Joe_Carrick

Size1 is an array. Add this to the last line .sub("[","").sub("]","")

I think you forgot to close the file first.

Look in the Bonus Library under CAD Blocks and Details > CAD Details > Foundations

Levis, Try this instead: if is_double_door size1 = (width/2).round.divmod(12) else size1 = width.round.divmod(12) end "#{size1[0]}/#{size1[1].round}" if is_double_door result = "DBL #{size1}" else result = size1 end result.to_s.sub(", ","/")

Levis, Just change when dbl = true to when dbl or when dbl == true

Alan, If you use Text Styles, etc for different scales (designated on a per layer basis) using different Annosets / Layer Sets for different scales, then when you change the scale of a layout box the text will conform to what's set in the Plan for that Layer Set. That's a much better way of controlling the scale and annotation sizes.

Alan, You could use a single Detail Plan with multiple CAD Details (mixed categories) but then you might have some different scales and it would be more difficult to find a specific Detail. I just find it easier to organize by having separate Plans for each category. It's similar to having the Folders in the Library.

If you create Text and set it to "Use Text Style" and then create a Block with other CAD Objects and add that to the Library ..... The Text displayed in the Library will not be "to scale" with the rest of the graphics. OTOH if you set the text to "Use Layer for Text Style" or "Use Custom Text" it will be "to scale" with the rest of the graphics. This is something that I never figured out before and was very frustrated when I found a CAD Block in the Library that had a mess of Text and I couldn't see what the #@&! it was supposed to be.

I have all my: Window Details in individual CAD Detail Windows within a Window Detail Plan Door Details in individual CAD Detail Windows within a Door Detail Plan Railing Details in individual CAD Detail Windows within a Railing Detail Plan etc..... Each CAD Detail Window is named in the Project Browser as a way to identify it.

Please post questions in the Q&A Forum, not the Tips Forum

Dropbox will work but you have to make sure 2 users aren't working on the file at the same time.

The point is that once you send the views to layout that part of the job is done as long as you don't delete the Cameras. The Layout Box is in the Layout and when you make changes to the Plan those Layout Boxes are updated. You just work in the model and your ConDocs are virtually done. You might have a little bit to do but not much.

Then Create a CAD Detail from View and further refine it. ps: I would probably set the drawing Scale of the CAD Detail to 1"=1'-0"

I use a modified version of the SAM. Basically I use a Template. But in my world any Plan/Layout combination is a set of Templates that can be used to start a new project. It's just a matter of deleting the things in the Plan that I don't want for the new project. All Cameras (Section and Elevation) are kept along with the Terrain Boundary, etc. Floor Plans, Framing, Foundation & Roof Planes are deleted to start fresh. I utilize a "Clean Layers" Layer Set to make it easy to clean up the project. Note: All Schedules are in CAD Detail Windows along with my Site Area Analysis Text Block and a few other things so they automatically carry over.

There isn't a set of macros for: Project or any Consultants I use a set of Text Files in the Plan Folder. I use a macro to read those Text Files a display the data as needed. I sell that package for $35.00

I will try to clarify this. When working in a Plan, everything is at REAL WORLD SIZE - no matter what scale is set. All dimensional input and display the actual size that the project will be built. The Layout is a set of pages of paper - and everything there is at PAPER SIZE. Normally when you send a view to layout, the scale you are using in your Plan is the scale that it will be in the Layout - but you can select the Layout Box and re-scale as needed. If you want to work on the actual Plan, just double click on the Layout Box and the view will be opened in the Plan where you can work at REAL WORLD SIZE.

FWIW, I already have a FloatClass.rb with similar but mine does Metric as well.

Cameras are any Perspective or Section/Elevation View that have been saved. Wall Details are the Wall Framing Elevations (created automatically when you "Build Wall Framing"

Technically you are correct. But for the amateurs it's sometimes simpler to show a sequence of commands rather than the most elegant programming syntax. Also, you didn't show the definition of to_ftin that would be needed to put the slash in. I've found that most Chief users (at least on the forum) are very reluctant to learn Ruby.

Todd, Copy/Paste the following as a replacement for the existing: arr = width.round.divmod(12) arr = "#{arr[0]}#{arr[1].round}" arr = arr[0]+"/" + arr[1] Or create a new macro with that code. Characters in a string are numbered 0,1,2,3,4,5...... So arr[0] is the first character, arr[1] is the second, etc. The 3rd line just puts a (slash) between those 2.

Alan, It depends on the manufacturer. Some use a filler between and others just a frame around the outside with the units butted together. You probably need to decide how you want it in the plan depending on the way the manufacturer does it. I've even had some manufacturers that sent the pieces separately to be "mulled in the field". For that reason I generally show the individual unit labels rather than a single label for the mulled unit.

On Sheet 0 (in a Text Box) insert the macro %layout.title% Then you will get what's in the Sheet Index (aka Layout Page Table). %layout.label% will give you the Sheet # You can find these macros by using "Insert Macro >M" > Global > Layout Info in the Text Box dbx.

I use a different method. My details are created on Floor 1 of Plans created from the "CAD Block Detail Template". I then save them to "CAD Detail Windows" in that Plan, name that CAD Detail (it will then show in the Project Browser) and then I delete the detail on Floor 1 so I can create the next detail. I have a different ":Detail Plan" for different types of details (Door, Window, Foundation, Framing, Roof, etc) which act as a sort of Folder System. These "Detail Plans" are saved in "C:\Users\<MyName>\Documents\Chief Architect Premier X? Data\Projects\Details" so they are always available. As I need a detail I send it to my Layout on whatever page I need. If it's a standard detail that will be used on all (or at least most) projects then I save it to my Default Layout Template. The Layout knows where that Detail is so I can easily access it and make modifications if needed. I use CAD Detail Windows in the Project Plan File (and the "Default Plan File") only to hold Schedules, Common Notes, etc that I use regularly and don't want to store in the Library. This system works because you can send to Layout from multiple Plan Files. By having these separate "CAD Block Plans" for your details you never have to go searching for a detail you had in a prior project. I'm using the term "Default" rather than "Profile" because that's the terminology Chief uses in the "Preference Settings".

In the Label for the mulled unit check the radio button "Show Single Label for Entire Unit"

Was the Template Layer "Locked"? If not, you were probably having a problem with selection. IOW, you thought you were selecting the Polyline but were actually selecting the png.