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I am having trouble understanding why when I switch toolbar configurations I loose all my toolbar customization. This includes custom toolbars and custom toolbar icons. Would this be a bug perhaps? Either way it is annoying as all hell get it out.

Are you from or in Michigan? Just Curious? I live in West Michigan about a half hour east of Grand Rapids. I have been interested in who all from Michigan uses this software.

Thanks to the original poster for posting this. I am interested in learning ruby but, I sure have a lot to learn. As I was trying to use this ruby code in my plan, I could not get the info in the text edit box to populate for more than one roof plane. It only shows info for roof plane zero. I must be doing something wrong or overlooking something.

Thank you! That is what I was thinking.

I need to get clarification on this code rule found in the IBC but also found in the IRC. My question is if a given window meets only one of the conditions listed, does it trigger a safety glazing requirement? Or is it that when a window meets all four of the conditions listed, that it triggers the safety glazing requirement?

Do any of you guys get door jambs when you mull a fixed door with an hinged door? I am wondering if this is a bug in X11?

I think what I like about this is a label stays attached to the line. If I need to move the line or re-orientate the line, the label moves with the line and relative to the line. I still might have to re-orientate my text. If I use text, I always have to make sure to move both text and the line. I think this can be a little bit of a time saver for me.

I often draw my own 2D cross sections for the post-framed building projects my employer takes on. There may be instances where I need to add a very simple text note in the general vicinity of a single line. I can't really think of too many examples where I would use this at the moment.

I just noticed today that a single line segment can have a polyline label. I thought this was something new in X11 but, it works in X10. I don't believe I ever really noticed this before. Here is what I have noticed... Draw a single line segment. Double-click on the object. Notice there is no label tab in the dialogue box. Close the dialogue box. Draw an additional line segment to your exiting line. Drag the second end point of the second segment until it snaps to the second end point of the first line. Line segment should now be one individual line segment. Double-click on the object. Notice now there is a label tab in the dialogue box.

Working with schedules, I have wondered if their is a way to have Chief Architect to sort listings in a schedule based on the values listed in one of the columns. I don't think this is currently feasible. It would be neat to have the schedule sort listings from shortest to longest based on a value listed in one of the columns.

I mis-spoke myself. The skew is placed in the description column of the cabinet schedule. The box that is title code is where I am typing a color. The actual color of the shelf doesn't matter. The box titled description has the macro that formulates my skew. Anyways Mark figured out my issue I had miss-typed elseif for elsif. I seem to do that very now and then. Thank you all for your input and help.

For some reason I can't seem to get this to work. I have a macro that I use in conjunction with shelves that creates a SKEW code. Shelves are being used to represent steel panels for the purpose of generating steel layout drawings. This skew code identifies the steel panel item in QuickBooks, when we go to create an estimate for the customer. I want to be able to type in a color into text box labeled Code under the shelves dialogue box. Based on whatever value (color) I type in the text box labeled Code, I want the value replaced with a color code when the macro formulates the skew. The skew is displayed in the code column of a cabinet schedule I use as a steel panel schedule. A 6'-9" long shelve with Burgundy as the value for "Code" would spit me out a skew code "G06/09J1". My macro works except for replacing the color with a color code. I think it's an issue with the part of the code I included below. color = owner.component_code if color == "Burgundy" color = "J1" elseif color == "Black" color = "D1" elseif color == "Blue" color = "F1" elseif color == "Burnished Slate" color = "BS1" elseif color == "Brown" color = "B1" elseif color == "Bright White" color = "U1" elseif color == "White" color = "M1" else color = "???"

I am trying to find the interface and/or part of your web site where us users can report a bug if we think we have one. If you don't have a good interface for us users to send in bug reports, please consider creating one. The issue I am having may not be technically a bug and doesn't really hinder what I am trying to do. However, there is a little minor quirk I have experienced and noticed and want to bring it to someones attention.

What I was trying to point out is when you start a new file and save it for the very first time, you have to both close the file and close out of the program for the file to be synced with Dropbox. If you are merely saving changes to an existing file that is already created and stored on Dropbox, changes to file will sync if you only close the open file. In this second case, you don't have to close the program for changes to sync but, you do have to close the file. This what I am noticing. Maybe you guys are noticing something different. I can definitely see where I could run into trouble with this issue. I have my current working project files stored on Dropbox. Especially, when I haven't had my morning coffee and I don't understand why changes to a file didn't sync, while I was at home. LOL

That is what I eventually figured out to do. Specifying 0 degrees after creating the new block instead of accepting the value 180 degrees fixed the issue you talked about. At first I noticed that too couldn't understand why the 2D symbol was flipped.

It might be the file your working on has to be closed not the actual program. I am going to test this. When I save a file for the very first time I get the message below, even when I close the file but leave the CA program open. When I close the CA program open it back up, reopen my file, make changes, save changes to the file, I get this message below... At this point closing the file but, leaving the CA program open allows changes to the file to be synched.

If I am understanding things correctly, stretch planes have no effect on the 2D CAD block portion of a 3D symbol. I kept thinking I was doing something wrong and not understanding how stretch planes work. Can someone confirm for me if this is true? Is there a way of knowing where 0,0,0 is in reference to the 3D symbol and it's stretch planes?

Ahh, Thank You all so very very much.

Is there a way to take a single polyline I have drawn and turn it into a CAD block that I can then add to the library? I have 2D polylines that represent steel trim pieces that I often use in conjunction with 2D detail drawings and cross sections.

I know Chief has a lot on it's plate right now but, I would really like to see more in the way of dimension and text format capabilities and settings. There are a lot of little things, some I have suggested and some I have not suggested, that for me personally would go a long way.

I figured it out with your guys help. Thank you so much.

I was for some reason thinking that exported the whole entire user library? I must of missed something. Thank you for your help.

Is there an option to export an individual folder as opposed exporting the whole entire user library?

I have personally used Chief Architect Premier X8, X9 and X10 to draw up plans in Michigan for post-framed buildings. Some of these projects were light commercial. Our engineer we often deal with has reviewed plans I drew up in Chief Architect and sealed them on more than one occasion. In Michigan we use the Michigan Building Code for our commercial building code, which is derived from the International Building Code. That document has become my new best friend along with the "A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings" when it comes to building codes that regulate commercial buildings. Commercial projects can be a whole another ball game. It's probably a good idea to have a copy of your jurisdictions commercial building code to reference.

I did the rent-to-own program when I started out with Chief Architect X7. I highly recommend the rent-to-own program. Under the rent-to-own you get SSA, Support and Software Assurance for the whole time you are doing the rental program. If a new version comes out while your doing the rental, you gain access to it at no additional cost.