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a pretty good vid by Glenn, but still as clear as mud. There are 4 layers that I can think of that effects what is seen in 3d in regards to floors: -FLOOR LAYER -ROOM LAYER -FOUNDATION LAYER -SLAB LAYER Note that I mentioned the FOUNDATION LAYER....... take a look at the attachments, by turning off the FOUNDATION LAYER, the mono slab will disappear.

Not sure if this is what you want. BTW, for this view the ROOM LAYER and the FLOOR SURFACES LAYER is turned off. Is this a real slab? Is this a virtual slab? Do you have the FOUNDATION LAYER turned on? Someone suggested posting plans to get quick and accurate answers. You might try that approach.

Interesting, I had not noticed, I know that if I used a lot of CONCRETE FILLS, I did get the sluggishness, I don't notice it so much any more, I think my machine is faster than it was. But again, I had not noticed white fills slowing down the 'puter, in fact I would guess the white fill would be faster than a cross hatch....... maybe CA would not mind commenting on what kind of fills slow down the 'puter.

I did the transparent cross hatching at one time, but now I leave the OBB white fill (I think that might be NKB norm), but I give the white fill a semi transparent fill..... I like it better than the crosshatching .

Great question..... in fact I posed this great question to Brian "soon to be a Father" Beck at the UGM...... I think it was Brian.... quick answer, no. This has been my bane for many years ago. Apparently the problem is based on the fact that prior to turning countertops of base cabinets into custom countertops, the countertops and base cabs are inexplicitly tied to each other. As soon as the base cabinet relies on a custom countertop, all goes to he** in a hand basket. This is what I have been doing... I put the counter top on ... I think it is default layer (base cabinet is hidden now), I then draw a CAD line where base cabinet is, put that CAD line on base cabinet layer, and put in front group. By doing this, you can identify extent of base cab, the countertop hides the floor fill, and base cab looks good. This scenario is very common with custom countertops for islands. A PIA, but doable relatively quickly, upper cabs is more trouble..... yep, another cad line to represent the now hidden upper cabinet and give it a fill. There should be a way to fix this. I have been sending this into Brian for about 4 years now. It has not been fixed yet. I think they think it is trouble to fix.

Rich, you are almost as funny as Alan L. FYI, a kadoodleterra is approximately a zetta to the third power.

Rod, why do you think this is a productivity killer? If I remember correctly, there has been a time or two when I could of used this feature, but it really was not a big deal to me. So, how is it a productivity killer?

Genius at work.... again.... thanks Glenn....... however, I am not sure why a symbol used as a panel for a railing at stairs would not work just as well or better. I think the OP's beef was the cable railing was using small diameter rails whereas he wanted to use 1-1/2" diameter rails...... if that is the case, create the panel symbol with 1-1/2" dia. rails ..... would also read better in plan and newels may also be employed.

Are you kidding Rich, I have a 43.67 kadoodleterra byte size hard drive. I could put the entire Library of Congress on my 'puter. I have progressed mightily from the 40meg hard drive that was on my MAC SE30 BACK IN 1989....... jeez...... am I really that old? I wonder if my wife is going to put me down in a humanely way soon........

Take a look at the attached plan and see if this might help. rod and shelf.plan

Probably roof intersection points. Easily deletable.

I apologize for wasting your time, it won't happen again.

Yes. If you can't figure it out and the plan is in front of you, what are the chances of me figuring it out without the plans in front of me? I already took one stab at a solution and I failed miserably. Do you want me to keep guessing until I get it right or would you mind posting the plan so I can help you out in one quick shot? I swear, 90% of the time if I try to help somebody out without a plan, I end up spending 15 minutes instead of 4 minutes solving THEIR problem.

Nuts, that oil is hot,,,,,,, I had a feeling I was not going to be successful without a plan.......

I feel like I am walking under a bridge that has 37 men and 3 damsels poised to pour red hot burning oil on me............ but here goes,....... I know guys, I know guys, no plan, I am going against my animal instincts, this is a real stab in the dark but there goes....... the text style is controlled by TEXT STYLE and not USE LAYER FOR TEXT STYLE....... gosh, am going to get under the bridge without the wrath of 37 men and 3 damsels or will I feel the hot gooey oil pour down the nape of my neck Time will tell.

No, I was not saying that.

That works, but you lose the ability to have a ROUND CROSS SECTION AREA for the molding that is converted to a solid.

I swear, Joe is always busting my chops, notice that Joe talked about a MOLDING PROFILE, he did not talk about a MOLDING, so Joe is moving the line in the sand...... you lost this one Joe. The question was can we convert a molding to a solid.

I don't think so, you can convert the molding to a symbol, but a symbol you cannot convert to a primitive solid....... interesting question, why would you want to convert a molding to a solid, it seems that by doing that, you are dumbing down the molding........ but maybe you want to take the molding along with a symbol and convert all into a primitive solid..... I am just musing.... To answer the question, I do not think you can convert a molding into a primative solid.

The 2.50/mo. (30.00 for a year) sounds more than fair. If I get one macro a year out of this, it is money well spent. I can think of at least one macro that I need, can you suggest a few others you might be able to provide. Consider me signed up. I will pay you as soon as you get your system set up. Thanks Joe, much appreciated.

This is a great suggestion, CA, please make this happen for X8, thank you. You know Johnny, using color for CD's is too expensive now, but I am with you, very soon the color prints will be very cheap and all plans will be in color. CA, please give us the ability to send colored renderings, whether standard, vector, glass house etc. to layout. Thank You..... by X8 if you have time to fit it in.

I say put it on its own layer, it is not necessary to block.

Okay, so Johnny and Rob started this mess, there is not a go to method for doing CAD details..... the beauty of individuality...... I think I can count 6 different methods, of course I think my method is the best, but who cares....... you know, maybe one day we can do a workshop on this and compare methods...... it just seems that there must be "The Method"....... putting CAD details in a plan is not rocket science..... I have been doing it since 1975 and Joe Carrick has been doing it since 1875...... Joe's the best, thanks Joe for all your help with the macros, much appreciated by me and I am sure by the other folk.

Yep.

Yeo, and you do not need to block...... BTW, if blocked, there might be an issue with the line style and line weight.... but I assume you already know that.