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No problems here..... I think it depends on what camera you are using,

Here is my take on the vid....... just following up on what Perry said..... poor vid, but if you keep working and listen to it in the back ground, it may be helpful. PART 1 PART 2

It sounds as if you think Jon is giving you a work around. He is not. That gap that you see is you not building your foundation. That gap is your foundation. If you see a gap it is because you have not built foundation.

This work around does not bother me.... I think in the real world you will have a SCOOP/SHOVEL FOOTING anyway.

I have had 3 users tell me that they use CA because of my videos, and I am sure at least one of those guys have been instrumental in bring several other new users on board (IOW I acted as an ambassador). I have not followed Dan Baughman's stuff, but ChiefTutor was a great resource for me in the early days. I consider David Michael a great ambassador for the program. His vids made tasks look so simple.

I agree.

"Cartesian means of or relating to the French philosopher René Descartes—from his Latinized name Cartesius. It may refer to: Cartesian anxiety, a hope that studying the world will give us unchangeable knowledge of ourselves and the world." hmmmmm, maybe it is.

That is funny. I think I am a power user and sometimes after I say something I ask myself.... "what the eff did I just say?"

Absolutely, have you ever heard penny wise, pound foolish? If you are new out of the box, I would invest in a minimum of 16 hours of training time with an experienced user. That 16 hours will probably be worth 80 hours worth of your time. And here is the best advice I can give you. Learn about anno/layer/ref sets and then learn how to use either the TEMPLATE METHOD or the SAM METHOD. If you do not know what they are, do a search.

chop did it

JPC, open plan and then take a screen shot of the box you checked...... I bet you checked the wrong one....

One final point. With these area poly lines we have been talking about FAR, COVERAGE, IMPERVIOUS AREAS, etc. But do not forget required attic ventilation vent requirements and crawl space ventilation requirements. Take the area of the (3) attics, add them together divide by 150, multiply by 144 to convert to square inches, divide by the area of each vent, stomp you feet 3 times hit enter, and you will get the required number of roof vents. Change the polyline that represents the attic area because your client could only afford a 1500 sf home in lieu of a 4500 sf home, and you get the new number of required attic vents. This can be very powerful stuff that will minimize errors and time on a project, really good stuff.

Here are a couple of vids on Michael's method. Not great vids, Michael also did some vids on his method.If you guys can get through an hour of boredom watching the vids, you will probably find the time spent was well worth it. PART 1 PART 2

I just sent out invites, if you did not get one, let me know....... somehow I think JPC did not get an invite.... I swear, that guy is a mystery to me....... 6 months ago I flew 3500 miles to see him and he dissed me.... but I love him...

come on Newell, how can we open this file? It is not a CA file.

I swear, I hate this new format on ChiefTalk, I spend more time trying to answer a question than I spend with my wife. Hey guys, I have received several question about whether we are still on for today.... yes we are..... as soon as Trump finishes parade or I finish my nutria-system bar, we are on..... IOW, 2:45 PM PST, 35 minutes...

Please send me your email. It looks like we have 24 folks, 25 is the max. there may be a few more that will request to attend, I will send out email invites at 2:45 PM PST, please show as soon as you can, I will send any newly requested emails at 2:55 PM, after that it is first come first serve. We will start promptly at 3:00 PM PST. Thank you for your interest. DIPSH**HALL, Jon Scussel (Spelling corrected), NYGreg, Perry (because he always shows up), Ray Rood the "Fireman", OKC, MARK MCA, JOE CARRICK, ROBERT EVANCE, "ALAN HIP WADERS LEHMAN" (you guys figure out what "hip waders mean") , DAVID SKOGG, CHOPSAW, LARRY "HOT KEY" HAWES, MOE G., SCOTT MENARD, BRIAN NEWKIRK , CHARLES VOLZ, MATT KENNEDY, ALAN BUTLER, JPC (i always love to hear what JPC has to offer), ZOWIE (I BET HE IS GREEK OR FROM THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA), CHRIS ROOD, LANCE VOORHEIS, PARKWEST, CAPITAL DESIGNS, ..................... 25 TO DATE 25 MAX

So, I have a client using client viewer........ or should I say he is trying to use it..... here is the scenario. - I sent drop box line for PLAN FILE , he was able to open it, however he does not have access to layer sets, he can turn layers on and off one at a time, but he cannot use my layers sets. Is there a super secret reason why these folks cannot use our layer sets? - So I then sent him a dropbox link for access to a "BACK UP ENTIRE PLAN" OF THE LAYER FILE AND PLAN FILE. He can open file, he can download but he cannot access, see picture below. Does anybody know if there is a way to access this file or is it not possible. Thank guys.

Thanks Joe, I have been so busy I am now only reading every 7nth word.

No problem, but I need your email

Got it, thanks.

Easy question.... Did click stairs go away?

You are in...... we will work on the email situation and fix it........ it will be good to get your feedback

It will not matter.

nope, I should probably look into it.