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I agree, but once you understand it, who cares? Maybe the reason has to do with whether the layer set is being chosen by the anno set and whether the anno set is king or whether ......... blah blah blah, .... at least you understand it now.

The above methods are two different methods of defining the LAYER SET for the LAYOUT BOX LAYERS.......... I think Rod and I are in agreement.

If i understand the question, you can right click on layout box, see pic for what pops up, you can now specify the layout set you want without an anno set be specified............... however..... however.... if you open layout box, an open, you can select the ANNO SET and if that is tied to a layer set, the layer set will be set. Complicated stuff and unless one understands this, what I said will make no sense. If you want a further explanation, give me a call. I cannot explain it any better.

Guilty as charged. Should I of said HE/SHE ? Oh boy, that opens up an entire new can of worms.

Why wouldn't he post the plan so we could possibly help him out? 9 responses, no conclusion.... awwwww, it's the norm around here.

I don't know why they are in the library. I am not sure if there is an advantage to using the CA library symbols over the WINDOW/LOUVER VENT.

I assume you are using a SYMBOL FROM LIBRARY and you are not using a WINDOW/LOUVER. If you use the WINDOW/LOUVER I do not believe this is a problem, see pic. If you use a LOUVER VENT SYMBOL FROM LIBRARY , I am assuming this is where the problem is. The work around? Use a WINDOW, select LOUVER (not fixed glass), and all is well.

No can do, you cannot do what you want to do.

I misunderstood you Mick, my bad.

Nuts, Glenn has the life, Off to Sumatra again Glenn ?

I did this just today. See the water color thread for a pic.

Thinking about it more, I know I paint inside walls with spray can and I get paint color from Martha Stewart paint pallet. I think I understand problems, but it has not been a problem for me. I color stucco exterior walks using rainbow tool. Vid in AM.

Hmmmmm, good question, i will do a vid in the AM. I. Have painted with spray can, but I think I typically use rainbow tool to change color, maybe that is what you are referring to. I will clarify in AM but good question.

This is interesting. Using this method there is the possibility of keeping the detail LIVE..... I think. Might be more trouble than it is worth..... Thinking of details that may change once the engineer does his work, I.e. Retaining walls

Mick, Levi's method does work. To be specific, Levi could copy his foundation plan, go to next sheet in layout, paste in place, and with very little effort change it from foundation plan to a third floor plan using a different anno set, a different layer set, a different ref set, and change whether ref set is drawn first or last and, and. It will do his laundry for him.

I agree with Jon, I disagree with Joe. It is not a mix....... unless you use the ROLLER.... I rarely use the ROLLER, wrongly or rightly. The ROLLER keeps the texture but changes the color. I disagree with Perry, I color walls all the time. Exterior walls are much less of an annoyance than interior walls. I rarely have issues painting walls....... I should say I rarely have issues painting walls for the purpose I want to use the painted walls. Greg, I do not think it adds another layer....... I do not know if I know what it does..... whatever it does seems to work for me. To be more specific, I paint interior walls (the drywall), because when I do as builts the boy has a blue room and the girl a pink room. I paint the walls the appropriate color and it works. If someone sees a reason why what I do does not work, please explain. It helps all of us if we can critique each others methods.

This is a great method that was not available until ........ errrrrrrrrrr.... x6 or x7. Good method. For those of us who use the SAM or the TEMPLATE METHOD with layout boxes already in layout, I use a MARKER on sheet zero of layout, that will then show on all sheets, and I then place the corner of all PLAN VIEWS on that marker. 3 methods, they all work.

Symbols/tables will hide stools, countertops will not unless they are custom countertops.

Such a great question. I too will be interested in what others say. Looks pretty good but it lacks the pop....... suggestions..... 1- take the shot lower, maybe 36" above ground and looking up a bit 2- not such a straight on shot but maybe off to the side so you can pick up depth of house by seeing the side also 3- maybe not include the entire house, maybe miss a little bit of one of the sides 4- more plantings in front yard to give more depth and more plantings along side of yard 5- a shadow on facade of house via a tree behind the camera a pretty good raytrace, but of course we can always improve...... it would be interesting if you stripped the plan down, posted it, and let everyone take a shot at it.

Roof trusses seem to be in an inauspicious location.

Thanks Joe and Perry, I got the truss calcs working.

Here is the latest, typically I have 10 numerals describing an APN, I went to google earth pro, how many digits did I get? 9 digits. So I plug those nine digits into the county website and they can not find the parcel. APN 959040015 what do you think the real number is?

You are correct, it cannot be converted to a pdf format... so I am back to where I was. Can the truss company send it to me in PDF format? I don't know, but when I called the truss company they said yes, everybody else is having problems opening it. Why do I spend so much time trying to figure out some new system that some other company has decided to switch to.

Sorry about that, it is there now......

Give this a try..... I think the key is to see if you can print to PDF. HINKLE 2 OF 3 TRUSSES.PDF PSS TEST 1 copy.ps