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Quite a few ways, but one thing I commonly take advantage of is the clipboard. Example: -Explode block. -Draw temporary line snapped to desired reference. -Copy temporary line to clipboard -Undo a couple times -Paste Hold Position -Use the temporary line for your line/point feedback and then delete it. Or, another idea you might try: -Select block and tab to desired item -Copy/Paste Hold Position -Use the extra copy for your line/point feedback and then delete it.

...or use a Polyline Distribution Path.

For complex curved roofs, I usually do roughly as Robert described and use some CAD to get all the numbers I need. Commonly I do so off to the side right there in plan view. Once I have my roof shape drawn in CAD, I copy the relevant numbers one by one and paste into the appropriate places in the roof plane settings. Also, it's super helpful to draw your baseline at a good and appropriate location. I suggest you ignore the wall and just draw the baseline where it can be used to better control the roof. For complex roofs, my baseline may be located at the ridge, it may be located in the middle of the room at some beam reference, etc. For curved roofs in particular though, I commonly locate it at the very bottom of the roof plane (no overhang beyond baseline).

I believe they're the exact same dialog, just with a different name. I suspect Chief wanted to give people 2 options depending on the behavior they were expecting and that they wanted to make it clear that the wrong dialog wasn't opening up. The Help files seem to describe them as one and the same too... Printing and Exporting PDF Files You can save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting File> Export> Export PDF. This will open either thePrint View or Print Image dialog, depending on the view type. You can also save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting “Chief Architect Save as PDF” as the Destination printer Name in either of these dialogs. See Printing to a PDF File. Printing to a PDF File Portable Document Format, or .pdf files, are one of the most universally compatible and efficient file formats and can be viewed and printed on most computer platforms. You can save any view as a 2D .pdf file by selecting “Chief Architect Save as PDF” or any other PDF writer installed on your system as the Destination printer Name in either the Print View or Print Image dialog. SeePrint View Dialog and Print Image Dialog. You can also print to .pdf from any view by selecting File> Export> Export PDF. See PDF Files.

It's definitely a little tricky to import usable data from the Time Tracker into Excel. Here's a free starter kit though for anyone who can make use of it. Just import your text data with cell A2 selected>comma delimited. Time Tracker Export Starter Kit.xlsx NOTE: If your User field or Note field contain a comma, this starter kit likely won't work for you. I would recommend just keeping commas out of those fields.

Hey Joe, just Google “bird of paradise plant png” and you’ll find tons of them.

See if this helps...

You can always save file, open the plan back up, delete all entries you want excluded from your calculations, get the total you need, and then close the plan without saving. OR Delete all entries you want excluded from your calculations, get the total you need, and then hit Cancel.

What do you mean by this? By very definition a polyline can only be drawn/edited on a single 2D plane.

I suppose a popup warning with the option to Don't Show This Message Again might help the unaware. It also helps to just encourage people to use the appropriate tools and means of learning the software in the first place though.

I agree. This is an inherent problem that comes with the ability to "edit polyline solids in views other than the view in which they were created" and there's simply no way around it.

I also occasionally use them for oddball things like creating these chimney braces... ...where I want a specific profile that can be adjusted in 3D to sit at an off angle along multiple axis. As others have stated, they can definitely be a bear to work with at times though...even when you get good at them. More than anything though, even if you don't have a specific use at the moment, I find that it pays to know the tools you have available to you and to try to practice with them whenever you can. You never need most of them...right up until you need them that is, and when you do need them, it's awesome to not only know what they are and where they are, but also how to use them.

In X12 there are lots of things that will easily convert a p-solid to a solid. Simply editing the extrusion shape to anything other than a rectangle along any axis other than than the axis it was created on do it as well.

Yes. I also think its worth noting that you must select the appropriate face before making effective use of the Solid Feature, Extrude, or Revolve tools.

This is not true. If each of the 3 roof "planes" has the same arc shape, then the plan view would look completely normal (linear).

Instead of adjust the transparency, just uncheck Background and don't use a background at all.

Line style dash lengths are not affected by line weight. The dash length is controlled entirely by the line style itself. Either select a different line style or create a new one.

Here, I went ahead and did for you as a one time courtesy... CNC Panels.calibz Please Note: This was done in X12, so if you're using an older version you'll have to do it yourself. P.S. Those symbols have a lot of faces. They may bog your system down quite a bit if you use very many of them in the plan.

Turn that smoothing angle way up (360 should suffice), use the Delete Surface tool to delete all except the one you want to keep, and then select the object and click Convert Selected To Symbol.

By the way, your issue is just being exacerbated astronomically by the fact each one of those doors has roughly 2,000 faces. If one single projected plane is producing 62,000 lines, imagine all the lines being produced in a full 3D view. YIKES!!

Hey Rene, Your problem isn't the 3D object themselves but rather the material definition and the "alder_full" pattern you're using. Just the front elevation of that one hall pantry cabinet alone is producing 62,000 lines.

Yes and no. Those little 8" wall sections should likely just be framed conventionally. That would mean one single 17'+ cutout.

Don't have time to look into the curved roof issue. Glanced at it real quick though and nothing jumps out at me. Definitely something weird going on there and I would suggest you send it in to tech support. The muntin issue on the other hand is an easy one...your CAD Block is just a little too big and extends too far beyond the glass.

I would just model that manually using polyline solids, solids, and molding polylines, convert it to a symbol, set that symbol to Inserts Into Wall and then adjust the Wall Cutout Polyline.

You have attic walls on both your 2nd floor and on your attic level. They're conflicting with one another. Get rid of the ones on the attic level.