Alaskan_Son

I haven't had a chance to view all your videos yet, but so far...very nicely done. You seem to have a gift for teaching and making it easy to understand. Thanks Wendy : )

:-D Very witty and funny!

A bug that should be fixed, however until that time, you probably realize this, but you can open the line segment with the offending arrow and uncheck "Include Arrow".

Not something I find the need to do myself, but I tried for you... I can't seem to figure out a way to globally un-fill everything either. Seems to me like something you may not like once you have it either. I can imagine your plans would become pretty messy? Seems like something that should be doable though. The capability seems to be there because you can essentially get what you're looking for using reference display settings but its really only visual and not usable. I might note that its also quite messy.

This should probably be posted over in the general Q&A section. It also might help if you could describe your reasoning for wanting to turn fills off. There may be other ways of achieving the desired result.

Its funny you bring this up. I only tried using those markers one single time and they wouldn't snap. I figured they were useless and since I didn't really need them I didn't explore any further. Who knows, they may come in handy sometime now that you've pointed this out. Thanks!

Barry, It would really help if you were to attach a plan and layout or at least give some kind of screenshot. I for one dont seem to have any problem like what you're describing. I would also suggest that perhaps you consider not placing all those notations in layout and place them in the plan instead. Once you get used to doing it that way, I really doubt you'll ever want to go back.

I think when people are talking about putting a roof on its in reference to interior renderings. Many of us who do a lot of cabinetry or other interior design never build the foundation, roof, etc...only what's needed for the scenes being rendered. Your example was the opposite of most I've seen...it's usually light coming from outside in, yours is light coming from inside out.

Agreed. This is a pretty major issue. I do a lot less ray traces in large part because of this one single issue. Not as much of a problem with the lower quality ray trace settings but then I start to think...whats the point?

Can you at least give us a screenshot?

You need to first select the room and "Make Room Molding Polyline".

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.