Electromen

I'm an electrical contractor.  I use CA for electrical design, meet with the owners and wire the houses according to the drawings.  

Jorgearaya gave you accurate advice.

The "6 ft Rule" is used as a bare minimum for outlet placement.  If I were designing a spec home or apartment, I'd use that rule.

For custom homes, I place all the furniture and design the electrical and lighting based on furniture and cabinet layouts.  

We made Blueprints in college back in 1973.  The method was obsolete even then.  Invented in 1842, blueprints were truly Blue  The drawing to be copied, drawn on translucent paper, is placed against paper sensitized with a mixture of ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide. The sensitized paper is then exposed to light.

Where the areas of the sensitized paper are not obscured by the drawing, the light makes the two chemicals react to form blue. The exposed paper is then washed in water. This produces a negative image, with the drawing appearing in white against a dark blue background.

Following because I have a Quest 2

I prefer having two different pitches like 12/12 for the roof and 8/12 for the ceiling plane or 8/12 & 6/12.  That allows for plenty of insulation and venting.

21 hours ago, rgardner said:

Same here.

23 hours ago, glennw said:

I have this ongoing problem with toolbars and I have the standard OOB file locations - ie, everything is on the same drive. 

They told me having all your files on Apple iCloud was also a known cause.

I finally called CA tech support about my Toolbars disappearing on my Mac.  It got to a point where about 25% of the time, when I used a 3D camera, the toolbars were gone.  

I had to close the program, open it and restore the toolbars.

Answer = move the CA Data folder to the same drive as the software.  I had the Data folder on a different drive.

Is there anything similar to Apple's Air Play?  I use it with a Sony 65" TV and my Mac desktop and laptop.

It's a wireless connection that works very well without delays and is 4K

I never use a mouse.  I use the Stylus on my Wacom Intuous 5  (PTH650)

I also use programable keys called XKEYS.  There are 55 programable button that I've setup for CA.

Press a key and exterior walls are selected, I have different keys for all the doors, windows, cabinets, walls, roof planes, etc.

I would call HP, but it doesn't look like your computer can be upgraded to a dedicated video card. 

LOOK HERE

Lack of a dedicated graphics card is the largest problem.

Build your roof first, then building the sloped ceiling using ceiling planes.  Set the base of the sloped ceiling at the same height at the top plate of the wall.  Experiment, you may need to set the base an inch or 1 1/2" higher.  Set the top of the slope at the flat ceiling height

I'm on a Mac, so yours may be slightly different

Edit > Default settings > Dimension > Dimensions > Edit > Locate Objects > Openings > Sides > OK

1 hour ago, ShaneK said:

I have built a few homes with stairway to basement in garage,,,,,,, not against code.

 

I'm not an Architect, only an electrician.  Here in PA, USA., I've seen stairs in garages to the basement with a fire rated door and fire rated walls around the staircase.  The door was required at the top and not permitted at the bottom.  The door also had a 4" concrete curb under the threshold.

The problem is gasoline fumes are heavier than air and will accumulate at the lowest point. 

An open staircase or non fire rated walls, door and 4" concrete curb would require the electrical at the lower lever to be Class 3, Division 3, Explosion proof.  The cost in material is outrageous, one switch is $400.  That's not a problem since the building inspector would turn the design down.

All I'm saying is a call to the local inspector may be a good idea.

Having an opening in a garage floor may be al fire code violation.  I would look into that before you get too far.  I know it would be in the USA.

Be aware, that by default, the 16" MacBook Pro uses the on-board Intel video graphics when running on battery.

When plugged in, the default is the AMD Radeon Pro video card.

These defaults are set to preserve battery life.

The defaults can be changed in System Prefences > Battery > Battery > Automatic Graphics Switching

On 11/19/2020 at 11:41 AM, Steve-C said:

Are there any other design programs that are more active on the Mac platform than CA?

Of course all Windows programs can run on a Mac via Bootcamp, Parallels or VMWare

I spent more time tonight in CA with Big Sur.  

I don't notice any lag. 3D views all work as fast as before.  All of the Libraries and file structure are the same.

All the software opens quickly, just like it always did.

I use Parallels for Windows 10.  Parallels has a Big Sur update and also works normally.

I use Davinci Resolve Pro for video editing, it too is compatible.

So far, I haven't found any of my software or hardware having a problem.

On the Mac Pro, last year I upgraded the SSD and RAM with OWC products.  I emailed OWC before I installed Big Sur.  They said both upgrades are compatible with Big Sur and they were correct.

2 hours ago, clarkandaldine said:

I have been running X12 on our company iMacs (loaded with 32GB and 64GB RAM), and it is flawless. 

 

I am considering purchasing a new MacBook Pro with M1 and 16GB RAM and testing X12 to see how it performs. Anxious if anyone has given it a shot yet. 

I would wait until the 16" MacBook Pro with dedicated video card is offered with the M1

5 hours ago, esteyp said:

Yes I was following those steps.  Then I tried the Export to .pdf function, ran no problem.  Went back to Print to pdf and everything works fine. No idea why it gagged on my first set of attempts.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Paul

Odd, As you know, shutting down the printer and computer & reboot, usually clears memory problems.

I upgraded to Big Sur on my 2019 16" MacBook Pro and 2013 Mac Pro.

No problems so far.

Post a little more detail of you printing steps.

Mine are:

from Layout > Print to PDF > Save in a Folder named Layout > Print the PDF

Just now, rgardner said:

Thanks Greg!  I appreciate the heads-up.  I haven't upgraded either yet but did inquire with chief who said officially it isn't approved yet but that was because they are just starting to test it.  Good to know what we have read is true.  My biggest upset at this point about upgrading is that Bluebeam revu for mac which I use all the time supposedly will not run on Big Sur.  No chance you have it to test as well?

No, I don't have Bluebeam

1 minute ago, rgardner said:

Same answer as Greg as I am waiting till the pro versions are running them but everything I read gets me excited for down the road.  However I will mention that I ordered one for my wife to replace her previous model mbp 13" and it should be here next week and I plan on loading chief to see how the thing runs out of curiosity.  I will try to update here once I have played with it.

I'm looking forward to hearing about it

The M1 isn't available in the more powerful computers with advanced video cards like the 16" MacBook Pro or Mac Pro.

I'll wait until the top of the line has the M1.

I upgraded both the 2019 16" MacBook Pro and 2013 Mac Pro to Big Sur, OS 11.

Both upgrades went smoothly and CA work fine.  I haven't experienced any negative glitches yet.

I'm on a Mac.  It happens to me almost every time I meet with clients.  That's when I use a TV to mirror on of my dual monitors.

It happens using HDMI, it also happens with wireless AirPlay.