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Thanks Rich, Eric & Graeme for the help. Every thing looks good. I have another question. When I send a plan to the group I can not get back into that plan file unless I completely turn off my computer and restart it again. Over the last few months I have sent several plans to the group and every time I have to restart my computer in order to open the plan file. Does anyone else have this issue ? Thanks again, Mike

I am inputting an as-built floor plan into CA, At the rear of the house is a two story bay. On the second floor in elevation view I am getting some unwanted line at the corners. I have tried redrawing the second floor walls of the bay but I still get unwanted line on the north and east elevations. I have attached my plan to this post. Can someone take a look at the two elevations and let me know why this is happening and how I can correct it ? Thank, Mike 2017-02-As_Built_Plans.plan

Since I have upgraded to X-9, CA has been very slow on switching view. I keep getting a message that CA is regenerating the model. I spoke to tech. support today. I was told that I might need to upgrade my graphics card to a mid range gamming card like NIVIDA G Force. I just got off of the phone with my computer technician. He said that there is around a hundred G Force card on the market. He asked me to ask what G Force card to order. Does any one use the G Force graphics card ? If so, what card works well with CA X-9 ? Thanks, Mike

Is the Jet Direct printer card specifically for HP plotters ? It looks like the jet direct is an Ethernet card. It looks like there is already an Ethernet card in my plotter. I never used it. My plotter is using the parallel port. If I need to get the Jet Direct card, do you know which model I should get ? Thanks, Mike

I Have a problem with X-9. My computer I have CA on it is not hooked up to my plotter. I have an older computer that is hooked up to the plotter. This computer is not hooked up to the internet. I want to protect this computer from getting any viruses. This is the computer I have AutoCAD on. About 80% of my work I do in AutoCAD. The problem is that when I print in CA, I print as a PDF then take it to the other computer for printing. This worked great until I upgraded to X-9. When I call up the plan in adobe the background of the camera views are all dark black. They use to have a white background like the floor plans I sent to layout. So this is no good. If I use the make CAD detail from view then send it to layout, open it on the other computer with Adobe I do not get the dark solid black background. If I want to plot directly from the computer with CA on it, I was told that I might need to purchase a newer plotter. My plotter is an HP Designjet 750C Plus. I was told that it would be difficult to find a driver for Windows 7 for my plotter. I really do not want to spend another few thousand dollars on a new plotter when the plotter I have is in good shape. So I am left with sending the camera views as a CAD detail at the moment. Now I just need to find a way to have the line weights stay the same. Thanks, Mike

I'm not seeing "Pattern Lines" or "Edge Lines". I am in the layout page, I left clicked on the camera view then selected "Edit layout Lines". I get the active layer display option popping up to the right. There is no layers called "Pattern Lines" or "Edge Lines". I have also tried the reverse order of selection and I get the same thing. Is the edit layout tool your talking about the third tool from the right titled "Edit Layout Lines". Thanks, Mike

I watched a CA video a few months ago that shown how to lighten up the roof fill pattern for plotting. It left the roof planes as is and only changed the fill pattern. I forgot how they did this and I can not find the video. Can someone let me know how to do this ? Thanks, Mike

I'm using X-9. I used the CAD detail from view on one of my elevations. All of the lines were converted to one line type and one line weight. The line weight on the elevation went from .18 to .35. In the CAD detail they were all changed to .02. Text, dimensions and lines with arrows all retained their original line weights. All other lines such as wall, windows, roof, posts and patio rafters were changed to a .02 line weight and given the layer name "CAD, Default Lines". Shouldn't all lines retain their original layer names and line weights ? If not, this is a fairly useless command. I do not want to spend a lot of times working on a detail or elevations then using the CAD detail from view command to have all of the layer names changed to "CAD, Default Lines" and all the line weight changed to .02. I have a call in to tech. support on this issue. They are suppose to call be back. I have not heard back from them yet. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to correct this ? Thanks, Mike

I am attaching my plan and layout sheet with the plot plan. I am getting the plan ready for the HOA meeting later this week. I still have a little more work on the plot plan, but this is how I have been drawing them for the last 33 years. I do not provide the entire floor plan. I draw a dashed line that represents the exterior edge of the outside walls. I trying to figure out what is the easiest way to do this. Thanks, Mike Naimi Layout.layout 2017-02-X9_Design_1.plan

So you show all of the rooms on the plot plan ? Bathrooms, family rooms, kitchens, etc. I have never send it done that way. Usually it's the outline of each floor along with the roof plan that is shown on the plot plan. Sending the entire floor plan can get cluttered. Thanks, Mike

Do you send the entire floor plan to the plot plan or do send an outline of both floors and the roof plan to the plot plan ?

Thanks Chopsaw.

Thanks for the suggestions. I am setting up and annotation plot plan set. Creating an exterior room polyline is a good idea. This works great for a one story house. How do I do this with a two story house ? I know I can have the 2nd story roof planes move down to the first floor, but how do I get the 2nd floor exterior room polyline to also move down to the first floor ? Thanks, Mike

I am working on a room addition plan and ready to send the plot plan to the layout sheet. In AutoCAD, for the plot plan, I use a single dashed line that outline the exterior walls and solid lines that represents the roof of the house. Is there away to do this in CA ? It looks to be that I have to send the entire floor plan including the interior walls. Is this correct ? One way I could do this is to trace over the exterior walls and give it a unique layer name, turn off all irrelevant layer then send this to layout. I'm hoping that CA has a better way of doing this. Thanks, Mike

I am working on a project that has a second floor balcony. The client wants a custom wright iron guardrail. I am a subscriber to Chieftutor.com and see that in the symbols library there is a custom wrought iron rail. The question is how do I get the railings in Chieftutor to replace the typical wood rails produced by CA ? Thanks, Mike

Eric, I found the through wall at end. That fixed it. Thanks Again, Mike

Thanks Eric, What do you mean, Through Wall at End ? How do I do that ? Thanks, Mike

I am doing a small addition/remodel. We are enlarging the family room. One of the new walls of the addition will connect an existing 45 degree wall corner. When I connect the new wall to the existing 45 degree wall corner the existing walls disconnect from each other and looks like they trying to merge with the new wall. How do I keep the existing wall corner to remain attached to each other ? I have attached the plan so you can see what I am talking about. One more question. How do I wrap a beam with 1/2" gyp. bd. ? Thanks, Mike 2017-02-X9_Design_1.plan

Thanks Mike. I see where you checked off the "lower wall type if split by butting roof" and called off the lower wall type. I see where you broke the roof planes around the interior fireplace. What I did was increase the ceiling height of the chimney to be above the roof height before I drew the roof planes. I thought that the roof planes would go around those higher walls. Thanks again, Mike

I have been inputting a set of as-built plans into CA. There are two first floor and one second floor fireplaces. On a part of the two first floor fireplaces, one of the chimney walls are showing gyp. bd. instead of stucco. How do I show the wall with stucco above the roof and gyp. bd. below the roof ? The second floor fireplace is in the middle of the floor and the walls of the chimney do not extend up through the roof. I have clicked inside of the 4 wall that make up the chimney and gave the room a height that will put the top of the chimney above the roof. The chimney wall do not show above the roof. How do I get the walls of the chimney to extend above the roof ? I have attached my plan so you can see what I am talking about. I clouded the areas I am having trouble with. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike 2017-02.plan

Tried the half wall. You do not get the glass panel over the door.

I have not upgraded to X9 yet. I will do that this afternoon. Thanks for pointing out the new tool. I'm glade you figured out that a new shelf ceiling tool could be used for shower wall heights. Thanks, Mike

I am inputting an existing master bathroom into CA. The ceiling height of the bathroom is 10'. One of the shower wall sits on top of a 22" high bath tub platform. The other wall of the shower sits on top of a 6"x6" curb. The glass shower walls are 7' high above the curb and 5'-8" high above the 22" high platform. The shower wall are extending to the bathroom ceiling. How do I keep the glass shower walls from extending to the ceiling ? The existing shower has an 18" gap between the top of the glass shower wall and the ceiling. I have attached the plan. The master bathroom is on the second floor. Thanks, Mike 2017-02.plan

Thanks Eric & Michael, Michael, Inserting two pass-through openings and dragging them just passed the ends of each wall worked out great and was very easy to do. As you said, Not super intuitive. Eric, Thanks for your help on correcting the disappearing wall corners. I deleted the multiple window panes and it now works fine. How did you know that there was multiple window panes ? I wonder if this happened when I copied them to the second floor. I copied and pasted them in place, then went to the second floor and pasted them in place. If that was the problem I wonder why not all of the windows I copied to the second floor had the same problem. Thanks again, Mike

Hi Eric, I have attached my plan. The fireplace I am talking about is on the second floor. Another problem has come up. Some of the corner walls on the first floor keep pulling apart. I have selected the walls and pulled them a couple of inches apart then let them snap back together. That fixed them for awhile. When I went up to the second floor then back down to the first floor the walls had pulled apart again. Why is this happening and how do I keep it from pulling apart again ? Thanks, Mike 2017-02.plan