edge tool. Conversely, anything you draw with the feature deactivated remains disconnected. It seems like it may be a general shift in the program's overall CAD functionality.

Your problem is that you're using a railing wall. I would probably do one of 2 things... 1. As someone else mentioned above, use normal walls and simply select the walls in elevation and drag them down. 2. Use a pony wall with a shorter normal wall on the bottom and a zero thickness wall on top using "Opening (no material)"

In addition to the advice above, you can also just use the simple zero thickness room divider...

I too usually just use wall material regions and then adjust the pattern and texture setting appropriately. Often times it requires several wall material regions and multiple copies of the same material with different settings for each, but its not too difficult to draw up pretty accurate tile layouts that way...

This is really a non-issue if you're just quickly visiting a job site where you have no internet access. I don't remember the exact time period, but using the software lock, you have something like a week to make an internet connection and sign in before the software is actually disabled. I personally go without wi-fi fairly regularly and I haven't had any problems to date with any "activation dance". When I finally DO have internet access, it takes all of about 15 seconds to sign onto my account and go through the deactivate and activate process. Really not a big deal.

You're totally welcome. Its a goofy little quirk for sure.

Is this what you're talking about?

It actually works just fine. Here's a quick crappy video. Just seemed easier to demonstrate than to describe. It's kinda weird... I didn't go over it in the video, but you can move the whole window and then resize it, however you cannot just simply resize the window.

No file attached. Make sure you remember to click "Attach This File" and make sure the plan is closed before you try attaching.

Can you attach a plan that has the problem you mention? Even just a small sample of the situation?

You can import the Sketchup model into CA, but you cannot manipulate it other then resizing the whole thing and changing materials. You could also export a Chief model that can be opened in Sketchup which CAN be manipulated but it's not very practical.

If you're asking why there isn't any T1-11 in the library, there is, it's just called something else. Materials>Siding and Paneling>Vertical Paneling. I remember having a hard time finding it when I first started using Chief too.

We're cool David. Thanks.

Don't take that as disrespect David...seriously...wasn't intended that way Its just a simple fact. We're not used to younger, relatively inexperienced people here is all.

I wasn't mocking you. I was trying to offer you some sound advice. Know your place. You've been asking some extremely elementary questions...the likes of which I have almost never seen on this forum. Your questions have been poorly worded, extremely vague and unclear, and you don't know how to use punctuation. You're talking to people who have been doing what you are trying to do for as long as you have been alive and of lot of guys and gals here much MUCH longer than that. If you want to be able to communicate better here and learn some things, you can start by taking a little advice and not getting offended so easily.

Yes

Disrespect is going to get you too far at all here. I was just offering you a helping hand. I can see you must be too good for that.

In the future, you can use a number of methods to do an actual screen capture instead of taking a picture of your screen. What I usually do myself is use "Print Screen".. Most keyboards have a little button somewhere up on the top middle to right hand side of the keyboard labeled Print Screen or Prt Sc. Press that and then go into Microsoft Paint or some other photo editing software and click "Paste" (or press Control+V). Crop as necessary and/or add notes and then Save As whatever. Then attach that file to your post. There are other methods as well, but one way or another, using a "screenshot" is a lot better than an actual photo.