Joe_Carrick

I just set it up in Defaults. But you have to coordinate that with the door and window heights and the ceiling heights so that it all works.

Here is my PLAN NAME & SCALE BLOCK - X10 for Plan View Titles. If the Layer Set Name includes the scale, the text scale in the title will be correct. Otherwise, it will display as "SCALE: 1" = 1'-0" The Graphic Scale will always be correct as long as the Block has not been resized. Once placed in a Plan, it can be displayed in any Layer Set just by making sure the "Text, Plan Name" layer is displayed. Plan Name & Scale Block - X10.calibz

The way I use the LINK is to directly open a text file or web page in the appropriate app. This allows me to edit the text file or copy/paste from the web as needed. It's really just a way to access data from another source. It doesn't directly put that data in the text box. However, since I use macros to read text files and then use the contents - the LINK allows me to modify the contents of those files which results in the macros being able to instantly update with the modified file content. With a web page, I can get installation instructions, specs, etc from the product and paste that into my plan (CAD Detail Window)

I don't know where a video might exist. Michael may have done one but basically: Use CAD Block Management to place a copy of the CAD Block in the Plan. Open the dbx and write down all the settings Explode the Block Move the C7 where you want it Marquee select and Block Open the dbx and fill in all the settings you had recorded. Rename the Block "Cat7" Add the Block to the Library Select the Symbol open the dbx and assign the new "Cat7" 2D Block to it. Add the modified Symbol to your user Library.

In X10 you can use the "Saved Plan Views" to actually name the Plan. Then by placing %view.name% in a Text Block or Rich Text Block you will have a Title for the Plan View. That allows you to name the View "Basement" or "Foundation Plan" or "Attic Plan" or "Roof Plan", etc. regardless of what Floor Level it's on. If you send the "Saved Plan Views" to Layout instead of the "Plan Levels" you will always have the correct title for the view in Layout.

Modify the 2D CAD Block. That C7 is actually a part of the 2D Block.

Now add a custom casing and lintel with return.

Of course. Macros are for the most part version independent.

That formatting is only for Dimensions, not for Object Labels. It requires a custom macro to modify the Labels to ft.in. I sell a "Framing Labels" macro package that will do that. The price for that package is $50.00 and it will Label any Framing Member (Rafters, Joists, Beams, Studs, etc.)

Johnny, I'm not understanding what you did to get that condition. Was this a case where you just hadn't updated the Layout of an Elevation?

Have you contacted customer support?

Specify no Handles or Locks. Then Place a Handle or Lock Manually.

I don't remember exactly where I found it but with that fan the vent can be up to 60', maybe more. In my case the vent is only 25' so it's well within the limit.

No, they will work in Room Labels but not ti RTB's. So here's how I handle it: Put the %room.name% in an RTB Put all the custom macros in the Default Room Label.

I'm going with the FanTech in-line Booster Fan.

The local building department is requiring a maximum length of vent for a clothes dryer of 15' with at most 2 elbows. The location of the Laundry within the house makes this virtually impossible. The Laundry is on the 1st floor of a 2 story home but is at least 20' from any exterior wall. There is a crawl space with at least 4' headroom. How can this be resolved?

Did you not notice my answer in Post #2 ?

Room Fill ????

Hi Larry, From your Plan view in Layout, open the View - then "Save Plan View As" to create a new named Plan View. That will save all the current settings. In the future, you can open the Layout box and select any "Saved Plan View" from the dropdown. If you have an open "Saved Plan View" that you send to Layout the Layout Box will remember where it came from and open that view in the Plan. Note that any and all display settings in a "Saved Plan View" will automatically be reflected in the Layout.

Dropbox is the way to go. Essentially, every user has the Library in a Dropbox Folder on their own computer. When something is changed in the Library it will be uploaded to the Cloud and other Systems will be updated. That happens in the background and theirs no waiting for the server. Network traffic and locking can be a pain - don't use it.

Thanks!

I like your Icon - but I would like it more if it was a raised button.

Ideally, a Keynote system should have a Callout that could have an Arrow. Then, if the Arrow was attached to an object it would recognize that the Keynote referred to (referenced) that object. This would allow the macro to use attributes of the object.

Perry, You can use macros in a Keynote, but nothing that would automatically get info from the object - since the object is a only a plant, not the object to which the Keynote is about. OTOH, if you have non-evaluated text macros with the desired text then those would work fine. You just have to select the correct macro.

One big advantage to the Library is that you can select a wall type and start drawing with it immediately. Instead of having your "Default Wall Type" and then needing to change to the one you really want, you can just use the Library wall type. You can draw over existing walls but that will eliminate any existing doors, windows, niches, etc. OTOH, once a Library Wall has been drawn in the Plan, it will also be in the Plan Wall Types for use (change an existing wall to the new Wall Type).