Larry_Sweeney

Randy......That was the problem! Many thanks. I saved a call to the grandkids. Everytime I call them I have a computer question. I think half the time I call they don't answer. They are thinking---it's just Pap with another computer question. Have a great day--it's Friday.

David......Thank you for the reply. I don't know what is going on. I was sure the layer sets I imported were suppose to be just added to the layer sets I already were using. I in the process of "no return". I'm rebuilding all my layer sets for this plan. I'll make sure to bring my layer sets and anno sets over into a new plan BEFORE I start to build my model next time. That or do a template. I suppose if I would be using the SAM method I would not be having this problem---right Scott? Have a great day.

I'm using IE. I wonder if there is something I have to set up differently or maybe it's some kind of "blocker" I have turned on. Dang if I know. Is there anyone else out there that is having the same problem Mike and I are? I guess I'll have to call up my grandkids again.

Dang it! I can never get ahead of Scott.

Mike......Here is the link to the video Scott is referring to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT2-fDKUW2A It is way down on the list of Scott's great set of videos on youtube. I wish there was a way they could be categorized. I missed finding it twice. That's when I found the other one on Chieftutor.com

Scott.....This is what I see also

Scott...Nothing shows if your put in the link. Here's the Chieftutor link. http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?61955-Color-coded-framing-videos-by-dsh&highlight=COLOR+FRAMING

When you import in a layerset, aren't those layers just added to the layers that you already have. I might have done a "no no". I had a plan partially finish and I imported in a "matched set" of annosets and layersets from an earlier plan. I then was going over my plan and setting my floors up with my new annosets and layer sets. There were certain items I noticed that weren't showing up on my second floor when looking at my newly transfered annoset so I opened up the layer set and I realized some of my layers were no longer showing in the new layerset. I then went to my Default layer set and the layers showed there that I was looking for. I thought that no matter what layerset you were in, all the layers are shown and the layerset your using determines which is on and which is off. . Did I import the layerset in in such a way that they were not added to my layers that were already in the plan I was working on? If that's the case, then could I just "re-import" this particular layerset? I hope I'm making this clear enough. It's been a long day.

Thanks Scott....I was pretty sure there was a video, but couldn't remember where. As it ended up I was just looking in the wrong area (Youtube instead of Chieftutor) Thanks again for taking the time to do the videos. Have a great day.

Scott......That only shows three things that can be changed. "General". "Post" &"Rafters". What about floor jts., rim jts. ceiling jts., sill plates?

Is there a default where I can set my colors for different types of framing members? Sills, Floor jts., Ceiling jts., Rim jts. etc. I saw in one of Scott's videos where he had different framing members different colors so I'm sure there's a quick way to do this. Hey, Scott, are you listening.

Glenn,,,,,Yes, I have the new update. Curt and Scott.......All the frigging around on this pony wall and who would have know the solution was to just delete it and then rebuild. This lesson was well learned. Many thanks to all (and especially Curt on this subject) for taking the time. Time is something we never get back. Have a great day. Yes, there are different items not working correctly on the new Chieftalk. I bet I posted a half dozen times and the post would not go through. I would hit "post" then get the "flashing block" at the top of the screen and nothing else happened. Every time this happened I would open another IE window for Chieftalk, go to the thread in question, go to reply, copy what I wrote in the reply that would not go through into the new reply window, post that reply and it would go right through. Like I said, this has happened MANY times to me over the last few days. The other item seems to be when sending a large plan file through as an attachment the actual .plan file is not part of the zipped file sent. This happened to me twice in the pass week or so and it occurred with Curt yesterday. I know in my instances I had the plan closed when I zipped it and besides the zipped files weren't completely empty. They had all the material/texture .jpg files. Just no .plan file. This is a problem----yes?

Curt............I still have the same problem when I try and make a pony wall on the right side (30' wall). I've been "playing with this wall off and on all afternoon. I have been trying to use 12" CMU on the bottom and the 8"w/stone veneer for the top course of the pony wall. The top course being the same block wall type as used on the first floor above the same foundation wall I'm trying to make into a pony wall. I started making this pony wall out of other block "setups". I used the same setup I have for the pony wall across the front. (10" on bottom 6" for top course) I got no weird pony wall. Then I changed the top course to a plain 8" CMU wall and everything still looked good. I then changed the top course from the plain 8" block to the 8" block w/stone veneer and the pony wall went weird. This is the same wall type that is right above this foundation wall on the first floor. ----- conculsion... there is something in the way I have the 8" block w/stone veneer set up that is causing the problem. I have the the outside of the 8" block as the main layer for both wall types and they are setup to align with the main layer and the stone veneer sticks out pass on the block above. I'll figure it out and let you know what it was. As for the image of the 1st flr defaults. I looked at the defaults on the same plan that I've been working on and it looks okay. Not like the one you're showing. Somewhere along the line I fixed whatever was going on there.

Lew....All the .jpg files came through. The .plan file was not in the list with the material jpegs once I opened the zipped file. If the plan was still open nothing would have shown----correct? In the instance where I sent the file from my end the other day, I'm positive I had the plan closed before I zipped it. I'm pretty sure this is the same situation on Curt's end this time.

Curt....There were 0 bytes in the plan file. I had this same problem a few days ago when I tried to upload a plan along with the reply. I ended up using Dropbox. I'm not sure why, but that's why it compressed to 2,06 MB.

Curt....I gave each size CMU it's own material definition with the "Grey block-running bond" as the material and changed the size settings for each size of block. When I made my pony wall with 12" blocks for the lower blocks and the top course 8" with stone veneer (same as block wall on first floor) I still get the weird wall like is shown in the attachment. When using just 12" blocks for the foundation everything was okay before. When you said everything looked okay, did you mean with a pony wall like I described in my first thread.or with just the 12" foundation wall (no pony wall)? Is it my understanding that you need to have a different material (Grey-Blocks running bond, _2, _3, etc.) for each different size of block with it's own spec. sizes? This is something I never did before and I don't remember ever having a problem. I'm just trying to clairifly things, because my pony wall results is crap. Thank you for your patience. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME i'VE HIT "POST". I HOPE IT POST THIS TIME!

Curt.....Sorry, I must be having a "brain fart", but i'm lost as to what you're trying to tell me. "I added one more material definition for CMU's so you have 6", 10" and 12" sizes covered." Where should I be looking? You're not talking wall types---right?

I have a 12" foundation wall with a cement floor flush with the top. The wall that sits on top of this wall is a 8" block wall with stone veneer and a 2X4 wall on the inside of the 8" block wall. I decided to make the 12" foundation walls on each end a pony wall consisting of 12" blocks and the top course the 8" block with stone veneer. This way I would have a ledge for my cement floor to sit on and also have stone veneer below my floor level. I built my pony wall with the top of floor at 0" and my height off floor at -8". This seemed simple enough till I looked at it in perspective floor overview. The pony wall went all wierd. The attachments shows the 12" wall and then the pony wall. I don't understand what setting I have wrong. I get the same result when I do the opposite foundation wall. Also, when my concrete floor is built it doesn't go all the way to the block foundation where there is a pony wall (across the front) and the top block is smaller. I have my front wall made with 12" blocks and one course of 8" block on top. The concrete floor stops at the inside line of the 12" block instead of going to the 8" block. Is this a bug? As always, all advice is gretly appreciated. Here is a Dropbox link to the file. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49042923/BOYD%20STATION%2003132014.zip

I make a rectangle p-line and use a solid white fill. I then "cover" the area I don't want to see. Sometimes, depending on the situation I make the lines of the rectangle p-line white also. I usually do this before I send it to layout, but sometimes I do it in layout. It just depends on what works best under what condition. I like doing it this way rather than changing the foundation wall to a dashed line. The problem here is that all the foundation lines are changed to dash ----- above and below ground.

Bill..............VERY GOOD!

I opened the Patterns/Chief Siding Pat. file (attachment) and I noticed what I think is a board & batten pattern for 2" bat on 12" centers. If this is true, how do I access this pattern? The pattern that shows when you click on this pattern file is the first one on the list (I think)

Is there a way to make a pat. file for a board & batten with 2" batten on 12" centers? Can this be done "within" CA or will it have to be accomplished in another program? I thought somewhere along the line I read about this in a thread, but can't find it now.

Were the I-beams made with molding p-lines on a horizontal plane and then "rotated" to the correct position? If so CA "reads" the molding p-line in plan view as if it is still in the horizontal position---thus the longer length. I don't know if I would call this a bug, but what I can remember about this it has always been this way. If you want to show the I-beam in plan view I would just show them in plan view by using cad lines. This is referred to as a "work around". As you work more with CA you will become quite familiar with this term. I hope this helps clarify things. Good luck.

I'm not sure. Rumor has it that he lurks around here under bridges.

David......Terrain in CA can be VERY frustrating. Just when you think things are moving along nicely, it'll kick you in the groin. Good luck.