tommy1

I was responding to your comment "If CA was a $200 software I might understand". That is a ridiculous statement. Look at consumer products and see what you get for $200.00.

I would think you're wasting your time here. It sounds like you're better off spending your money on the other programs. I personally don't have any problems with CA and its layouts, file management or updating BUT, I know what I'm doing with the program.

Keep in mind that if you sent a plan view or an elevation to a cad detail first (to clean up or whatever), then sent it to the layout that if you change the live elevation or plan view, it does not update the cad detail with that plan view or elevation.

I did say that but in other words at the end of my post. It will be found on the edit toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

When you do this, Chief will put it all in a folder. Zip the entire folder and email it. Be sure they unzip it before opening the plan from with in that folder.

Maybe something was running in the background that was using memory?

Try importing it to a cad detail first. Then send it to plan view.

Place a polyline around the house in plan view and convert it to molding (not 3D molding). Assign the molding profile and set the height. You can also (or) click real close to the exterior of the house to get an exterior molding polyline that you will see in the edit toolbar.

I got your email Keith. I see when you requested to join was when I had a sister and mother pass away with-in 3 months from each other and one of the times I had to cancel the meeting. My mind was not quite right and I was P.O.A. for my mother and had a lot to do. I apologize for not sending you a link. Hopefully I will remember this time. I placed a star next to your email to help me remember.

Keith, you have to send me an email to my email address below if you want to join a meeting. I have a "reminder" email that I send to people a few days prior to the meeting. If I send reminders to a person and they don't reply 3 to 4 times, then I remove them from the list which means you won't be sent a link to join the meeting unless you're interested again and email me. If I don't receive an email in at least 1 hr. prior to the meeting, then you probably won't be sent a link. If you are still interested, then please email me.

Right click on one of your libraries and you'll see the option to export your library. Export it as a .calibz file so that textures go with it. Watch where you're exporting it to.

It also looks like you're storing your plan in Chief's Directory. In general, that's a bad idea (IMO).

I agree on every word you say and would do it this way myself.

Place your plan files in a single job folder for that job and you wouldn't have this problem.

We do remodels and we have 2 to 3 people working on the same plan. We play different roles in the plan. I do the as-built, as in I field measure the job and produce an existing plan. Katy or her sister do the remodel plan. It comes back to me for a layout to the builder for bidding. It comes back to me again for construction drawings. Depending on the Engineer, sometimes I make dwgs of the plans, elevations, sections, etc., and will send them to the Engineer if the Engineer is supplying their own plans and details. We can not be working in the same plan at the same time so we have to communicate with each other when we are working in a plan. It's not a problem because we are used to it. Katy likes to use drop box.

I think I answered you question in this thread. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/2539-where-are-the-flood-lights/

It sounds like you need to change the cad block for what you see in plan view. I have a house to measure but as a quick reference, go to cad block management and insert the cad block in plan view, unblock it, edit it how you want, re-block it, assign that cad block to the symbol.

Well, as a last resort, you can always turn on framing in plan view, select the framing and then change it. I showed this at one of our last user group meeting for doing exposed ceiling framing for a specific situation. I changed the framing size, lowered the framing and changed the framing materials for the framing of a ceiling plane.

Scott, I'm a firm believer that strange things can happen from pc to pc. The latest example is that I was at Katy's office a few days ago getting a check and she wanted me to look at her desktop and see why she couldn't get the living area to display. I couldn't get it to display either except for using a macro. When I got home, I opened the same plan (from the dropbox) and got it to place first time with no problems. I have strange things moving or not doing right with a client of my own who us using a MAC and we interchange between his laptop and my laptop. Don't know.

Sorry, but I don't have my laptop out, but can you select the ceiling plane and frame that ceiling plane only like you can now frame a roof plane by itself now only?

I generally do a "view to cad" of the elevation, clean it up and show what I want. Then show this information in a text box in the elevation (cad).

Don't know but since it's a roof tool, try changing the roof framing? Or try changing it in the room dbx for ceiling framing for that room?

I delete then in plan view all the time.

Scott, I delete saved cameras all the time. Something else must be happening. You're not trying to delete it while it's open are you? I'm not sure if that's even possible to have that option while it's open. Not a the laptop right now.

Cheryl, you need to send me and email from my address below so that I can send a gotomeeting link on the evening of the meeting. It also helps if you supply me with a phone number so that I can touch base with you and tell you a little bit about the meetings. I will place you on my "reminders list" and will send you a reminder notice a few days in advance. You need to reply to that email to let me know if you feel you can make it.