tommy1

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  1. This is what I do to move the railing further in. Make the deck with the deck tool that has no railing with room definition. Place a deck railing wall inside the deck and make it no room definition and move it to where you want it on the deck. Pretty easy and simple.
  2. Go up to the attic level and be sure attic walls are turned on. Place your windows there. Window/s should not show on 1st. floor and should not have a problem placing doors on the first floor.
  3. Mine are still there with the latest update. Scott, You're using a Mac. Most things seem to be different when I help people on a Mac. Mine looks the same Eric's because I assume we're using a PC.
  4. Joe, please call me if you like. I might have a job for you in Galveston. 832-754-6160
  5. This can vary from place to place. I have several different details depending on the situation. More information is needed to probably help like for one your location and state. Have you spoken with an engineer for that particular project?
  6. I'm sure it varies in areas but in Houston, TX, all new foundations whether new construction or remodels are required to have an engineering stamp. For that matter here, any new roof, load bearing walls that are moved, and any opening over 10' wide, or any engineered beam whether wood or steel needs to be signed off by an engineer to get a permit from The City Of Houston.
  7. Someone with that version will have to step in. Not sure what you can do. Pretty sure with Pro, you can do it.
  8. Place the roofs as your penciled it. Draw it manually if you need to and raise the pitch as you show. You'll probably need to move the window a little too. I would be happy to do a one on one meeting via Zoom to show you if you like. 832-754-6160
  9. I personally don't care for that look but if you look closely, there does appear to be a cricket where the two gables come together I think.
  10. Try setting the "separation" for whatever the distance is between the two windows. Then bump them together and see if they will mull. Just an idea.
  11. I have been fighting this issue for several versions now. PIA.
  12. If you want to work with layer sets and annotation sets like I do, call me and I would be happy to help (no cost). 832-754-6160
  13. Not much to go on. Try opening a new plan. draw 4 walls to make room definition. See if you can do a full overview.
  14. Try using Chief PDF printer and see if that helps. I have been using it exclusively since I got this new laptop with no problems. Before, I was using Cute PDF. When I upload a pdf to an email, I always open it from the email so I know it's okay before I hit "send".
  15. What are your computer specs? What are you doing when it crashes? How big of a plan is it? Are you using high face count symbols? More information is needed.
  16. I think he's good to go now.
  17. I cheat when I need arched trim. Back when I had Version 8, I bought a lot of libraries from Jay Palmer. Don't know if his website is still available. His arched trim libraries have literally hundreds of symbols to be used with different size windows. Usually he has something that I can work with and they look good in elevations.
  18. 98% of my construction plans are stamped by an engineer who does markups and we go back and forth until it's done. I draw the construction plans. This always saves the client money. I have the owner or builder pay the engineer directly. Some of the engineers will only do the engineering if they supply their own plan which is 10 times the cost to homeowner or builder which means I basically provide a conceptual plan only with no structural of any kind such as notes and details. I do not deliver construction plans done by me without having an engineering stamp. If the engineer supplies their own plan, then I'll provide a pdf of the conceptual plan and create dwgs of the plan to send to the engineers. My dwgs are usually stripped down of things like cabinets and other things since the engineer is really only concerned about structure. My engineer that does markups is extremely reasonable in his prices. The other engineers are outrageous in their pricing.
  19. Sorry Eric, You're correct. I phrased it wrong. Molding profile is correct. I have a lot of these for window lintels. I do remodels for homes that have this all the time.
  20. I personally would do that by making a molding polyline. Once you add it to the window lintel, resize the window all you want....it will work just fine. If you want me to show you how to do it via Zoom, let me know. 832-754-6160.
  21. If it is an island room, just create a new layer for that wall. Put the wall on that new layer and turn it off so it doesn't display in plan view.
  22. I believe he's now okay using his dwg in his plan. Helped him via Zoom.
  23. Yes, please let us know what you find out. I've never experienced this issue.
  24. Very smart approach and is why I import this way too. I learned to do this a long time ago.