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Hi guys, thanks for your support on this issue. CA rarely listens to one voice, but with all of your help, I am sure they will now listen. I live in SOCAL, and we do a lot of Spanish and Mediterranean houses that sometimes have arches meeting in a corner with a wood column supporting the columns and I have had a difficult time modeling this. We can build this out of solids or psolids or maybe cabinets or soffits maybe or slabs, but I have been told the best way to model this would be to model as it is built, thus, I would like to build these arches out of walls. So with the new corner window option, this is possible, however in plan view, the cad block for the windows is not right, so I suggest we have corner door openings, (thanks again for your support on this). Maybe CA will read this and realize that again that did the job halfway and fix this for X9. A special thanks to Joe Carrick for his help with this.

I believe they have a very similar style at Canterbury cathedral at the cloisters.

I will check with my client, but I would assume he likes the look.

This is the challenge, build this with walls & openings .

Okay, we have corner windows with x8, super, by why can't we have corner doors/door openings? Yep, we can use the windows in lieu of doors to get the same result, but, why not use doors/door openings..... not a big deal, i will do a vid. BTW, this new corner option opens up some new options, I think this is very nice. X8 ain't a bad release.

good comments.

CA has great phone support.

Auto exterior dimensions work well, auto interior dimensions not so well. Not CA's fault, just a tough thing to program. I find it quicker to put in my own interior dimensions.

Hi CA, Is X8 client viewer available now?

I called them this morning, no problem, they answered the phone and answered my questions. Try this number.... (208) 292-3399

So, we have Gerry and Joe having issues. What does that tell you? It tells me this is not ready for prime time. CA, this is very important stuff for me. Please find time to put this together, thank you.

Well Michael, if you did not live in the hinterland, it should take only 30 minutes....... it seems that when I download the core catalogs, the time is not an issue because I can still work with CA while downloading...... 30 minutes maybe? It is the bonus and manuf catalog downloads that is a big hassle..... for me anyway..... I am having a longing to visit Michael's great state of Alaska again...... it probably will not happen for a couple of years..... hey Michael, you know that whenever you come down into my neck of the woods, you are always welcome to give me a call so we can get together.

Hi P., maybe we can get together soon with a GTM, I have an open mind, but I am not convinced I can do what I need to do with the current system.

If you ever figure it out, please let me know. I do not think it will work auto, it is wrong the way it is set up. If somebody disagrees with me, please set me straight.

I have not had a chance yet to review Joe's method. I have not had a chance to review what Gerry is talking about. What I do know is that Joe and Gerry have probably come up with a way to get an area analysis of different "boxes". This is something I did several years ago but it was a lot of work and not reliable due to "arrows" disconnecting. What I think Gerry is saying is it is still a lot of work. I would rather not spend hours working this out with macros. CA should come up with a way to make area analysis of multiple boxes easy peasy. I understand that if the model is built correctly with the correct room labels, we may be able to get some sort of elementary area analysis. Note that I said elementary, I need something more than elementary. I do not understand why this should be such a mystery to understand and then to come up with a solution. I need to be a able to draw multiple boxes such that the area of these boxes can be inputted into a multitude of mathematical equations. As I have said before, I have a word processing program and a spread sheet program where I can come up with multiple values of the program using the different "cells". I do not need to create macros. Thank you Gerry and Joe for keeping this request alive. Hopefully with X9, this will be a possibility. If CA does not understand the request, they can give me a call to explain what I am looking for.

I would bet the best solution would be 2 doors, one above the other, block them if you want.... just a guess, I have not tried to confirm.

You are new, we forgive you, you should always post your plan to get a QUICK ACCURATE ANSWER. DJP's answer is useless, if I were to guess, you have defined your walls incorrectly. If your time is valuable, post the plan and you will get an accurate answer within minutes.

Good topic. I have noticed this is less of an issue of late. And I would bet if you zoom in or out or turned the angle a bit, the problem may go away. IOW, it seems much better than it has been in the past.

Nope, she has a huge payroll.

I sent mine to Wendy. She paid me 356.99 for it. Very very valuable commodity.

Nuts, I thought it was Mon Cherie who was calling me sweetie......

Sorry, I was not clear. Open in mac, edit, close. Now open in pc, edit and close. open in mac, edit and close. No problems.

Just do it, no problems, do not overthink. I have gone back and forth with no problems.

I hear what you are saying. I do export one view at a time. This has worked for me, but I hear you. However, I think for a structural engineer, he only needs your framing and foundation plans. I think you can export all FLOORS/LEVELS in one fell swoop. I think...... I just tried to export/import several layers/floors in one fell swoop..... I was unsucessful. I bet there will be someone who will explain how to do what you want to do very soon. If nobody explains how to do it, it should not take too long. Export maybe 3 layers for a two story, you should be able to do that in 90 seconds.

So so true. Immediate support for any issues is well worth the 500.00 cost of SSA. If you don't use it, it is even more valuable. Oh...... Mon Cherie, how are you?