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Okay Mickey Too, down and dirty and quick..... hang on to your seats.... https://youtu.be/CZff40HMQX0

That is pretty funny Moakster.

I sold it to Wendy, she is the only one that could pay my price.

Well, when it comes to layouts, what I find very useful is to use anno sets/layer sets to create different LAYOUT BORDERS. By toggling from one anno set to the next you can define your border (depending on the client) and you can also define the size of the border depending on the size of the paper you are going to use for a particular project. Some people might advocate a different LAYOUT FILE TEMPLATE for each client and for each size of printable paper, but by using anno sets and layer sets you can have a multitude of different PROJECT BORDERS and PAPER SIZES all within ONE LAYOUT TEMPLATE.

I get the sarcasm, it was deserved, sorry I was not of any help.

That is so true, and it is not a bad thing, it just means we are constantly fine tuning our methods. A big lesson to learn, and this was my thought 10 years ago when I started using the program... and that is...... it does not have to be perfect today..... it will never be perfect..... I will constantly be fine tuning the methodology......... but for every tweak I make...... I will be quicker at completing the subsequent project. Now if CA ever makes auto updatable elevations an option..... I swear....,.. it will increase my productivity by 10%. Do you hear that CA? ..... 10% my brothers..... auto updatable elevations will be the bomb ...... 70Buddy, point is, you will always be modifying your templates/SAM's, learn how to use anno sets and it will be a no brainer, something that will not effect your work flow, learn to be flexible, learn that you will not have the perfect layer set, your methodology is ever evolving.

Oh, yeah, i suppose I should of said 10. Anyway, the key has now been sold to the highest bidder, $357.27, I think Wendy has more money than she know what to do with.

I am not sure what the problem is, CA has already set up anno sets for you. Use them, they are for users who do not want to be bothered with customizing their own. Please, use the anno sets that CA gave you.

If you are not on a strict budget, if I were in your position, I would definitely consult a professional. There are some nice features and some nice design ideas.... I like the laundry off the closet...... but there is so much that can be done to improve the plan that a professional can help you with. Bad design features: - Refrigerator too far from kitchen triangle - a bedroom without any windows or egress - no window in laundry - no windows in master baath - there could be french doors from master bed to porch - you should get window in front of house at kitchen these are the major items I would address..... but truly, get a pro involved, the additional cost will be worth it.

Cleaning out my office I found my old X10 key. I am willing to part with this relic for the price of $0.38 OBO ....... and if you beg nicely, I just might give it to you for free....... it's so small I could mail it to you. A photo of the illustrious key is below. Isn't that weird, it still has the sticker on it...... email me at dscotthall@mac.com

No, the fill is limited to certain objects....... I suppose that would be monolithic, i.e. terrain, concrete slabs, walls (not monolithic), not cabinets, not end grain, not counters, flooring? don't think so, great question, would be nice for a pattern for a section thru cabinets, counters tops.....

You can lead a horse to water.....

Larry, You might want to double check this. You can define the default floor structures for all floors. Build a 20 story building, they all have the overall default floor structure, you can now go into the default floor structure for the 14th floor, change it, and that new default will override the OVERALL floor defaults, and then after the 20 story building is built, you can go into the default floor structure for the 8th floor and change the default floor structure for the eighth floor. The point of this post is you can change the default floor structure for a particular floor or all floors after the floors are built. I will be glad to show you how to do it in a GTM.

a very important distinction to understand.

As I said before, blocked framing does not show in 3d. It is a nuisance. Solution, unblock framing for 3d views.

Yep, attach the plan... but viewing blocked framing has always been a problem. I do not know why, but I do know going back to 2005, if the framing was blocked, you could not se it in 3d....... solution? unblock.

Agree, not sure what the mystery is.

Imagine your 2x12 form boards are 8" above bottom of footing trench. The concrete will ooze under form boards by about 3" to side of trench. Note that trench for footings was dug @ 12" wide. I need a minimum 12x6 footing with bottom of footing 2" into grade. thus we have a "stem wall" that connects the footing to the slab. Note the "stem wall" needs to be between 6"-8" wide (not s wide as footing), The point being, big time developers who are building a 1000 homes is looking to cut costs where they can, so by using a narrower "stem all" he can save on concrete materials. think about how you would dig the trench for the footing (a bit wider thane the perimeter of house), put in form boards..... think about it.... the concrete oozes under the form boards.

Joe you are correct. CA, please fix the mono slabs.

I can not do what Joe wants. I was there in the beginning when mono slabs came out. I requested this in the beginning. They ignored my request. I have given up trying to get them to improve it, now I use what they give me. I can actually step a mono slab footing, I think I did a vid on it. I attached a plan and pic of a mono slab with a stepped footing. mono slab with step footing 1.plan

You are confusing the issue, Joe wants to build a mono slab, but he does not know how to do it. We are in SOCAL, we don't have frost walls... we would not recognize a frost wall if it hit us over the head.

You are not clear in regards to what is not working. If you think the plan you just posted is a better example of a mono slab, you and I are dealing with different mono slabs. The mono slabs I build with CA could be improved by giving me by being able to define the SLAB, STEM WALL, AND FOOTING in lieu of what I can control now which is THE SLAB and STEM WALL/FOOTING....... but other than that, they do a pretty darn good job of showing what I want to show. The way I see it, both Perry and I can make the mono slabs work for us, and we probably do more mono slabs foundations than anybody else in this universe...... hyperbole is my specialty.

Joe, I was able to get the slab to show in 3d if I went to level 0 and specified mono slab. However, I understand that you like to build your mono slabs differently than CA recommends or the way I would build them. I think if you learned to build mono slabs the way CA works, you would have fewer issues.

I wish he had posted a plan. These foundations can confuse the heck out of me. I can do them, but .... That being said..... the plan I showed was an auto build slab foundation and....... and........ I can make the slab disappear by turning off either the SLAB LAYER or the FOUNDATION LAYER. I suppose my main point was, FOUNDATION LAYER can control the foundation you see in 3D. Truly I am confused..... the FOUNDATION LAYER can control whether you see a MONO SLAB in 3D, but..... it will not control whether you see a mono slab built as ........ oh heck.... I can't put it in words... if you were to play with it, dealing with mono slabs created with using room below or mono slabs as not using room below, you will get different results. It would be interesting to see how CA would teach someone the subtlties of foundations.... I would bet they could not explain it.... If my GTM was working, I could do a vid explaining what I don't know..... oops, that might be a very long video.