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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.

You cannot export but you can import which is what we want. Nice feature by CA.

Never mind, I found it

Hi Guys, Can we export SAVED PLAN VIEWS? It seems as if I did this recently and now I cannot find it. Thanks

Nope, I use them over and over and I even create more as I need them.

We might all be talking about the same thing, one click and I am working on electric plan, one click I am working on foundation plan. This is what I did with Anno Sets. This is what I use..... The "P" which is called the SAVED PLAN VIEW CONTROL.

I would use a second floor to show the. clerestory windows. I would probably put the roof on level 2, I would probably put electrical on level 2 and use ref layer to show elec at first floor. The. house is a two story.