dshall

20 hours ago, joey_martin said:

Use the CAD FROM VIEW tool of your floor plan......

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.

20 hours ago, HumbleChief said:

There appears to be a way to display just the sink without the cabinet. Stumble through the technique but it seems to work.

 

Correction from Eric below. Just choose the blank line style for the cabinets in the ref set.

 

 

 

ref_set_3.plan

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

17 hours ago, solver said:

Make sure they are where Chief thinks they are.

 

And please update your signature by clicking on your user name at the top right of the page, click Account Settings, then Signature on the left.

 

 

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?

5 hours ago, Ridge_Runner said:

ahh... a new addition to remember!

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.

17 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Only problem is that if you want to use that info in the Layout then you have to enter it into the Layout.  The Project Info macros from the Plan don't work in the Layout.

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.

On 6/23/2020 at 9:42 AM, Joe_Carrick said:

Layout file is the key place to enter the Project Information.  I'm not sure why it's available for entry in the Plan File but I suppose you could want to display that information specifically in various Plan Views.  In that case it might in fact be different than the Layout.  Why would anyone want to do that I haven't figured out.

 

Maybe I'm missing something that would be useful.   Or maybe not.

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.

17 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Sorry buddy, but I think all the examples posted above look like poo.  Not sure what method i would ultimately use since there are so many little variables from one job to the next, but I went a head and took a few minutes to mess with that first example plan posted.  Here's a quick example using using 2 or 3 of the various tricks I posted above...

steve nestor dormer_scissor truss test 1.1.plan

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

2 minutes ago, dshall said:

 

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

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

2 hours ago, LeRoyWells said:

How do I fix 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

1 minute ago, joey_martin said:

But a question @dshall...because you are a SAM guy, don't you have to go back and clean up all those saved plan view since you use the same plan file over and over?

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. 

1 hour ago, Alchemyjim said:

..... Every time you peel off a layer you cry a little bit for not realizing something sooner.

Very well put.

22 minutes ago, robdyck said:

It also appears as though the stair may not be in the correct position butting up to the deck. You can see the stair nosing but it is inside of the deck floor surface.

Also, the vector line for the top tread butting up to the deck is missing...another clue as to the top connection.

that may of been it,  thx. 

I see this occasionally and have never taken the time to figure out the cause.  

Anybody have any ideas?