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Move things around in the reference display order... see move up, move down buttons on right side of ref. display screen

7 hours ago, kwhitt said:

This new update from today is everything I'd hoped it would be.

Great news Kevin!  I just downloaded it. 
Lovely render you did there!

10 minutes ago, glennw said:

 

Grapes, people....all the same.

Thin skin and juicy on the inside

Thanks Rene,
Yes...I primarily work between Redwood City and Los Gatos, with a little in the east bay... but I'm not able to take on new work as I try to clean my slate for my own impending medical down-time.  PKD... and I'm a lucky man that my wife is a match, so transplant in the next few months with six weeks of down-time afterward.
Christina Girard was mentioned, and I have noted she's working on the peninsula as well.

If you just need a quick representation you could butt 2 barn doors and change one of them to offset 3" from the wall

1 hour ago, KellySantaRosa said:

For example when trying to draw an electrical outlet for the furnace in the HVAC SPV, seems I need to turn on the electrical layer when drawing the object, then change the object properties for the outlet to HVAC, then make the electrical layer invisible again to continue working. Is there a way to draw an outlet in the HVAC layer from the start?

There's a zillion different ways to deal with this.  Personally I don't show electrical on the HVAC plan, but I might make a note calling out the receptacle and to see the electrical plan.  Alternatively you can do what Rob suggested just above... or you can even create your own layer called HVAC_Electrical... and place that receptacle while in you're in the Electrical plan, then change it's layer to the HVAC_Electrical layer, and then it'll show up on both your Electrical plan and your HVAC plan.

3 minutes ago, robdyck said:

Of course the price of steel is a bit off of the norm these days, but it seems simpler than the typical OWWJ with wood webs and metal connector plates.

Agreed.   I'll comment if I find out cost comparison info

3 minutes ago, robdyck said:

I know you weren't asking me...these are similar

https://www.redbuilt.com/products/open-web-trusses/

Any truss mfr using Mitek software / products could build these (it appears)

https://www.mitek.ca/Products/Truss-Connector-Plates/POSI-STRUT-Webs/

 

Thanks Robert.  Actually I was looking for a possibly less expensive alternative to Red-built, and to me this system looks like it should be cheaper to manufacture.  After Chop indicated they were made in Canada I thought there was no chance of them being an option here, but your second link there gives me hope, so I'm going to contact them to see if anyone around here uses their system.

22 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

Something like these maybe.

 

Hey Chop.... out of curiosity, what brand are these particular joists if you know?

1 hour ago, stager386 said:

 

Dane Couch without legs

Dane Couch_rt arm.calibz

If you want the feet gone, it seems to me you should modify the symbol to remove the feet rather than using stretch planes.   With the symbol open in a 3D view, use the Delete Surfaces feature to remove the feet (there are 2 surfaces for each leg).  Once you've done that before clicking anything else, SAVE that as a new symbol to your library, and you'll have a couch without legs.  On that one you can adjust the stretch planes as you desire without the leg problem.

FYI: Alaskan Son has a YouTube video about doing this... maybe some others do as well.

It would probably help if you distinctly brought one or another of the roof surfaces to the forefront instead of kind of ambiguously overlapping as they are now.  Do you want the gables to be proud of the hips, or the hips to be proud of the gables?    On the right side, personally I would project that small false gable a little beyond the main gable 'behind' it... even if only a few inches.  Finally if you just want to edit the lines and not the model, then if you send to layout using 'plot lines' then you can edit the linework.

As a side note, on that rock facing you have, you might consider using the ability to 'make pattern from texture' in the material definition.

9 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Sometimes its the opposite problem....I will pick up on layers that are currently turned off.

I've never had the specific SPV problem mentioned, but this I have had.  I've always attributed this to (note my technical knowledge here).. too much jumbled gunk in memory.  It seems to me that these things only start happening after I've left my computer running with Chief open for long periods of days.  Always disappears after a restart. 

Just now, KellySantaRosa said:

what is SPV?

Saved Plan View...   

19 minutes ago, KellySantaRosa said:

or I think it was copying a callout or annotation from another sheet set rather than creating it anew, such as a revision cloud from electrical to be used on framing.

Do as Rene says above... Just want to point out the importance that if you place an object who's layer is not on, the object will still be 'selected'...but invisible.. you'll likely only see a single selection node.  You have to remember not click on anything else or it will deselect.  While selected you can do as Rene says... open the objects DBX and put it on a layer that you have ON... or Look over at your ALDO and turn on the layer it's on.

1 minute ago, Alaskan_Son said:

If you upgrade to X13, what you can do is simply move the label to a displayed layer for objects whose labels you want turned on.  In other words use the layer as the toggle instead of the suppress label box

Thank you for mentioning this Michael... wow, that's terrific for the way I use labels.  Didn't see anything about this in the X13 overview.

Again... you can set up your electrical SPV's to have the label layer turned off.

Personally, I like the labels because they're so flexible in being able to move / rotate / resize the text.

Set up your SPV's to have the current CAD layer on a layer you won't be turning off.  That layer can be different in your different SPV's

Fill Window command... the button looks like a square with arrows pointing to the corners.   
(Unless you have stuff floating outside your drawing sheet)

Just now, glennw said:

We already have a temporary dimension toggle.

Right... but I believe Alan means to toggle whether temp dims show up when you already have a regular dimension in place

Hmm... I'm certainly not going to discount your concern nor your wish for a toggle.    Chief... throw in a toggle!

1 hour ago, Gawdzira said:

Can I get a toggle (and an amen)?

Toggle would be nice I guess.  
Can't help but wonder though why you're finding it to be a negative?  I haven't used X13 extensively yet, so perhaps I'm missing something.

20 minutes ago, robdyck said:

So you're to blame...

Ha ha ha... I would happily take the credit if I could!   I may have +1 people for the request over the years but I don't believe I've made the suggestion myself.

So frustrating to me to not get temp dimension for a place that doesn't have a dimension, but because there is a dimension adjacent it doesn't pop up.

I don't think it's a new setting, I believe they finally responded to many requests to allow the temporary dimensions to show even when dimensions are in place.  
I'm thrilled to see it. 

33 minutes ago, robdyck said:

Hey Mark, my old (2 years) pc had the same graphics card you have and I couldn't generate ANY 3d views in X13. I had to spend 4K on a new machine to be able to use X13. I chose to go high enough to get really quick PBR-RT views. I take it yours i working with X13?

Very interesting!?!...and painful!   No I've been able to do all the standard rendering techniques... including PBR and the new clay one.  Haven't tried a ray trace.  So far no crashes either, and mouse is working just fine too... so perhaps I shouldn't worry, but I just have a very short fuse for technology giving me grief...so I'm legitimately wary.