Alaskan_Son

3 questions come to mind... 1. Does CA even support semitransparent watermarks? 2. Have you tried printing that page to see how it prints? 3. Have you tried doing a save as PDF to see if that works?

It has to be in an orthographic elevation view Scott.

Correct.

Not really my specialty, but open an elevation and then... 1. Explode your mulled unit 2. Select your double door 3. Unload Muntins (tool in lower toolbar) 4. Select the "etched glass" section of the door (its a selectable CAD block now) 5. Copy/Paste in Positiion 6. Move copy over to second door 7. Load Muntins

Posting the plan would definitely help.

Can you attach the plan? Definitely looks like a ceiling. Also looks like you might be selecting the wrong room.

It says plan SET not plan FILE.

It's the request for a 3D model that leads me to believe it's a lot more than just reading plans. Although...I guess you could be right. I suppose the 3D model may be a good method of illustrating what the 2D plans are supposed to be communicating.

With all due respect, are you going to be able to teach something if you or one of your colleagues haven't or aren't able to draw it up yourself?

You're probably using a smart phone or tablet and automatically being directed to the mobile site. Bottom of page...Full Version. I personally have a strong dislike for mobile sites.

Definitely not an ideal solution, but you can use a rectangular polyline or box with a fill to address this. This method has the added benefit of being fully dimension-able without the use of point to point.

Russ, it would be super helpful it you were to attach the plan. You will usually get a solution or answer pretty quickly and it would eliminate a lot of guesswork. Chief can be pretty finicky at times and the solution can often vary due to any number of details and dynamics (and those can totally vary from plan to plan).

I used end to end dimensions (which automatically insert points when snapping to cross section lines), and then just reduced the marker radii to zero...my standard practice for point markers. You're right though. Wouldn't work for inset doors or drawers.

This makes good solid sense. On a side note, not sure why I didn't notice it before now... Its not a perfect solution, but you can create an elevation flush with the cabinet face (essentially deleting the door and drawer fronts) and then set the backclip distance (essentially deleting shelves) for face frame/drawer box details.

Neither do I. Try to avoid it as much as possible.

Not that this won't work, but how is this different from using the point to point dimension tool and just changing the marker radius to zero? This is what I personally do whenever I have to use point to point.

Are you talking about drawer openings, drawer boxes, drawer fronts, or...?

Messed around with it for a bit. Not sure where it gets those default heights from. Must be some internal thing within Chief. If you go into the elevation and make that wall longer and shorter it does some strange things. Without a defined room, it must be defaulting to some internal algorithm.

What the guys above said...post the plan. I would guess from what I can see though that the ceiling isn't missing. What you're seeing are parts of the roof above. I think your roof planes just need to be adjusted.

I agree. Not a video card issue. It looks like one of the issues I described in my post above. Chief won't draw lines where an EDGE does not exist. This is an issue I really think needs to be fixed and something that should probably be added to the suggestion section.

Use the Adjust Material Definition tool...

I think you'll love it. Welcome to the community Robert!

Can you post a screenshot showing the "missing lines"? I suspect whats going on is that you're not getting lines that YOU believe should be there but that Chief will never draw. Its a little difficult for me to fully describe, and I don't understand all of it, however Chief seems to use PATTERN settings for many of its lines (which may not look like the TEXTURE), and edges for the rest. It will not draw a line where a true edge does not exist. For example, where 2 objects on 2 different planes occupy the same space...that inside edge won't draw even though you know its there. To get that edge line to draw, you need to make sure one or both objects actually have an exposed edge at that location. There are also some complex shapes that will have no lines show up because there is no specific edge to draw.

No too shabby Johnny!

Still a weakness in my opinion. That one single plug-in is like $750 and it really isn't all that great. Plus you have to deal with a handful of other plug-ins and their related expenses, updates, support, etc. and all those plug-ins may or may not work properly with futre updates of Sketchup and/or your other pile of plug-ins. Do you use Sketchup for producing plans? You might, but I can't help but notice the vast majority of people I've heard touting Sketchup's amazing abilities don't even use it. I know from a little experience that most of the hype is just that. Hype.