Joe_Carrick

It could be done, but I would just use the materials list since it can be set up for a room, floor or entire building.

Glenn, For those who might not want to use a materials list, the perimeter could be used to determine the total length of base, and crown moldings, etc. It's also useful in calculating the wall area of a room. Granted, this doesn't account for openings and isn't as accurate as the materials list but as a simple display it can be handy. Note that not all Rooms are simple rectangles and the size of the room doesn't necessarily provide a way to determine the perimeter.

It seems that it's just easier to use mm (a simple number with no separators and no decimals) and forget about all the formatting that is needed to indicate meters?

OK, so the rule is: Show it in mm (preferred) 10550 -or- Show it in m (only for values above 10000) 10,55 or 10.55 and if the number is 10000 then for m it would be 10, or 10. IOW when shown in meters show the separator but drop trailing zeros.

Glenn, So in OZ you use a period just like we would in the USA. In addition, you use up to 3 decimal places and drop trailing zeros - and for anything less than 10000 mm you display it as mm instead of m. This sounds like it could get confusing, particularly if you drop the m and/or mm. I'm working on a macro for my June 2016 subscribers (perimeter of any polyline based object) and it sounds like I'll need to provide a special version for OZ vs any other country. What about NZ? Do they use the same format as OZ?

Thanks Francois, m with 2 decimal places and naturally the decimal indicator is a comma.

BrownTiger, Chief can do superscript. You just have to do it in a Custom Macro - or use Chief's Special Character Macro. Basically, no one has answered my question so far. Assume a room 3050 mm x 4006 mm. The Perimeter would be 14112 mm. Would you note that as: 14112 mm 1411,2 cm 1411 cm 14,112 m 14,11 m 14,1 m 14 m I'm guessing that it would be the 14,112 m but that's just my guess.

This question is for Metric users. Generally for Imperial users we would use the ft-in notation such as 22'-7". When noting the perimeter (size) of a room what units of measurement do you use (m, cm or mm)? If you use m how many decimal places?

No, you need to edit the "Description" column.

I would add a rib as a 3D Molding for the Standing Seams and Ridge Cap. This is one of those cases where you basically have to model the material if you want it to be realistic. Once you have the 3D Molding Polyline with the Molding attached it pretty easy to use the transform/replicate tool to copy it at 16" oc. It's very much like you would do for trusses.

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The Place Setting Symbol in the Core Library has the following problems: 1. The 2D Cad Block is reversed - knife and spoon on left and fork on the right. 2. Sits on Table or Counter should work but if there's a set of chairs around the table the Place Setting height matches the chair z dimension instead of the table.

Dermot, Even if the "Foundation" Layer is "displayed" - it will not be shown in a Floor Overview if "Show Lower Floors in Floor Overviews" isn't checked. IAE, Michael wasn't actually right is saying to use a "Full Camera". The correct answer is really a combination of your and my solutions. ie: Show Lower Floors in Floor Overviews --- and --- Turn on the "Foundation" Layer

After updating this morning, I found that many objects had lost their material assignments. This appears to have been for custom materials - some in custom wall types and some in library objects. I even had some custom wall types reassigned to a different custom wall type. So far, I've only seen this on one plan and I fixed all the offending objects. The plan was one I had in Dropbox and I will need to see if it occurs on any other plans. If so, it's a very annoying problem. If anyone else has this problem please let me know. I am going to report it to CA but unless I can identify exactly what is happening it will be difficult to get it fixed.

Or you don't have "Show Lower Floors in Floor Overviews" checked. You can set that in the Camera dbx or in the Camera-General Camera Defaults.

Cheryl, Use just one Schedule - generally I put my Schedules in individual CAD Detail Windows and then send them to Layout as many times as I want (for me that's just once), wherever I need them.

One problem I found is that "Show Open in 3D" doesn't work very well because CA simply changes the width of the door to about 1" instead of moving it to the open position. OTOH, if you use a Door Symbol with the x-origin offset it will look correct in 3D as well.

If you create a Wall Type: Name = 3" Invisible 1 Layer 2.75" thick Material = Insulation, Air Gap LineStyle = "Blank" Then draw a wall, insert a pocket door and set the Wall to: 3" Invisible No Room Definition No Locate You can move the wall up against another wall with a matching "Doorway". This will provide a "Barn Style Door" which can be in the Door Schedule and will look right in the Plan View as well as in 3D.

It could but much more commonly it's like an amphitheater. This is true for most entertainment venues facing a stage.

But he wasn't talking about a garage. He specifically stated a "Music Venue".

Yep, that's why I would use the Molding Polyline. I agree that to flare the sides you need to use an arc - but I think that for a theater, amphitheater, etc it would commonly be an arc anyway.

Here's a stepped floor using a Molding Profile on a Polyline.

IMO, the simplest method is to use a wedge shaped molding profile on a Molding Polyline. It's really easy to adjust the radius of the Polyline as well as the width & height of the Molding Profile.

Unlock the "Roofs, Gutters" Layer in a Perspective Overview. Then you can select the Gutter, open the dbx and check "No Molding on Selected Edge".

Check the Library.