Joe_Carrick

It would help to know what version of the program you are using.

I haven't looked at all of what you're asking. However, for at least the dimensioning aspects you can use the secondary formatting. Defaults I'm pretty sure would need to be unique to the metric system. Macros could fairly easily be conditional for metric vs imperial. For many of my macros I wrote them for that initially - and - when the measurement class was introduce I had to deal with that as well. One way to deal with the formatting is to have a set of $Globals for the formatters. It's then really easy to switch depending on Metric vs Imperial. If you need assistance with the macro conditional processing based on units - let me know. Maybe this will help

Rene, The reason for making a metric version is to create a Layout Template with the same borders, title blocks, text, indexes, etc. Offhand I can't think of any reason to attempt the same thing for Plan Templates since I would simply create the model in the appropriate Metric Template. Of course an Imperial Plan can be sent to a Metric Layout at the scale.

Just to expand on what John said - at least that's what I think he was saying. Open your Imperial Layout Template to page 0 and create a box matching your sheet boundary. Turn off the drawing sheet display Copy everything ( Ctrl_C ) Open a Metric Layout Template Paste Hold Position ( Ctrl_Alt_V ) Resize by 2.54 with the copy still selected. Find a matching metric sheet size (create a new one if necessary) and center in both directions. Metric sheets are not an exact match to Imperial sheets so some fussing is necessary. Save as your new Metric Template - whatever name you want. That will have saved all your Imperial Borders, Title Blocks, etc.

You can't change an Imperial Template to Metric. That means that Chief will recognize input as "Inches" in an Imperial Template. The only way to get Metric input is with a Metric Template. However, You can specify the dimensional units for both Primary and/or Secondary to whatever units you would like. You can: Set to either to display as Imperial ( 35'-6 1/8" ) Set to either to display as Metric ( 10,824 mm" ) ---- rounding to nearest mm The above are only examples of formatting possibilities I don't normally use Metric but if I need Metric I set the Secondary to display mm with 0 decimal places. You could use more decimal places but a fraction of a mm is to small for anything other than machining.

Create the Landing,& each Stair Section separately. Then just connect them.

Tips & Techniques is for posting your tips for how to do something. So here's my tips for you Check the Help - it's searchable and quite extensive Once you've exhausted that and haven't found the answer, post your question in the Q&A Forum

There's no reason you can't model refrigerators and dishwashers using cabinets and then convert them to a fixture symbols and add to you user library. There may also be some such items in the Sketchup 3D Warehouse.

Really ??? - Maybe in some northern areas but not in most of the US. But the rest of your post just illustrates how every jurisdiction and every home requires different information. I've needed to show: Property Area Buildable Area - inside setbacks Each Floor Area Livable Non-Livable - Garage, Storage, Utility Conditioned Impervious (Roof Drip Line - plus Paving, etc not under the Drip Line) Pervious (Landscaping and other materials that will allow water to soak in) % of Lot Coverage (Bldg Footprint) Floor Area Ratio (Total Floor / Property Area) In some jurisdictions Pools and Ponds are counted as Impervious and in others they are not. Stairways, Elevators, etc are only counted on one floor. Open Below is not counted. There just isn't a single solution that covers every case.

There are various rules depending on the jurisdiction so a standard solution by CA wouldn't work except in just a few cases. IAE, if CA did provide one then the work Rene, Michael, myself and others who sell a system would be devalued. FWIW, my system using named polylines has no problems with multiple floors because I use one plan for the site and referenced plans for each floor. All the macros are thereby visible and executed.

These questions are why I limit this type of calculation to the rooms. Quite simply my Macros calculate the required areas for the rooms and let the Schedules display the actual areas of the windows & doors - including the openable area. I do the same for foundation and attic vents. You should also be aware that whole house HRVs (Heat Recovery Ventilation Systems) can typically reduce or even eliminate attic vents, and can result in energy savings. They do need to be properly sized and designed to provide exhaust for bath rooms, etc.

Yes, but rooms don't report the windows and doors contained in them. That's why you need a way of collecting all the windows associated with the room names. It would be very simple to use a room label or schedule to do what Adam's example indicated if the rooms had NVPs for their windows and glazed openings. Without that, the only way I know is to create a Hash of all of them along with their room name as the key. Even that requires all rooms have unique names. Also note that if a window is in a wall between an interior and exterior room the "room" NVP will be for both rooms. OTOH, it's really easy to use a room schedule or text box to show what the natural light and ventilation requirements are according to code. I have been doing that for years.

This can be pretty complicated because there's no direct connection between the room and the windows. It would require a macro to accumulate the windows into a $Global Hash (including the area & room NVPs). Then a text placed within the room could be designed to display what you've shown along with one more macro to sum the window areas of all windows which are associated with the room from the Hash. I would make the key in the Hash be the Room Name.

Regardless of previous answers (guesses) , it is: Origin Indicator (0,0) Set in Preferences > Coordinate System You can turn it on/off in various view types as well as set the color

Default Set, Text, Text Style, Line Style, Layer It's a little bit obscure but that's how it's controlled.