Alaskan_Son

No, I was wrong. Turning on CAD, Default doesn't work. It works for me if I turn on the Cabinet, Base layer though. First time I tried, the sink was barely visible. 2nd time it worked just fine though. Not sure what the difference was.

Not sure how much this will help, but I believe the sink is on the CAD, Default layer (unless you changed it), so that layer must be turned on in the reference display set.

Wow, 8 cores too. I wonder if perhaps you don't have some extraneous programs running all the time or if something is using up a bunch of your memory. Do you run any CPU, RAM, or processor speed meters to see what your computer is doing at any given moment??

After looking back at this initial post I'm wondering if perhaps you don't have the Intel Turbo boost activated. You say your PC is 3.4GHz...correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a 3.4GHz processor. Only a 2.4 that can reach 3.4 with turbo boost activated. The laptop may actually be faster if the turbo boost is activated on that. Just a thought.

Is there a quick and easy way to copy the entire library?? I don't like the mess of creating a library for every plan (although that may only be an issue in my head with no basis in reality...not sure). I also don't want to end up with a whole ton of duplicate items. What I have on the laptop so far is the core content and that's about it.

Thanks Texian, I've considered syncing using a similar approach to what you've mentioned, however I would really prefer to do it without using the internet or any cloud based services. Getting an internet connection isn't always an option for me either.

I recently bought a laptop to run Chief while at the jobsite. Its the first time I've had more than one computer for the task. Until recently I've always used just one PC at the office. How do the rest of you handle transferring plan files back and forth?? The whole "Backup Plan" thing is confusing to me. I don't understand if and/or why backing up EVERYTHING is necessary. Also don't know what the second "Backup Plan" option does (the one that DOES NOT backup EVERYTHING. It seems to just save the plan?? All I need to accomplish at this point is to be able to pass plans back and forth without any hitches as simply as possible. Would always be working on one computer or the other, and never on both at the same time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Does it look like this?? If so, this is how it has always been for me as far as I can remember anyway.

I personally paste it into Paint where I can crop it and make notations.

I personally don't use the material list but, if it's anything like schedules… it will no longer update once converted to text. Also, if you must choose to GENERATE material list it would seem that it would not be an auto update type thing. What's the problem with just regenerating the list once you're ready??

Just to clarify… you are referring to a material list and not a schedule right?

While we're at it, I guess it might be a good time to define my definition of fascia. I call the main finish board around the ENTIRE roof permiter fascia whether it's on the rake or not, so my definition of a shadow board would be the same as Perry's. A little unrelated, but I've always referred to what you guys are calling a rake as the barge or barge rafter. I do however call a stick framed gable end wall a rake wall. I guess I now see where the term comes from. I think we could probably go on all day comparing definitions. A lot of terms seem to vary regionally. I imagine most carpentry related terms probably become more accurate the further east you go (as you get closer to the historical sources).

Not sure if there is a "correct" definition or not however I have always called an additional piece of trim added to the top of the fascia "shadow board". It creates a shadow line on the fascia thereby giving it some added depth and character.

Does knowing the difference make it less annoying for you??

Sounds like giving up was easier than posting the plan?

Can you attach the plan?

Richard, As Bill said, you have to add additional mouldings which you are not doing. See my first screenshot above. Notice I have 3 distinct moulding profiles. Also...from your second to last post it looks like you correctly set the crown moulding for the dining area but not the living room.

Gotcha...so simply opening the model in Sketchup and saving as an older version might work??

The above was all in X6, however X5 is the same procedure just looks a little different.

See the attached screenshots...

I may be misunderstanding something, but I have no problems simply dragging and dropping SKP files directly into 64 bit X6. Not sure why it would be any different on a Mac since Sketchup supports Mac and makes a Mac version as well.

It would be good to see the PRINT DBX. For example, you may have the radio button selcted that says "Print pages" or "Pages" and you may not have selected any pages. There are other possibilities as well, but that one immediately comes to mind.

I'm not having any issues but after reading the above posts I've become curious... What is a PDF driver?? I have PDF printers and a PDF reader. I wasn't aware of a driver. Can someone clarify?

My bad, I guess he actually asked for BOTH in the same sentence.

Actually Scott, the title of the thread is "OPTIMUM Size..."