Joe_Carrick

Scott, If you have any clients with a large SUV or Pickup Truck ------ Give them a 9'-10' Garage Door. You'll be a hero.

Once you've created it in your Layout Template - or have stored it in your library - you never have to make it again. IOW, it's not automatic until you make it yourself.

With X6 you can define multiple keys yourself. So if you can actually devise a system that makes sense to you - go for it. I tend to forget the hot keys almost immediately unless I practice using them.

Framing Defaults

I have an older Plan that has a material designation that's not in my Library. I would like to find where this material is called for so I can assign something else and purge the old material from the Plan. How do I find where it's called for? Please tell me it's possible without going thru every possible object.

If it's listed as X6 and not X5 then probably not. There should be X5 content downloads available for most things. Some of the Libraries are specific to X6.

You need download/save the zip file and then extract the zip and open/load the .calibz file itself.

I tried activating X5 at home and it wanted to use an emergency password. Activating X6 went as expected - login to account, deactivate X6 - activate as normal. Chief does need to add all current licenses to the Web-Site. I have x3, X4, X5 & X6 using software locks. Prior versions 9.5, 10 & X1 I have dongles for.

Ron, It would to me make sense for CA to have all of our licensed versions available for deactivation. OTOH, there would be no way for X5 to tell you to do it because that code isn't built into X5. But if you had a way to get to the "deactivate" web page then it should be available. I have X5 & X6 activated on my office system right now. I'll be home in an hour and check to see if X5's available for deactivation.

Ron, I've hit the nail (finger nail) on the head more than once.......you'd think I would learn not to do that

BTW, There are Shaker Style Panel Doors (1 & 2 Panels) which can have the Panels assigned any material - including Glass. In addition, there are Raise Panel Doors (2,4 & 6 Panels). All of the Doors have 3 versions - Closed, 18" Open & 26" Open. ps: If you download the Library it would be nice if you'd boost my reputation.

Importing Defaults doesn't Import the Roof Surface Default Material. I'm not even sure if it imports any of the Roof Defaults. It seems to get the Defaults for other materials (windows, doors, cabinets, floor finish, etc) but not the Roof Surface.

I have no idea what caused that. You should just go ahead and send it to Chief.

Open the Door Symbol in the Library. On the General Tab set the x-origin to 15" (1/2 of the width of a 30" door). This will move the 3D symbol so that it's 15" away from the strike side. When you place that Door as a Pocket Door it will appear half open. You can download theLibrary that I posted - it has symbols for "Closed, 18" Open & 26" Open". Note that when you place one of these in a wall it will be "Hinged" which is of course not what you want so just change the Type to "Pocket".

Personally, I think they need to learn English. That's the worst conglomeration of terminology and grammar that I've seen. I also question that the writer even had a clue as to what he/she was talking about.

One more request for CA: Consider making the Jamb at the side where the door goes into the wall 2 pieces so there's a separation-gap for the door. It doesn't look right when a panel door is 1/2 open.

You can put them basically anyplace you want and use mklink to create a virtual link for Chief's default locations. This means that you still have the folders that chief expects, but those will be empty and will simply serve as a pointer to the actual folders where your files are located.

Larry, I use the following definition: Cross Section .......... A section cut across the entire building (sometimes it includes visible elevations and sometimes not). Usually it's at the same scale as you would use for Exterior Elevations and is labeled Cross Section A-A, etc. Section .................... A localized Detail (such as a wall). Usually this is at a larger scale showing more detail and is labeled Wall Detail [C] or something similar. In either case using the "Backclipped Cross-Section" tool or the "Cross section/Elevation" tool is really a matter of preference.

Yes, I know that works. It's what I meant when I said it worked in the Door dbx (aka "Open Object" button > General > Library). I'm just saying that it should work that way with the Replace from Library icon.

You can do it directly in Chief. Just put together all the pieces and display in 3D. Then use the Create Symbol Tool to add it to the Library.

They are X6. I don't know if they could be used in X5 - probably not. Maybe they could be exported from X6 to 3DS and imported into X5. That's how we used to do it before X2

It's not really "Shadows", it's "Shade". Shadows are what's created because an object is blocking the light (during an eclipse the moon casts a shadow on the earth). Shade is the lack of light striking the surface on the opposite side from the light source. (half of the moon is in shade) In your case, half of the fascia is in shade so it's just a darker version of the fascia color.

Yep, it's the sun direction. You can check that by changing the time of day CAD>Lines>Sun Angle to later in the afternoon. That will cause the sun to be shining on the side of the building that has the fireplace chimney. Also, turning on Shadows - or doing a "Final View with Shadows" will show how that works.

There are 2 possibilities that I can think of: 1. It's just the difference between the direction of the surfaces (shade). 2. If you are using the eyedropper, make sure you don't have "Blend with Material" selected in the toolbar. That's the default OOB and it can cause some confusion. If you don't have "Blend with Material" selected and it still won't change then #1 is the answer.

Are you running as an Administrator on either machine?