Joe_Carrick

The mouse is sick. Buy a new one - not the cheapest but probably no more expensive than what you spend for your on course libations.

Scott, Is it happening on all Plans? What about a completely blank plan from one of Chiefs' OOB Templates? The reason I ask is that if you have poorly written macros in your Plan, they may be interfering with the mouse, causing it to appear to stick or be jerky. Of course, just too much 3D geometry could also have an effect but bad macros are more likely.

But I can write a macro that will correct the label so the schedule would show the proper label.

Dennis, Let me know what you need. If it's Pella, I have a whole bunch that I've predefined as "Custom Window Symbols" so I should be able to make it work for you.

Reflected Round Arch Window w Custom Muntins. As Greg suggested.

I checked in X5 & X6 & X7. None of those provide Multiple Lites with a reflected Arch.

I am doing this for a variety of information - mostly consultant contacts, etc - with a set of macros that read text files located in the Project's Plan Folder. It requires both a Layout and a Plan to work and the Layout has to be opened to establish where the files are located. By reading the information from the text files and assigning the data to Ruby Global Variables the macros in your title block or in the Plan Template will automatically display that Projects' values. Other information can similarly be retrieved based on what you need.

I can't believe that was ever the case - I mean the part about you being a "babe"

I'm not sure why I'm responding to this thread.. The best I could come up with is the 2 attached Symbols. The problem is that when you place them you still have to rotate and move them so they are in contact with the cabinet. Then they look right in both 2D and 3D. Duplex Cabinet Outlets.calibz

Don't forget that every time a house is sold, the cost goes up 6% to cover the real estate commissions.

Yusuf, This is a pic from your Plan. All I did was change the the Frame to 4" with a 6" recess. Now the Drywall (green) shows. This is the exact same solution that I had. See Post #11 in https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/5101-will-somebody-help-me-with-this-bucking-plan/

Yusuf, That solution I presented a long time ago. Scott doesn't like it.

True, but IMO it's only valuable if you are using a reference macro to get the area.

The Exterior Room Label - usually Living Area - only reports the total area of those room that are defined as Include in Living Area. This means that it will not include Garages, Courts, Porches, Decks, or Balconies. So you can rely on that Area in the Exterior Room Label to accurately report that Floors' Living Area.

Sherry, FWIW, the area reported for the Exterior Room is only the Living Area even though the PLine surrounds the entire Plan. Garages, Courts, Balconies, Porches and Decks are not included in that area.

Make the Shower Wall "No Room Definition" For the Exterior Room, use the "Exterior Room Label"

So here's a different approach. I made a closed polyline that is about the right size for 1x2 Batts on 1x10 Boards (but I only made the total thickness 1". Then I converted it to a PSolid and set the height to 8' and converted that to a Solid. It can be trimmed with other Solids using "Solid Subtraction. I created an Architectural Block from it and added it to the Library. To trim it you will need to un-Block but since it's 8' tall and about 17'-6" long it can cover a lot of area and be trimmed pretty easily. Batt on Board.calibz

Scott, It's not quite the same. I left the No Room Definition Wall at the Floor. That's kind of a mix between Perry's and Dennis's solution. Changing the Structure doesn't get messed up this way. That wall doesn't have to be trimmed at the top but I just thought it left less vector clean-up for Elevations. It also Frames nicely I think you should at least experiment with it a bit .....

Scott, Check the attached Plan. The Wall with the Window in it is "No Room Definition". It has just a 1/8" Thick Stucco Exterior Layer. I trimmed the top down to the Interior Casing. You could trim the bottom up but then you would need to adjust the Window Height so I just left the bottom. The Pass-Thru in the thicker wall has a Frame (Stucco Material) The Pass thru is 6" wider and taller than the Window and the top is 3" higher. Once the thinner wall is moved into place, That Wall and the Pass-Thru can be selected together and moved or copied any way you want. :D :D B) Buck Framed Windows.zip

1. Use Solid addition to add them all together 2. Add another PSolid along the Line you want to Trim 3. Use Solid Subtraction to Subtract that from the one created in step 1

Yes I tried it - but I set my Frame to 4" top, bottom & side. As I said, if you want a demo, I can do that in a GTM.

Scott, Here is an Exterior Symbol that mounts on the wall. You can size it to match your opening and Window recess dimensions, center it on the window and move in to fit against the window frame. Let me know if you want to do a GTM. Bucked Window Frame.calibz

Greg, I wish I didn't have to deal with all the area analysis - but I live in California. We have to provide a lot of calculations for these things. In addition, we can't use REScheck. So having the ability to calculate, show tabulated areas and even export a file that can be used by our T-24 app is a big savings in time.

Greg, FWIW, The Floor Living Areas are individually available as attributes of the Exterior Rooms. In fact if you haven't deleted that Label it can be seen just by turning on the "Room Labels" Layer. With the proper macro you can get the Total of all Rooms. I do that in a couple of my Packages: A. Living Area Package .......................I'm only charging $30 for this package. 1. Displays all Floor Living Areas 2. Displays the Total Living Area 3. Exposes those Values as variables that can be used in other Macros B. Site and Building Area Analysis 1. Includes the functionality of the Living Area Package 2. Calculates Property and Buildable (inside setbacks) Areas 3. Calculates Totals of each Special Room Type 4. Calculates Totals of Driveways, Sidewalks, etc. 5. Calculates and Displays Site Coverage, FAU 6. Exposes all those values for use in other macros. There are a lot of other things that can be done - as I've demonstrated. Sure, we can ask CA to provide their "Global Macros" for all sorts of things - but you will never get the ultimate flexibility that way. Eventually, with the right "Open Doors" to the Model data we can have "Add-Ons" by 3PP for all sorts of Engineering Apps. IAE, I want CA to concentrate on enhancing the 3D and 2D functionality in Chief - and just provide the access to the data and some of the higher level capabilities of scripting. We could even design our own "Input Screens" to add dynamic data to the Plan - things like Consultants, Contractor, etc. CA doesn't have unlimited programming assets so we have to pick what we want them to do and maybe one of those things is opening the door so others can provide the Add-Ons.

That's fine if all you want is to display the areas with text boxes and arrows. OTOH, if you want to perform automatic calculations that show percentages of site coverage, total areas of: garages, porches, courts, balconies, decks, etc. These simple macros are insufficient. That's where advance macro programming comes in - it opens a whole lot of additional capability. Calculating the total area of Windows, Window Openings, etc and making automatic calculations of those compared to Total Living Area - without having to manually enter anything is all possible. What isn't possible yet is being able to automatically get and display the finishes (annotation of Sections, Elevations, etc). We can't do that because CA doesn't provide attributes for those things that can be used in macros. I have a dream - a macro that I can just add to a "Wall Elevation Label" and get the information directly from the model displayed - just as if I had manually typed it - but 100% accurate, no chance of a mistake.