Joe_Carrick

Living Area may be different for a variety of reasons: Unspecified space (shafts, etc) are not included as "Living Area" Garages, etc are not included as "Living Area" Standard Area is a better representation of the area of a building - it's typically measured to the exterior face of the walls. OTOH, using 2D CAD Polylines as the object to use for area when performing FAR, Site Coverage, Impermeable/Permeable, etc gives you much more flexibility. That way you can easily match what might have been indicated by an assessor or surveyor.

Maybe because of a setting in the Stair Default ? I'm just guessing

Share on Dropbox or Google Drive?

Another thing you can try is selecting the railing that's a double line and then continuing it back to the exterior wall. This should replace the single line railing.

Post the Plan

Is that wall marked as "Invisible"?

Don't drop the ceiling height of the Garage. There are 3 basic solutions: Create a "Ceiling Plane" at the desired height instead. Adjust the Floor construction to include an air gap below the framing. Make the Ceiling Finish include an air gap and ceiling joists. Ther may be other things to consider depending on the location of the Garage and Kitchen. Posting the plan would help.

I don't know if that's possible or not. I don't see why it couldn't be done but I suspect it wouldn't be cheap. In my case I was developing cataracts so I really needed to have the proceedure.

I got the "Smart Lens Implants", correction for distance & for 24"-48" (computer work) near vision specifically. I only need reading glasses for reading closer than 18". I can see a golf ball at 200 yds as well as everything on my computer monitors.

I had initially intended to use a vertical 32" monitor on each side and put the Chief Browsers on them so I could get the maximum full sheet size on the 55" TV. However, I found that with the Toolbars I was limited by the height of the TV and the Browsers fit fine without reducing the size of the Plan/Layout. Here's my screen with a 30x48 drawing sheet.

Hi Larry, I have them all at about 40" from my face. It works pretty well for me but I have perfect vision due to occular implants. Actually with all the implants I have I sometimes refer to myself as a "Borg in Transition". Distance is somewhat irrelevant since you can adjust the resolution and/or scale of apps to suit.

I use a 55" 4K TV for Chief (Library Browser at left side and Project Browser at right side. I use at least (1) 32" monitor for "edit dialogs", Internet, email & other programs. I find it's an advantage to have those separate, so my Plan & Layout are not obscured.

Wall or Post ?

A Moulding Polyline might work.

With X12 and before, I almost never let a render go beyond 7-8 passes, and usually it was only 3-4. The benefits of more passes is negligible. BTW, the RTX4000 is not nearly as good as an RTX3000 series for Ray Tracing.

When you get the entire floor, check the Object Layers. I suspect you have a Polyline (maybe filled) that is being selected. If that's the case you can either delete, lock or move to back. I noticed that there is a polyline that encompasses several rooms - can be selected when all layers are on.

Simplest thing is to simply open the X12 Template in X13 and save it in your X13 Template Folder. That should bring everything with it. You will of course need to relink all referenced files with X13 versions.

Barry Hanes <barry.hanes@hanesconstruction.com>

Rebuild Roof Framing?

Good Call. I agree.

So how did I get a System Layer in the Layout that didn't exist before and just appeared suddenly?

Dermot, I found most of these but now I'm showing a layer that's marked as a "System Layer". How can I find where that's specified so I can get rid of it?

CAD Details and CAD Blocks are most likely. There could also be a Default or even another referenced plan that could be a problem. One of the things I've found is that some things that we had to Block in order to add to the Library in the past (Text for example) can carry over Layer assignments and have to be replaced with non-blocked objects. These things can be very difficult to locate.

I have a couple of Layout Templates that indicate a Layer "Arch-D CAD Lines" is being used and I can't delete it. I've checked the following: Defaults - including any Object Labels All pages with only that Layer displayed I have been unable to find any object that is on that Layer. Is there any way to search the entire Layout Template to find where that is being used?

Maybe a "light shelf" to hide the LED lights. That's my guess and I would do it with a set of moldings for the tray ceiling.