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I have never used Softplan I did arrange a rep to do a presentation at our remodelers club He didn't bring the software - he just talked for 40 minutes about its features and benefits I couldn't believe he didn't tell me he wasn't actually going to demo the software I have been on this forum since 2004 and I have never heard anyone speak good of Softplan that has tried it and then tried Chief Lew

my recommendation is don't use McAffee my recommendation is to use Norton I've been using it for decades and I surf the web veraciously some will say it is a resource hog and a decade ago that was true but it was re-written and wins the awards every year stay away from Kepersky - Russian spyware https://us.norton.com/norton-security-antivirus Lew

you can have all 30 floors below grade Lew

you could contact CA's tech support but with an older version that costs $$ Lew

I started with Chief 9.5 and put Chief on another drive did same with Chief 10 however, every time I called tech support they claimed that was my issue so I put Chief on C: and have been doing so ever since check with CA's tech support first - maybe its not an issue now ??? Lew

probably best to contact CA's tech support Lew

delete away unless you work with clients who have older versions you only need the current version Lew

Perry: never even noticed ... might still be a good idea to file an official support ticket ? Lew

you should contact CA's tech support - they can probably help also they like to know about issues so they can fix them for "everyone" Lew

1070 8gb card for 2200$. WOW !!! do you really need that ? Lew

(I5 cause I7 is not available with LTE option). Please explain what the LTE option is ??? I would think i7 would be better than I5 ??? Lew

are you sure you need a $3,000 laptop ??? seems a bit steep unless you really need a screamer speedster in general you should be looking between $1500 - $2000 Lew

David Potter has X1-X9 on Windows 10 Pro If you will be using the laptop at the clients I would recommend 17" or larger or buy an LCD projector crowding shoulder to shoulder with the clients works but ??? get a larger monitor or tv for home with 4K etc the clients don't need that in your laptop screen I agree with upgrading to X9 If you are in business you should stay current X2 is getting very old if you ask questions on this forum you may not get the best answers as the reply might be "not sure how X2..." or "not sure if X2 can do that..." Lew

If you will be using the laptop at the clients I would recommend 17" or larger or buy an LCD projector crowding shoulder to shoulder with the clients works but ??? get a larger monitor or tv for home with 4K etc the clients don't need that in your laptop screen Lew

try one of these .dxf to .dwg converter utilities https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=nwT9WazCGcPSkwWUvYnoDg&q=convert+.dxf+to+.dwg&oq=convert+.dxf+to+.dwg&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1l9.3062.10050.0.10982.22.21.0.0.0.0.371.3679.2-11j3.15.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..7.15.3907.6..35i39k1j0i131k1j0i20i264k1.232.YN5yydika8Y Lew

I'm with Johnny - no wonder I was always fighting this Lew

Hi: I did a google search on PDF markup and found this and others Kami looks to be free ? I haven't used it https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kami-pdf-and-document-mar/ecnphlgnajanjnkcmbpancdjoidceilk?hl=en Lew

The CA input method expects you to go around the lot in one direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise Chris: understood my problem was that if I made a mistake I had to start all over again maybe I didn't but I couldn't figure out how to correct the mistake and keep going I have seen other survey/plot software where you enter everything into a table and then "resolve" the plot I prefer that method Lew

just draw a bunch of single lines and use point-to-point to move them into place. Should take about 5-10 min. max I only did a few plots because I hated the input method it should be "easy" to enter this data and get a plot I stopped doing them and gave them to my partner to do he has more patience than I do CA needs to make the input method MUCH easier Lew

Gene: start with this Surface Pro 5 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=1&searchType=search&id=pcat17071&st=surface pro 5&qp=processormodelsv_facet%3DProcessor Model~Intel 7th Generation Core i7^systemmemoryram_facet%3DRAM~8 gigabytes add more ram or more SSD if desired jumpsticks (128 or 256 GB) and external drives (2 TB $79) are easy to add via USB Surface only has 1 USB port - but I have a very small hub that gives 4 ports and has its own power supply if needed for $80 I bought a CD/DVD/Blue-ray player - to use as needed I also have the HDMI wireless adapter so I can display Surface on my 60" tv at home and another for my 42" tv at my musuem as for running Chief ? - I'm retired and don't use the Surface for that still run on my old laptop and my old desktop Lew

I found GOTOMEETING to be very helpful its free for the client - you start a session - they sign in and you can show them whatever you want while you drive Chief and other software on your PC you can even give them control of their keyboard and mouse to let them drive you can record the session so any changes are documented etc there are cheaper versions but their names escape me know as I haven't used them in awhile another method is to create a client presentation layout then print as a PDF and email them the PDF or meet in person (best) I named my layouts as 123_OAK_LAYPS_171028_1500_LBX9.layout and 123_OAK_LAYCP_171028_1700_LBX9.layout where PS = permit set and CP = client presentation Lew

I don't trust the cloud old school systems/analyst/programmer who started in 1978 I prefer to save to my PC Hard Drive then when done save to the cloud also Lew

I get PC magazines and in general Intel wins out sometimes AMD will get the lead but very soon Intel is back at the front so I stick with Intel Lew

Hi: you should follow the Hometalk forum but HD PRO users can benefit from following Chieftalk as well since HD PRO has many manual features like Chief Premier just be aware of the limitations of HD PRO and always identify when asking questions that you have HD PRO Lew

Viki: with old or new PC check out Microsoft's Assure Software Plan for $149/annual 800-642-7676 they will assist via phone or remote control to help with settings for MS products and other some other products concerning how they run on a PC I think the plan covers multiple PC's Lew