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And you work right from Dropbox? Like it was your own Hard Drive? Does CA have any tutorials on this?

I posted this in the wrong place earlier... moved to correct location. Do any of you work through cloud storage or remotely accessed files? I don't mean for backup, but to access and modify then save to a remote or cloud storage device/facility. I work from a external HD, then physically back it up every so often to cloud storage. I would rather work directly from online storage so I can use different computers to access from anywhere. Was thinking that OneDrive is too clunky. Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated. Thanks

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this question... Do any of you work through cloud storage or remotely accessed files? I don't mean for backup, but to access and modify then save to a remote or cloud storage device/facility. Was thinking that OneDrive is too clunky. Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated. Thanks

Perhaps this is coincidence, but as soon as I upgraded to x17 my computer is very "laggy".... Wondering if this had happened to anybody else or if there is a new setting I need to adjust.? For instance for me just to bring up the material library it takes anywhere from 15 seconds to 30seconds just to load the library, where it was instantaneously with x16 or below. Thanks in advance for the info. Oh, computer specs are up to date in my profile

Good Evening. I have a client that has purchased a home that was started to be built in 2013 and has been "abandoned" since. Very large home with attached garage. I would say close to 8,000SF We have the drawings in PDF format, and I would like to get them converted/modeled in CA for use in creating views, renderings, etc. for a remodel and to provide exterior finishes, etc. The home is already built and was permitted. Structural work and shell, windows, roof all on. Just a shell right now. PM me and I can get you the files for consideration. Thanks

That was it! I must have hit some shortcut on accident. Thank you!

Good Evening All, Until just now (or I just realized it now) when I selected an object (wall, cabinet, CAD, etc.) on the bottom right of the window I would get the "information" on that selected object. Now it is gone. Is there an option that I turned off on accident? Thanks

I have a really odd situation. I am modeling a "camp" that has some non-traditional framing. There is an overhang of about a foot on a section of the second floor. The two floors have differing heights. When I try to model the overhangs, where there is a first floor below, iCA automatically adjusts the floor under the overhang to the other side (See attached). How can I stop that automatic floor change? CA allows my differing floor heights in adjacent rooms. When I try to frame the overhang on the side with the room below adjacent... Ceiling automatically adjusts to the adjacent ceiling height. Thanks in advance for the help. I am sure it is something simple. \ Ceiling Height Question.zip

Rgardner: I don't believe that I had adjusted any walls from default in the model, but I will check. How did you get to that screen? It does nt look familiar... Garybills: Mine usually does in other models/files as well. Now that I can't seem to get these to go away, I am interested in knowing why in this model it is different from the rest. Mtldesigns: Not listed as an attic wall.

I know that there is a simple answer to this but I can't seem to figure it out and I am getting impatient! When I create an automatic Roof and ignore the 2nd floor to create a Cape type roof, but without the knee walls, the second floor walls remain, see image. I thought that there was a way to have the roof cut those walls off at their (roof and wall) interface?

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. I was pondering if I could get the dormers how I want them, explode them, then hide the walls, but was hesitent. Thanks again. Much appreciated. Adam

Dormer Question… I have been messing around with both the dormer tools in CA, along with manually creating dormers. I can kinda create the dormers the way I want them to look with all three options, though each option is a bit different for various reasons (Like I can’t get the auto dormer to start near the peak). What I can’t seem to figure out is how to get rid, hide, remove, etc. the wall that is on the sides of the dormers in the plan view. I know it needs to be there when build (either as a wall or floating over rafters), but it looks odd in plan view. With the Floating Dormer those side walls show but allows for the room to be considered as a single large room. With the Auto Dormer it is creating three separate rooms. Question: 1) How do I show this as more of a single room in plan view without the walls making it appear as if it is broken up (floating dormer) 2) How do I Make a single large room when using the Auto Dormer method? 3) Why can’t I get to the peak on the Auto Floating Former methos? 4) Why the heck are my files so huge when trying to load here... Thanks Garage Dormer Question.zip

Solver.... Thank you for that video. Seems so obvious once you started working on it. Forgot about that dialog box "roof cuts wall.." Much appreciate it. This one perplexed me. Seemed so simple.

Rgardner I thought I was doing just that. Perhaps it is the ceiling plane that is messing it up?

Sorry.. looked like it was selling something. No offense meant.