dshall

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  1. hey hey hey.... CA is doing it again....... .... after they make the "upgrades", let's bombard them with complaints!
  2. I say the fake room idea is a bad idea. I say using ref sets like Dermot suggested is best solution., I put exterior stairs on their own layer for more control......... who cares about the up/down arrow showing, draw it in yourself.
  3. change your wall type to this, then you will get wood rim boards. (check your wall type)
  4. they may be roof intersection points? or temp points you put in the plan
  5. Does anybody remember What year did we go from 36" hi to 42" hi guardrails in CA? I think we were still in the UBC thanks
  6. hmmmm. for some reason if I open a new plan it behaves correctly, however with my plan, is drops the bottom chord down. Wall is correct height, roof is correct height, bottom chord is dropped down.... only on my plans, not on a new one.....
  7. I have noticed this with the past couple of releases.... anybody else notice this? Scissor Truss bottom chord frame 2" too low. I start the roof plane at the exterior of the wall and I start the roof plan at the interior face of wall.
  8. As a fall back you can use CUSTOM MUTTINS...... I assume that is still a feature 8n CA
  9. I did a vid on this many years ago. You can make any shaped island you want. Think positive bow and negative bows. if it is complex, draw shape of base cab with cad lines and then using the info from each arc/line to define the length/arc of the bow cabinets. you get the BOW DEPTH from the cad arcs. it is really quite easy once you d9 it once or twice.
  10. funny you mention Bruce Goff, one of my favorites. I do between 50 and 100 remodels each year. Including a 4 hour site measure, most AS-BUILTS come in around 12-16 hours sans details, electric plans and all the BS paper work we in California need to complete. So this includes site plan , elevations, roof plan, floor plans, demo plan, 8 sections, framing plans, foundation plan and a round of golf. CA is truly an amazing program for the type of work I do. Hence this necessitated a 20% increase in hourly rate this year.
  11. that is a fair number.... or quicker.... at least 24 hours
  12. Interesting. you are showing plywood on the roof.... I am assuming you put that in manually?
  13. That is 3D. I believe he was asking how to do in PLAN VIEW.
  14. ADJUST MATERIAL DEFINITION. BTW, I may not of read your post correctly..... is there the roller at the bottom of the screen that is either clicked on or off? This might be two different issues. I could not change the color. You might be using the MATERIAL EYEDROPPER, you are changing color and the pattern/texture. try the ADJUST MATERIAL DEFINITION (rainbow tool)
  15. This is so weird. I was just experiencing this issue. I was not able to change the COLOR of. material using the RAINBOW TOOL. This was going on for about a week or two and suddenly this morning it is working again. I am on a MAC.
  16. Larry, try using a true curved polyline to create a true curve to that roof plane. Do not use the segmented curve for roof plane. just a guess.
  17. I have been using this program for 15 years. I have tried user groups, private tutors etc, The best way I have found to get help is right here on Chief Talk. There are plenty of good folks on this site who will help you out....... and just think about it.... you can usually get an answer in less than 10 minutes.
  18. Yeppers .... except I ain't smart enough to do the auto roofs
  19. Try Tommy Blair,  he lives in Houston

  20. Well, they bought the home, but I do not think it has been surveyed yet.... so I do not know. They might come to me this year. Whenever you buy something in La Jolla, I think it takes some time to get your feet under you again.