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create a polyline when the wall layers are on to get the brick. The default living area label is to outside of studs

In fiddling around I think I see the issue, the object wont always follow the terrain unless you open it up and close it...rather annoying

...having to open and close to trigger the macro...the problem that never dies although the updated schedules in X16 got rid of a lot of my macros that sometimes suffered that issue. ...maybe I should try a schedule to solve this problem....never know I'm going to try a couple more things, but may head his way. sometimes when I lay off the problem for a couple days I come up with a new idea

@robdyck I'm fine placing them originally to be where I want. I just don't want to have to move them if I change the terrain and the subsequent elevation changes. In other words I want the marker/labels to auto move vertically in elevation view when the underlying terrain elevation changes (through me adding a terrain line or region). Does it do that? see my second screenshot, the marker is sitting on the terrain. If I adjust the terrain up, the marker should move with it and report the new elevation. Let me make a video

thanks @robdyck hmm, that looks close but not sure if it is what I am looking for. Markers on elevation/storey pole can be macro'd and/or configured to show ASL elevations. The question I have is: can you drop a marker anywhere on plan view, which, and here is the crux, reports the ASL of the terrain at that point, and that exact same object shows up in the elevation view (and shows ASL)? And if I alter my terrain, the numbers being shown change, if the terrain changes that affects that point Looking at your videos, they look like two different objects?

...and shows up in plan view and elevation view The closest I found is to place a symbol on the terrain with the elevation reference to "From Terrain". and then specify terrain to bottom as 0" Then after doing that (and I must to that to put it on top of the terrain) change the elevation reference to "absolute". And then set the symbol label to %elevation_reference_to_bottom% But if then adjust the terrain after doing that, the symbol will not move with the terrain. I tried terrain feature as well but it does not report its elevation. At the end of the day I am looking for a way to show the height of the terrain at a specific point, and show that both in elevation and plan view using the same object. It would be nice if objects always reported absolute elevation in an NPV, regardless of the elevation reference, but does not look to be the case what I want is to place a marker object on plan and it shows elevation of terrain and then goto the elevation and it is already there:

I would just put a wall with a door there and a glass window in the wall

That looks pretty good, I would mirror the bathroom fixtures so the door is at the bottom and move the office door up. Always good to keep the bathroom door away from everything. And make the coffee station a little wider. it looks like you have about 5ft across that little hallway. you can probably easily get away with 4ft

I wouldn't do this. someone will come in the front door into the meeting. not to mention if you are in a cold area, it is always nice to have two doors so the cold area does not come rushing in here are some ideas to see some options:

so the "front door" opens directly into the shop area and then you want these offices and conference and kitchen area off to the left or right? If it was me the front door would open into a small area, perhaps with the stairs to the upstaurs, and then go down a hall way with the conference room first then the kitchen and offices at the end. 10x9 is fine for an office

dont you need a reception and utility room?

what does an "accurate import of existing grade" mean. I get accurate grades all the time in the form of ASL numbers along the property lines Then normally I do the math between 2 or more points and adjust the terrain. The math being the distance from grade to top of subfloor, then I double check on the elevation. by measuring from terrain to subfloor, or if I get frustrated draw the line manually using the point markers from the dimension. Its all a PIA, so I'm hoping to see a better response to your question

careful, you might get a downvote

update on demand. go for coffee when printing or read CA's chielftalk . use the X key to resize the layout box. But if I cared alot about my coffee time I would probably print to tabloid instead of ARCH D, as it is a lot faster. I refuse to sit there and continually make images everytime I change something in the plan and then send to layout. although if I recall correctly someone has a workflow where the layout box is a file path to a picture, and they save the camera as a picture image to disk, thus avoiding the whole send to layout, resize, reposition...

I don't use photo shop so I don't know what that effect is. ... a picture is worth a thousand words

not sure why i got a down vote. Perhaps what it looks like in revit might help someone find a solution

i think it is the text style on the layer, by layerset if you have it set like that. mine are not set like that, but are set to use a specific text style: If you are set per the top bullet, you should be able to change the text style below, between layer sets

You can add shadows for specified days and times. Essentially a show study https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5320/sun-angle-and-plan-view-shadows.html?playlist=97 it creates polyline, so I assume you could change the fill to be a semitransparent grey, and get rid of the pline line, and it would be similar?

i tend to interpret birds eye view as not directly on top, but further away. As I question the value of mostly roof...but then again I am asked to do this mostly from a sales perspective, not a technical perspective

I noticed sometimes opening up the dbx for objects is slow and then remains slow, but if I shut down CA and restart it will then speed back up. But in terms of placing objects, I do not see a noticeable slowdown

I've recreated a couple large buildings before from plans or from pictures and measurements, and it does not really take that long if there are not a lot of architectural items on the facades. Its hard to tell from your image, but in my view the time consuming thing might be the balconies. I would guess lower that @PitMan71, I would guess in the 1 to 2 week range

I assume you have the floor plans? I would draw up each building and create symbols for them. The terrain also looks to slope, adding complication. Not sure how long it would take unless you had the actual plans. I would also assume you do not need to do the inside, so it is a matter of how complicated the outside, roof lines, and sloping terrain is. If it was me, I'd try one of the buildings to see how close I could get in a few hours, then you would find out any complications

that fixed it thanks

merci

CA decided to make a cabinet through the wall. Any ideas how to stop it? I cant even select it The bump out is a cantilever. the walls look normal: 18.03.2025_18.50.23_REC.mp4