Chopsaw

I will have to give it a try Lew as I have never uses it but I think I have downloaded forum files of other users that will not allow you to save. Thought that may have been the setting.

Not sure but this may possibly address your concerns. "File Locking - Choose whether or not to lock .plan and .layout files when they are open. File Locking prevents another program or copy of Chief Architect software from opening and modifying the same file at the same time and is recommended in nearly all circumstances."

Preferences > General > File Management > Recent File List

I thought that is how it was supposed to work. Unfortunately I have had several projects where I have had to use that feature that you are suggesting is a bug because I can't get my floorplan to generate the correct elevation or section and have to leave the view so it is not updated when I print. Many more bugs to work out of the software if we loose that option. I think you will find it is slow which is why I would like to see a preset that can be toggled for Live Views vs. Plot Lines for speed when working and for quality when printing or presenting from your Layout file.

Yes it was really bad before the X8 fix but it is still not quite right. We just need to keep asking for it to be fixed and sending in support tickets. Here is a more recent discussion where we found out that it is dependent on the overall width of the plan.

No Sorry, You can look forward to using that when it is time to upgrade.

Your Welcome, That stuff seems to happen to the best of us.

Is your window maximized ?

Is this the same as what you were talking about earlier Joe ?

I have used the keyboard command of CTRL + ALT + S to spin the model in a Perspective Full Overview Camera and used a screen recorder as Parkwest does. The speed is controlled by the "Incremental Rotate Angle:" setting for the camera and the direction of spin alternates each time you start it. If you don't have a screen capture recorder you can use Chief's walkthrough recorder to capture the spin. The other option is to set a circular walkthrough path.

You can create them or import them when using Chief. I think the last plan I got from Designer was all on the Default Layer. Did you get a layout file ?

Here is where you can set the Sill Plate Defaults : Usually better to auto frame and then edit whenever possible.

It appears you have 12 layer sets and 11 pages of layout that could potentially be a complete drawing set. Can you link back to the plan file from the layout views ? What do you suspect is missing ?

If you can do that again then maybe they will be able to fix it. It might be the pan action that is causing the ALDO issues but I think that is maybe a separate issue.

Yes If it happens in 3D the selected item is visible right through the building. Just had one in plan view by copying and then reflecting a cad line but it seems to have cleared itself after a while, which is rare. Interesting about panning, I will have to observe that a little more closely.

ALDO should be able to do anything LDO will do and it seems to work fine without the interaction with plan views. There is still weird stuff happening with ALOD so if there is something documentable let's get it fixed.

That is a new feature in X10 I believe. What version was the video done in ?

There are 82 Xref layers in the DWG file in addition to the 43 that are visible in the drawing but not sure how chief handles them or if they are actually contained in the file and can be turned on or not.

All depends on your level of trust and how much effort you want to put in to protect what is yours. You can always prerecord the walkthrough and send video or give them a link to the model with the 3D Viewer.

Excellent general advice Val but not sure any of those issues are the main problem in this case. True View 2018 screenshot :

I had a quick look at your files and I think it is a Xref issue but not sure how that is normally resolved. Possibly a AutoCAD user could explain. I am only able to view the areas highlighted on the PDF in the DWG file.

Transform and Replicate should do the trick. Possibly 1/48 on the resize factor.

I have submitted recordings of it to Brian but he is having difficulty reproducing and fixing the issue. It happened to DSH during a live workshop on his Mac that I recorded. And it has been happening to me regularly, that while working with an item it will stay highlighted until you shut down the program. Usually associated with a copy or move of an item but not necessarily. The program keeps on running but it is really distracting to work when something in your view is stuck on.

Thanks Yusuf, That looks great and especially when it can be use for any 3D text. What PDF converter did you use ?

No not normal. Please document and submit if you can. Have you also been getting stuck selections ?