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I have several mulled windows and I set their labels to Show Component Labels. Window W22 is a mulled unit and has a single label in plan yet in the window schedule it is designated a Triple 24 60. Windows W18, W19, & W20 are mulled and their label in plan is W18 W19 W20 yet in the schedule it is designated as three separate windows. I'm not sure why this is but I would like my mulled windows to have a WXX label in plan and in the schedule show as a Triple XX XX.
Any idea how I can do that?
ThanksAlan
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I believe I-Joist is an option in the structural dbx.
Alan
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You can also force what you are trying to see by breaking that string into 3 separate dimension and setting the one in question to a smallest fraction of 1/1. I don't think that would be a very good idea though.
In my plan I was referring to the temporary dimension not the auto dimension. In the screen shot I was changing one dimension in a two dimension string first from outside wall to window -- second from window to insure wall. Not sure if that makes any difference though.
Alan
Do you have grid snaps turned on? That can do it.
I need to check that.
Alan
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Michael
Here it is (well a test plan into which I copied over some walls etc). Look at the window in the RH wall toward the top. I set the dimension to a x'-x1/16" yet it shows as x'-x½". If you change it to say 13/16" it rounds up to a whole inch.
Alan
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I remember well (even though it was close to fifty something years ago) when I was working in the drawing office of a forgings company back in England -- we used tee squares, triangles, compasses and french curves to draw the components on linen in pencil then use ink pens and ink compasses to finish up. I do not miss those days. You could erase quite a few times before the coating on the linen got a little too thin. Then there were the huge drawing filing cabinets that took up so much space.
I think that if you are planning a new house layout then using paper and pencil to get close to the desired layout is perfectly fine. I haven't delved into the options in CA to do space planning but it's sort of the same thing.
Just my two cents worth (and chance to reminisce)
Alan
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I have my ¼" Scale Dimensions set for the Closest Fraction Reduced Fraction as well as smallest fraction is ½". If I select a window to move it and the temporary dimension is 2'-8½" and I click on it to resize, it says 2'-8.062. I even set the dimension to 2'-8 1/16 but it still says 2'-8½" when I hit Enter.
Shouldn't it change to 2'-0" as the nearest fraction?
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I used Autodesk Architecture for quite a few years -- wish I had heard about Chief before -- more user friendly.
Thanks guys
Alan
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I purchased HD Pro and really like its functionality but as soon as my contractor started giving me more work I switched to CA Premier as it gives me a lot more options including having multiple layout pages. I got the $500 discount for upgrading.
I'm urging my contractor to get the basic program as he lays out the houses on some cheap CAD software that takes time to convert.
Alan
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I went ahead and put all my details in a single plan on Level One. I set the scale to ¼". I found out that I can send individual details to my layout by selecting Current Screen. That will save me having to figure out the name of the CAD Detail and then opening it. If I need to, I can rescale the detail once it's in the layout. Also if I need to modify it I can copy the block, explode it and give it another name. I think this will be more productive than dragging details from my User Library.
Alan
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I just got an Acer Predator for gaming (I use Macs) and it is very powerful. Has a 240GB SSD drive for Windows 10 and a 1TB drive for programs and such Intel i7 CPU and a nVidia GeForce GTX 980M. Comes in a 15" and 17"
Alan
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I think that you will have to explode the block to work on the details.
Alan
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Joe
One thing that I discovered the other day was the ability to change the scale of the insert by right clicking on its "box". I had been using the Transform tool. I guess right now as I don't have a ton of details I'll keep them all in my Template Plan as CAD Details together with my notes. As it expands I'll move them to a separate Plan.
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So putting them in different plans is "better" than putting them as individual CAD Details in one plan? Seems easier to have one plan open rather than having multiple plans that you have to hop back and forth between.
I guess horses for courses.
Alan
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David
I had a similar issue that you fixed at the beginning of the video. As it happens that item on my wall that looks exactly like what you were seeing was in fact a stud on the end of an interior wall that butted up against the outside wall. I went into the plan and pulled that internal wall away from the outside wall and it made the anomaly disappear. So for an elevation I did that so it looked clean and when I went to print the second floor plan I just put the end of the wall back where it belonged. Alan
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Michael
I used to have each CAD block in a separate plan and then sent them to my current layout. I guess I could go back to that. Is there any advantage in putting them in a single plan as CAD Details?
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Just go with a Mac -- so much better than a Windows machine. Purchased my first Mac in 2008 with an iPhone then a Mac Pro then a MacBook Air and have never missed Windoes since.
Alan
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I have several CAD blocks in my library, for instance one for an 8"CMU foundation wall with a brick veneer. I can add this to my plan as needed. However if I need to change something and then replace the original in my library with it I just give it the same name and I get a message box that asks if I want to replace all copies of this block with the one I just modified. I click on YES bit it doesn't -- the block in my library is the original unmodified one.
Is this a known bug or just in my plan?
ThanksAlan
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Joey
I get your point.
Alan
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Thanks Michael but it doesn't really save any time by saving the elevation cameras as one click will add them automatically in a new plan.
Alan
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Thanks Jerry
Alan
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Comments can be entered in the comment field for the window unit itself through the components dbx. For a mulled unit, it would depend on your label settings...
-If you are displaying in your schedule as a single unit than enter in the components dialogue box for the mulled unit.
-If you are displaying in your schedule as individual units than enter in the components dialogue boxes for the individual windows (select the mulled unit and then hit tab to select each individual window).
Thanks Michael
Alan
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Simply change the label from automatic to what ever you need for it to say. Rather than a 60"x60" mulled unit. Just type in the label box 2-30"x60" or something like that.
Joey
That means I have to edit every label and it would be tie consuming.
Alan
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Sorry to be pedantic over this Michael, but to get the correct rough opening I would need to
a.) determine the thickness of the filler that the manufacturer used when they mull the units
b.) set the windows apart from each other to account for the mull.
I am assuming for this situation that the manufacturers frame and sash settings are the same as CA defaults.
I am also assuming for this situation that the rough opening for the two mulled windows that is shown in the window schedule is a function of the rough opening for each window plus how much I set them apart from each other to account for the mull.
Am I out in left field on this?
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Alan
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Michael
I don't want to post in the forum but can email you the plan if that's okay.
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Alan