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There are free viewers. I had one a few years ago. A search on the interweb for dwg free viewer will find them

I think the one I had was actually from autocadd, trueviewer or something like that

are you on the right floor?.

set the layer set to "all layers on" and move between floors

change the category, one categiry type for each floor?

floor 0:

floor 1

i have my schedules in a CAD detail in my template plan, and a layout box linked to them on my template layout. It all works with no resending. the only time i have to touch them is to move the schedules around due to space.

oh and when I create a new layout template, i dont delete the links

You can use the software on any number of computers with one key. you just cant use the software on them at the same time

Are you asking if the plans you are working on get moved between your computers? If so, the answer is no. You would need to move them, or use an external USB drive or cloud service.

If you search this forum for onedrive, dropbox, cloud you will see how people are managing files.

I personally use a couple different computers, but one primarily, and use an external drive when I have to use the other one. But others on here have more sophisticated methods 

got me, looks like the roof was raised ~4 inches, and the wall moved in 2 inches and left a piece of the soffit there. or it is a ceiling plane poking through

I typically will do black and white to avoid this or a back clipped xsection

that is interesting, I would submit that to CA, one would think the available DPI would not be contingent on layout vs plan

Please post in q and a

Hmm very interesting

18 minutes ago, VHampton said:

Anyway... lesson learned is not to delete the Living Area.

my guess is there is more than one trigger as i never, at least not consciously, delete the living area label.

you could also reduce the sunlight intensity to 1500. I think the default is 100 000

need it on a non covered wall to see it better

the other thing you can do is just have a bunch of named cameras on your template, and then only use the ones you need

I avoid google, as it tries to use credentials, rather than allow one to log in with typed in credentials. I cant count the number of times I've been sent google links to my email, only to click on them, and cannot get in because google thinks I should be using some other gmail credentials.

MS teams used to have a similar problem, but I havent had any issues in the past couple years.

Zoom may be simple, but I've never been left out of a meeting.

3 hours ago, CharlesVolz said:

From Help: You can control what displays in the footprint using the Layer Display Options dialog.

I dont think that works for the eaveline of the floor above, but I will try it out

those both look really good. 

are these just plants:

1 hour ago, Cadwork22 said:

If you look at the image, there is an opening on the other side of the stairs, I need to close that without impeding the space under the stairs

why not put a wall there?

I do not understand the request and/or cannot visualize it.

I'm not sure what "without covering up the area between the stairs" mean

3 hours ago, DBCooper said:

- getting the "doorways" where the ramps meet the decks is even more of a pain.  In order to get them wide enough, you need to drag the openings much wider until it snaps into the corner and every time you touch the ramp it resets them

I'm not sure I understand this, when I try and drag the opening wider it just snaps back. attached

However, moving all the railings out -1.75, instead of the ballusters and rails which I was doing previously, got it a lot closer to what you have, just the top of the inside post is screwed up:

but this is good enough

thanks

thanks, I had offset -1.75 and dropped 6 so close to yours. I'll give it a whirl

one post left to move to the outside.

Currently it is the deck doorway wall's post so I cant offset it, but when I set that doorway wall to no newel post, there is then no post from the intersecting two ramps.

any ideas?

doorway newel post enabled::

uncheck newel post for the railing doorway wall

look up furred walls

add a second story and just put the bathroom in it ..plus the stairwell

i tried out the plan footprint but found too many limitations (for instance I have to show eaveline on site plans and the plan footprint does not show this. Yes, one can concentric make a polyline, but with different overhang depths, this is a pain) Cantilevers do not show, front landings, decks do not show).But I will concur the terrain tools leave something to be desired.  One would think it would be simple to create a even sloping grade next to a foundation, and different elevation points along the property lines. but it is not that simple that I have found. I inevitably draw a grade line on an elevation. For the site plan I have a reference view of the roofs and the main floor plan plus the CAD lines for the property line. Then I dimension setbacks to that CAD line