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Then you should stick with what you feel most comfortable with. Sometimes it is difficult to challenge ourselves to adapt to a different method in spite of the advantages of the different methods. I am in the process of training a 45 year old who has been using a computer for many years. A very very sharp guy. He is right handed. I suggested he switch to using the mouse in his left hand in spite of the fact he is right handed. He embraced the challenge and now he wonders why he did not try it sooner. He no longer has a problem using the mouse in his left hand. This guy is using hot keys for just about everything he does. No problem. He recognizes the advantages. He cannot imagine using the icons. If someone told me I would do my work quicker by standing on my head, I would do it..... just saying....

I will say this one more time in case somebody missed it. There is no way having the ALDO open continuously is faster than hitting a hot key to open it. If you guys want the ALDO open all the time, super, but if you are looking for speed, try linking the ALDO to a hot key, hit the hot key, it opens where it was located last time (probably in middle of screen where your cursor is located), no need to move mouse to second monitor, make your changes and hit the return key and it is gone. Repeat as needed. BTW, unlike Larry, I use the ALDO many times during the day, the guy I am training uses it multiple times in a 3 hour session..... it is second nature to he and I. Seriously guys, try the hot key for a day, it will change the way you use the ALDO.

Great job Glenn, don't know why I could not figure that out. Probably the quickest method to date. Now what about the rounded edges for the treads. Do you think we have to put the stairs into a "silo" and check the treads as winders?

Correct, Lew has no right to special privileges,....... but sometimes due to extinguishing circumstances, we make allowances.......

Len, you nailed it. Very sad that CA has taken the approach they have with Lew. Instead of turning this into something positive, CA has missed the boat as they are prone to do. This is not the first time they have bungled a "feel good" moment. Does anybody feel any more loyalty towards CA after this? I don't. Just sad, if I had some where else to go, I would.

Alan, I just reviewed what I said..... this is very interesting..... if I apply your mirror material to the post, it is not reflective. However if I go into plan view and change your post from a 6x5 to a 6x18, it is now reflective. What I am saying is the reflectivity of the post is based on the proportions of the post..........BTW, when I say post, it is built as a PSOLID in PLAN VIEW, not as a true framing post.

Alan, this is from post 6, I opened your plan and used your mirror material on the two psolids. It worked great on the "PICTURE BILLBOARD" but on the POST it was black. (see pic) I was not using a floor overview, I was using the FULL CAMERA. I remember there are some OBJECTS that the mirror material does not work on. Also, if you use a FLOOR OVERVIEW CAMERA vs the FULL CAMERA the reflection does not work.... in render view. Would you agree that if you applied your mirror material to the POST, there is no reflection?

I will give it a try in the AM, and hopefully we can get together in MY AM to do a vid on this, let me know..... I need your email..... 6:00 am my time, 5:00 pm your time.

Hey Yusuf, no matter what happens, I am assuming this needs to be turned into a symbol..... so if that is the case, we can always delete surfaces for the treads we need to delete. So you create 33 treads, and I only want 29 treads, I assume I could always delete surfaces of top four treads, turn into a symbol and I am good to go. However if you can come up with a solution without having to resort to the delete surfaces method, that would be better. I am playing with your method, I can do it...... I don't know why it works and i don't know how your Ethiopian Brain came up with this solution, but it is ingenious.

Alan, did that go thru PS ala Jon Caffee, it looks good.

Is this an example of a user being creative or is this a work around?

Just thinking about this...... Yusuf set up 3 sets of stairs with 11 treads each = 33 treads. Maybe I want 24 treads, okay, 3 sets of stairs with 8 treads each.... doable. But what if I wanted 22 treads, now do I use 2 sets of stairs with 11 treads each? Suppose I want 17 treads..... now what is the combination?

Just let me know, I may try to do a vid using the YUSUF SPIRAL STAIR method..... I may even use some audio with an Ethiopian Accent..... really good stuff Yusuf, really out of the box. The key will be figuring out how to control the number of treads and their heights.

Many years ago I replaced the engine in my '72 240 z.......... yes, a datsun......... I think your Dad was helping because we had a few left over bolts.

Okay, I'm on, nobody said I had to follow directions to get on. I wonder if they get tired of us nitwits out here.

Unbelievable, Brian seems to think it is user error, yeah, my error..... maybe I will follow directions this time and see what happens......

Yep, see pic, this is what I get...... heck, I almost showed my product key for everybody in the world to see... let's just say I received a message that said.... PRODUCT KEY NOT FOUND IN ONLINE DATABASE.

I never realized this, CA tries to compensate for our ignorance, but the room molding does build to finish floor....... HOWEVER..... when you first create the molding, you have the option to give it a <-2"> elevation, and that is when the molding shape follows the CENTER OF THE WALL and not the WALL FINISH. Just some more useless information I found out.

I just checked, it worked for me.

I am having problems also, HEADQUARTERS does not recognize my product key.

I watched on my IPAD and saw end result, very nice, but I did not understand how he did it, I tried watching on my computer and still could not follow..... Hey Yusef you knucklehead, get some audio so we can understand what you are doing...... and if you have some funny accent whereas we cannot understand you, let me know and if you want to do a GOTOMEETING with me, together we can work it out. I am dying to see what you figured out..... I knew you were the smartest guy here except for GW.

That my friend is very clever.

Doug, if I turn patterns off does it help? Or is it the fact that somehow CA has to understand pattern lines whether shown or now and that will take up memory. Pattern lines, which take up the most space? -horizontal lines in elevation @ 24" oc -concrete dots in plan view @ 24" oc -earth patterns @ 24" in section view -ledgestone in elevation view -ledgestone in plan view -angle crosshatching to show 12" square tiles in plan view angle crosshatching to show 12" square tile in elevation view I never considered that pattern lines would take up a lot of memory..... this sounds like something some of us should understand.

This plan is not very big. About 5 MB with or without PATTERNS AND TEXTURES. Doug says we should expect it to be slow because or the many patterns. I do not consider a 5MB file as being large. If that is a large file and we should anticipate the slow 3d that this plan has, we are in trouble. This may be a good plan to study to find out what is truly causing the slowness. 5MB file, house near 0,0,0 join the real world.... I do not understand why it is so slow. And if it being slow is the case, we could probably look into sharing a bedroom.

Well, I took a guess, do you want us to spend the next day and a half guessing or would you like to post the plan so you will have an answer in about 7.38 minutes. I swear, every time I try to help someone without a posted plan, it turns out to be a waste of time. I might need to change my M.O.