Joe_Carrick

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  1. No, I made a boo-boo when entering the date - I fixed it in my OP.
  2. My SSA is current until 8-30-2015. I may have to pay for the next year by 1-16-2016 to save $50.
  3. Sherry, I found that you can make a room larger and then superimpose another room to "notch out" a corner to create an "L" shape of the underlying room. I would really prefer that the "Room Boxes" could be broken and shaped. IAE, once "Build Floor" is selected the walls can be edited. I still think it's a pretty good way to get a basic floor layout. OTOH, it wouldn't bother me - in fact I would prefer - if it didn't put any doors in since they usually aren't what I want and I just have to change them. BTW, I prefer to have the overall Floor (Exterior Walls) as a guide/constraint to placing the Room Boxes.
  4. My educated guess would be that the Foundation (Floor 0) is being used as the "Reference" for the Basement Plan (Floor 1)
  5. I've been experimenting with the Space Planner (not the Room Planner App) and have found it useful but in a some ways limited. 1. The Room Boxes can only be rectangular 2. Rooms don't allow for Ceiling and Floor Elevations to be edited 3. Once converted to Walls (Build Floor) the Room Boxes can be toggled back on but they do not reflect the current wall locations that have resulted from edits to the Floor Plan 4. Fills are not automatically transparent so current walls, stairs, etc tend to be hidden, making it difficult to edit the Room Boxes to match the Floor Plan. OTOH, I find that there is an advantage to using this tool to quickly get a basic configuration on each Floor.
  6. I've had clients that pulled that kind of thing. But it hasn't happened to me in the last 40 years. The only way to avoid it is to be careful chosing who you want to work for. Get advance payments! Don't do any work until you've been paid for the next phase. You can break the project into segments with a specific fee or hourly rate. If the client won't agree to that arrangement then walk away before you start any work. The chance are that you'll get stiffed.
  7. Send it to CA customer support.
  8. I use a Layerset that has all layers locked except the Site (Terrain, Property Lines, Setback Lines, etc.). If a Terrain Feature is more related to the House (driveway and sidewalk connecting to the house, etc) then they are placed on a layer that is locked. Otherwise on a layer that's not. Then I can block all the Site Objects and move as a single object. Once I have it where I need it I can unblock. There's almost always something that needs to be adjusted afterwards but this is the easiest for me. Several years ago I had a project where there was a 50' utility easement adjustment that had not been reported and the house needed to be moved about 63' north. It was much easier to move the Site using the above method. I just moved the CAD Block with the mouse until I had it where I wanted it. It was a steep hillside and the house automatically adjusted to the new location on the terrain.
  9. I don't find that it does. It seems to be a bit random, missing some walls (depends on furniture placements, appliances, fixtures, etc.)
  10. David, 1. You failed to close the Plan before zipping it and attaching. 2. A pic (JPG or PDF) in this case would probably be better anyway.
  11. There is nothing in the Wall that identifies the height. The Foundation Room does have an attribute called "stem_wall_height". YOu would need to divide the Floor 0 into several rooms in order to have any chance of doing what you want and I'm not sure it would be possible other than by using a "Room Label"
  12. Brian, What you are calling Levels - Chief calls Floors. Floor 0 is the Foundation. For Grids, create them on any Floor and the Copy/Hold_Position to all the other Floors.
  13. Here's the link http://www.screencast.com/t/jnlkuc4xlIfP
  14. I'll try to find it. Perry posted the video
  15. Just click outside the PLine. The handles are still there.
  16. Yes, there's an Edit Toolbar button that apperas once you select the PLine and the Fillet Icon. It has an "A" in it for All
  17. If the walls of the island room are checked as "No Room Definition" the room dividers can be deleted. The other option is to just turn off the "Walls, Invisible" Layer.
  18. 25 at the driving range. Exactly where I wanted them 2 at the island green (I was only going to hit the one but you said to take a mulligan) - as I recall you hit 5 and were #@*!%# after every shot. Then Scott Harris hit his tee shot just 6" from the pin - best tee shot of the day and his only 1 putt.
  19. Scott, Click on an edge of the Polyline Click the Fillet Icon on the Edit Toolbar and then click on it again to set the radius Click on an adjacent edge Note, once you've set the radius it you can just select the Fillet Tool and select 2 adjacent edges
  20. In the Symbol dbx (the little chair), change the symbol to "sits on roof" and "flush mounted". Then you can place one and copy repeat.
  21. There is a very big lake at Coeur d'Alene I played golf there and put several balls in it (there's an island green and the lake is also used for the driving range)
  22. Create a "Flat Region" around the Lake so that it's the shape of the lake. Note that you will have to make sure the Flat Region is at the correct elevation. The water will then be level. It defaults to about 1" thick but it always follows the Terrain so the Terrain has to be flat in order for it to be a lake or pond. Note: Another solution would be to use a Slab or PSolid as the Water Surface and just place it at the desired elevation.
  23. I don't think that's a pond. It appears more like a stream - which would follow the terrain. That thought is validated by the stairs which I'm pretty sure is a part of the symbol is partially recessed into the bank as well.
  24. RTFM & RTFH are just good practice. There's always something to learn - or - re-learn