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Yeah, its all good just curious. Unless all layers have some ability we dont fully understand or they hard-coded a single layer (though maybe others?) to act this way.

Yep worked perfect - thanks. For my own understanding, I would love to know how turning "on" a layer seemed to have an effect of turning other aspects "off". That seemed interesting.

Thanks for the ideas guys. I tried doing that (turning off layers) and using the hatch wall command that I actually really like - all but the walls show from outside siding to outside drywall - which isn't ideal, since framers and dimensions typically go to face of rough framing. Since you guys seem to all recommend that perhaps its me doing something wrong.

I am trying to control the wall appearance in CDs - I dont like seeing all the wall layers. However, in my design process I think its good to see all the layers. Should I be trying to control the visual with layers and settings, or should I have wall types setup the way I want visually and change them all later?

You want to select the walls on the non-gable ends (if its a traditional gull wing) and set upper and lower pitches to what you need and auto-build roof will make the roof to spec. If you are trying to build a modern gull wing roof then you really need to use roof planes manually.

Someone is going to ask you post the plan.

I promise I am not posting this to troll, and what Joe/Michael said was very true - but I was just watching this video the other day on pre-made arch sections that look similar to what Yusuf has - albeit its not merely a bent 2x. 99.9% of archways are framed with plywood or osb - but...

Thanks for the response. I got there by making a Rich Text and started pasting my text in from Vectorworks. That worked fine, but what I started to realize is that there was no way to have multiple columns of text (that i saw), and then secondary issue when I thought about breaking up the rich text boxes and manually numbering - but that wouldn't work in CA. Each text box needed to take over from where the last one left off - text box 1 would have A-E, text box 2 F-H (so on and so forth). Without letting CA number for you I couldn't see how to manually change the order of each text box to start at "F" and keep going. I changed to a plain text, table formatted system but that effort to do simple text editing is 20x harder this method. I was just surprised CA didn't seem to have basic text tools we've come to expect in current applications. All that said, I could be doing something wrong - but i've read the manual and help sections on this and couldn't find an answer.

Trusses build to whatever shape you have set between your ceiling and roof plane (underside). As Bernie mentioned, make a ceiling plane parallel to the roof plane but up (z) 3'-6" if your picture is correct for the depth of the truss. You can also custom edit a truss - and there is a video on that.

It appears there is no way to have continuous multi-columned text or dynamically size a table created in CA. This would seem to be very odd if that is the case, and I am hope im missing something.

I've been using an archaic method of getting my notes into CA for past plans, and I am just wanting to have everything natively available in layout. In that quest, i'm not fully understanding how to control text - specifically Rich Text that I want to format in line with other auto-numbering (lettering in this case). How can I get a rich text specification to indent like it has the upper sections so the 2nd line is directly under the first? Most the text box works fine.

One thing cool about using Cabinets is how easy it is to make partial wall/flanking columns - I can turn off the side panels and they bump nicely into the wall/trim etc. I'm actually very exited to find this works the way I needed.

Thanks Dermot - you nailed it.

Typically for semi-spec grade custom homes I use fiberboard for the box, and then MDF stock for panels - using the home's baseboard (if it matches the height I want on column) and crown. Sometimes there is a post in the center, sometimes not - and so I use a 2x cleat attached to the post or floor/ceiling (or faux beam). For more custom homes i will use a greater build-up and use Birdseye maple ply for the box (painted) - and if the column is to be a stained wood I spec the cabinet maker to provide....but I typically never count on it to be structural at all apart from a post or wall in the center. The reason I was going away from the solids is after watching a vid on cabinets being used for wainscoting. I was also thinking I could make some nice custom panels for more complex columns.

I would love to use cabinets for my columns, especially those with a recessed panel design. However, I can't get the corners to be "sharp" (there is a small relief on the edges) unless I use a slab style door - but then I lose the panel options. Is there a way to eliminate the edge relief like I can with the slab setting? column.plan

Actually, that stuff you are talking about is in there - I downloaded and confirmed. You had me curious.

There is a "Landscaping Accents" in the dowload library but not sure if it has something like this. It does say "garden statues".

OK, thanks - I see now that I can assign page information inside layout and then extract that out through the macros.

Is there a way to customize the prefix label for the page schedule to work in conjunction with sheet numbering?

I agree Glenn - we should have that option for line styles. You are correct, that was my issue though.

The only thing I am wondering about the way Dave did it is that the size of the opening shouldn't be the same in plan view. The pitch/angle should be skewing the opening size on a top down view....right? wrong? If I am right then the size of the modeling symbol shouldn't be covering the entire opening. Perhaps it doesn't matter, but I thought I would mention this.

Yeah no problem - but Scott and Glenn really deserve the the credit for showing me how to resolve these glitches.

I've learned to not fight CA and just try and move past issues like this - Scott showed me many times that just manually editing these areas can be the fastest and best way to deal with them. ...and yes, I feel your pain on these types of issues.

I was curious about custom lines and control of the appearances. How do you control the size of the text etc?

I never tried creating a custom line before - thinking in part this was already fixed in the program (styles). That really is cool too.