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right click rename?

in the grand scheme of things, of how many R/W are done constantly by windows and others, I would think doing an export is of negligible impact to the lifespan

this is how it always worked. if you want a permanent backup everytime you save, you have to make a copy. the good news is the new PM allows you to make a copy even though the file is open I think you are looking for more of a checkpoint functionality where you state that you want a copy at a specific moment that you have done a bunch of work, where backups have tradionally run at certain times of the day

cheaper than the $20k leica. I will look into that, thanks. sometimes I spend an entire day trying to get the elevations correct, so that actually might be worth it for me for the complicated ones, although complicated ones are probably only 15% of the houses I do. I'm curious as to how these exterior ones deal with bushes where half the window or something else might be behind. Here the side property lines are typically only 2-4ft from the house. Ideally if matterport used the interior data like window locations in order to create the proper exterior elevation...well then there would not be much work for me to do

I would concur, less going to windows explorer, saving a few clicks here and there

I bring my laptop and do it in CA, so I can reconcile any discrepancies on the spot. So in about 2 hours(because I use cubicasa for the not important floor levels) I am done the required portions of the floor plan in CA at the customer's location, then I go back to the office and trace the cubicasa (which is about 30 min) for the other floor level(s). And then I do the elevations, which then take additional time regardless of using a scanning tool or not. I actually find its the elevations(because of roof lines, posts, porches, cantilevers, window wells, etc) that take the most time. I've tried out a couple elevations apps, but cant find anything decent. But if I do have a discrepancy found after the fact, I have to rely on a video I take of the inside/outside. It works, but it would be nicer to have a scanned model I can point and zoom in and move around in. In general then for me to do a full house floor plans without elevations its 1 hr drive, 2 hrs at the customers, call it an hour to put it together back at the office.

yeah thats not cheap, if I do 2 as builts a month, thats $100 a month, plus the 3k amortized over 5 years is another $50 a month, or $75 per scan. I guess not too bad.a cost.

yeah, thats why I was looking at polycam, it gives you the actual model, to zoom in and move around in, at $37/month. What does matterport cost these days?

thats basically what I do (except I currently use the $10 a scan app, cubicasa), and even the rendr guy in his video says you have to take exact measurements by hand for the area you are renovating.. but I am also curious how good the render app is with split levels or two levels. His examples do not have stairs

it does a floor plan on the spot which is similar to polycam. Although I notice for the walls it has 2 lines in the dxf, so not sure how it "knows" the wall thickness (I watched another video, you specify the wall type on the CA DXF import). but it does windows and doors which is very nice. Price point is not bad at $119/mo. Although polycam is $34 per month ....but I havent been able to get polycam to work, My guess is all of these must use the same underlying stack software, or maybe companies like rendr license it from polycam or someone else as they all kind of look the same when scanning

goto the preferences settings, and goto PM, it lists the backup directory. If you then goto that directory you should see the zip files (assuming you set up backups to occur). And then if I was you, I would point your backup service to that directory. And because the backups are full backups, I think you could just have your backup service backup the latest file in that directory...if you can configure your backup service to do that. If not, use the CA number of backups to keep, also in preferences, to keep that list to something small.

well, I have not yet setup my backup for X17, but I will probably just back up the entire directory. I do not backup to cloud I just back up to another HD. My internal drives are raided so I have some protection even without the backup. So to answer your question, I am fine, cloud or no cloud. But if I was using cloud for internal file sharing today, then I would want CA's implementation of cloud to allow it to be used by one's own cloud service, and not force to use CA cloud. ...but that is easier said than done I would think. If I was speculating, CA cloud service would be at a minimum a data store, with synching locally. And if that did not work, then I think, yes, you would have a large issue as the "workaround" would be exporting files and moving them between users. I suppose what I am suggesting, is wait and see. But from a pure backup file only perspective, I personally am not concerned. CA still stores the .plan and .layout files on disk, unencrypted, but with obfuscated names. If I was very very desperate after a catastrophic event if for some reason the CA backup .zip files were not readable, I could always look at last modtimes for these obfuscated .plan files and find the one I need and rename it and use it. In other words, CA via its backup has multiple copies of .plan files...plus there is the current version of the plan file. Lots of backups on disk. One just has to choose what to sync to a backup cloud service if one wants to use that. Its the file sharing that, in my view, will need to be working very very well with the cloud, or people will not be able to use PM mode. File locking across WANs is not trivial, timezones, DST, no network connectivity, all have to be taken into consideration. Major software products today are still not smart enough to do something as simple as tell me when someone else in a different timezone changed something. And the reason is these software products must maintain a last modified time and know the timezone it was modified in. The software programmers often think they can just use a one central time, but that only work when everyone is always connected. For instance if I download a file, get disconnected from the network, modify the file, and then change the timezone on my computer and then get network connectivity back, is the mothership smart enough to know exactly when things changed?

i think because CA is going to the cloud, this is just a temporary limitation.. If you are worried about HD failure, then I would suggest backing up CA's backup, or just do the entire CA directory where it stores everything. For file sharing I would suggest keeping to non PM mode if you use a shared replicated drive.

I was wondering why he didn't chime in anymore. He decided to quit CA? I heard he is on the home designer forum

Not sure I understand this. When you refer to "underlying elements" are you referring to the sheathing beneath the siding? and if so why would this be competing as it is behind the siding? not doubting that it is, just wondering why it is. And if the siding should be 1" thick to avoid this, how does one get an accurate model as IRL siding is more like 5/8" (at least hardie board)? ...thin the sheathing to be 1/8?

ah but you are missing the other upgrade reason which will come to fruition at some point...obsolescence. Operating system,, or graphics engine dependent on video cards that switch to new technologies.

what does the above mean? you received a .plan file from the canvas people, and it has problems?

if it is just for looks, fastest might be a wall material region. although that may not look that great in a black and white elevation Did you play with the Roof cuts wall setting?

save them in a CAD detail on your template plan

"display wall widths" in the dimensions DBX makes it work Uncheck Display Wall Widths to suppress those portions of the dimension line that measure between two surfaces of the same wall. Both sides of a wall may still be located, but its width will not display. This option is checked by default for most manually drawn dimensions, but is unchecked for Interior Dimensions merci

attached from the OOTB template with wall changed to furred dimesion issue.plan

hmmm, didn't seem work, but yes they are different one was inside dimensions pulled outside. I dont remember where the other one came from what is that? also on this plan is a missing end line for dimensions: but its there in spirit when I click on it ...found the problem(the dimension showed 3 segments when there should have only been 2) with this one. it is catching the bulkhead or drywall which is 1/2" difference. If i remove the tiny 1/2" segment, it shows. Original problem remains

I've seen this before, but do not remember how to get it to show. it shows in the preview but not in the plan Has anyone else seen this, and know how to rectify it ...without drawing a new dimension line 17.05.2025_22.58.16_REC.mp4 thanks

I'm in alberta and may be able to help....but each jurisdiction will have it's own requirements for bylaw, and submissions for permits. If you already know those requirements and just need the drawings to comply, I can probably assist.

"Please do not use this Suggestions forum to report bugs. You should always contact our Technical Support department directly if you think that you have found a bug in one of our products. There you have it, although I'm not sure how the, lets call them, deficiencies in the stair tool are classified. One man's defect is another man's enhancement better to error on the cautious side and log them through support I suppose