Larry_Sweeney

Graham.................Which files?

I don't know if I went about exporting my Manugacturer & Bonus catalogs correctly, but the way I did it was to open my "Program Data" folder for X7 & X8 then just copied the libraries from X7 to X8 as explained here https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00091/backing-up-library-content.html . At first everything seemed okay, but I then realized some of the textures and images are missing from some of the items. Can anyone tell me where to look for them? Is this the incorrect way to export the Bonus & Manufacture libraries from X7 to X8? If this is the wrong way could you steer to where I can find the information to do it correctly?

I recently downloaded X8 Beta. My Core catalogs for the library are all there, but the manufacturer and bonus catalogs are empty. Is there a way to "quickly" download these catalogs? If I'm reading the Help content correctly, it's saying I have to click on each individual catalog to download them all. Isn't there a way to do a "one or two click" process to download the many Bonus & Manufacturer Catalogs all at one time? I don't remember it being such a pain to get them in previous versions, but then I don't remember what I did last week.

Terry..........Maybe I was having a "bad hair day" or maybe it's an "age related thing" , but yes, it's there now. For whatever reason I missed it. Sorry about that. Have a great day.

Paramount....(signature?)...........I was having the same problem and this cured it. Reboot your computer, wait another few minutes (giving time for everything on machine to get booted) then before doing anything else, right click on your X7 icon and give it the admin. rights. This finally is what work for me a few days ago and so far everything has been opening as it should.

Sandi...............I did what Nigel told you to do as you stated in thread #11. Everything is working fine now with X7 opening as it should. Thanks for posting tech support's information. I think this is a X8 Beta bug, but not everyone is having the problem for whatever reason. Have a great day.

Joe..........I'm still using Win 7 Pro. Is it possible that that could be the issue? Looks like I'm going to have to contact tech support later today. Right now I'm "on the run".

Nelson................I'm sort of having the same problem.https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/7998-x8-beta-and-x7-conflick/ My problem seems to have started after I had downloaded X8 Beta. All my previous versions will open except X7. When I try to open X7 it says it's already running. (does not show it running in the task bar) Do you have X8 Beta downloaded? What did you do to finally get X7 working?

I restarted the computer. I then waited 1/2 hour (football game). I then tried to open X7 and still got the warning it was already running and would not open. X5,X6 and X8 Beta would open. With no CA's open I held down the Control key and tried to open X7 and it would not open (said program was already running). I then opened X8 Beta. After that was open I then held the Control key down and was able to open X6 or X5 with no problem. When I tried to do the same with X7 I would get the warning the program was already running. I have no problem opening X8 Beta------just X7/

Perry..........For some reason Windows thinks X7 is still running when it's not. I don't have a problem opening X6 or X5. It just seems that when I try opening X7 I get the warning that it is already running, but when I open the Task Manager X7 is not shown running. Any ideas. Oh, I greatly appreciate your time and assistance.

Just to let you know up front, I am not "computer savy" in any way. I installed X8 Beta the other day and opened it to get a quick look around without any noticeable hitches, but until today I haven't had the chance to open X7 to work on an ongoing project. With nothing opened I tried to open X7 and I get this message . After hitting the "OK" this message shows up . Again I hit "OK" and the operation closes down. I went to my X7 file in my Documents Library, where I have it filed, clicked on a plan to open and X8 Beta opens with the plan instead of X7 opening. With X8 Beta open I tried opening X7 while holding down the Control key, but I get the same warning message that the program is already running and X7 will not open. Can anyone explain to me what the h*** is going on. Thank you in advance.

Dennis................Do you want the angled newels set at 22.5 degrees so the railing on both sides of the newel come into the newel at the same angle? If this is the case then you will probably have to go with Ray's suggestion. I run into this problem many times and up to now aways have gone with Ray's solution. If there is a better way I'm all ears.

My best advice is to build up your own library of early moldings as you need them. As for corbels and such (aka. symbols), yes you can find them on 3Dwarehouse, but I've found that most of the time they aren't exactly what I was looking for. most of the time I need some item to match an original. Learn to build your own symbols either with CA or Sketchup. I've found that about 90% of all the items needed can be accomplished with CA. As for Sketchup, the posibilites are unlimited and you should make it a priority to learn to use the program.

Mark.............Thanks for info for the "next time".................maybe X8!

Clare.....Depending on how particular you are with the final outcome I'll give you what I came up with. I made a custom door and drawer with a 1/4" "no material" edge around the custom door and drawer. This left a 5/16" open area around the doors and drawers when they are placed in a cabinet. I then added a 3D P-line and attached a 1/4" bead around the face of the frame. It's a real PITA, especially if you have a lot of cabinets. The next best solution is to make a custom door/drawer with a 1/4" bead on the outside edge. This gives you a 1/16" space between the bead and face frame though, but it is by far a lot faster. I think I made a suggestion for an option for adding beaded frames to cabinets. You can add your "2 cents" to that suggestion.........The "squeaky wheel" gets greased!

"you can create a 'mask' of any shape you'd like." Larry.......Thanks for the info. The "mask idea" is the best work around for what I need to do. It would be nice if the box border could be edited like any other box in CA. Have a great day.

Larry, is there a way to fillet (or chamfer) one corner at a time?

Isn't there a way to edit the layout box borders? I want to fillet the corners of my layout borders for a detail. I thought there was a discussion (thread) on this a while back, but I could not locate it with a search. I almost always have trouble with the "search engine" for finding a certain thread. I also looked in the help area to no avail. Thanks in advance for your time.

You might be able to get the auto framing to look like you want if you mull the units and set the proper spacing for the mulled units, but it will probably mess up the exterior trim to something you don't want.

Shane.........Doing it like you state will get the door near the face of the 1/16" casing surface, but to use the casing I show in my first thread this won't work. At least I don't see how it would. I would have to "install" the casing I would want to see, using a 3D molding p-line and that will put me right back where I started. Then again maybe I've had to much coffee today.

This is a work around that I use from time to time. I'll make a short line at the center of each window and color it white (background color) before I mull the windows. Then I manually adjust my dimension to the center of each window. Another area to consider is when you are doing the window schedule there will be more items to "fudge".

Alan..........Nice--I like it. It could be a little time consuming if I were showing that detail for an entire project, but It gets my casing where I want it. I'm going to "play" with your idea a little more and see if I can somehow improve on the "time" factor. Thanks and have a great day. Bill...........The reason you were using a "custom door symbol" was so you could get the face of the door and casing on the same plane as I show in the first thread?

Bill...............Whenever I'm trying to to figure something "out of the box" with this program I almost always expect to hear from you.--------If I don't then nine times out of ten I figure it can't be done. I'll be looking forward to your suggestions. Have a great day.

Alex................Thank you

How does one go about moving a thread? I posted a thread in "Symbols & Content" when I really wanted it to go into the "General Q & A" topic area. Thank you.