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I'm not so sure this would address the issue being discussed. We can already control which pages get printed in the Print dialog and as has already been mentioned we can also exclude pages by setting to Use as Page Template. What I think we really need is a Make Page Inactive checkbox that essentially just causes Chief to ignore the page entirely without breaking its link to the proper Template. Ideally this would be available on Right Click from the Project Browser as well.

I can confirm that there is a problem with the sand pattern. That pattern seems to be comprised of nothing more than single points (no lines) and Chief seems to be unable to properly process that point data in Live Views. Use a different pattern or use Plot Lines.

I could probably write you a custom macros for this purpose, but there are a couple easier options. @Michael_Gia already mentioned one of them when he said... Another much easier option is to simply place the desired numbers of pages manually. Yes, its an extra step, but its pretty easy to just enter the number you want instead of jumping through all the hoops required for other methods.

You seem to have very little appreciation for anyone's time other than your own and for some reason you found it appropriate to highlight that fact right off the bat. That's not a good look for someone asking for help. It would take you all of a few seconds to update your signature so we know what version you're using, but you choose not to because your time is apparently too valuable? I suggest you dial the attitude back a little bit and consider that our time is valuable as well. Commonly the best answer depends on which program version a person is using. You're actually doing everyone (yourself included) a disservice by not taking a few seconds to update your signature with the appropriate Chief version.

for a 6" solid line just put 3 dashes that are 2" long with a Spacing of zero.

You should only get the number of printed pages as long as your remaining pages are empty. Do you have objects placed onto your extra pages?

Here’s another method…

What you just described is making a mess of your hotkeys. The Delete Objects tool is an entirely different tool than Delete or Backspace and the 2 shouldn't be confused. The hotkey assignments you showed in your first post were correct and you really shouldn't have changed them. I really recommend you call tech support and try to get to the bottom of what was causing your original problem because I don't think it had anything to do with your hotkeys.

I wasn't.

I don’t think it has anything to do with hotkeys. The OP stated that it also happens when they right click and select Delete.

This site (especially with a pro subscription) )has a pretty amazing and ridiculously extensive collection of both 2D and 3D stuff that would likely fit the bill for you. https://www.dimensions.com

Look at Default Settings>Wall>General Wall>Resize About

In addition to the wall schedule, you can also use the Components tab to add a custom Component that will then be reported to the Materials List. Something like this for example... This approach is incredibly versatile. Components can be added to report all sorts of information in just about any format, and can be added just to specific objects when desired . I suggest adding them at the Default level whenever appropriate.

In addition to being able to use a schedule, we can also just add one or more component to our desired walls or Wall Defaults and in doing so get our own custom General category in the materials list.

Nitro Pro

That functionality was deprecated and changed to an export feature…

Just insert a different formula in your Foundation Wall or Slab Footing Wall Defaults. Instead of "=num_foundation_bolts" for example, you could use something like: =num_foundation bolts*2 =num_foundation_bolts/2 =num_foundation_bolts*0.75 =num_foundation_bolts+2 Or, to meet code where we do most of our building, something like this maybe... =((length.to_ft-2)/4)+1

Don’t forget that we have CAD Details in layout too. You can always save your commonly used “Page Sets” to those CAD Details.

They started assigning room name in X13

Yup. I think that's a pretty common trap. Spending 2 hours futzing around with some "simple" macro that may or may not work just ate up the time it would have taken to make an excel template and do the copy and paste thing 100 times.

Can probably be done with some custom text macros like I think I did in that graded pricing system I made for you a while back, but I think the easiest thing for most people is to simply copy and paste the schedule to an excel template that runs the totals and then copy back over. You can also use the Material List which opens up a bunch more possibilities, especially since you can add some specialized Components.

My thoughts for whatever they're worth to you: Abandon the idea of using Ruby and wall labels. I think you'll find its just a time sync that ultimately won't work or it will just work like crap even if you manage to make it somewhat functional. I personally think we try to hard sometimes to remove some step and the resulting solution is more problematic than the original problem. In this particular case, I think 3 plans is the most effective solution. Having said that... Don't forget that we have a Wall Hatching tool that can be used in lieu of CAD boxes or polylines. Also don't forget that you can place different walls on different layers, that we can use different layer sets for our as-built reference, and that those layer sets can have fills or not, and can be drawn on top or bottom. It may be that you can layer your as-built and proposed plan a little more effectively to simulate your demo walls.

By the way, possibly even more handy...this method works when a Measurement is converted to a float as well. In fact, this even works with feet and inches. @ChiefPlagman, I'm curious if there are any other hidden formatting controls using these seemingly secret string and float arguments that don't require initializing the NumberFormatter?

Wow, that's a surprising and handy little trick. I don't see that one listed anywhere in the documentation.

The shortcuts only work with a limited subset of the built-in units. I suspect in large part that is due to the formatting limitations imposed by Ruby’s method naming conventions. It’s probably just too risky to allow custom units to create matching methods when there’s no telling what the name of that unit might be. Anyway, to answer your last question, there are a whole handful of ways to do what you are after using the Measurement class, the NumberFormatter, or both, but pretty much all of them require both making the conversion (either in Float form or in Measurement form) and then specifying the unit in two distinct steps. I’m not sure I can think of any way to do so in a single step. You could of course write any number of custom macros that would carry out the whole operation in a single process, but inside that macro it would still require taking both of those steps.