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here is what it would look like...of course it always seems like it is never ending adding new assemblies, and where one takes a component from may differ from source to source. I started a while ago to state where I get the cavity RSI from

I've been playing around with different methods for awhile, trying to tie in the wall, ceiling and floor assemblies to just using one value specified once, and not doing any math. Easier said then done, and really I think not possible(or maybe better put, not without being convoluted) to coordinate with the actual CA walls, floors, as there are always some bizzare exception (required bulkhead below a bonus room comes to mind) Here is another method: 1. setup notes with a couple custom fields (RSI, R), and a description of the component 2. have those all available to pick from 3. add/take them away from different schedules (walls, ceiling, floor) The video shows where I started, walls, but the end game is all three. Couple unfortunate side effects Ive noticed. If you add first and then remove a component, in which you want the one replaced, you need to then grab the schedule row and ensure correct order. it seems to work better if you remove for instance vinyl siding and then add cement board A nice advantage of this method, components can be added to multiple schedules, so interior air film is only there once. Other advantage, the description on the available components can be as detailed as you want, for instance interior air film (wall), but the text shown in the schedule can just be interior air film if you want Screen Recording 2026-08-08 154058.mp4

I've had no(new) issues on X18.

I'm not sure why your elevations would change, once you change the floor/ceiling elevation of one, that will no longer be using the defaults and should not auto change. What you probably have to do is once changing the one floor elevations on one, continue to then change the other floors on the same one. i.e. make the one house the one with all the custom elevations, and leave the other with the defaults Maybe some more detail on exactly what is being changed and what is being affected.

i have seen lines shift in live view, which then I change to plot lines, and live with the odd lines showing up. But it would be interesting to see what CA supports says if you send it in

...interesting...and good to know

meaning? ...to be expected? if not, do you know the cause and how to prevent it?

its almost like an 80s video game. odd thing is the elevation looks to change to a "live view" ..in the elvation (not the layout). Screen Recording 2026-08-03 225420.mp4 I have not updated or touched any driver in the past few weeks

i do one of two things, what perry does, if it is intrusive, or just show the original on a separate layout page, and then the proposed on different layout pages, without referencing each other (2 separate files) If you actually want to show a bunch of walls removed on the proposed plans, watch the CA video on reference plans. This question probably gets asked twice a year so there should also be forum entries on it

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yes, that is the CA app. The CA app measures the walls and creates the floor plan using lidar. You do not need a third party tool. But, my advice is to take control measurements with a laser, and any area of interest with a laser. The lidar essentially creates a floor plan as you move from wall to wall. This inherently needs to reconcile when things do not add up. i.e. when it gets back to where you started and it is out by a few inches, it does something. That "something" is not necessarily what you would do, and it does not tell you how it is making adjustments, which is why you would need control measurements to adjust once you have completed the scan. in other words, it is not a raw scanning tool of wall surfaces. it scans and has smarts to it by creating walls, corners at 90 degs, etc...in CA's format for the user to use in CA

yes as long as the iphone or ipad supports lidar (mostly the pro version). see CA's post on this

hmmm, it looks to show the active layer set: Screen Recording 2026-07-25 164259.mp4 section: section:

The agent needs to be able to argue back so less changes are actually needed

Doesn't ca already have a cad to walls function. One could get ai to change the image to cad and then import into ca? The feature to highlight and change objects in the render is quite nice. Not sure about the auto generate a floor plan. What happens if you don't like it. Can you sit there and keep generating until there is one you like. It would be nice if it actually did the hard stuff like elevations and roofs