DianeP

Using x8. Anyone know the secret on this? Sometimes it goes to the layout in black and white and sometimes it goes in color. I normally can cycle through with the refresh tool. If it is black and white the lineweight is heavier when printing than when it is in color. I have the preferences set to print color in gray scale. Would like to have them all at the same line weight but can't get the black and white ones to come into layout in color. Appreciate any help on this. Thanks!

Worked itself out on the 3 restart of CA. Thanks for trying to help Mark.

Using x8 and just had a windows 10 update last night. Now I am having some weird things happening with my mouse. I get select arrow outside of drawing area but inside I only have blue cross hairs . How can I get select arrow back?

I don't know. That is the way the railing draws in 2D...... Ok, figured it out. It is the way the Todays Traditional Template draws the railing in 2D. I will open a different template and find one that I like and copy/paste it into the drawing.

Thanks everyone for the fast response. Couple more questions if you don't mind. Where is the setting that controls how high the post is above the rail? I found a height for newels and post in the railing specification dialog, but it is grayed out so i can't change it. How do you add the full height post? Do you just make them and slide them on top of the existing posts?

How would you accomplish a rail system that had rail post to beam primarily but then a post to rail section? I have attached a picture to show what I am trying to explain. Thanks!!!

Do you have time to handle the electrical layouts for my house plans? Pretty simple generic layouts. Maybe will take 1 hour to do. I use Chief Architect x8 and x9 right now. I would send the .plan file for you to update with electrical info. Attached is a sample. What would you charge for this service? What turn around time do you estimate? Wade Morris electrical.pdf

Thanks, I will. Have a great week!

Thanks!! I would like to learn how. Maybe making a video of how to do this could be my first project. Can't squeeze it in right now with my projects and a trip I have to make..... but would love to learn how. Do you have a video on how to make videos?

Yay!!! This will work for my needs right now. I changed the page template option from default to none. Thanks so much for helping me get through this, Chopsaw, You Rock!!!! Still need to learn the other information when I get more time. Maybe someone will create a video, hint, hint.

A bit confused, but probably exacerbated because I am trying to figure this out with a tired brain, lol. i have attached the options I get when I right click on the new page in the project browser. Don't see the option you mention.

So I think what you are saying that I need to start with a new blank layout and set it up to have the various paper sizes I need and redo the title blocks for each size. No way I can make the change on my current layout?

Oh man, that sounds awesome. Can you give me any guidance on how you accomplished this task.

K. I made the new layer set for 8.5 x 11. I know how to make the template. Can you tell me how I can make a new blank page on the same layout and add the template to that page? I guess I would go to page 0 and insert a page.... no that can't be right because it would have the D size title block. Probably will figure out, but a little lost right now.

I have the D set up in the template that I used for this project. I have not made the 8.5 x 11, yet. Your talking about setting up a new layer set on the .layout, right? I am currently looking for video/ articles to help me figure out how to go about doing this. Thanks for your help!

Thanks Chopsaw, I think you are on to what I am looking for to solve my problem. I will go see if I can figure out the layer set. Perhaps Joe will chime in to help, if he sees this post.

I have my layout complete with all the various views from the different plans that need to be represented. I have also put together the brochure page for this plan, but it needs to have a different title block because it will be printed on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and doesn't need all the other information that is contained in the normal title block. I want to have the brochure on the same layout as the other sheets so that if the plan is changed the brochure will also be changed and be printed at the same time. I know I will have to change the print setup for the brochure page and change it back to print the other sheets. The attached picture shows what I am trying to do. The blue arrow is the boarder I would like to use. Would be so nice if you could select the view to be printed, as you can in AutoCAD. Any ideas on how to accomplish this? Thanks!!!

Great!!! good to know. I will try that, now....... just did it and that worked. Thanks!!! Still don't understand why the live view started acting that way as I never have used the plot lines method before. Glad I have a work around, now.

The print is definitely clear enough but the line weight of the colored views is different than the original black and white vector views.

I have always sent it as a live view. If I send it as plot lines, will it still update like the live view does when changes are made?

No such luck. This is the settings and image that I end up with on the layout page. You can see some of the other views are normal black and white views. Not sure what happened. I have had it happen before and it seemed like when clicked on it and opened the view that it became normal once I closed it again. This time that isn't working.

Yes color fill is unchecked.

Anyone else had this issue? The cross section camera views I am sending to the layout page have started coming in as color. Do you know the fix on this? Using X8. Thanks!

Good idea! I hadn't thought of that, Thanks. in this case I could do all versions that need monolithic foundations on one plan and all versions that need block on a different plan. Then send the views to the corresponding layout plan. This would make it easier to make the inevitable changes as my production builder finds something he missed on the plan. They would all be in one or two locations.