Alaskan_Son

I totally agree. It would be nice to be able to adjust the default settings of each room type, I was just suggesting that perhaps you wouldn't have to do that it your method was adjusted.

In my humble opinion, I think you might want to rethink the way you are drawing your second floors. I would suggest that you only draw walls where there will actually be walls and do the roof portions strictly with roof and ceiling planes. As many people here will tell you, if you want your material lists to be accurate, it is absolutely imperative that your model is accurate. Unless you actually plan on building a floor and a very short wall to support your roof in the real world, you probably shouldn't model it that way either.

Using the material painter in PLAN mode should change the material of every object in the entire plan that is using the material you are trying to change. Just be sure that "Blend colors with materials" is OFF. I personally put that tool into my top toolbar so I can keep a close eye on that sucker. It's NOT your friend...more like an enemy you need to cooperate and collaborate with once in a blue moon.

You're more than welcome. Thank YOU for posting the plan. More often than not you will get an answer within a few minutes if you take the time to post the plan along with the description of your problem and some screenshots to make the issue as clear as possible. You done good : )

Select the "doorway"/ railing section at the top of the stairs...you'll probably select the door first, hit tab so the wall is selected or just delete the door, open the wall dbx, and check "invivible". Essentially that section of railing needs to be changed to an invisible wall.

Can you attach the plan?

By the way, THANK YOU for taking the time to attach the plan. Not something people take the time to do as often as they probably should. That's a very impressive house. Incredibly slow on my machine. I wonder of maybe the file size is causing some sort of overload on your system leading to the issue you're having...just a thought.

All the stair openings look just fine when I open the plans...

Can you possibly attach the plan? Its likely too big, so delete everything that is unnecessary (strip down the plan). Then save the stripped down plan with another name so you don't mess up your original, CLOSE the plan, and then attach it. If its still too big you can use Dropbox.

I believe you are mixing up reputation points with warning points (which I don't even see anymore). Warning points (if they still exist) can only be given by the forum moderators. Negative reputation points as far as I know cannot get you kicked out. They are simply reflect a persons "reputation".

More often than not there's a ton of guesswork and wasted time trying to figure out the problem before a solution is reached. With the plan (even a stripped down version as Perry suggested) you can usually get an answer super quickly and its no longer guesswork...Plus, we all learn something from it.

I think you'll have to give a little more detail if you're going to get any help. A more detailed description and some screenshots of your issue would be in your best interest. And, if you attach the plan, you'll usually get a more accurate answer really quickly.

Yes, please.

No one here but you knows all the people involved and all the little intricacies of the situation, but based on what you've said, I can't imagine any benefit to saying anything at this point. If you think there's a particular reason to say something or that something good could come from it, great, speak up. If not, I say just leave it alone.

Sounds like maybe a bad wall connection. Perhaps you should attach the plan.

Just make sure "Blend Colors With Materials" is OFF.

I for one hope it doesn't. Stay the course Chief. You have something special and I think it will become even more so as the "Big Dogs" continue to "progress". Just improve what you already do so well and continue to add new features without selling out. Just my thoughts.

Just delete everything except the problem area and attach that.

You betcha sir : )

Mark, I just checked out the issue you're talking about. It looks like the dimensions aren't snapping to the edge of the CAT 5 symbol in plan, they're snapping to the center of the 2D block assigned to that symbol which is the reason for the discrepancy. As far as I can tell the only way to fix it is to create a new block without the words "CAT 5" or with those words centered on the little triangle symbol.

Jess, I can't be certain, but I'm pretty sure the reason you got a negative point in the thread you mentioned is because you didn't seem to appreciate the help you were getting . Someone asked you to to post the plan...no plan and no response, someone asked you another question...no response to that, and then you marked it as solved by just starting over without having actually learned how or why, and without having utilized the help you were seeking. When a person does something like that it seems a little like..."Why did they even ask if they weren't going to listen?" and it can be very frustrating when there's no response when people are donating their own time and expertise to try and help you.

Awww...Thats so sweet of you

I suppose you don't care about anyone's reputation in "the real world" either? And that you don't ask for referrals or recommendations before hiring people? And I'm guessing that means you don't believe in reading product reviews or ratings before purchasing things? I'm assuming you also think that taking architectural advice from some first time designer is just as good as getting it from Frank Lloyd Wright too eh?

I use Nitro Pro. Not free, but doesn't cost much and well worth the money.

So, I stand corrected. I guess it didn't resize properly for me afterall. I guess I only looked at the dbx numbers and not the actual drawing so much. Here's what I get... If I open a new plan, draw a wall, place the fixture on the wall, and resize it to say 1" x 1" x 1", all is well as far as the dbx numbers are concerned. The 3D preview is definitely wrong but the numbers stick. I click okay and then open the fixture again...numbers are still good (preview is still wrong though). I can open and close as many times as I want and the numbers will remain 1"x1"x1". As soon as I open a 3D view though, the height will revert as the rest of you have stated. After I open the 3D view, the numbers will revert every single time...even once the 3D view is closed. In other words, there is definitely a problem with the fixture, but the problem changes a bit once a 3D view is created. Very buggy.