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see how I changed it,  select,  open and change. 

select that arrow and open and change it.

I leave interior and exterior walls on the default layer.  It is not worth the hassle to separate them.  For 2 stories I have learned to use room fills to hide lower floor walls that are under the second floor envelope.

I just wish that the DOORS  would take on the fill of the adjacent room.   IOW,  I can see the ref floor below that I do not want to see.  So why don't I turn that layer off?  because there are some items OUTSIDE OF THOSE 2ND FLOOR PERMITER that I do want to see,  i.e. the first floor walls that are outside of the 2nd floor envelope.

19 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Just bear in mind that this method can cause some issues with attic walls.  Automatically generated attic walls end up getting placed on the non-default layer to match the layer of the walls below instead of the "Walls, Attic" layer that they're normally placed on.  This can make them a little tricky to manage in some scenarios...particularly if they are being generated on the same floor as other normal walls.  If you want to turn them off for example, you have to place them onto a different layer, and when you do that, the wall is no longer automatically regenerated.  It also makes troubleshooting attic walls a lot more difficult for the same general reason...they're not being placed onto the "Walls, Attic" layer.

 

I'm pretty sure there are some other issues I'm not remembering too but the attic walls problems alone are worth considering.

Good info to know.

On 12/24/2020 at 1:39 AM, glennw said:

That is the hard way Graeme.

I have 2 layers I use.

One called "Walls, Normal Interior" and "Walls, Normal Exterior".

I then set my wall type and default layers for internal and external walls in the wall defaults to the appropriate layer - there are seperate defaults for internal and external walls.

When I draw internal and external walls, they go to the appropriate layer - I don't have to think about it.

I can then display internal and external walls independently. 

As usual,  a great solution.  Never thought of this before.....  

9 minutes ago, Steve-C said:

I’m using Big Sur, have not had any issues 

Thanks Steve,  from what I have read,  it is a big change.

Was it change that you can now not live without?

Top 2 features for you?

1 minute ago, joey_martin said:

1 - The stone is applied using a wall material region...just as it would be with this type of cultured stone....so I am able to manipulate the bottom edge to follow the terrain.

 

2 - Pretty much the same as above. When veneer is applied using the wall material region, it "hides" the foundation wall below it so that I can use my WALLS, STONE VENNER layer to control the line type and weight.

That is what I would of guessed.  

I am not sure I would dash the walls.  I like the way you "hugged" the terrain close to house so as to hide some of foundation wall,  but to avoid the hassle of manipulating the "SOLID" lines above grade,  I would leave them solid above and below grade.

Since you are using the color of the foundation walls,  I would leave the lines solid.

The use of the terrain is very nice.

I am so into editing as little as possible...  if it was real stone,  it would be below grade sitting on some sort of a footing....  if it was applied phony stone.....  it is typically stopped at the stucco street. (above the terrain)....  just thinking out loud

15 hours ago, joey_martin said:

Working up a daylight basement set now. Foundation walls use my layer settings.

2 questions:

1- now why do I not see the stone below grade?

2- why is wall below grade dashed but the line of wall above grade solid?

I read some reviews on Big Sur and the feedback is the Big Sur slowed the computer,  so I have not updated the OS.

Has anybody had a bad experience using Big Sur with CA?

To follow up on that,  we can use single line for the first floor and double line for the second floor.

Hmmmm, I wonder if I can use ref layers.....  probably too much trouble at this time.

19 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Sorry bud, this isn't a view specific setting.  It's all one way or all the other.

Thanks Michael,  that is what I thought.  

I sure wish it was view specific.

Hey guys,  I thought we could have a plan view in layout displaying single line framing and then another view in layout displaying double line framing.

Is this true or not?

Again late to the party on this,  but can it be done?

On 12/5/2020 at 5:31 PM, glennw said:

Scott,

I played a little more.

The problem occurs where the two short walls in the red circles are.

For some reason the Bearing Line is failing to work at those walls.

If you want to use a Bearing Line, select one or both of those walls and mark them as bearing Walls and then use a bearing line in between.

or,  you could forget about using a BL and make the internal horizontal walls Bearing Walls. 

Thanks Glenn for looking into this.  Back to my point,  standing on your left leg holding an umbrella in your right hand,  you may get what you want.  This is such a great feature that CA has given us,  I just wish it would work correctly.

You point ending the BEARING LINE  at the platform edge works sometimes.  Also reshaping the bearing line helps.

Stairs,  Stairs, Stairs,  I have given up......  sad to say,  I don't bother trying to get the stairs correct.  See the attachments,  look at the handrail.  Why doesn't it behave on the 2nd floor?  I know why,  because there is a wall below that for some reason effects how the handrail misbehaves.  

The stairs work perfect if all conditions are ideal,  but I never have the perfect ideal condition for stairs to behave.

It just seems that we should be able to edit the shape of the handrails,  steps,  landing etc, manually.

 Do the other 3D programs have these issues?

I wish we could have CONSTRUCTION LINES that could be deleted in one fell swoop.  

I have requested this many times....  

15 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Probably a programmer's confusion resulting from the 2 acceptable spellings of Gray (american) and Grey (British) for the color. 

of Gray (american) and Grey (British) for the color.  or is that colour?

Hey Joe,  how is the golf game?  Are you interested in joining us at RBI on Thursday afternoons at noon?

45 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said:

most Law enforcement will not arrest anyone in violation

 

Scott I remember many years ago we could make our own invisible material that wouldn't show up in vector view but chief changed something along the way. we mainly used it for eaves when using sub-fascia to reduce the overhang size and wanted to see the rafter tails.

I remember that....  not sure what happened.

3 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Most in San Diego County - and the rest of Sothern California - are just ignoring the Gov's "Lock Down / Stay at Home" order at this time.  Enough is Enough !!!

The biggest joke was the woman with the bar and outdoor eating....  they shut down her out door eating area.  The next day a movie studio set up a 75 seat eating are in the  same parking lot as hers to feed their movie crew.

Such a joke.  Lynn and I are committed to eating out as much as possible to support these restaurant owners.  They are getting shafted.

Such a *&*$^^&%* joke.

Check out the video

https://www.businessinsider.com/los-angeles-restaurant-owners-video-on-outdoor-dining-goes-viral-2020-12

3 minutes ago, ClarkeThrasher said:

OMG, Chopsaw, you did it, thanks so much!

I am feeling like chopped liver!

Steve,  after changing the obscure box,  you must retake the view.

3 minutes ago, SNestor said:

 

Nope...still a solid:

uncheck it Steve,  do not have it checked.  My example is a vector view and I can see through the window.

CAn't you use a glass material and designate the glass as not obscure?

There may be a downside but I can't think of it now.

5 hours ago, mgianzero said:

I have a few areas in this house that have dropped ceilings which contain some of the HVAC ducting and lights.

 

When I try to drop these ceiling areas as suggested in the tutorial, by editing the ceiling finish dbx, the ceiling looks fine from below, but not from the sides.  See these two areas where I have a lowered ceiling, one in the hallway here:

 

and another in the kitchen area with a trey ceiling:

 

The other way to do this, I guess, would be to create soffits spanning these areas.  But a soffit has the same material on all sides.  So then, how would I "paint" just the bottom of the soffit the same texture as the ceiling?

 

Attached is my plan with angled hash markings on plan view designating the two areas that have lowered ceilings.

HAB (ceilings, stairs).zip

 

Do not use invisible wall,  use a door opening set to the ceiling height.

13 hours ago, glennw said:

Scott,

The plan might help.

I assume the red objects are referenced objects?

What are the cad lines you have selected?

A short plain english translation of what you are trying to do with all the pictures may help us.

Here is the plan.  Most of the time I can get it to work with the correct combination of bearing direction arrows and sometimes breaks in the bearing lines....  but it should not be that hard

Joists going wonky 1.plan.zip

does this prove my case?....  just stupid!