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    Door & Window Macros.

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    Okay using the macro for the windows (%width%%height%%schedule_number%) I can get it to show the width, height, type, and schedule number okay (28 52 Double Hung W12) for a 32" x 62" window.  However when I use the same macro for the door it shows 36 80 D15 for a 36" x 80" door but I need it to show 30 68 D15 the same dimension format as the windows. 

    How can this be done?
    Thanks

    Alan
     

    Room Label

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    Michael

    I submitted it to tech support.  If I look at the room label it appears as if both the room name and size have rotated but are now on top of each other.

    Alan

    How to convert to a PDF file

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    2 options. 

     

    1. Once you hit print it will ask you where you want it saved.

     

    2. Simply save it on your desktop or in the client folder and save yourself a trip. I email all my drawings to Staples and they email me when they are ready to be picked up.

     

    Joey

    That is good to know.  Do they have a special address to email them to?

    Alan

    Door & Window Labels

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    Okay using the macro for the windows I can get it to show the width, height, type, and schedule number okay (28 52 Double Hung W12) for a 32" x 62" window.  However when I use the same macro for the door it shows 36 80 D15 for a 36" x 80" door but I need it to show 30 68 D15 the same dimension format as the windows. 

    Any idea how I can do that.  Also the window label string gets too large so it would be nice to have the double hung to be just DH (as it does in the automatic label).  Any idea how to do that.

    I'm not a macro expert so I was just using the item specific CA macros.

    Many thanks

    Alan

    Room Label

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    Michael

    No I didn't I just had to get it to him as is.  Here is the plan.  I would really like to have the room labels rotate (I needed to rotate the plan view  in Layout as it wouldn't fit to the paper) but not the door and window labels.

    Thanks

    Alan

     

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    Door & Window Labels

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    Joe

    I read in the CA Knowledge Base that adding that macro will display size and type.  I don't want the schedule callout -- just the size and type but it won't change-- keeps displaying callout.  I even went into  Defaults and changed all of them to %width%%height%%type_name% but it still shows the schedule callout.

    Alan

     

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    Door & Window Labels

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    I had my door and window labels to display their schedule number.  Now I'm trying to use the macro to show height width and type (%height%%width%%type_name%) but it defaults to schedule number.  How can I get it to show what the macro defines?
    Thanks

    Alan

    Mac Vs Pc

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    I have been using Apple products since the original iPhone came out and I purchased a Mac Pro shortly thereafter (2008) followed by a MacBook Air when they were released.  Even though my Mac Pro is 8 years old it runs Chief just fine.  I upgraded my video card to an nVidia GTX250 about four years ago and just recently added more Ram (I now have 10MB).

    I just love the way all my Apple products play nice with each other and I have an older USB2 DROBO that I use for Time Machine.  The DROBO is great as it has 4 hot swappable hard drives and if one fails you just replace it and nothing is lost as it duplicates storage over several drives.  I recently purchased a laptop PC as I like to play games and my GTX250 is not up to the task (in Boot Camp) and there are no more upgrades available but would never go back to a Windows machine.

    Just my 2 cents worth.

    Alan

    Rotate Room Labels

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    I know that I can set the room labels to rotate with the plan but how can I set them to rotate when I rotate the view in the Layout page?
    Thanks

    Alan

     

    Never mind -- I just un-ckecked Rotate with Plan in Default Settings.

    Printing Problems

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    You don't need a template page -- just click on New Layout, save it, go to your the floor in your Plan and click on Print>Drawing Sheet Setup, set the paper size and scale.  Then click on Send to Layout.  From the Layout page click on Print then Print to PDF with the same paper size, save the PDF.

    Alan