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This sounds almost like a double negative...... busting your chops Michael.... interior non-baring is very typical for us, so far I have let the default size fly...... but if I want to change, I think I would select all the non-bearing openings at one time and change them to 4x4's....... BTW, Michael put together some nice macro's for me in regards to window size call out and header callouts with the option of showing both labels...... I think they work better for me than the OBO option...... works really good when calling out new or existing doors and windows including whether the headers are new or existing with the option to mix and match (new window using existing header)

I think I sold my dongle to Wendy for $59.99.

The key is designing the door a little smaller than the opening (for a gate). One way to do this is to place a very small PSOLID just outside of your door and then turn it into a symbol. This creates the gap. Maybe another option w0uld be to change the bounding box of the door? Maybe? Eric? Michael?

I did a video on this several years ago. Essential I used a railing wall adjacent to stairs as Erica has done... set 8" higher than stair nosing.... and then..... I created a symbol of the railing the sits on the sloped drywall wall. It was easier to control and quicker to make the railing out of a symbol. To make the symbol, draw a railing in the middle of the stairs to the correct length and then turn off the layer of the stairs. You are left seeing only the railing and then you can turn that into a symbol and place in plan. But we should be able to make this auto. 95% of my stairs in the field are built this way.

This is very true. What is large? Anywhere from 25-35 mb easily, I think the other day I had one that was over 75mb...... not sure how that happened..... when I get those real big ones I send them to Brian to "tic" him off.

It happened again with cabinets 55 minutes ago.... and I did check that bumping was on.... then it working again in the same plan.... inconsistent. I had not noticed is was the copy paste that triggered it... I will keep an eye on this

Why keep them, once I move to the next version, I don't think I have ever gone back to an older version.

Steve, I think you are on the right path. A unique layer set, anno set and ref set for each PLAN VIEW. Absolutely, I think you are on the right track.

no problems here with high sierra

I use chief pdf

I thought this was interesting.... the different sizes of the last 5 versions...... I think I might toss out x6-x8

I use a fixed glass window with screen material for the vent. I put it on the foundation level.

I think so

Mick, I might be wrong, it may not of been 1953, I know it wasn't '49, Perry is getting old, I think Lew posted a time line a few years ago on the release dates, I started in November '05 with Perry and X-10, X-12 may of been '08, if that was the case, then I took the test in '09 at the UGM, yep, that was it, '09, my first UGM meeting. In '11 I attended my second UGM, I was in Prague that year when they released X-13 and I remember doing a GTM in a little bar in Prague, or Krakow or Budapest, whatever city I was in..... I didn't win too many points with Lynn on that trip.

I have thought of using color, I am sure as soon as printing in color is cheaper we will all use color.

I think a lot of people used these things in their signatures back in the day. I don't see them too much anymore.

Ain't that a pistol, I earned the X-2 certification back in 1953, they finally sent me the certification.

I took it many years ago. I think I barely passed. It is a great tool to learn what my weaknesses were.

I took it many years ago. I think I barely passed. It is a great tool to learn what my weaknesses were.

Post a small plan with the walls and what you are trying to do, somebody will help.

ditto, it happened 30 minutes ago.

I just noticed that OBO walls are now gray scale fills and not a color. When did the earth's axis change?

That is nice Mark. I am assuming just the two lights and no additional work.

I stopped doing RT's years ago when the renderings got good. I want speed, not quality. I like WC's but they are too slow. I do about 20 or 30 renderings each time for my clients. I did a couple of renderings and PBR's attached, the PBR's in this case ain't half bad. I did no touchup. I shot and went, slammed and jammed, picked and clicked.... I do need to work on what is outside the windows.....

Graham, this is a great thread you started. I would like to learn some stuff here. I have played with PBR very very little..... I take a shot and do nothing more.... results not worth using. The questions is..... does it take a lot of fiddling around with settings to get a reasonable view?