Larry_Sweeney

Mick.............I'll take some time and look close at you idea. The only crashes (lock ups) I've had is when trying to work with the plan you sent me as I stated earlier in a thread. Hmm---------strange isn't it! I've not had any problems working on my plan with crashes. Just seems odd we'll both having issues with plans sent to each other. It may be my trusses on your end. Before I made them into symbols I converted them to solids so I could get the textures on all the faces of the trusses correct. It was a real pain, but as p-solids the textures were going in a sorts of directions. I wish there would be a way to correct that without making them solids and changing each face.

Mick...............In #7 thread I show an attach picture showing a "cap" on top of the brick. The brick are well protected under the overhangs. On the gable ends there will be additional details for protection. I just haven't got there with the model yet. . I was looking at that idea earlier. It seems that no matter what material is at the exterior, the soffit stops at the exterior face of the wall. I'll play with your idea a little later I'm end to other areas of the design right now.

Mick..............Thanks for the T&G materials. Much appreciated!

Mick........... I feel I have a good understanding of CA's "baseline". The issue I was having with the decking height on the truss was just a matter of correcting the baseline height. I've come to the conclusion the soffit stops at the face of the exterior layer and there is no changing that. The only way I see to work around the soffit problem is to revert back to two separate roof planes again or change the position of my blocking. The offset of the 8x8 on top of the wall is a detail that is on other building on the property and the client would like it on this building also. Thanks for all great advice. It's very much appreciated. Have a great day.

Eric.................Blocking worked. I could swear I've done that many times without blocking the items. Lew................To be honest, I didn't think about blocking the fireplace "box" and sending to library. I know I didn't want to send it to the library as a symbol because I wouldn't be able to modify it later. Thank you all for you bits of CA wisdom. Have a great day

I had built a fireplace in an older version plan using a series of p-solids that I want to bring into a new plan. I brought the old plan into X10 and saved it as an X10 plan. I then clicked on the items I wanted in the old plan, clicked on the copy/paste icon, went into the new plan and tried to paste them, but my "copy/paste" icon would not show. I'm sure I've done this same thing for items many times before with no problems. Am I missing something simple or is there a problem?

Mick................Thanks so much for your help. It's all in understanding the program. Your directions were right on. I had to play around a little with your directions so the decking would sit on top of the trusses, but that was manageable I was able to download your plan and look at it in plan view, but as soon as I tried a camera view CA would freeze. I was able to open a cross section, but as soon as I clicked on the roof CA would freeze up. I'm using X10 with the latest update. I don't know what was going on. What I was trying to find out from your plan version was what material you were using for you soffit material. Is it something in CA's library? I was looking in there but I'm unable, up to this time, to find a v-groove decking material. One other question. I'm going to be blocking between the timber trusses on top of the 8x8 sill beam, but the painted soffit doesn't go back far enough.. Is there a way to make it reach the blocking?

Mick...........One roof plane has unfinished wood for the roof decking on the inside of the rooms. The other roof plane has the decking painted for under the overhangs.

Eric...............Thank you. You "pulled through" again! I was hoping I was just missing a setting. I unchecked that box for the upper roof also, but I lost the decking material altogether. Strange, because the lower roof was derived from the upper roof at the start. Have a great day.

Working on a new project and I have a roof where I'm exposing T&G decking on top of timber trusses. Inside the decking is unpainted. On the overhangs the decking is painted. I'm using one roof with unpainted decking where it can be seen from the inside. On the overhangs I'm using the same roof with painted decking to match the rest of the exterior painted surfaces. To get the painted decking I "blended" a color to the original decking color and changed the name of the decking material. The problem is when I look at the material in camera view the decking material on the overhangs has not changed color. I've tried using the eyedropper to change the color also to no avail. I'm at a lost to what is going on. Any help will be much appreciated. Green Pool House and Pavilion.zip

Michael................I downloaded the trial version of WinRAR. If I lose it after a certain time I'll probably go to something like 7-Zip.

Lew....................Thanks. Once I got reading on the site they recommended the 64 bit also.

Eric...........Thanks

Eric.............I'm looking at WinRAR right now. They have a 32bit and a 64bit version. Is there or should there be a preference to which one? I'm running Windows 7 Pro.

Eric........................There are a lot of free ones "out there", but I don't which one. I'm researching but always looking for advice

I'm looking to download a program to open RAR files. Does anyone have a preference for a certain and why? Thank you in advance for your comments

Eric.........................try to trim just one of the lines that are 1/8" apart. When I try to trim just one they both are trimmed.

I have two lines 1/8" apart. I have another line crossing both lines. I'm using the single line crossing the two 1/8" apart as the "trim" line. I click on one of the lines 1/8" apart to be trimmed and both lines are trimmed and are attached to the trimming line. Is there a setting somewhere to avoid this from happening or is this just another one or CA"s cad problems that they are looking the other way with?

Well-----------I'll be starting the project tomorrow. I think I'm going with using two levels for the foundation. I'm a little hesitant on how I'm going to show the foundation plan view using the two levels. I guess I'll have to play around with a new reference display layer. Thanks to all for your time and advice. Have a great day.

Joe...............That was my first thought. Then in plan view for the foundation would you take all the measurements referenced from the furthermost outside block? Would you show all the different block sizes in the foundation plan view by using different line types for each size of block or just show the differences in wall sections where they are needed or both?

How would that be done with three different wall (block) thicknesses in the same wall? With a pony wall you can only use two types--------------correct? What am I not understanding when you are referring to pony walls should work?

Eric....................Sorry about not getting back to you earlier. I had a meeting with a client. Here is a pdf. of a couple of sections that I'm referring to that I put together. WALL SECTIONS 1.pdf

1. I have an unusual foundation where I need three different block sizes in the same wall, at different levels on multiple walls. Is the best way of doing this to use the 1st flr. and the foundation levels together to show the foundation I'm trying to build? Is there another way to accomplish this or is how I'm thinking the best approach. I thought maybe I could just attach p-solids to the wall, for the 3D model, where I needed the third size larger block and show a cad detail in different section views. I'm thinking this may cause less problems "down the road" on the construction docs. 2. Where you have multiple sized blocks in the same wall is there a "rule of thumb" which blocks are shown in plan view? My thinking is to show them all with the different block sizes as different line types or color (if using colored prints). Does anyone have a better suggestion. As always, I appreciate each and everyone's time and advice.

Mark................Since the back is hidden under a landing that's pretty much the same conclusion I came to accept. Eric, Mick & Mark.............Thank you for time and advice ( and you CA wisdom). Even though I wasn't quite able to get exactly what I was looking for I learned much more what I can doe with the cabinet tools. Have a great day.

Eric.....................I'm sending the cabinet in a plan I'm trying to get the look of a curved back. I think one of my problems is that my bow depth is greater than the side depth of the cabinet. cabinet 1.zip