Alaskan_Son

That could be mostly automated with a custom macro...especially easy if you're almost always using round numbers for your decks.

Can you show us how this might look and where it might go? I personally think its pretty reasonable right where it is.

That should really be the entire purpose of this forum if you ask me.

That fascia alignment issue is always a bit of a problem. If you want accuracy, then those fascia's need to be modeled manually. What I typically do is something like this... Set up an elevation camera that faces the problem fasica Create a CAD Detail From View Trace the fascia to create a closed polyline that is the the desired profile Cut that polyine Paste Hold Position that polyline back in your elevation view. Convert that polyline to a polyline solid and position it appropriately in plan view. Depending on the roof, I either turn the actual fascia off completely or reduce its height to nearly zero

Yes. The items generated by any given object can be edited, deleted, or even added to in the Components tab. Just edit your default foundation wall to remove that particular line item.

This was fixed in the latest update. Thanks for the quick fix Chief!!

Not sure who this was directed at, but I personally have not and I most likely won't. It's not something that has ever affected my workflow and I currently don't see an reason it ever would.

For the purposes of the discussion they’re definitely still dimensions and not “CAD lines and numbers”.

I wouldn’t overthink this one. Super easy to reproduce. Just needs to be reported if you hope to see it fixed. Try the workaround I mentioned previously too. Seriously only takes a matter of seconds and your problems are solved.

Almost all door manufacturers make those 3 lite doors. ThermaTru has several. Here's one... https://www.thermatru.com/explore-doors/door-style/CCA230XJ-SDL The closest in the Therma-Tru Manufacturer library available to us in Chief though is the "Villager" that Robert already mentioned. You just have to paint the glass a standard glass color is all. In addition, we have the one in the Core Catalog JJohnson mentioned. Here it is with the dentil shelf removed... 3-lite door.calibz

Or use the Align/Distribute Objects tool.

You can get this behavior by creating your CAD Detail From View from layout if you want.

I’m not trying to condone converting floor plans to CAD Details. The OP seems to have his reasons for doing so though. To each his own. Anyway, I stand behind what I said. You made an erroneous statement.... This simply isn’t true. They’re still dimension lines. It’s just that the Text Above Line setting doesn’t carry through properly.

Like I mentioned before... Just because it was drawn in AutoCAD doesn't mean there's not a ton of totally usable 3D information. Unlikley? Perhaps...but totally possible.

I don't know why either. You should report it to tech support if you want to see it changed. In the meantime, here's a workaround for you:. Before creating your CAD Detail From View, activate a dimension tool, Shift select everything (which will grab all your dimensions), and Copy. CAD Detail From View Activate a dimension tool, Shift select everything (which will grab all your dimensions), and delete Paste Hold Position

Simply not true.

That's an oversimplification. It actually does a lot more than handle variables. It does indeed insert and execute code in general. Quick example... "8+2=#{8+2}" ----> 8+2=10 I guess a more precise and proper definition might be -- a method of inserting an expression into a string

It's called interpolation. Its a way to insert code into otherwise "dumb text".

Your version still has the same problems because the original geometry is flawed. Any vector based views show the extra lines. It needs some more involved fixes.

There are a million ways this could be written in Ruby, but on a very basic level, you're really not that far off. Your code just needs a few minor tweaks. Here are a handful of options that would work (all based on your code)... case when depth.to_f == 13 result = "W" + "%width%%height%" else result = "%automatic_label%" end or case when depth == 13.in result = "W" + "%width%%height%" else result = "%automatic_label%" end or case when depth == 13.in result = "W" + width.to_in.round.to_s+ height.to_in.round.to_s else result = automatic_label end or case when depth == 13.in result = "W" + width.to_f.round.to_s+ height.to_f.round.to_s else result = automatic_label end or case when depth == 13.in result = "W#{width.to_f.round.to_s}#{height.to_f.round.to_s}" else result = automatic_label end I personally usually skip the case statements though and use if statements. I think its computationally faster in most cases. Something like this... if depth == 13.in result = "W#{width.to_f.round.to_s}#{height.to_f.round.to_s}" else result = automatic_label end If you want to learn more though and make some more meaningful progress a lot quicker, I do offer consultation and various support services to help with that. If you want to discuss further, just send me over an email to alaskansons@gmail.com Either way, hopefully the information above helps get you started.

It's just a poorly modeled tub. There's no "fixing" it because it has some notable geometric flaws. It needs to be remodeled.

Huh? Need a lot more information than that. What do they want rotated? If its the sheet, just print the thing up and turn it. If its the title block, you just need to create a different page template as Chop said. If its the layout boxes, just rotate them. If it's some text boxes, just rotate those.

Model house with all Plan Views rotated to zero and only rotate the Plot Plan View to an off angle. Either that or use a Plan Footrprint CAD Detail and rotate the Plan Footprint.

Rich, I don't think they need to stop it. They just need to slow it down a little. I think the idea is that the little zapping sound will give a person that little extra reminder that maybe... just maybe, it's time to RUN!!!

I'll be here buddy!