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Sloped Ceiling Is Drawing 2 5/8" Lower Than I Designed
Alaskan_Son replied to 4hotshoez's topic in General Q & A
That still requires setting the ceiling plane height properly...which they aren't. -
Sloped Ceiling Is Drawing 2 5/8" Lower Than I Designed
Alaskan_Son replied to 4hotshoez's topic in General Q & A
Todd, your ceiling planes were just set too low. -
A huge thing to consider is how good you are at what you do. Seems to be totally diregarded by some people. One person may only be worth $25.00 an hour depending on how fast and knowledgeable he/she is. Another guy may know a lot more, have a lot more predawn details, and may be able to get the job done 4 times as fast. So that person may well charge $125 an hour and be the better deal.
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Why Can't My Computer/programs Remain Constant?
Alaskan_Son replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
I'm not so sure that's entirely true. I know a ton of the upgrades that at least attempt to automatically take place on my computer have nothing to do with security. And even then...the vast majority of software doesn't actually need to be connected to the Internet at all. Ironically a lot of programs ONLY make regular internet connections to look for updates (maybe even security upfates to make it safer to continue checking for updates). A ton of the updates are simply to keep up with other updates...to work better with new software A, to work better with new hardware B, to work better on new operating system C, etc. I might also add that many programs only update automatically if you allow them to do so, and I would suggest that if you want things to stay the same for a little while, cutting out the upgrade service may not be such a bad idea. I don't upgrade stuff all that often myself (except ESET which does so automatically) and I must say, I don't have a fraction of the issues I hear a lot of others have (needing to reboot, needing to find the latest drivers, needing to download drivers, needing to reinstall programs etc. My computer also works the same almost all the time. -
Why Can't My Computer/programs Remain Constant?
Alaskan_Son replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
It's because of this constant upgrade everything crap we have in our society. If you want it to stop, you basically have to stop upgrading stuff. One thing always leads to another… If it ain't broke… Hey, what the heck, fix it anyway. Edit: just to clarify, I'm not against improvement, I just don't know that it's always warranted with technology. Often times I think the cost outweighs the benefit. Sometimes it's just best to stop, live with the hardware and software you have for little while and then upgraded it all every so often. That way you deal with all the changes at once. Just my 3 cents. -
Sloped Ceiling Is Drawing 2 5/8" Lower Than I Designed
Alaskan_Son replied to 4hotshoez's topic in General Q & A
Definitely don't attach the plan. That won't help. -
Maybe you should post a plan with your issue. I just checked, and recessed lights WILL offset from ceiling just fine as I mentioned in my previous post. You just have to raise them up THROUGH that first "ceiling" using a NEGATIVE number. Not exactly intuitive, but it will get you what you want.
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Adjust the height of the light fixture sir via Offset From Ceiling using a negative number.
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A Few Problems With Walls, Doors And Base Mold
Alaskan_Son replied to 4hotshoez's topic in General Q & A
1) It would be helpful if you would attach the plan 2) Select the room>Make Room Molding Polyline, and then select the molding lines around your shower (one by one), open the dbx and check "no molding on selected edge". That's one way anyhow. -
Elementary Question Of Dragging And Scrolling Simultaneously
Alaskan_Son replied to 4hotshoez's topic in General Q & A
I personally don't have much of a problem zooming and in and out with the scroll wheel while moving objects, however panning around the plan is a different story. Probably the easiest way is using hotkeys for zooming and panning. You can use the arrow keys to pan, and the / and - keys for zooming in and out. -
Not at my computer at that moment, but I know I've used it for something else before. I want to say it was in CAD details using the Trim command.
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Roberts solution may also work, and one other option that works decently well (but not great)... Checking Through Wall At Start/End for the walls (in the wall structure tab). This will likely leave one small section where one of the walls is butting into the drywall of another wall though.
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Structure tab of wall you want framed through...Double wall>Furred wall Then use the edit handle to extend the wall and it should work fine. P.S. Whenever possible, its good to attach the whole plan (at least as much as possible), there are often times other intricacies of the plan that may be affecting the problem, or that may be affected by the solution.
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Can you please just attach the plan?
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Modern Glass And Steel Garage Door--Any Symbols Out There?
Alaskan_Son replied to zowie123's topic in General Q & A
They're actually quite easy to make from scratch. Do you have a particular example of what you're looking for? -
One more thing. If you're running on a wireless router and other computers in the house are using it, I've found that the speed can be cut SUBSTANTIALLY by the other computers in the house if they're running. I assume the speed would have to be divided up between all computers. Not sure if that would show up on the speed test or not, but something to think about.
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I decided to up my internet speed after your thread started. Started to realize all those little "waiting periods" however slight were adding up quite a bit during the day. The time I save should easily pay for the extra expense (as long as I use that time to do work).
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Looking For Fast Pc For Vray Render Of Milan Loft
Alaskan_Son replied to gold333's topic in General Q & A
I hope other people will take note of the good things that can happen when you post the plan. As always, nice work Jintu ! And nice work for posting the plan gold333 ! -
Tray Dividers In Narrow Base Cabinets
Alaskan_Son replied to Cheryl_C_Crane's topic in General Q & A
Something I just kinda noticed for the first time, and not sure I've ever really utilized it, but under the cabinet tools there is a shelf tool. Tray dividers seem like a perfect use. They just need to be made to the correct height and width and inserted into the cabinet. That tool could have came in quite handy for me in the past. -
Tommy, issue must have been fixed because I just had a large job where all the outlets were in the base trim and I didn't have to send the outlets to my user library to fix it. The offset in the symbol dbx worked just fine.
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Rooms In Plan Will Not Open For Specification
Alaskan_Son replied to firstimpression's topic in General Q & A
We're actually just trying to be helpful Joey, I've seen probably hundreds of posts that never get answered simply because the OP never posted the plan. Its just a simple request. -
Rooms In Plan Will Not Open For Specification
Alaskan_Son replied to firstimpression's topic in General Q & A
You might have guessed correctly, however there have been 9 posts and no answer...you might not give a rats @$$ but you have to admit if the plan were posted it may only take 1 "guess". -
Pdf's On Mac, It Ain't Fun And It Takes A Long Time......
Alaskan_Son replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
Dang! I don't quite know how to take that : ) I don't have a Mac, but in CA's print dbx, try switching to a normal printer instead of the "save as pdf" printer and see if another option shows up down near the bottom of the print dbx. And if that doesn't work, see if any other options show up here... Just a few ideas that came to mind. Hope you figure something out one way or another. -
Pdf's On Mac, It Ain't Fun And It Takes A Long Time......
Alaskan_Son replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
Mac DOES have a built-in PDF printer however I'm not sure it can be accessed via Chief's printing DBX. You might try downloading a PDF printer. Like David, I used CutePDF for a long time with no problems, however I started needing to do a lot more PDF editing and switched to PDF 24 and then to a paid program called Nitro Pro 9 which I have been very happy with. Downside is that none of the above are available for Mac. There are some though...maybe try this one out... http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/49721/pdfwriter -
Rooms In Plan Will Not Open For Specification
Alaskan_Son replied to firstimpression's topic in General Q & A
Try posting the plan.