Chopsaw

Graham, These are 2D Molding Profiles. I think you are referring to 3D molding Profiles. Open an elevation view and mark your 0,0 point and place each and every CA molding profile at that point with your cursor and you will recreate the work sheet that CA used to build the library. It is organized but not at the origin like it should have been.

It is dependent on the point of origin when they are created so there are a few CA profiles that land near the cursor and some are way off. Lesson learned when creating custom profiles of your own.... Keep the point of origin at 0,0 and there will be no problem with placement but every CA profile was laid out on a single sheet. Easy fix but still waiting.....

That should work but has some issues in that it does not necessarily place the profile where you cursor is. Chief has been made aware of the issue but it is always helpful to add your voice to the list to get it fixed. Fortunately a gutter is a relatively large profile but you will need to search for it. This is not totally random but is dependent on the profile as to where it lands. You could place several similar profiles and they might land in a group making them easier to find as there is a little bit of organization to it.

Most of what you will find in the CA libraries is optimized to use in CA. However other sources such as the 3D Warehouse can have some very high poly symbols that are really not necessary in most situations. The other possibility is you may have just one corrupted symbol that is causing the problem.

Likely a combination of the high poly 3D symbols and possibly not having the latest greatest video card but that would be just a guess without knowing a bit more about the symbols and their surface counts and what else you have in you plan file as well as your computer specifications. Sometimes just a reboot will clear up an issue like that but is very easy to put too much detail into a plan file if you don't have the latest gaming type system.

Yes you will find it in the help file under "Place Library Object Button"

They should match the Auto frame condition and if you edit the framing the polyline can also be edited by unlocking it's layer.

No need to delete, as this information you have posted because of your struggle is valuable to the development of the software and anyone else that may have this issue before chief finds a solution to the problem. Thanks for posting. Also if you run into this again feel free to send the image file to tech support so they can test and verify the issue.

Could be an issue with the B drive. Maybe reset to C and see what happens. Don't think that would hurt anything but this is likely something tech should be contacted on.

Slip a truss base in under the overhang and you have what you are showing automatically.

I guess you never have to worry about snow load but you can edit in the truss detail and beef up the overhang and then all 17 will be done at once.

I am hoping that a workaround like Joe is suggesting is not really necessary as something like this should work. It seems that there are roof trusses in that attached plan file. What exactly is the part that does not build properly? If is just the part you circled in red that is not properly trimming to the soffit then I think that is just a matter of manually adjusting the truss envelope one way or another and sending in a bug report. Let me know and maybe I can help. If the engineer says it can be done then you should be able to draw it with Chief.

Could you post the DWG file ?

Sounds like a graphics card or driver issue. You might want to post what software version you are using and some of your critical computer specifications and someone may be able to help. Also the error message may be helpful to us or tech support.

Try the cad block settings as AutoCad guys seem to cad block everything for some reason.

No that is not yet possible. Give it a try with a Straight railing set to "Follow Stairs".

Connect to platform railing for post and adjust with doorway opening size.

Could possibly be hung up on reading the Recent Files list. If there is any possibility of corruption there, you could try moving the files you know would be on that list to a different folder as a test.

Yes ok the little blue circle does not capture with the screen shot. Maybe log out and back in again from your digital locker. Something is messed up, hope you can sort it out before tech opens in the morning.

Interesting. Will the blank Startup Options window close? I wonder if maybe you are having internet connection issues.

Is this the one Mark ? A few different techniques discussed here.

In X9 that is in General Camera Defaults.

Thanks Joe, That is a time saver for sure. Great for job specific items.

You will need to recreate the symbol and change the symbol category which is different than the layer unfortunately. However once this is done you can save it to your user library for future use.

How about a watercolor or standard view elevation for that wall since it looks like you have the texture figured out. Then at least the note would make sense.