SHCanada2

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  1. not sure how everyone else does it, but I generally do not use the working layer set. I have my foundation SPV set up, so that any text created on it, is put on a layer Text, Foundation. If you are just using the working plan SPV, and want to accomplish the same thing, you have to change the annotation set (Active default). I find just using the SPVs simpler The only reason I use the working layer set to to see what is all on the plan, because the "All on set" is too much
  2. I dont think most people use RTRT cameras on layouts, but if there someone that does, or if someone knows how to " fix" this it would be appreciated. The CA save to PDF is creating a washout look compared to what I see in camera or the camera on layout, for cameras with bright sunlight. It can be seen most in the camera on the lower right: Layout: PDF (600DPI @24x36) to scale camera: thanks
  3. I assume though that you also want to make sure the symbol for the gas is on the plan. i.e. if you turn the layer on, you do not just want (1) Fireplace to show up in the text box, but you also want to make sure the symbol is at least on the plan. Otherwise people will turn on the layer and forget to position the gas outlet. How is that ensured in Autocadd? Or is this only a problem on existing plans where all of the gas outlets are already on the plan and you are just toggling the layer to toggle the option for the customer?
  4. Not sure how you setup that one wall with the two roofs. And the roofs and/or ceiling planes are not centered (assuming the windows are): If you lowered the right roof that might solve one problem, but that would be a purely manual fix you may want to post the plan
  5. i try and make it work first by putting a terrain region at the front (all the way across the terrain(actually beyond the terrain on both sides), and then one at back ( 6 ft lower), all the way across the property. If the drop like Gene has is the only thing you need, then it works. Where it doesn't work is where corners of the property are different elevations, or if you have wing walls with a lower elevation region between them, or different elevation points(as opposed to just two regions) CA has a good video of it
  6. This is how I have them. But I would concur with Rene. although the new callout linking feature was very good, there is still, IMHO, an improvement which could be done around efficient CAD detail management. And if X16 ends up with a certain way being better, I would hate to spend a bunch of time on a way which does not use any new capabilities that may come
  7. I just put them in my library...always there...can easily duplicate..can easily edit
  8. I think I would go another direction, similar to what rene does for details. He essentially sets all the variables graphically in a CAD detail. You could then use that in text boxes or report on them as you see fit. It has the advantage of keeping everything in one place, and avoiding yet more layers
  9. I tried it on your plan. changed the reach and choose the right side. but it does have an errant "ridge line" but you can delete it. deleted:
  10. I did this once. If I remember correctly, I set the storey pole to the other side of the building I wanted, so if there were two buildings and you wanted the left building, set the story pole to be on the left. I dont remember if the "highest ridge" worked or if I set that manually. And I probably had to set the reach
  11. I have to manually move them to look like this
  12. I will say on more than one occasion Eric has created videos of how to fix my plan using my plan, but more importantly to me is the explanation he puts into them on why it's done a certain way. Once I know the why I can apply that to other problems
  13. Sometimes CA will paint it drywall for you, erroneously. Not sure if is the cause here but I demonstrated it in a post last year
  14. I dont understand what you are looking for. 3E, 3H etc? 2 characters? what are the 3 character? What are the objection descriptions verbatim?
  15. I was assuming CA is dropping the markers on the grid lines. @Luna18, Can you confirm, are you drawing the dim left to right, and is the dim line snapping to the grid and then dropping a marker when you let go? And I am assuming the p2p is not snapping to the cabinet at all, only to the grid?
  16. turn off auto build anything, framing, roofs a search for "slow" in this forum yields: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00521/troubleshooting-slowness-in-chief-architect-plans.html
  17. is that false room viewable from the inside entry? i.e. is the entry two storeys? If it was me, I'd have CA automatically put a shed roof on the right hand bumpout and then manually move it across. For the gable, you could maybe use a gable line, although I havent tried a gable line with a window in the gable to know that it works automatically without adding it after the fact you can have roof heights automatically raised and lowered by adjusting the heel height (for trussed roofs). Or manually raised and lowered using transform replicate->adjust in the z direction
  18. My 17" Aorus w/3080 works well. No heat issues that caused any damage and I used it on a desk, plane, on my lap, on my bed. My wife's laptop broke so I'm giving her this one. I just ordered an Alienware 18" 4090 as it was $1200 off the price. If the new Aorus 17.3 was on sale I would buy it as the form factor is better than the Alienware. In my experience the fans only really start to get active when I have a rendering active, which most of the time is not the case. So to answer your question, a laptop is fine for my work.
  19. possibilities I can think of: 1. when you switched to the new layer set, the save plan view was not actually saved. (click on the save button for the saved plan view) 2. in the layout box properties for the elevation layout box, it is not using the saved plan view which has the desired layer set. if you go in there, you can re-link The above assumes you are using saved plan views (SPVs) for your work flow and layouts
  20. I went to pay for my cart at checkout last Thursday and the Scar 18 vanished, sold out . We are fortunate up here, the higher end laptops when they go on sale end up being about 25% less than the US, but its no use if they are sold out..
  21. only 16" screen. I try and get all the real estate I can. My current is a 17" so I want to be that size or larger. HP omen was another one I was looking at although the sale it had a few weeks ago seems to be over