Larry_Sweeney

What sort of problems?..............The CA programs won't open. I don't have the new computer up and running at this moment so I can't tell you exactly what the "message" says (something about some missing files) when I try and open them. Almost all the programs that were moved to the new computer work with the exception of a few. Of those that don't work, most are old ones that don't run on Windows 10 (Microsoft Office 2003, Outlook and an old version of Word). The two that I'm most interested in working are my last 4 versions of CA and Autocad 2010. All the other ones that won't open I'll just get newer versions.

How are you transferring?..............We are using "PC Mover" My computer builder has tried several times transferring the files with the same outcome. I was thinking the thread I read sometime ago discussed something about transferring the CA programs from one computer to another.  

Have you checked the Knowledge Base -- I believe there is an article on doing this. ............Yes, but aren't they talking about migrating files and not the program? I think it was a link that you posted. Please understand, I'm not much of a computer guru. The person that built my new computer built my last one with great success and we had no problems using "PC Mover", but I'm thinking I was using the same operating system on the old and new computer at that time.  He's on another project today and I'm just trying to find info that might help him when he comes at the end of this day. He seems to think it has to do with my old computer using Windows 7 and my new one has Windows 10.

     I had a new computer built and we are having problems moving my X11 and older versions over to the new computer. My old computer used Windows 7 and my new computer is set up with Windows 10. I don't know if that's what the snag is or not, but I'm thinking there was a thread not to long ago about moving Chief over to another computer. I've tried to find it, but I'm not having any luck. Am I remembering correctly and if so can anyone direct me to that thread? I know I can just download X11 again to the new computer from my digital locker, but I would like to keep a few of the older versions I still have in case I'm working with someone that is using an older version. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you

Francois............................Thank you. That did the trick. I'm safe-----------it wasn't a "Senior Moment"!      Have a great day.

I went from two monitors to a single monitor. Once setup using the single monitor, I opened Chief X11 to the plan I was working on, clicked on the Library Browser icon, but it doesn't show up on my screen. The Project Browser doesn't show up either. When I click on the active layer display it does show up. I'm hoping this is just a "Senior Moment" . Can anyone tell me what is going on? I'm sure it's just something simple and I'll really feel  "old" when I find out what's going on. Thanks to all who helps out this old fart with advice.

5 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

 

5 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

I opened your plan I had from yest. and strangely the Flush eaves where all white like the soffit material, so I opened the Roof DBX and reset the option and they turned back into the wall material , so don't be surprised if you see that weirdness too...

 

M. 

Mick......................................

Eric.........................Thanks for your advice. I will try to ignore it.

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As mentioned earlier in this thread, I finally got my roofs to produce flush eaves. That is except for one area. On the shed dormer at the rear I have a flush eave on one side, but at the other end CA wants to produce a boxed eave. I've tried pulling both walls back at the corner where the boxed eave is and then reattaching them. I've tried two separate roof planes with one roof plane for each end of the dormer. All to no avail. I still get the flush eave on one end and a boxed eave on the other. What else is there to try. I'm guessing it has to do with the corner wall connection where I'm getting a boxed eave. I've attached the plan with the changes to the flush eaves and the one problem boxed eave on the dormer corner. Thank you.

R_Cotner2.zip

Mick & Eric..........................Thanks for your advice. The 2" overhang was the problem. That was the setup for drawing the original as built. When I started making changes in the design I never gave it a thought about changing my original default setup settings. My first thought is that the default 2" overhang shouldn't make a difference. I don't quite know where the logic is that that would be the problem to my dilemma. To me this would be considered a BUG. I'll have to put this fix into my "memory file" .  Thank you both for taking the time to help-----------much appreciated.

Eric..................Is that the way it has always been? To me that seems like a strange way of doing things when doing design work. How does one (me especially) know exactly how the design is going to be without "experimenting"?

I started working on an exterior remodel and want flush eaves. If I check "Boxed Eave" and "Flush Eave" nothing changes on the eave overhang. The only way I can make regular Box Eaves is to uncheck "Default to Overhang" and manually put in the length of the boxed eave. This leads me to think I'm have something wrong in my setup. What little I've been able to find in searching "Flush Eaves" is that there were problems with using the flush eave, but I thought the problem (bug) was corrected. I've attached the plan as it now stands. Any and all help is always much appreciated. Thank you.

R_Cotner.zip

Mick.................Maybe supplying the screen shots this way they will open larger. I don't think it matters having my plan or not. I have the same type of problem with any plan. If temp dimensions don't react the same way for others as it displays for me as I've tried to explain then it's some setup I need to understand and fix. Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem. Have a great day.

Mick................I guess I'm not explaining clearly enough. In "screen1" view    I'm clicking on the p-line rectangle to get a temp dimension. Where is it? I zoom out (shown in "screen2" view)   the temp is displayed approx. 4' from object. Now staying in the same "screen2" size view   I again click on the p-line rectangle and now the temp dimension is displayed approx. 18" away from the object I clicked on.  I would like the temp dimension to be able to be viewed in my "screen1" view without always have to be zooming out to find the displayed temp dimension. There doesn't seem to be rhyme or reason what distance away from the object the temp dimension is displayed. It seems to me the more zoomed into the object you are, that you want to temp dimension, the farther away from that object the temp dimension is actually displayed. I hope I'm making my question clearer. What I'm asking is there a setting somewhere so I can get my temp dimension to be viewed in the "screen1" close-up view without always having to be zooming out to find it?

     I could not find a thread on this subject so maybe I'm missing some simple solution, but many times (seems especially true on "rough days") I'm zoomed into an area and click on an object to get the temp dimension only to find out the dimension may be displayed several feet away from the object. This can be/is a PITA zooming in and out all the time trying to locate the displayed temp dimension. Is there a setting somewhere that controls the distance away from a marked object for the temp dimension? The/my logical thought  would be that it should show up in the view that's on the screen.

oops--------------I guess I better update my signature.\

Using moldings has it's own drawbacks also, but I guess a person just has to deal with it and move on. Have a great day.

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Is there a better solution for making the "tiled wainscoting" than using material regions so you don't have to deal with the outside corner issue? Adding p-solids for filling the corners could develop into a real PITA problem.  

Eric.....If that's the case is this "corner problem" considered a BUG?

    How are outside corners dealt with when using material regions? Am I missing something?

Eric..................Thank you and have a great day! 

33 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

awesome, glad to help, if you wouldn't mind editing your topic to add [solved] it will help other people find it

Renee............Excuse me for my lack of knowledge, but how do I edit the Topic? I've never edited it before.

40 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

You have inadvertently shrunk your selection pane to the top of the preview screen. If you drag your mouse over the top of the selection preview window your mouse cursor should change to this icon:

when it does, simply click and drag down to set the size of the selection window.

 

Alternatively, you can deselect and re-select the "show/hide preview panel" icon as mentioned above and it will reset your "selection panel"

 

 

If this solves your issue and you feel so inclined, edit your post to include [solved]

cheers!

Rene....................Thank you----that was the problem. I have no idea how that happened, but "problem solved!!"

Eric.................When searching earlier threads I had seen where you mentioned "resetting side windows", but in doing a search in "Help" I could not find the subject. I was hoping you would chime in on that subject. Now I know where that option is.-----Thank you.

To All.................Have a great day and thank you for taking the time to help.

They are both checked.    As far as I know nothing I've done is different from when it was displaying correctly yesterday. The one thing I have realized since I opened this thread is when, let's say, I'm in the window dbx. and I go to the library to pick out a casing, my items display in the boxes when only clicking on the main folder.    It seems they only don't display when I open the library just arbitrarily to look for an item. Does this help any to my dilemma?

     I open CA this morning to a project and went to my library to search for a item, Opening my user library, I went to a folder, clicked on it, and none of the items show in the display window to the right. The only way the items are displayed is to click on each individual item in the selected folder. Everything worked fine yesterday when I closed CA. I went through other sections in my library and nothing is displaying when I click on a folder. What am I missing? What changed since yesterday?

Mark.........................Appreciate the video. I figured the procedures about 15 min. before you loaded your thread, but the video confirmed everything I did. I'm now trying to figure a way I can control the height of the chamfer on the stile (changing the distances in from the top and bottom of the stile) without making different stile symbols for each situation when installing the chamfered stile on a cabinet. Do you have a suggestion? Once again.......I appreciate your time and knowledge in helping me with my problem. Have a great day

Mark...............................Thanks for all the info. What you are showing is almost exactly what I'm after. Now I'll have to do some homework to understand just how you did it.   I'll be going through your threads on the subject and I'll also look for some other training (video/knowledge base) material. Thanks again for your time and knowledge and have a great day.

Is there a work around to make a chamfered corner on a cabinet stile?