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never mind. I deleted that layout box and brought it in again and it was fine.

So that is fixed and working correctly. Does anyone know why the labels on my cabinets, windows and doors are so large. I sent them at 1/4" scale, same as I always do. I really think something was turned off on preferences when I upgraded drivers/ windows. Don't know what,though. Thanks!

Fantastic! Thanks so much. Don't know how that was turned off as I never changed anything. Perhaps some of the graphics driver updates. Anyways thanks for the quick response.

It isn't just the walls. the cabinets can go past each other now as well.

The walls have started allowing cabinets and fixtures to go past them. They used to stop at the edge of the fixture unless the control key was pushed. Anyone had difficulty with this? Any solutions? Thanks a bunch! I am using x7

Thanks Joe!

Is there anyway to have the window schedule output the width, height, and R/O in ft and inches instead of just inches. Customer request. Thanks a bunch!

Hi All, I have 2 dining room walls and a foyer wall that all have doorways creating as large as possible openings and leaving small rectangles of drywall for using as columns. I am trying to wrap the bottom and top. I have tried to do this using wall coverings. but the doorway side will not accept a wall covering. Have any of you done this? If so, what method did you use? Thanks a bunch!

Yes, I have done this before but the windows, columns etc still are single lines. It does make it easier, though.

Any solutions so that .dwg exports on exterior elevations don't have individual lines for brick and shingles which would be hatch entities in AutoCAD ( all blocked and together). Also would like windows to be blocked instead of individual lines. On floor plan the brick representation also comes out as small individual diagonal lines.along with windows, doors, cabinets etc. However fixtures like toilets, washer, dryer, heat pump, sinks, stove (in other word things blocked and inserted from the library) come in as blocked. There is an option to create associative dimensions, so at least these aren't exploded lines, texts and arrows. Is there way to export to dwg other entities that seem as one block in Chief Architect (like doors and windows, brick and shingles) to remain as one block into a .dwg that I am missing?

Wow, looks like that would work well but there would be a learning curve for me. I am such a creature of habit with my left and right click mouse that has a scroll wheel. Did it take you long to adjust?

Great idea, I will look up how to set hot keys. Thanks!

Any other short cuts you use to make the tedious task of electrical layout page simpler. If so, please share. It is my least enjoyable part of a project.

I can't remember the key(s) to use to cycle forward on the last electrical components used. I know esc key goes backwards. Can anyone help me remember the key to go forward?

Still can't recreate the 6" beam on top of the new railing. I have newels, wall and foundation set to 6" but beam still is narrower. Is there somewhere else I have to go to change this?

Told you I was brain dead. I matched the foundation to the wall above after I made the 6" wall type and it looks right now.

Also,how did you make the beam 6". I am trying to recreate in x7 and my beam isn't 6" when I create the new 6" rail wall type. Thanks!

Thanks for working this out for me. It looks just like I imagined. couple of questions: Can you show some screen shots by chance on how you increased the slab footings by 4". I am a bit confused as i show the before and after footing at 16 wide and 8" deep. Also,was it just making the new 6" railing wall that made tje foundation wide enough to let the posts sit on top and not overhang. So tired right now, my brain is misfiring. Might be able to get a better idea once I have some sleep. Thanks again!!!

Sorry about that. Here is the plan. Welch DRAW PLAN swap m bed and bathplan.zip

Thank you so much for your offer. Sorry for the delay in responding. So busy these days, which is a good thing since I have too clear a recollection of the 2008-2012 home building desert. Here is an example of what I am talking about on the posts/ columns hanging off the concrete. I tried widening the railing wall but it just widens the wall from the center and the columns still hang off the concrete. Would love it if you showed me an easier way than drawing an invisible wall outside of rail. Welch DRAW PLAN swap m bed and bathplan.zip

Does anyone know if in real life you can cut a little bit out of the bottom of a stair stringer. I have a client that wants to recess his refrigerator under the stairs a little bit so that it more closely meets the depth of the cabinets, I have done this with CA using a doorway without casings that is just a little taller and wider than his refrigerator. It fits and barely clears the stinger. I was curious if the stringer becomes a problem in maneuvering the refrigerator into place, can they be notched on the bottom. It wouldn't be a lot, maybe a 3" x 3" notch. If it can be, what would the maximum amount allowed be? Thanks!!

I just saw your reply and thought I would give it a try as well. Seems like it would work but the outside of the thicker wall stays put and the beam gets wider towards the inside of the wall. Therfore, the column still overhangs.

That worked. Thanks!

Is there a way from the floor plan to set a distance from the rail/ beam to the edge of the concrete for the porch. I have larger columns and they hang over the concrete. How do you handle the porch columns? Thanks!

Sorry, didn't mean to include links. Just saw the list and copied and pasted it in my post.