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My system is very similar. Once in awhile I get a nutty job where I have more than one layout, and too too many different plan files but that is the exception. with this system I can tell what was going on at a particular stage. \\

Yes yes yes

FYI, I think I figured it out. If you like the shaded window glass, in vector mode do not check opaque glazing. The down side is you can see into the house. I think it might also slow things down.

I can't figure it out..... I must leave now..... but look at these elevations.... sometimes the window is filled sometimes not, and the really weird one is the one that has the great window and the window is open.... can you have a window open in 3d?

Perry, you might be onto something.... I am still trying to figure it out. Do you get a grey fill for your windows?

WOW, I am not sure what I am doing.....look at these two elevations.... note the Rear Elevation windows are WHITE and the left elevation windows are GRAY.... how did I do that? I like the grey... but what did I do to get that?

Here is a weird one, I can see through the window and see the bedroom door. Not sure if I have ever seen this before.

I tried that in the defaults and I also tried it for the staircase DBX, it did not work for me. The shift selection worked for me.

I faked it by creating a symbol of stairs in a cloned stripped plan and then placing the symbol in my plan that I sent to layout......so I could get a half decent rendering........ so no....... I did not figure it out and the stair tools can be esssentially useless in most of my typical stair con figs.

Wow, I have recently noticed the same funny stuff going on. I was doing a GTM with Glenn Woodward and I think he will vouch for this. Right side elevation, house on slab, I could not see BASE of a/c condenser on other side of house because slab was there, next time the slab was not there so I could then see base of a/c condenser on other side of house. if I see it again I will post pics...... Cait, are you on a MAC?

It sounds as if you need a set of plans to submit to the building department.

Here is the explanation...... stairs are soooooo screwed up and limiting that I do my best to keep it simple. Very rarely do I have to mess with this crappy stair implementation. I know everybody else has complained about the stairs, but now it is my turn. I have been futzing with this stupid stairs for over an hour.... why can't we put a rail on a wall that follows the stairs. We have been asking for this nonsense for 12 years, and it is still a huge hack job. I am so frustrated at this point... will somebody at headquarters please make a concerted effort to make stairs more user friendly. Pleeeeaaaaaasssse!

Thanks Eric

I know it is possible, but I forgot.... How to remove railing on only one section of stairs

chop, I was guessing it was possible, I could not make it work...

Wha5 about the wall hatch tool. Once the hatch patten is 5here, you can change the fill. inhav3 not tested.

Of course the next question is..... make sure what layer is on?

I would consider the CA on line tutoring.

Glenn, I will send you a GTM invite at 4:00 am Saturday which is 9:00 pm Sunday your time....... if your are available that would be great. Thank You Hey, if you guys can beat Peru Wednesday midnight Aussie time (or very early Thursday morning , you should move on to the next round. I will be rooting for the the Aussies. BTW, when is Sydney going to move to PST like the rest of the world?

I thought when I hit the button shown, ALL elevations would update INCLUDING THE SHADOWS.

Hey P. not asking anything, just making a comment that my shadows do not update unless I am on the layout page that has the elevations. Glenn, do you have the problem with your mac? If not, maybe we can do a quick GTM and I can show you what happens, maybe I am doing something wrong.

Here is another example. Notice the new walls and roofs. Note that the shadows were for the previous house prior to editing. Why CA would not acknowledge this, is a mystery to me. The second picture shows the shadows fixed after I updated all views whilst this page was visible. The question is, how can I get the new structure to show with the shadows of the old elevations if there was not some kind of issue going on?

I did not read all posts..... here is my issue....... If I update all views, and I am on a sheet that does not have the elevations, the shadows on those exterior elevation will not update. I have to be on the layout page that has the elevations, and then when I update all views, the shadows will correct themselves. I have sent this in several times but apparently cannot be duplicated at headquarters. (I am on a MAC)

open wall dbx and you have the option of defining it as non room definition.

It looked okay from what I could see.... but make your retaining walls non room def... again I looked quickly and did not understand the issue