Joe_Carrick

You need to: 1. Rebuild the Wall Framing 2. Move the "Header Label" a. There are 2 labels stacked on top of each other. b. The other option is to use custom macros to label the framing members.

Do you have favorite Kitchens, Baths, Closets, etc.? Most of us do. There are several possible ways of preserving these for future use - but the best IMO is to create a simple Room with material regions for the floor and walls. Place all the Cabinets, Fixtures, Accessories & Furnishings. Don't include Doors or Windows. Then, with the Wall Layers Locked Block everything and add the block to the Library. The next time you want that Room just place it in your Plan and draw walls around it. Add any Doors or Windows you need. You can bump the walls up to the Block and when you have everything exactly the way you want it you can unblock (or not). Naturally, all the original materials will be in your Plan along with any custom symbols, cabinets, etc. This is essentially what CA did in the Bonus Library for the various Rooms but they didn't include the Material Regions which define the room dimensions.

IAE, at the basement level click on the stairs and then click the button on the Edit Toolbar "Auto Stairwell".

IOW, the Defaults are Plan specific. So an existing Plan would not be effected by the Defaults in a Template - unless you start a new Plan using the Template. Once you modify a Door in the current Plan, you can set the Default by just selecting the little wrench in the Edit Toolbar. That will make all subsequent Doors use that new default in that Plan.

Please Post the Plan. We have no way of knowing without looking at the actual wall type definition.

No, but if you renew the SSA you will get the following version at no extra cost. BTW, since your SSA doesn't expire until next December you will get X8 (late January or early February).

Gerry, You don't know what I'm doing. There's no need to use the "Console" or to do any "Hook-Up" as you've used in the past. It was those things that you did to "Hook-Up" the data which turned me and several others off. I'm providing a simple solution that anyone can use very easily. Please don't knock what you don't know.

Gerry, There isn't a Gerry, X8 doesn't provide a "writable name attribute to polylines". That is something that I've asked for repeatedly but CA has not provided it as yet. But there's another way to do it in X8. The macro I've created was never possible before X8 - at least not in any way that was realistically feasible for the average user, myself included. This is a single macro that can be assigned to the "Label" of any Polyline. That's all that it takes - a separate macro isn't needed for each Polyline and Text Boxes with arrows connected to the Polylines are not needed. When I release this to the Macro a Month Club subscribers, I will also provide a video of how it works and instructions on creating user macros to add/subtract the various PLine Areas. Non subscribers can purchase this macro package (including a set of companion display macros) for $10.

Tommy, There have been several requests for the ability to "break" a stair section and change the width. So far, we don't have that and I don't think it will be in X8 - but we can hope. I'm pretty sure that not everything we want for the Stair Tool will be in X8 so maybe we'll just have to keep requesting and see if we get more in X9.

Tommy, That's a different issue. The "Break Line" has always been a Plan View (drafting) issue. To break a Stair the way you want - just make a "Landing" for the tread at the top of the lower stair section. Then connect the next stair section to the Landing.

Set it as Transparent in the Text Style being used.

Scott, As soon as CA releases the X8 Public Beta I will distribute the January Macro. It will only work in X8.

Coming in January - big news!!! The January macro will provide named Polyline Areas in a Hash Table. The Polyline will be Labeled with the name and the area. Those areas will be available for use in other user Text Macros to perform calculations and display the results. This will mean you can have a Polyline named "Building 1 (E)", another named "Building 1 (D)" and will be able to subtract the 2nd from the 1st to get the remainder. Whatever calculations you want to make is up to you. There is no limit on the number of closed PLines so performing area analysis calculations and displaying can be exactly the way you want it.

The December Macro of the Month is: Wall Label - sample output: Wall 1.01 Wall 1.02 Wall 1.03 Wall 1.04 ... Wall 2.08 Wall 2.09 Wall 2.10 Wall 2.11 .... The whole number is the Floor and the decimal number is the Wall #. The Project Browser Wall Details will have the same names as the Wall Labels.

Ray, I absolutely agree. I've made that suggestion so many times that it hurts. But in this particular case my solution worked for what the OP needed.

I have my "Temp Dimension" Defaults set to locate "Both Sides" of Walls. When initially drawing the plan I just get it close. Then I can select the walls and modify the "Temp Dimensions" to get everything exact. It's actually faster than trying to draw it exact initially. Note: If you don't know the exact wall construction (Wall Type) then your walls may not be the correct thicknesses and you will need to make adjustments accordingly.

The NVidea Drivers were not compatible with the initial Win10 installation. It may have been that NVidea had fouled their Drivers at that time and you got caught in upgrading the drivers at the same time. It was fixed after a couple of weeks and I haven't heard of any problem since. IAE, when Win10 couldn't install the NVidea Drivers it reverted to the onboard GPU's.

Add a Carpet Runner. That will cover the Riser.

Keith, This is a problem that occurred with the initial Windows10 installation. I have not seen it except on a Laptop. All of my Desktop systems worked without a problem.

Since it's not Plan Specific, I would look at Preferences and if there's no luck there then it's probably hardware.

No, of course not. But to create 3D Details a small plan can be used. Just like you might use a "Detail Plan" to create 2D CAD Details, you can create 3D cut-away Details.

Yusuf's method works extremely well. I've been using it since the Material Regions were first introduced. It will cut away all the surfaces down to the main layer, so if you want a multi-layer cutaway, you can use several different Material Region definitions, each with 1 less layers. By strategically locating each region, you can get a sequential cut-away 3D detail.

Rob, I think this has to do with the 3D presentation of Light Fixtures in X7. There are a lot of surfaces and to load and display them takes a bit of time. It's a nice feature, but like most things - there's a price.

In this particular case I'm doing a Luxury Tiny House on an 8'x20' trailer. Take a look at post #6 in this thread. It's a pretty typical detail but I'm lag bolting the plate to the floor joists which are bolted to the trailer.

Sorry Glenn, It's an X8 Plan so I can't post it in this Forum. Only X8 Beta users would be able to open it. IAE, I checked the Wall dbx - Structure Panel..... "Stop at Floor Below" wasn't checked. I'm not sure how that happened but that was the problem.