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well i posted the check pretty much everything version over in the tips and tricks. but I also ran it 5 ways to sunday with some without some checks, never saw it hang. If it hangs in TMM but not in the macro execution, then this would suggest the TMM is not following the same behaviour as the CA plan view version of the macro execution. it would also appear by the screen shot that it is actually in the TMM editor, not the TMM container as normally once you click on the marco in the TMM container it runs the macro. The macro is very basic, it would seem odd it would falter on something so simple. my thoughts are perhaps it is something else. Perhaps it is the goofy browser thing, which happened again to me today, except it was a zoom web window

attached is the error checking and variable assignment checking versions (with an _1). It ensures if you have two files open with different number of floors and then close the one with more floors and go back to the one with less floors, it maintains the correct number of floors. one caveat, you need a polyline with a label anywhere on the mainfloor plan view(I have mine just above the richtext box) which assigns a unique id to the plan for variable $fileVerify. if you do not know how to do this send me a message. These macros with the error checking also leaves the rich text box blank if it does not have all of the floor areas or runs into an issue. Printing the layout with all the floors will update the floor areas, or simply going up and down through the floors in plan view will do it as well I personally would rather see "evaluation error" but i suppose if things go sideways, no one wants to see that on their layout allarearef_1.json floorarea_1.json

looks like you need a rich text box because the macro uses the tab function. for some reason it did not always take if I pasted %allarearef% into the text box. I would suggest select the allarearef marco using the >M

there are no loops, but yes they do not check for certain things, as I was fine with the evaluation error when I created them as that is how I was looking for race conditions. for instance if you have no basement it does not work, but that is also noted in the thread only the allarearef should be available, the other is tied to a room label object as owner

send me the plan and I will look

I do not, but I notice that looks like my macro in your screenshot. it has no loops. The only error I ever get with it is an evaluation error (such as if the object referenced is not a room). I tried to reproduce the error by having a camera open, selecting a room, and opening up the TMM. The macro will run as soon as it is selected. I see you have it open in the editor, this means it probably ran successfully before you opened the editor. so me thinks something else is going on

sure, in your defaults for floors and rooms -> room label ->text add %floorarea% then in a text box on your main floor plan add off to the side a text box with %allarearef% in it. If you want the areas to show in layout, send the plan to layout and crop around just this little section: floorarea.jsonallareas.json

its not just the back that has problems if you turn on framing, roof rafters in your layer set you can see you have both rafters and trusses and you have trusses going through top plates. you should select all trusses, open up the dialog and force truss rebuild, and delete the rafters It may be because your ceiling height in the room is 231 but your ceiling plane is:227 you also have a ceiling joist for some reason

i close both plan and layout and make the copies in windows file explorer. avoids the problem and the "forgot to save before doing a save as" problem.

at $2k for the device, I don't think I will be trying it out anytime soon without some assurances. I think the general problem with any of these interior only devices is what happens when the measurements dont jive from upstairs to the basement. In the sample he gave me, you can see what they do. They ensure the outside overall measurements are identical and then they squeeze the inside. In this case below, by doing so, they not only misaligned the bump out, but they are two different sizes. If I do measurements by hand and they are out, I will assume the difference is in the wall thickness, especially for basements. But my guess is the person "specifies" the wall thickness and the program adds it in, and then when the top floor does not match the bottom floor, they squeeze it somewhere.

https://goiguide.com/floorplans $2k CAD for the camera. looks like $40 to $65 for the floor plan.. I had one of these given to me for a floor plan and it didnt match the survey, but not sure if it was user error or not. My realtor buddy has someone that does a boxy bungalow for $125 and a two storey + basement for $225 using this system. So must be relatively fast to do the measurements and I assume everything else is done for the person after they upload it. He sent me a sample and it looks pretty good although I noticed an outside wall error

thats a better way to plan it, thanks

perfect, that worked, thanks

I tried rebuilding terrain with no luck, there is no foundation below this cantilever. I dont remember if there once was. but is there a way to fix it? I tried selecting the edge in 3d to see if i could bring it in but doesnt seem to select it

can't one just download the sample plan, and see how long the camera Scott was using takes? My RTRT takes a few seconds for my plans...granted my plans are simple but still if one can do the sample plan in the time Scott did it, and one cannot do their own plan in a similar time, then it would point to something in the plan. It seems to me one would confirm the sample plan behaviour,, and if it is the same as Scott, contact tech support on one's own plan

that is what I did on one a few months ago. If I remember I had to manually move the piles

actually they both look the same . , I just didnt try to print to pdf to see if it made a difference. the above is the general preference and I want the building to be greyscale, just not the sky, so me thinks that might not work, but I will try

hmm, this is just the "screen as image" from camera to layout with the camera set to not use color. I suppose maybe it prints with no color background, I can try that. I thought I tried the sunlight set as 0, but let me try again thanks

I believe you can do it both ways. see the video I posted in suggestions, it has the label configured in the layout box, and that is shown on the plan callout, but it is also for a detail, I did not try it direct to an elevation edit: I dont think it will work for elevations as the macro is %linked_view_callout_label% which is not there for an elevation. looks like it only works for user placed callouts. its interesting its not there for elevations, its almost like they did not consider it when they added the %linked_view_callout_label% feature. you might wish to ask for it. I suppose you could put in a user callout and link it to an elevation, but that seems like more trouble than its worth

i posted a suggestion(originally from Joe) to have the x,y location of the layout available in order to auto number (please upvote :)).

any idea how to show it white? I tried changing to white background and it made no difference. My aim is grey scale for everything but the sky which I would like white (for printing on posters) i played around with brightness, exposure, background intensity (even though no bkground is specified). its all various shades of grey thanks

if you watch the CA video, it does not always connect, the author of the video actually goes back and forth a couple times

the engineer uses the framing details here for "tall walls" but i'm with you the framer will frame as he sees fit. I suppose if you had california corners and order less lumber and he built normal corners, "someone" could chastise him for wasting wood. I suppose 24" centres would also be good to "visualize", as most here simply build 16". headers is also another one, headers in the attic for tall gable walls are more energy efficient. I think it would be the GC enforcing it. also perhaps the lumber company picking off some details in estimating. I use some of them to detail a specific condition, but I've never shown all walls. I think it is nice to show for a large wall with lots of windows and different header sizes and king/jack stud configurations. the schedule is nice, but the visual is easier to follow...speaking from my own experience of framing a large wall with different windows

no, there is an existing request in suggestions to be able to specify beam placement, today it will not go beyond 16" (I think) form the end

i've provided the materials list but with the caveat that ii is an estimate only. most of my customers are smaller outfits, they can always return unused lumber. my first attempt was an addition and I had to be careful to exclude the existing wall