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I think you can print in color to PDF, and then when you send the color PDF to your print shop, I believe they have the option to print in color or black and white...... correct? Yeah, the color printing is a cost my clients do not want to pay.

I am late to the party.... again. I sent my ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS to layout with PLOT LINES (no color fill) before this pandemic. Now with the Cities taking on line digital submittals I am going to be using color much more. For ELEVATIONS I am now using LIVE VIEW (update on demand) sent to layout...... should I use PLOT LINES (color fill?) For SECTIONS, what do you guys suggest..... PLOT LINES (with color) or LIVE VIEWS? thanks,

It is fixed, my mistake, somebody had screwed it up initially but then I did a poor job diagnosing the solution. Michael helped me.

Thanks Michael, you are the best!!! My bad.

Here is a pic of his hot keys

Yeah, we did that, there are 3 hotkeys in there, I am not sure if they are even default hotkeys. IAE, I should be able to add a new hot key.... just one hot key and I cannot. I have tried importing hotkey lists and I have tried adding just one hot key via the CUSTOMOIZE HOTKEY DBX, it is a no go. The attached pic is a pic of my list, not the one from the PC. It is so weird. He called into tech and they suggested creating a hot key list , which is what you suggested, so we did it and now what.?

I have a Mac, hot keys work great. My Dad has a PC , hot keys are not working. He can have a plan and his hotkeys will not work. I try importing hot keys, can't do it. I try customizing hot keys, can't do it. I take his plan and put it on my Mac and the hot keys works. What could be the reason that the PC is not recognizing hot keys? I am sure it is something easy to fix, maybe a PC setting someplace that he inadvertently changed that turned them off. thanks guys,

there you go, the master speaks again.

You big dummy, just go to the CA website, select the library directly and download....... "Oh, that was easy"

I think it might have something to do with "timing out". I am using wi-fi in my office. The message box says I should hardwire to the internet. Is this really necessary? Is there a way to isolate the library I want to update so it can download before the timeout?

Speaking of libraries gone wild. Does anybody else have an issue with the BACKDROP BONUS LIBRARY? I am also missing many textures, anybody else have this issue?

You would need to look at camera in plan view, you can see the end of the focal length in plan view, you can drag that tip back and forth, so all you need to do is draw a line the length of the required focal length and snap the camera tip to that cad line......

Thanks Glenn, That works. But still it is a two step process instead of the one step process if we could change the default fill. I rarely use this tool but I think it will be handy defining ONE-HOUR WALLS.

Correct, thank you

It would be much faster if I could change the wall hatch pattern default.

mmmm. I could not add a fill to the library. I selected the fill but there was no ADD TO LIBRARY icon. I could copy a fill that was already in plan and fill eye. drop onto a wall that had an unwanted hatch pattern, that is not too bad. The idea of using the COPY FILL/HATCH PATTERN was good, thanks for that. easy enough now.

mmmm. I could not add a fill to the library. I selected the fill but there was no ADD TO LIBRARY icon.

yep, it would be nice.

Hi All, Wall Hatching.... can we change the default fill... Yet?

I have a 2017 Mac. Before I bought it, I went down to the apple store. I took a current big plan that was slow on my earlier IMAC.. I had to buy both a new IMAC and a new PRO. I tested them both in the store using the same plan. I found no speed difference between the two machines using the CA file I was testing. I returned the PRO and bought the 2017 IMAC.

First let me say there are very few folks that have anywhere as much knowledge has when it come to CA. I have been using the SAM for 15 years. In fact I have been using the same template that was set up 15 years ago. I keep meaning to start over but I have not. The setting are always carried forward, it is very easy and quick to change any default settings, something that you would need to do with the template anyway. There maybe some unwanted elements carried for, I delete them. File bloat, not sure, if so, not sure if that has slowed me up. Bugs, I am not sure, I haven't found any. The big advantage and Michael touched on it. (" make a note of any setting you might want to change in your template file to make future projects easier."), I do not need to do that. With the latest ref sets abilities, I have been again changing the way I do things. My SAM template is always evolving without needing to go back to the template. Different strokes, Michaels method is probably more fail safe. The SAM has worked for me. I am not sure if anybody else uses the SAM. Whatever method, do not set up multiple templates, one will suffice.

Hey Joe in NOCAL, I think he is talking to you.

I am not sure who you are talking to. If you are addressing somebody inparticular, please address them by name. There are now 23 folks trying to figure out if you are talking to them, me included.

If you ask me, this is the bonus method... - Open up the Plan View Specification dialog by clicking on the Edit Active View button or open it from the main menu under Tools>Active View. I set up a hot key for it... works great! it's 3 tools in one LOVE IT!

Thanks David, but you put in a positive number, shouldn't it be negative? Now for the 2 million dollar questionS ...... 1. see pic, Grade Level @ 5' was not auto, I had to do that myself and I had to add the words "GRADE LEVEL". Can this be done auto? 2. See pic. I don't want the "GRADE LEVEL 0" to not even show up (imagine if it was 60' lower). can I do the dimensions be auto and it NOT show the "GRADE LEVEL 0"