Joe_Carrick

The Default Designer Info is in Preference > Appearance > Text > Default Designer Information. If it is set there it should be automatic in all new Plans. If you change it in an individual Plan it will over-ride that information in the Layout. Note that there is no "Default Client Information". IAE, whatever is set in the Plan File for Designer and Client Info will be pushed to the Layout File. What I haven't checked is which Plan File controls when more than one Plan File is used.

I have the Designer Info save in my Default Plan. When the Plan is Linked to the Layout and both are open the data in the Layout is displayed correctly. This has been the way it has worked for as long as I can remember. It makes some sense for both the Designer Info and the Client Info to be attached to the Plan since it any Plan could be sent to different Layouts for a variety of reasons. OTOH, if the info is present in both the Plan and the Layout - which one should be dominate? This is a bit of a brain twister.

This was supposedly fixed. But it still isn't right. I created a new Line Style Patio and that's what is is named in my user Library. However, when I examine it in Ruby it is reported as custom_line_style_114. This is pretty much worthless. We need a name that can be relied on to be what we expect it to be, not an arbitrary name assigned internally. There is no way to use the reported name to compare with what it's supposed to be.

It looks like he has just 2 stainless steel hinges while the real kitchen has 5 black hinges.

I would love that - it would make it much easier to build a Library of reusable objects.

I have a mask that I use for Interior Wall Elevations. It includes some additional graphics to display the Callout, View Name & Scale. If I place it in the Library, I have to first Block it. Then when I put it in the Wall Elevation view I have to UnBlock so I can edit the widths, etc. OTOH, I can add it to a CAD Detail Window and then group select to copy to the Wall Elevation view and avoid the UnBlock operation. I kind of wish there was an "automatic UnBlock" option for CAD Blocks placed in the Library. That's probably never going to happen. How would you handle this.

Ray, I will be doing a video next weekend showing how it works. If you like what you see.....

You shouldn't need to reorient the plan. Change the direction of the North Arrow. I generally orient my Plan so that Reference North is to the top of the screen and true north is within 45 degrees +/-.

There are some other things related to this that hopefully will be fixed in X8: 1. Multiple Stringers with spacing 2. Separate materials for Stringers vs Risers (we have Risers vs Treads in X7) 3. 3D Stringers with Closed Risers - we already see the Exterior Stringer Face and Closed Stringers. 4. Optional Soffit below Closed Risers (material selection could do this) 5. Closed Below should result in actual Walls, not just a 3D Surface.

Sounds good. Once I get your plan I can give you a price. Depending on the way your plan is setup, it could be a little more complicated than what I currently do - but maybe less. I don't do much remodel work so that's a little more but other parts of what you do may be less. I don't want to give a blanket price for this until I've looked at your plan.

Rob, There may be a couple of small artifacts left (maybe roof plane related) - but the main thing is to uncheck "Roof Over this Room" for the 2nd floor Deck. That will fix the Soffits.

Alan, Since there are no Defaults for Mulled Units - you should send that in as a suggestion. Without it being requested/suggested it might never happen.

1. Close the Plan 2. Zip it 3. Attach the zipped file

It is rare that any of us can answer based on just a couple of pics. If you post the Plan it's a lot easier for us to see what you've done (right or wrong) and figure out how to fix it.

I also just use a separate Annoset/LayerSet. It's not only live, but my Site Analysis macros are also live.

Perry, I usually delete the extra Wall Elevations but I also have to edit the Camera Callout anyway. I have a CAD Mask stored that I can copy to the Wall Elevation, resize it to fit and there's a couple of Text Blocks included to show the %view_name% and the scale. This makes it much easier to have Interior Elevations Labeled and Positioned correctly in Layout. It would be cool if I could just select a set of Camera Views in the Project Browser and send them all to a Layout Page at one time (separate Layout Boxes of course).

I don't know but I usually just use the Room Edit Toolbar Icon to create the Wall Elevations. Then I almost immediately rename them to include the Room Name so that I can get them automatically Labeled.

Larry, Most of this is automatic if you have it all set up in your Default Template or (as Scott uses - SAM). Elevation and Section Cameras are already in place, auto Roof Planes, automatic Framing and Foundations, are ON, Schedules are in CAD Detail Windows and default Property Boundary, Setbacks and Terrain are already in the Plan. I start with a complete Project File with almost everything already sent to Layout. I essentially start with a 3 story house so I have a Site Plan, Foundation plan, 3 Floor Plans, a Roof Plan, 4 Elevations & 2 Sections plus Floor and Roof Framing Plans already in the Layout. That means that as I work on the Plan, all the Elevations, Sections, Schedules, etc are being done for me. Sometimes I need to move a Camera or add another Section but this is a big time saver. I haven't figured out how to get Interior Elevations and Wall Sections to be automatic and I still have to do the dimensioning and adjust the position of things in the Schedules for numbering purposes. There are a lot of other details to attend to but the basics are auto-magic.

It would be nice if there was an option to have mulled units show as individual components in Schedules. Another feature that would be cool would be to have the geometry of mulled units (trim, etc) without actually having the "mulled" blocking.

Alan, This is IMO more a question of how the Door and Window are going to be ordered and installed. If it's going to be made as a single unit then mull it and have it in the Door Schedule. To get to the hardware & other details you can select the mulled unit and tab to get to the embedded door or window which you can then open. If it's going to be 2 separate pieces just installed in a single opening then don't mull it and the 2 items will be in different Schedules. You can always add notes in the comments of the component dbx so the contractor will understand.

OK. I understand that reason. I don't know if there's a reasonable way to get the "Stucco" to show the way he want's it but I suspect a simple symbol could be devised to partially cover the Window Frame - maybe even with a 2D Block to serve as the Buck Frame. I will look into that - right now I'm going to watch the Players Championship.

That is not how "Buck" details are usually done. The normal detail is for the Buck Frame to be just large enough to allow the window to be installed and trimmed. I've done a lot of Spanish Style homes and the Window trim always covers the "Buck". Maybe the problem here is that you don't understand what a Buck Frame is. It's not the inset, it's a secondary rough window frame attached inside the framed opening in the wall. If done properly there would be no stucco between the Window Frame and the stucco recess. I also just looked at my copy of the "Lillian J Rice" book. She was one of the original Architects for Rancho Santa Fe and all the pics in that book show the same thing as I said above. If you want to do it differently that's OK - but it's not the normal way it's done.

Scott, I don't understand your I DO NOT AGREE replies. If auto Framing is turned on the framing adjusts with the Window when they are moved or resized. If you are simply insisting that the "Buck Frame" show as a part of the wall framing then: 1. You don't really understand that it's not a part of framing - it's a part of the window attachment. 2. Normally this is done with Concrete or Masonry wall construction where there is not "Framing" 3. My statement of Item #5 was not to indicate that the "Buck Frame" was a part of framing - automatic or otherwise. 4. Beyond this - I GIVE UP.

Perry, Ca you just select the Window and use it's handles to move it or resize it? Can you select the window and open it and change the width to more than the width of the wall it's located in? For me those are very important - and I believe were a part of Scott's original wants.

Scott, I agree that without some programming work there's no "perfect" solution. That said, the plan I posted has the following: 1. 3D Views (Standard & Vector) are correct 2. Plan View shows The Window Inset - and that Inset is adjustable. 3. Framing is correct in both Plan and Section Views 4. Windows can be moved and resized the same as any other Window 5. Head, Jamb and Sill Details can be used to show the "Buck Frame" 6. Custom Label and/or Comments can note the specifics. If you save the Window to the Library it's available for use any time and everything is adjustable within the Window dbx. I'm, not sure exactly what else you need - other than for Chief to add a "Buck Frame" to Doors and Windows - or to the Wall_Type Definition. I'm not sure which would be the best place for such a thing but either would probably work. In the meantime if you really need to show the 2x4 "Buck" (there is usually only 1 but you could do 2) it can be done with a CAD Block. I would do this with larger scale details - and my normal Schedules are already set up so that there are detail callouts. I know you said that P's solution was perfect but it doesn't provide #3 & #4 in the above list and it requires another Wall_Type with a thick layer of stucco. As I said in a previous Post, the "Buck Frame" is not a part of the "Framing". It's a part of the Window or Door attachment Detail. My solution keeps the Wall as one thing and the Window as another.