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Instead of using CA's 12-5/8" thick default floor assembly, I have changed it to my 12" default floor assembly. I am not sure what else you guys want.

Great question Joe and Perry. I am sure you tested it so you know the answer, it works as expected and as I would want it to work.

Yes, that is correct, that was the mistake Larry was making, the floors were not set to default. Sorry it took so long to answer, I was a bit slow understanding your question, but now your question makes perfect sense to me.

Perry, that is the point of the thread. Yes I can do it, I have done it, Tommy will agree it can be done. I did a video showing I can do it. So I have shown you can change the default floor assembly for the entire plan in one fell swoop (apparently very few users understand this), I have shown how you can change all floor assemblies for a particular floor level (everybody knows this), and I have shown how you can change the floor assembly for a particular room on a particular floor (everybody knows this). As I said, I did this video many years ago, the reason I brought up the topic again was because I thought understanding this might help us understand how to control jumping floor and ceiling elevations. I am not sure if understanding this helps anybody understand jumping floor and ceiling elevations.

Great, not a deal breaker, but a nice feature to understand.

incorrect, if you watched the vid you would understand.

You did not check defaults well enough. You must check defaults for THE ROOM and THE FLOOR. As you saw in the vid, you can control the defaults for THE ENTIRE PLAN, THE ENTIRE FLOOR , or THE ENTIRE ROOM. You did not have the defaults for the room and the floor set to THE DEFAULT. I was able to make it work.

Yes, this changes the floor defaults for the ACTIVE FLOOR, as you said. Again the point was to change all floor defaults at one time.

Joe, it sounds like we use the same method. I do not delete cameras and cross sections. In fact my cross sections are already in plan, about 16 cross sections and I do not always use all of them. The only thing that is not in layout for me are the interior elevations. The cameras for interior elevations are there in plan, but I do need to send the cabinet elevations to layout. It is too much trouble otherwise.

Very difficult to answer. Many different reasons for this behavior. If you want an answer, I would be willing to look at it if you post the plan with layout. To do this, with layout selected go to FILE<BACK UP PLAN ENTIRE PLAN and save this to a new folder and post or provide a drop box link to access large files.

Hey, someone gave me a negative point for this point, I thought it was pretty good. Michael, I gave you a point, I appreciate the help.

hmm, what icon are you using and are you saying that you can change the thickness of all floor assemblies at once by using the icon?

Here is the vid, thanks Michael.

You are not missing anything, I am in full agreement, thanks again for the help Michael,

relative

great question, you can test it yourself to get the answer. The answer is, the absolute ceilings heights override the absolute floor elevations,which is the behavior most users want to see and yes, the first floor remains at zero. The 30 story building starts at zero, all ceilings obey the relative height, the floor elevation is determined by the ratline ceiling heights and the floor assembly thicknesses.

Tommy, I think you may of missed the objective, look at what Michael posted, that is what I was asking for. By using this method, I would not need to start at the top and check the default setting for each floor. Michael's answer takes care of all floors in one fell swoop.

And the winner is MICHAEL, thanks Michael, that is what I was looking for. I did this years and years ago and I forgot where it was.

Yes, you are correct, but, I have a 30 story building, I built it with 12" thick floor assemblies, engineer now says they are all 16" thick floor assemblies, do I have to change each floor individually or can I change all 30 floor in one fell swoop by changing the default. It seems to be that at one time there was an overall default for all floors, so any new floor would take on the OVERALL floor assembly definition. So funny, the other day I thought I changed a floor assembly thickness and I thought the ceiling dropped and the floor stayed constant, today I try it and the ceiling stays constant and the floor elevation rises. What am I missing?

I did this a long time ago, and now I forget how to do it. I can change a particular floor assembly for a ROOM by selecting the room and changing the floor assembly (it is no longer a default structure assembly) I can change a particular floor assembly for a FLOOR by selecting the floor in defaults and changing the floor assembly (it is no longer a default structure assembly) but, how do I change the default structure for all floors including any new floor levels I might add. Note in the pic, the floor structure definition thickness is 12-5/8", that is the default, how do I change the?....... I know how to change for this particular floor, but how do I change the default floor assembly for all existing floors and any new floors?

Good stuff Rosco, how long did each raytrace cook for ? Rosco, you used some very nice materials...... I assume you did all this with CA....... it really is amazing what we can do with CA.....those guys at headquarters deserve many kudos.

Hey, I did a series of vids called ANNO SETS FOR DUMMIES, you might want to check them out, do a google search,

With X7 we got the "cross block" for posts...... about time. But what about the auto posts for deck framing? Did we get the cross block for a deck framing post? I know I can select a post and put in a cross block, but that turns off auto deck framing. Thanks.

Great, I am glad you said that because this allows me to make a point...... what would happen if the roof did not auto go to roof? Well, then for every wall we would build, we would have to specify it goes up to roof or is linked to roof or whatever a program like Revit behaves. Seriously, we can question all the nutty behaviors CA has, and I get it that you have to understand the quirkiness. But I bet that Revit, and SU and VW all have their own quirky behaviors too. And if some folks think my CA videos are a bit "blue", I wonder what they would think of my Revit vids? Hey Johnny, see you at 3:00 pst, this could be fun, we are going to have a good group.