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I thought this was so also, however, I am still getting points.... there may be an option to not use them....

In my book Dave is the best at instructional videos. Thanks Dave.

Yes, RARELY change ceiling height, change the floor height above, BTW, if your second floor heights were all default heights, all you would need to do is to change the default floor height at second floor and then all rooms would be fixed. Don't forget to adjust your roof elevation manually, it will not fix itself auto unless you are auto building roofs.

open each room and default the floor and ceiling. don't forget to then manually raise or lower your roof to accommodate new plate height.

Hey Michael, no difference, you talked about adding a line and so did I, sorry, I did not mean to give you short shrift. But the extra work I added is for the format I want to use ... I need to be able to show height of the structure at sometimes what is considered an arbitrary elevation (5' from building on the highest level unless the highest level is more than 10' higher than lowest level, then the height must be taken from the lowest level but no more than 10' difference....... unless it is third Thursday of the month..... then the parameters change. Also take a look at what I did... I am showing the MSL at all floors and ceiling and that is only possible from the outside dimension , but I don't need all those elevations from the height elevation hence the request to be able to limit what is dimensioned not only on outside dimension line but also inside dimension line. This is what so often happens with CA, they do a feature half way.... however.... I must take some blame because I did have a chance to make the request but I did not during BETA... my bad.

How about a molding line with a molding for each course and use the horizontal offset for each course. Make the the molding one time 20 courses tall and depending on how many courses you want visible, raise or lower the molding line.

I think this might be the format I will use going forward. Not fully auto but not too bad

Honestly though, that grade elevation line can be added by drawing a horizontal line and dragging dimension line to it. I do wish I could snap a dimension to the POINT MARKERS

This goes back to the discussion we had several years ago where I would of liked to see a SECONDARY VIRTUAL TERRAIN ELEVATION. This would allow us to do exactly what you are saying without have to build the first floor at real life MSL elevation. One reason I am against using real world elevations for the ground level is because I bet 50% of the time, halfway through the design the first floor height above grade will change......

Yes, the is what I am trying to do. In your next post I think you are suggesting that I build level 1 at +10' instead of 0.0'. For me, that is a non starter.

This is such a no brainer, I can’t believe more users have not asked for it. I think the the only time I could use it is if the house I was drawing was on the beach a maximum of 5’ higher than the ocean. the last house I did, was on the bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean ....... the bluff is about 80’ above the beach..... the house is about 5’-6” from the bluff edge ....... I predict in about 7 years the bluff will erode away and my clients home will be at sea level...... I will use the grade markers then.

Here is the plan I was using story pole 1.plan

I did try that and it move the the grade to the correct location but now the elevation heights are wrong. I assuming you did not test it out.

How do I get the GRADE level to truly reflect where grade is and not where sea level is? I must be missing something, see pic.

No, layers will not work for this.

I have an anno set called MOVE P.L. All layers are locked except for the street, property lines, setbacks etc. I then select all and move to correct relation to the house. Never move house, always move property line. I do it all the time.

There is the 60/40 split. I am in the camp that keeps it live and I do not use the CAD DETAIL/DISPLAY FOOTPRINT method. I keep it live and by using layers and ref sets, it works for me. I went to a UGM years ago and this subject came up and there was a reason (that now escapes me) for using the live method vs cad detail method. I was close to using the cad method, but I had to give something up... I wished I remembered what it was.

You heard back from one of the best and it looks like he can do what you are requesting.

No, It is not available now...... that option is what I refer to as the mmrls..... the MULTIPLE MULTIPLE REFERENCE LAYER SETS ...... I have requested this...... they heard me...... I think they think it is a valid request, it has not come to fruition..... yet.

BTW, setting the arrow size to zero does not keep the arc connected, the arrow must be at least 1/16" in size.

turn on CAD PLOT PLAN layer and it will show up

Nice!

Thank you Richard.

If the electrical connections is the default layer, I can draw the arcs as stated and they are dashed and they are on the correct layer..... but I am drawing arc, I am not drawing electrical connections THAT STAY LINKED TO THE ELECTRICAL OUTLET if I should move the electrical outlet. So the question is, can you use the start/end/arc and have the electrical connections stay connected if you should move the electrical outlet.

I tried it and they did not work. I will give it another try.