Larry_Sweeney

Perry & NewPTV...... Thanks for confirming what I thought. I think I'll mention in "Suggestions" a dbx. for having the wall insulated that is highlighted. Have a great day. Perry, I hope you're keeping your feet dry!

If what Dan doesn't work for you just build the walls in CAD with fill. I know it's a pain, but then so are the circles when you can't get rid of them.

Is it possible to select a single wall to have insulation or do you have to give that wall it's own "type"? I know when defining a wall you can check it to have insulation, but I see no place, when you click on a wall, that you can just select that particular wall to have insulation.

Rod.....I'm behind all those items 100%.

To all....Thanks for the info. Doug.... I'll look into the info you gave in your thread later. At present things are a little hectic.

Perry.....Framing could definitely lead into a lengthy conversation, I think what I'm really discussing is the downfalls in the "Architectural Block". By the way, are you guys going to get hit with all the rain that they say is heading toward the west coast?

Doug.....When I move my cursor around in plan view I just have cross hairs. When I move over the cursor over to an elevation I have cross hairs "plus" an arrow pointer. It's this arrow I"m talking about having a solid fill. Right now it has a fill, but it is semi-transparent and many times when the cross hairs and this arrow is over a colored area it is hard to see whereas if the arrow had a solid fill that wasn't semi-transparent things would be much better. That is, at least for these tired poor eyes.

I recently built some trusses using p-solids due to "truss envelope problems". When I was building the trusses the p-solids was on a layer call "Framing truss BUILT". Once the truss was finished, I blocked all the p-solids and put it on a layer called "Framing truss TR-7". Later I did a cross section elevation and the truss wasn't there. I went into my layerset to make sure my "Framing truss TR-7" was on, which it was. I was puzzled and was trying different views and going through the layers trying to figure what was going on. I finally realized that not only the "Framing truss TR-7" layer had to be on, but the "Framing truss BUILT" layer also had to be on for the truss to show. Is this odd or what? Has it always been this way? I had a problem earlier where the p-solids I made for the truss was to have a "solid fill & moved to the front" before they were blocked , but once they were blocked they "lost" their original identity and were no longer filled with a solid color. Why in one case you would lose the original identity (solid fill) and in another case the architectural block would keep part of the original identity (original layer)? Just seems it should be "all or nothing". Did I go about "building" this truss and making it a block in the wrong order or what that caused this problem? I know what you're probably saying----Does it really matter! Well, in my mind, I would just like to know.

Randy......I have the same look with Glenn's reply (attachment). His earlier threads were the same as everyone's else. He must have changed the font. I call this "quite humor".

Doug.....What about giving a solid fill to the pointer arrow that's with the cross hairs so it is "in front" of everything?

Two things: 1. Is the line weight of the cross hairs changeable and if so where? They are so fine that even making them black they become had to see at times. At least for these tired poor eyes. 2. Is there a way to put a solid fill in the cross hair arrow pointer and move it to the "front"? I think the arrow should show up no matter what color you are on. I noticed that when on some of the darker colors it becomes very hard to see. Maybe nobody else has this problem, but after a long day in front of a computer screen this "old fart" has problems seeing and I want to blame it on something other than my age.

Dan & Doug.......Things seem to be working okay today. I did reboot everything. If I have problems again I'll try to make sure exactly what I'm doing when it happens and post it.

Rod..... This is exactly what I ended up doing. I usually don't bother with the truss detail in my models whenever I can, but there's a lot of things going on in this model that I want to make sure the truss company picks up and understands. I like to get my plans as "black & white" as possible with no "grey" areas. I always have a "hair pulling-too much coffee" day when working the trusses up in CA. The "truss envelopes" drive me nuts. After reading Gene's thread I'm going to sit down later tonight (with a glass of wine ) and try his apporach.

Glenn.......You came through again. When I set up the back clipped camera I had it at about 10"-----thus the p-solid would not show. I knew that the p-solid was suppose to set to the camera if it wasn't on an object, but I thought it was right on the line of the camera, not 12" in front of it. Many thanks. Your advice is always appreciated. Have a great day.

Gene.....Thanks for that info. Hopefully a little later tonight I'll have the time to play around with your suggestion. Much appreciated. I'll let you know how it works out for me. Have a great day.

David......I was in a back-clipped view. I could make a p-solid if I started on an object and it would show in that view. If I tried to make a p-solid not on an object (in open space) the p-solid would not show in the back clipped view. If I looked in plan view, render view or elevation view I could see the p-solid I had made in the back clipped view even though it did not show in the back clipped view when not made on an object.

Randy....I guess the sooner the better. My worry down the road is that we'll be losing all the info that's been posted over the years on the "old Chieftalk". There are still a lot of people out there using the older versions and many of the post solutions work for many versions. I have a feeling at the end of the year we will be roped into a change no one but CA is going to like.

Gene......I'm sure that's it also, but I'm unable to get the truss even close to what I want by working just in the envelope. Working with the envelope can be (and is) very frustrating. It would seem that if you can make changes in the "truss detail" area and those changes show up in the model, there should be a way to lock and keep those changes to the truss. If you have a chance to look at my model, draw a truss along side one of the trusses I modified and see the difference of what I get and what I want. This is especially true over the stair area. If there is a better way to define the structure of the rooms so the truss builds more correctly I don't know how to do it. Thanks for your time.

I was working in a back clipped cross section and made a p-solid on a material (2x12 floor joist) with no problem. I then tried to make one "in space" (not on anything) and it disappeared, but when I look on the plan view, elevation view or render view it is there. I can go to a elevation and make a P-solid "in space" (not on anything) and it shows. Is this the way CA always worked with p-solids in back clipped views in earlier versions or is this some bug in X6? I was thinking the when the p-solid was made "in space" it would be placed in line with the camera.

I'm using Internet Explorer. I've noticed lately (today and I think last night--it was a late night) that when I go from the new Chieftalk back to the legacy Chieftalk and then backtrack into our "new Chieftalk" IE locks up and I have to go into Task Manager and close IE. I then reopen IE and open Chieftalk and everything runs okay again. This has happened two or three times this morning. Could this be "on my end" or has someone else had this happen to them. I think the way I explained this is the way it's happening. I 'll do the same procedure as mentioned a couple more times and see if I get the same results.

It took three trys to post a reply to a thread with a Dropbox link attached. I'm pretty sure I was doing it correctly. I don't think you can do it wrong. Has anyone else noticed any irregularities when trying to post anything?

ADDING TO MY FIRST THREAD OR AT LEAST TRYING TO CLARIFY BETTER MY PROBLEM......When I built my trusses I stated they weren't completely correct. I changed what I could with the highlighted truss envelope. As everyone knows this can be a real PITA. After "playing" around (and I do mean playing) trying to make the trusses somewhat correct so the truss company would understand what I was looking for, I ended up going to the "truss detail" and making rest of the changes I thought were needed. After making these final changes in the truss detail I locked the envelope and tried moving the trusses to their correct position. It was at this point when I noticed the trusses were reverting back to the way they were when they were first made. Can you not "lock" the changes when they are "corrected" in a truss detail so they can be adjusted and multiplied on the plan? I'm sending a link for the plan. If anyone wants to look at it. After opening the plan, open the "truss detail" up. I made a cad detail in red) of the truss detail. I next copied the cad detail into the truss detail for comparison so if anything would change with my trusses in my truss detail, because of moving the trusses in plan view, I would have quick reference. The last truss (TR-5) is as close as I could get by working with the truss envelope for this particular truss. The "look" I was after for the same truss is TR-1. Some of the other trusses when made by CA were WAY off the mark and it took much work to correct them in "truss detail". You could check this out yourself if you want to. I'm sure I'm being a PAIN, but I need to find some clarification on this. Either by someone in ChiefTalk or support as to whether I'm asking for the impossible. I just think if you can make changes in "truss detail" and the changes show up in your cross section, then there should be a way to lock it so you can move it around in the plan or multiply it. Please forgive me for rambling on, but I'm just sooo very frustrated with this. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49042923/BOYD%20STATION%2002252014.zip

Amy......If I take a grey textured vertical siding and "blend" a reddish-brown color with it I get a reddish-brown textured vertical siding. I gather what you are telling me is that I CAN in CA just "tint" (semi-transparent) with a reddish-brown color in a way that the grey is still showing through. I've never been able to get this look. Could you explain or show an example how this is done. Or if you could point me to a video or somewhere in the ref. manual on the procedure, it would be much appreciated. Thank you and have a great day.

Randy....I don't say anything about the first floor plan. I just stated I went back to the floor plan so I could move the trusses. I am building the trusses off the second floor plate. I'm building trusses or should I say I'm trying too.

I have 5 different trusses on my project. Everyone I made needed to be "fine tuned" for one reason or another (some a lot). After adjusting them and getting them right I locked the truss envelopes and went into the floor plan to move them around for 24" centers and to multiply them where needed. As soon as I moved the first one, I noticed in my truss cad detail that the truss changed back to the way it was originally when first made losing all the changes I made even though I had the envelope locked. Is this the way it should work? What's the use of having the "envelope lock" if as soon as it is moved it changes back? Please tell me there is a work around to this or did I approach correcting the trusses all wrong?