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BTW, if you can wait about 5. hours, Glenn should be rising out of bed from his beach view Manse in Northern Sydney Australia where the rich and famous lives and he can probably set us all straight.

Do you understand the following statement? Below is an example. For CABINET hot keys I use a 2 stroke hot key starting with a "C". If I want to use a single keystroke of a "C" I get the following message. IOW, if I want to use a single stroke hot key, the keystroke cannot be used to begin a multiple hot key operation. The above statement is the key to understanding hotkey options.

BTW, you cannot use SPACE BAR,C. as a hot key, but you can use C,SPACE BAR as a hot key.

If I am not mistaken you can have one key, two key, three key and 4 key short cuts. Every single key can be a single hot key...... EXCEPT a key YOU CHOSE that is the key that will tell CA the hot key sequence will be a two key hot key..... similar to you SPACE BAR key. CA's method is even better because you do not need to hit the space bar for a single stroke hot key.. Back in the day all hot keys were single stroke. And then the Great Glenn Woodward advocated for multiple key hot keys. We finally got them a few years ago. "This does not preclude you from have shortcuts like "AA", "AAA", "AAB", "AAC", "ABB"." The above bold statement is not correct. You can not have the AA if you want the AAA and AAB. Think about it.... how would CA know that after you type in AA you that another keystroke is next. Below is an example. For CABINET hot keys I use a 2 stroke hot key starting with a "C". If I want to use a single keystroke of a "C" I get the following message. IOW, if I want to use a single stroke hot key, the keystroke cannot be used to begin a multiple hot key operation. So to restate the point of the post, you can have a single stroke hot WITHOUT using the space bar as a select key which in effect makes CA's hot key method better than the ACAD method. Glenn, please correct me if I am mistaken.

Yep, we spec out 2x14's here also. Especially for stair stringers. Give us a few years and our stair stringers will be 2x18's.

hmmm, I wonder if they fixed that or my memory is failing me, good to know, thx

You cannot use a CIRCLE. Convert the circle to a POLYLINE and then it will work.

Eric solution is the easiest, my solution (room with no floor) is better if you want railings around the hole. Thanks Eric, I should of know that...... however another downside to your method is it looks like the deck framing ignores the fact there is hole. (I see a girder in the hole to the bottom left.

create a deck within the deck and define it without a floor.

Nuts, this defeats the purpose of the "live" ref sets. If someone wants to dimension the fixtures, dimension on the floor plan with dimensions on their own layer and then turn that layer on in the ref set for viewing on the foundation plan. I use a similar method when dimensioning distance from first floor roof eaves to property lines when I am using the second level for the roof plan sent to layout setup. I remember the CAD FROM VIEW trick from back in 2005, crazy stuff, that is what led up to truly usable ref sets that we did not have until X3.

Ain't you the clever one. Nice job Larry!

Eric, before I make the change, this is how mine is setup. Not sure why mine is deferent from your. What should I do?

Hi all, I have seen it before, rarely use it, now I can't find it.....Waterfall Countertop.... where is it?

if you had a granddaughter you would be cool like me.

You can change the color line style etc of all ref layers. You can not change direction of the arrow.

I know, that is why I have them in cad details in the plan file and they are then sent to layout. I have a macro for all of my consultants in the plan and they are linked to a cad detail which has already been sent to layout because of the template I use..... easy peasy lemon squeazy.

I enter the client info in both the plan and layout. It depends on how one has their info setup. In fact I think it makes more sense to have the info into the plan instead of the layout. Both ways work.... options, options, options..... don't you love them.

Yep, a cleaner look on the inside.

The secret is, do not put a hole in the ceiling, instead shape the ceiling plane around where the hole in the ceiling needs to be and then when the ceiling plane overlaps itself, the hole is created. You can copy that dormer roof and roof hole and ceiling hole to make another dormer....... .... but it won't work if you try to do the shaped hole again..... once the shaped ceiling plane method is used, you do not need to do it again.... weird.

very interesting...... I wanted to do another..... I was able to do it but there is a secret steve nestor dormer_scissor truss AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER.plan

Well....... I was able to do it again..... do you know what the secret is? I ain't gunna say....... well.... I will give you a few hours to see if anybody else can figure it out and then I will share the secret. steve nestor dormer_scissor truss AND ANOTHER.plan

Steve and I were talking about this yesterday. I actually was able to do it with 2 dormers on one roof. However I could not get it perfect on the other roof plane. See picture for the imperfection. Plan attached. steve nestor dormer:scissor truss test 1.plansteve nestor dormer:scissor truss test 1.plan

sorry, I should of stayed out of this....

Try going to the structure tab and deselect ROOF HAS ROOF.

I use polyline solids drawn in either plan view or elevation and then it is best to convert those to symbols especially if you have decorative ends.