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same effect. but, if i keep them blocked in my library, position on plan, and then unblock, that seems to work. ..or keep the countertops the same color as the range

yup that works, thanks.

thanks, next time I will add the audio, my apologies

thanks, I'm thinking then maybe its probably just quicker to leave them independent and move into place, or keep them blocked and then unblock them once in place. I just did that to show how i blocked them. the ultimate plan was to keep a blocked version in the library

anyone know why? it alters how the foundation wall ends, and then i have to fiddle around with the intersection tool. and i tried making a partition wall 0 thickness but it would not work. I suppose i could do 1/16 or something, but i would rather find a more elegant solution. 19.08.2022_12.42.38_REC room divider.mp4 correct result after I fiddle around with the intersection tool ....

for existing houses, I have the need to show a dimensioned parking stall on an existing survey(brought into CA as a image) which *should be* 10'x20', but sometimes there is not enough existing driveway so sometimes it is 10x19'6 or it is a half trapezoid to match the curb or sidewalk. so i was trying to create a CAD block with dimensions, but that doesnt work as it looks like the dimensions get converted to CAD (makes sense). So then I tried a CAD block with just the pline and a text box as a block, but when i save it to the library or copy and paste it from the CAD detail window onto a plan, i can only snap dimension to one side, but it looks like in a CAD detail window it snaps to both sides. I see there is a thread requesting snapping to objects in the CAD block, but this seems like a different issue. i.e. why can i snap to both sides in a CAD detail window but not in plan view? and why can i snap to the "first" side of the pline I choose? I have ended up creating a pline in my template plan in a CAD detail and having the dimensions around it, but it is a bit of a PIA to shift select, copy and try and move it, resize it to an exact location on the plan. Anyway I'm just wondering if I am missing a simpler way to do it, and if the behaviour between the CAD detail window and the plan view is "expected" Thanks 17.08.2022_16.54.12_REC CAD block with text not snappable.mp4

but looks perfectly fine if I place the range and place the hood independently. Any ideas? 20.08.2022_18.09.53_REC architectural bloack.mp4

this is interesting. I've been playing around, and if you turn off the terrain perimeter layer and just leave the terrain feature layer, you can compensate for undesired/wild contours near buildings, or anywhere actually, as long as there is "somewhere" you can cut a line through where you have the desired elevations And if you make the material glass, you can make below grade a little bit translucent, not quite the dashed line for foundation that everyone would like, but not too bad. too bad one cannot copy and paste the terrain feature polyline, and then apply the white fill line to get the dashes. ... CAD detail from view..I suppose would be the answer there or the ugly case. instead of trying to fix the contours one can turn: into nice technique @AvoyeDesign

i think you can get rid of it by changing the wall intersections, but not sure if that causes other issues

No, I align the fascia per Micahel_Gia's note. The truss details I have seen from a truss company are filled with 16's of an inch measurements. I specify the heel height based on CA's Truss detail, by taking a p2p measurement from that detail. This gives the truss company everything they need to know, heel height, pitch, dimension from wall to wall from normal floor plan, and eave dimension. However, I have had calls from the truss guy asking if the eave dimension is from the top plate edge, or from the sheathing, and does it include the sub fascia, fascia. But some contractors like the truss to end at the sheathing, so, i have a note leaving it to them to figure out the eave/overhang portion. The critical measurement here is to outside of fascia, as there are building code regulations to property line. And from talking to framers on the "where to land the subfascia/fascia", it is not exactly like the pictures, they will line up the corners one way or another, and some of it is not pretty You should also check out the Build roof dialog on how to maintain same height eaves: Check Same Height Eaves to keep the eave height for all roof planes the same. Roof planes are raised and lowered as needed so that eaves meet correctly. The eave height used when this box is checked is that of a roof plane using the default Pitch and Overhang values. When this box is checked, all roof planes are affected, including those that do not need adjustment in order to align with adjacent planes. When Same Height Eaves is checked, any non-default overhang values specified in the Wall Specification dialog are used. Roof planes are raised or lowered so that the eave height is the same, regardless of the horizontal overhang.

fill in your CAD drawing with the 2x4 top chord, sheathing, and the fascia. I think you will come to a similar result

not sure, but it is not CA: you need to put the facia on your drawing, vertically dimensioned. the thickness of the fascia will move the 4:12 line out, but the 12:12 line will go down

no it is not a bug, if you set the eave inside of the facia to be 1'6 and measure the top side of the rafters with a line accross, ti will match

no i do not think so, and i figured why it is higher on the 12:12, the 2x4 will have a taller vertical depth

yes, CA measures to outside of fascia. you can see the 1'6" above. I think I logged a support request indicating the doc was incorrect a few months ago

i have not checked but my guess is because the top of fascia board goes to somewhere in the roof sheathing. on the right, top of fascia aligns to middle of rood sheathing, on the left, it aligns to bottom

however it is backwards to how one would think it should be, as the 12:12 pitch fascia board is higher in the above. I gave up on friendly number for trusses many a moon ago

Yes that appears to be the reason. if you draw a line across in a cross section, you can see the difference. 1/2" for the sub fascia and 3/16" for the fascia f

I just added 12" and changed my pitch to 12:12 and get your same result my guess is it due to the fascia board dropping for the change in pitch.

Where are you specifying the heel height in CA?

The original question also asked if you could manually enter and have them automatically add up.:OR EVEN ADD UP AUTOMATICALLY IF I MANUALLY ENTER??? That is probably the simplest macro implementation, in which you create a variable for each, and then create a variable that adds them together. then you substitute the areas (see below ) from the room areas or the room label for the floor. Of course if you had multiple porches you would have to add them up first or preallocate a number of porches in the macro. The problem is one has to remember if you actually changed the number to match the plan. so best to use recognizable numbers as a default. The next problem is do you actually want to show floor 2 if there is not one? then you either need multiple macros or build in logic to take care of the scenario. And then there is the third problem, if you build a floor one but do not wish to report on it (i.e. basement development with a new window in which you need to show the elevation) you need a macro for just the basement. ie something like macro name area_total firstfloorconditioned=100 secondfloorconditioned=50 garage=25 totalconditioned=firstfloorconditioned+secondfloorconditioned totalunderoof=garage+totalconditioned printstring="Garage (sq ft): "+garage.to_s +"\nTotal (sq ft): "+ totalunderoof.to_s

there is a topic in suggestions to make these tools better, please upvote them !

if you are doing construction documents all the time, I think you would spend more time in HD Pro fiddling around than what if would cost for premier, where Premier you can setup the templates predone with elevations, floor plans, details. I do a lot of the same form factor, and can "redo" a new floor plan in a couple hours with a complete layout set

different dimension sets for each anno/default set, A lot to setup depending on how you do it but it works well IMHO.

closing down the web browser has worked for me. I think there is another post on this web browser issue if I remember correctly