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Having Issues Trying To Create An Auto Cad Cross Section
Alaskan_Son replied to DakotaContractor's topic in General Q & A
Whenever I have things that don't want to show up, I usually try switching to an expendable layerset, selecting all, checking "display" and changing the color for all layers to black. By doing this you can narrow the problem down. -
Having Issues Trying To Create An Auto Cad Cross Section
Alaskan_Son replied to DakotaContractor's topic in General Q & A
Just to be certain… You did build the foundation, correct? -
Is This Possible? - Auto Cad Wall Details
Alaskan_Son replied to DakotaContractor's topic in General Q & A
Are you trying to make a sort of wall schedule, key, or legend? If so, I personally usually just draw a small length of each wall type off to the side somewhere along with the appropriate text and just send that to layout. You could also draw a section of each wall type and then do a CAD detail from view. -
It sounds like you might be missing a step. Did you use the tool Johnny suggested… Tools>Layout>Referenced Plan Files? All you should have to do is change the plan file.
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Under Cabinet Lighting & Soffit Issue
Alaskan_Son replied to SketchArchitect's topic in General Q & A
What are you using in that location now? I would typically build that out of a single cabinet. Left and right frame/stile widths set accordingly. -
That's not exactly true. Granted, it wouldn't be as automated, but there are a lot of possible replacement methods using 3D moulding polylines and even polyline solids. Definitely not as automated or intelligent, but doable.
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Definitely have to switch back and forth. Once importing into Chief all you have is a simple 3D symbol. Essentially the only real edits you can make to it are naming, sizing, and material changes. I would encourage you to find another method inside Chief instead. Where there's a will, there's usually a way.
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Okay...The plot thickens. If you center all those glass panels on that railing wall (they're not actually in a perfect line as they are), all but one of them are fixed. If you align that railing wall with the wall below, all glass panels drop down and disappear. If you move the wall just a tiny bit further toward the lake though instead, ALL the glass panels work. Definitely something amiss.
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Hey Johnny, in case you already read it, I deleted my last post because the more I messed around with your plan the more uncertain I became. I think I found the issue you were having with the glass railings. They all display in plan and their "From Floor" settings are all the same, HOWEVER, if you change the setting to absolute, they ARE NOT the same. If you make the absolute settings match, they all behave just fine. Problem is that they're getting their "from floor" numbers from somewhere else. I think it has something to do with your terrain... I don't deal with modified terrain very often and so I'm not very familiar with all the little idiosyncrasies however I do know that your terrain is displaying in plan view instead of that terrace room which seems odd. I also know that if you start deleting the terrain, those glass railings start to move. For some reason, they're getting their "from floor" numbers from the terrain.
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Here's a quick video. Probably not much help unless you catch something I'm doing differently. It all seems to work for me though.
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Never mind, I found it, and that works for me as well. Not sure what to tell ya.
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I can select and adjust elevations for those glass panels just fine. Haven't been able to locate the moulding polyline in question yet though. Can you describe where in the plan it is?
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Can you attach the plan? I wouldn't mind taking a look. I could only reproduce the problem on my end by toggling Connect CAD Segments off.
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I only ever get the preview when I click on on item or use the arrow keys to scroll through the list.
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Do you have Connect CAD Segments toggled off?
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And can you post your computer and video card specs?
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What rendering mode are you using?
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I personally haven't switched to X8 yet for producing plans (only been messing around to get a feel for it) so I haven't run into the issue you speak of. I do however know that at least a couple other users have submit tickets for the problem you've mentioned. Hopefully they'll have it fixed here with the next release.
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Also, do you have anything in your trash folder? And what do you see if you go into you Chief Architect Premier X6 Data folder and open the folder labeled Database Libraries (while you're in that folder DO NOT click on anything inside)?
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That sounds very odd. What happens if you click on Library>Update Library Catalogs?
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Nice catch Eric. Not sure if you realize why your solution works or not, but... Problem is that the wall on the lower left was drawn at a slight off angle. Open that wall and simply change the angle to 180 degrees and you're good to go. No need to delete it or drag the other wall over.