Joe_Carrick

Not without the Plan.

The Diamond Box appears to be an Appliance Schedule Callout. Turn off the "Fixtures, Labels" Layer to prevent it from being seen.

It worked great for me. I needed lasik surgery to eliminate cataracts so I just got the smart lenses with 2 corrections for close up vision. Both eyes are corrected for distance and the left eye is corrected for computer monitor (30-36") and the right eye is corrected for reading (12-15"). Initially I had a little problem with night time driving - tail-lights and signal lights had halos but over time my brain has learned to ignore that effect.

Since Wall Types are Plan Specific, I would just export the "Glass Wall" from a plan where it's correct and Import to the one where it isn't.

Yep, but Scott has hijacked a few in his time

Yes, and not all my projects are residential so I need the software to be able to handle that situation. Interestingly, CA's headquarters are in a 2 story commercial building with exactly that stair configurations where the Guards and Handrail co-exist. The Guard is in the form of a Railing Wall and the Handrail is attached to the Guard. It would be a great example for the software engineers at CA to use. btw, Hotels also need this kind of Stairs with 42" high Guards & 34-38" high Handrails.

I'm not disagreeing that "Guards" as currently specified in the IBC, CBC, CRC, etc are as you and Richard say. It's just that once upon a time when I was much younger we had the UBC and the terminology at that time was "Guardrail". It's the terminology that was used for the first 45-50 years of my working life so it's what my somewhat calcified brain uses.

That's interesting. My Project Browser is docked and it still works.

No, it still works for me.

Richard, Really? You are using Hospital Wall Handrails/Crashrails for this discussion? I spent the first 12 years of my career doing predominately Medical Facilities. That included several very large hospitals as well as about a dozen convalescent hospitals. Those items serve 2 purposes: Handrails for patients to use when getting exercise. Protecting the walls from medical equipment impacts (gurneys, rolling stretchers, wheel chairs, etc) Let's be sensible here. I use the term Guardrail to describe what the building code refers to as "Guards". The can be a Railing Wall or a Solid Half Wall. The key is that they have to meet the requirements for Railing Walls at a Minimum. That includes the height and maximum opening requirements - which have changed drastically over the past 50 years. Currently (as Doug stated above) Stair Handrails and "Guards" are often required together. The Stair Handrail can never suffice by itself at the open side of a Stair.

Reversing a plan often causes problems. That may be one of those cases.

Interesting, it works for me. Are you using the default room label? I change the Room Name. In fact, I just started a new plan in X10, set the Room Type to Garage and the default label has a rotate handle that works.

That's not true. Room Labels in (at least in X10) have a rotate handle that can be used. AFAIK, the only thing that can't be edited directly is the Text itself.

Can you select the Room Labels? If not, that Layer may be locked. Without the Plan itself we are only guessing.

Only in the Building Code. That's really pretty dumb because a "Guard" by definition is generally "a person who protects or controls". There are Bank Guards, Prison Guards, even Guard Dogs - but there is no such thing as a "Wall Guard". Obviously the person(s) that wrote the code were not linguists.

The program determines if the wall is an exterior wall or an interior wall. Garages are strangely considered Exterior Rooms in Chief, so any Garage Wall is classified as Exterior. But any wall separating 2 Garages is considered as an Interior Wall. That's what determines if the door is exterior or interior. Basically, it's about weather exposure & fire rating - nothing else. IAE, you can specify whatever door type, style, thickness, description, etc.

BTW, You can actually do that for any symbol in the plan. You don't have to do it in the Library. IOW, select the Symbol and then the little chair icon on the edit toolbar.

OK, I fully understand your frustration. Stair Handrails should be independent of Guardrails and both should be available on Stairs. IMO Stair Guardrails should have all of the capabilities of general Railings (aka Guardrails). Obviously, CA either doesn't understand this or simply doesn't want to take the time to fix it. X10 improved Railings but ignored this important feature when it came to Stairs. Hopefully they will address it in X11.

Scott, For someone who can remember dozens of hotkeys I don't understand how you could have forgotten that process.

Not that I know of - but you can specify a "Border" for the text.

Most of the work in a project is the functional layout, finishes, electrical, mechanical, energy, etc. Those things keep changing and will almost always take more time than you expect. When you are working on your own projects it's easier to stay on schedule but when you have a client it's not so easy. So I break it down like this: For finished livable space I charge my normal sq.ft. rate. ie: 100% For semi-finished (garage or shop) I charge 50%. For unfinished with just a slab floor I charge 25%. I add for Permit processing, Consultants, Supervision, Renderings & Printing to cover time and additional costs. Generally these are broken down as time & material fees. Don't under-charge - but be reasonable. Only you can set the actual rate based on your level of expertise and the value of your time.

Check on the Home Designer Forum. The capabilities vs Chief Architect are different.

In that case it should be fine. Make sure you set up the NVidea card to be in control (PhysX setting). Also you should set the resolution for that monitor.

The main problem for me would be the 15" screen.

In my case I only opened it in X10. IAE, I'm pretty sure the problem would have something to do with the room ceiling height and/or the roof baseline elevation. Obviously X9 and X10 are handling this differently.