Joe_Carrick

Larry, In the 2nd Line of the Structure Tab set the Top of the Stem Wall Elevation to -18"

Which one? OIP Panel in some Items? Wall Niche? Room Types? Something else....................

Larry, It's the same as it's been in the past. Carefully review the Help File - then play with the Tool until you get confused. I appreciate Michael's videos but he's spending a lot of time creating videos that CA should be providing. btw, The Help for the new Draw Order Edit Tools isn't up to date. I'm still seeing the version for X8.

FWIW, as much as I like what CA has done in X9 to improve Text Macros, the speed-up of Pan/Zoom in 3D View for the various render types is really super.

Dave, Can the Door/Drawer Style on them be changed?

I have found that un-blocking a CAD Block can cause a disconnect of Leader Lines from their Text in certain cases. It doesn't happen in all cases but when it does it is repeatable. I have reported it as a bug - waiting to hear from CA about a fix.

As Michael said, with a Solid or Non-Transparent Background Room Fill.

Make the glass "Opaque"

Maybe it's in the Library, maybe not. -or- It could be in the X9 Final Release but not in the X9 Beta. We just won't know until ..................

I'm always amazed at your ability to remember and use dozens of Hotkeys and Combinations. I'm pretty much limited to the Ctrl-Key standards (Copy/Paste/Paste in Place/Cut/Delete/Undo) Consequently I am a "Mouse" user for almost anything else. I am comfortable using Menus and Toolbars much more than Hotkeys.

I'm ok with it as is. I don't expect to have to use it that much so the extra step isn't a big deal to me. The reason is probably just to keep the Edit Toolbar from becoming crowded.

Larry, I think Hotkeys are the only way to do it. I use "S,D,G" for "Select Drawing Group". You could also assign Hotkeys for "Move Forward" and "Send Back" - but "View Drawing Order" is more difficult.

You can send from any Plan to any Layout. You just can't have more than 1 Layout open in Chief at the same time. I have the main Plan and 5-6 others open and send views from each of the Plans to the same Layout.

Yes, absolutely you can. It's just not automatic. You have to specify each the same.

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At the bottom-right of the user's post click on the green up arrow.

Eventually, the Components dbx will probably disappear entirely. For now, it's still needed for adding Sub-Categories. X9 just put the Code, Comments, Description and Manufacturer in the Object dbx and made those fields persistent. It would be nice to have some additional "user" fields but that's not yet available. IAE, those fields are still in the Components and they have corresponding attributes.

It's now in the Window dbx, Object Information Panel

Check "Show on All Floors"

I use those provided by CA. There are options within the Callout dbx that cover just about everything I need.

Active Camera Callouts are always displayed on the Plan. If you close the Section/Elevation View the Callout will follow the Layer display settings.

Best solution for this is to have your Dimension Text Style set as Not Transparent by unchecking the "Transparent" checkbox in the Text Style dbx.

My mistake. I know some users who were heading to Orlando last Thursday and assumed the show was Friday-Sunday. I guess those guys were just going a few days early.

That's what we've been told. The NAHB/NKBA show in Orlando was over the weekend, and they demoed X9 there so the public Beta should be out post haste.

OK, that makes a lot of sense. I will try to get CA to include those Ruby modules - but obviously it won't be easy.