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Here are some quote from the Electrican's forum when I asked your question: 1. "Welcome to the world of electronics. This type of stuff is getting more regular with the advent of new electronic gadgets. Led's are widely variable and as you may know some will work on dimmers while others won't. Until there is some standard set for the design of these then this situation is here to stay. I have some phillips bulbs that are guaranteed to work with Lutron CL dimmers and we get a buzz from them." 2. "There is an FCC standard for RF interference, but a lot of the stuff is not in compliance even though it has a label that says it is. There are cases of interference from ballasts and or drivers shutting down cell towers and emergency communications systems." 3. " call it "electronic tinnitus" because it can make a receiver temporarily deaf (like me). If you have an inductive wire tracer (Triplett's 'Fox and Hound' for example), turn the probe on, move it to the base of a powered LED lamp and then turn the lamp off. Different brands and models will almost certainly give different results. If you know a amateur radio operator, ask if they've experienced any problems with non-incandesant bulbs. If they have, you may want to put a finger in each ear."

How old is the garage door opener? I'm just wondering what frequency it uses? The older ones used dip switches. It was possible for a thief to record the frequency and reproduce it. Newer ones use a frequency between 300-400 MHz and rely on rolling code technology, the code changes every time it's used and never reproduced. Since the signal is supposed to be significantly different from that of any other garage door remote control, manufacturers claim it is impossible for someone other than the owner of the remote to open the garage. The newest systems are limited to the 315 MHz frequency. The 315 MHz frequency range avoids interference from the Land Mobile Radio System (LMRS) used by the U.S. military.

I never heard of that one before. I'm on a forum for electricians, I'll ask them. Do you know if it was the wireless of the opener & restaurant system that it interfered with?

Thanks Shane, I installed a 400 amp, 3 phase, 120/208 service entrance in the same room as large corporate servers, but as a rule we separated everything a minimum of 4 ft. Never had a problem.

Be careful to keep Ethernet (UTP), and other low voltage cabling at least 3 feet away from anything that can create an Electromagnetic field. Devices include heating/cooling units, motors, printers, copiers, electrical wiring, video equipment, and much more. it’s critical to keep UTP cabling as far away from fluorescent lighting as possible since cables are very susceptible to interference from fluorescent lights. Also, it's best to have the 110 volt circuits feeding the Ethernet be fed from the main distribution panel, not a sub panel. So to answer your question, yes, as long as the closet is large enough to allow the breaker panel to be at least 3 ft from the electronic equipment and low voltage cabling. I've been an electrical contractor for over 30 years.

Fair enough. I agree that a Mac makes an excellent Windows machine. I have a Mac Pro desktop and run CA on the Apple side. I have Windows 7 installed on one of the internal hard drives using BootCamp. I use professional video editing software on it (Vegas Pro) and it runs extremely well.

Why not just run the Mac version of CA on it?

I tried drawing a walkthrough path and editing it with keyframes. I doesn't allow me to curve the path the way I'd like to. I tried a spline, the walkthrough works but a spline doesn't allow for editing individual camera views.

That's a good idea, I'll give it a try.

Is there a trick I'm missing? When I created a Walk Through Path, I have a hard time connecting the cameras. I'll start out alright but after a few turns, it wants to create a new set of cameras. After several tries it works but it's frustrating.

Quote from reference manual "The Field of View defines the camera’s field of vision in angular degrees. The Field of View refers to a camera’s field of vision. A wider field of view makes the focal point appear further away, as more of the image is included in the same view window. In floor plan view, the angled lines of a camera symbol indicate its field of view. A camera’s field of view can be adjusted in the Camera Specification dialog. See “Camera Panel” on page 902. The field of view can also be adjusted while in a camera view using the keyboard: W - Increase camera Field of View. N - Decrease camera Field of View. In addition, the field of view can be adjusted with the mouse wheel when Zoom Using Field of View is checked in the Preferences dialog. See “Render Panel” on page 122. "

Thank you both, that make sense

It only happens in my newest project using the latest version of X7. I used Text early in the project to type "Wall mounted TV" Now ever time I use text it lists "Wall mounted TV" in the dbx box. I have to back it out and then type in my new text. If I open an older project, things are normal, the dbx is blank.

Yes, but the default height is 0" off floor so adjust the height to 24". Usually it's not at the top of the 36" high cabinet because the electrical box would hit the drawer inside.

I'd like to make special electrical symbols. I've tried, and watched several training videos but haven't succeeded. Some examples are: A. 16/4 cable to each window for powered blinds. Since the wire goes directly into the blind, the 3D symbol is not that important. B. Duplex Cat6 Jack, two Cat6 ports in one plate C. 3/4" Conduit from a blank plate to the attic for future use. 3D symbol could be a blank wall plate. Requirements are similar to all electrical items: 1. The 2D symbol must rotate toward the wall automatically 2. The 2 D text should also rotate 3. I want the symbol to be in a new layer called "Communications" 4. The Symbol should be counted in the material list. Thank you in advance for your help.

Cleaning out the laundry room, I found the manual from the 1997 version. It's amazing how advanced the early program was.

I'd like to hear an explanation from CA as to why they are using the term DPI. shouldn't it be PPI, pixels per inch? DPI, dots per inch, is only used when referring to printers and print media. PPI is used to determine an image's resolution.

Thanks everyone for your advice, Jason thank you for the concise answer.

I'm the electrician (sub contractor) for a large builder of custom homes in the $400K to $1.5M range The Architect uses Revit. I receive his drawings in both print and .PDF forms. I enter everything into CA, add the kitchen cabinets using the Kitchen Designer's drawings and meet with the customer for electrical design. They watch a 40" TV while I use the computer, it works very well and the customer is excited to see the house in 3D. This is done usually before the house is framed. On the last house I found a mistake. The master bath ceiling had a 45º angle above the vanity and over the shower. The second floor extended too far into the garage roof. I didn't think too much about it, I just figured my roof was wrong. After all, I'm there for electrical, not framing or house design. We started the wiring Friday and CA was right, there was a 45º angle in the master bath. The framers had notched into the rafters to eliminate the 45 and have a flat ceiling. The local building inspector showed up and turned it down. Now they have to somehow fix it. My question is: Should I mention that I saw this 3 weeks ago? Am I interfering with the architect? Will I end up looking like a know-it-all and have the contractor upset with me? or Should I keep my mouth shut? A jpeg is attached showing the problem.

Is the Epson WF7610, set up for wireless communication with the iMac or is it hard wired? Have you tried hard wired?

If the OP responds back, I can help. I have a similar printer and I'm on a Mac like her.

I've been an electrical contractor for 35 years. If an architectural symbol says 110 or 120, who cares. We know it's a standard 120 volt circuit. I wouldn't think twice about it. The only time it matters is when the electrician or electrical engineer is calculating the ampacity and wire size of the circuit. The voltages symbols that do matter to me are 120, 208, 240, 277, 480 and whether it's single phase or 3 phase.

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