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I gave it a go, I could not do it. Corners windows are not working except in a few limited situations.

If you fix and build the way I would do it, I will take a closer look. I do not know what the problem with the window walls are. In regards to the corner post, I have done videos on this... somewhere.... bottom line, instead of using a DOOR on either side of post, use a window opening and UNCHECK HAS CORNER POST. Why this is an option with WINDOWS and not DOOR OPENINGS, is a mystery to me. This UNCHECK HAS CORNER POST was a great solution for this type of situation, but CA did not carry it far enough..... we need to be able to UNCHECK HAS CORNER POST for DOORS, as we have the option for WINDOWS. The reason we need it for doors as we already have it for windows is because it will then read correctly in plan view. As it is now, if you use a window for the corner situation, you get unwanted lines in plan view at the sill..... i do not want the sill to show in plan view.

Here is a vid on how I would build a tilt up wall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKAB3swi4Jo&feature=youtu.be Good vid.

So you did not open his plan. No problem, I was just wondering if I missed something.

Joe, Larry was not using windows... was he?

Heck, the real question is why does Larry's railing wall leave such a mess? Hasn't anybody sent this in to be fixed, ( I have not because I use a different method). But seriously, why is Larry's railing screwing up the stucco below?

You know, this is CA 101. Why is Larry asking this question? Why don't we know how to handle this without question ? I am not knocking Larry, I am just asking why he even needs to ask such a basic question. We do this all the time. I have my method, but is it the one everybody else uses? I will be very interested in finding out how others handle this situation. Thank you Larry for asking the question.

I would be interested in finding out how others deal with this. My choice would be one wall type, put in a door opening, and then use any number of options to build the railing. Larry has a wall, then a railing, then a wall, then a railing then a wall......

BTW, I like your AC unit (3701 faces, shown on right) The AC unit on left from CA library has 9504 faces, lots of faces, the one in the middle is also from CA library, 62 faces..... something to think about. Does anybody have any input on when there are too many faces for a symbol?

I don't know what you did wrong, but paint wall to match siding and all is well, and then copy bad wall and move 2' to side, delete bad wall and move copied wall back where bad wall was and all will be good. What you did wrong, I do not know.

LOL. I concur. It seems like turning on PRINT PREVIEW would save paper, but what do I know?

I agree. Twice in one week.

In spite of that, wouldn't the roof build? Not at 'puter.

second man's opinion... go for it.

I did not think so. Bottom line, nobody is asking for someone to change how it works, they are asking for an additional feature.

Yeah, we can do that, but more work. I really like the initial suggestion about having to actually decide to change layer set settings. I am with the other guys, much easier to quickly turn off a layer without messing up our LAYOUT LAYER SET. ....hmmmmmm, has the "Original Curmudgeon" and I ever been on the same page? This might be a first.

Try this, a base cabinet with 1" overhang, but make the base cabinet 1/16" tall and raise cabinet the appropriate height above the floor. I find this works better than custom countertop.

Good stuff, was that all done in CA? I do not think so. Really well done.

This is a really good idea. Thanks guys for the suggestion. IOW, I would have to explicitly SAVE changes to a layer set....... this is the layer set that is in layout, a great idea.

BTW, I do not think this is a deal breaker. Nice feature to have for this particular job for this particular client. Normally I would not use it.

Dermot, I have been using this on about 30 different sections for two different jobs. It is a nice feature. Please think twice about removing. It gives us the ability to further define cross section cuts with heavier lines. I am now locking all layers except for CROSS SECTIION LINE layer, selecting that stuff and putting on separate layer. Easy Peasy, but would be better if LAYOUT recognized that original layer.

This is what you do...... I assume your template plan is already in template layout. Open template layout. Do a save as. Now open plan file that is in new template. Do a save as of that plan file. Now relink new plan to new layout. Easy Peasy.

Maybe, I will look into that, again.

What got me started on this I have a client that wants the CROSS SECTION LINES much heavier than everything else. This is the "classic" way of doing cross sections. This is a very nice feature if I can use it in layout. I do not care if they are redrawn, in fact I want them redrawn if something changes. So Dermot, I think I would prefer if you guys keep this in but find a way I can use in layout. The work around is to lock all layers but the cross section line layer, select all cross section lines, copy and put them on their own layer. Not too bad, but still not "live". Another option is to use the "live view" as Joe suggested. I stopped using that option a while back for some reason.... because it did not look as good? Perry, why did you stop using "live view"? Thanks guys and Dermot for helping me out with this.