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Really weird- I can't get it to do anything but 3" increments in that situation. I never, ever use 3" sizing so it is useless to me-maybe Dennis and I can trade places.

FWIW- I have some annosets that are -just wall cabs, just base- they have appliances and such as needed. I most often use them to pull dimensions but occasionally they simplify working in design.

Odd why mine is fine when set to 3" . Are the templates or plans from X7? Edit I just managed to get odd size by placing a wall cabinet above with object snaps on and then base snapped to that getting an odd size. Place on their own or object snaps off no problem.

I usually have mine set to 1" but just tried a fresh plan with it at 3". I'm not getting that problem, thought it might be grid snaps since sometimes they get turned on and create things like that. But didn't have any issue. Note the plan was from a fresh template created in X8 -maybe old file???

Xoticpc is one source -a useful forum (one section is what laptop should I buy), handles just about every gaming pc available, and has people to talk to.

Laptops are often a separate discussion from desk tops. In general they cost more. How you will use it is important to deciding what. Occasional, short periods (under 2 hours) just some revisions-you can get away with less power than you might want in a primary machine. Using for shorter time periods you can also go thinner/lighter. I only work on a laptop with multiple screens and end up spending a bit on my machines and putting up with heavier than I'd like (at this age anyway

here ya go labels.pdf

You can use the work around (2 cabinets) and still get it into the schedule by blocking the cabinets. FWIW this modification has become increasingly available in semi-custom brands. ( I'm still more likely to use a blind with an insert but ...)

you can either use pt to pt resize with the pdf slected, or open the dbx for the pdf and type in the size. In this case where it is exactly half what you want that works, otherwise pt to pt is easier.

I rarely bother but have done what Graham suggested once on a beaded inset symbol but looks like you have overlay. I had gotten a few back a ways from Pat-3D Diva (doesn't seam to be around anymore) They are a start but you would have to mix in another texture or adjust the properies to get them to work on a full cabinet. They are ok for the doors but the rest well not so. Library and pics attached. Glazes.calibz

You can click on the schedule then drag an item up or down to change it's number-if you have done a lot much adding/deleting of items in the schedule it's a good idea to right click-renumber schedule first so you only have to drag things once. Can also set up schedules by room or floor if you need to.

I dragged the sides of the molding symbol to meet the opening in plan,had a back clip section open to check, seemed to work.

Sweet.

This is a bit fussy but works (I don't do well with 3d Plines). Make a regular molding p-line, convert to a symbol. Open symbol and rotate as needed. Sizing and placement are annoying, trial and error.

I've been getting more crashes in X8 than I did before. Actually I started noticing them in X7-vrashes were extremely rare before that. (it is also possible that upgrading from 8 to 8.1 is a factor but I can't remember when I did that. I know it messed with my Widi connection to a tv?) Not reproducible-sent a few in. Happens most in elevations, second in 3D, rarely in plan. At first it appeared to be related to symbols I made but nope, then I thought it might be a system resource thing. I'm not well behaved about opening things and tried to isolate it to specific programs but then noticed getting them when nothing much else was open except for email. I do always have many tabs, often multiple plans and a layout. Mentioned while at KBIS and they suggested that I allow the reports to send in. It's not totally awful or anything, just not what I was used to. (still better than 2020 by a few light years) I have noticed that a lot of temp files get generated. So I started to use an applet that 2020 has to delete temp files and that appears to help when I remember to click it. If I keep the total down below 100 that appears to help.

Feel free to take me up on Larry's offer;). My answer is if you possibly can get Premier. Thanks for the kind words Larry.

You may well be right Michael. That had not occurred to me since I never use that config. The cabinets in that toolbar do NOT follow ALL of your default settings, only some. Pretty much making that unusable for kitchens.

Don't know if this helps- I believe with the advent of Optimus in Nvidia cards the ports all run through the on board card. Mine are but I run multiples ok. At 1920 x 1080 I have my 24" monitor on a DVI port. If I run it on the DisplayPort it gets laggy. I can run a TV on the HDMI. The third monitor is a DisplayLink that connects to a USB port. I had to set the DisplayLink software to use the Intel card but never have any problems with it. Overall I get an occasional crash but that does not appear to be related to which monitor- seams more to do with symbols, temporary files, plan, total overhead or the pilot. Attached are my settings in Nvidia. Showing the ports are all on the Intel GPU, Global settings set to use Nvidia card (I also set this in Windows power options), Then of course Chief set to use the Nvidia card. Note I always stay completely away from the Intel settings dbx. I also use UltraMon but that opens up Windows settings for the displays if I need to get to them. I doubt that matters, just makes managing windows on monitors easier. If all else fails DisplayLink has adapters -might be worth talking with them? Another note- I'm on Windows 8.1 I was running the TV off a Microsoft wireless HDMI dongle using Intel Widi when the machine was running Win8. That stopped working with the showroom TV on upgrade, though it works at home?? Mention it cause issue could also be related to the OS?

Nah-it's why we have this forum, if it was easy...

Graham you can do that in Rich Text- the screenshot is of a single RT box using varied typefaces.

Can also change typeface in Rich Text. (kerning is not available)

I don't see a listing that shows anything in Interiors that is not in premier? Wasn't that way when I upgraded from interiors. Screen shot of cabinets in the core library in premier. Note that I never ever use any of these. They do not follow the plan defaults which I use to govern what brand, construction, and style I'm working in. I've gradually built up several of my own cabinets for various brands in the user library, using the cabinets that do follow default settings. I have these all set with each brands specific labeling per item, and have also made it so that any modification can show in a schedule. Grabbed and assembled some shrunken images off last weeks plan for reference.

Someone smarter than me has to answer most of your questions. I do kitchens and other cabinetry- remodel and new construction, and provide demo, new and electric plans, limited framing needed for what I do. I also have to supply drawing to cabinet companies showing openings. I started with Interiors and quickly found that I needed Premier. The things that I find make a difference (and worth every penny) are CAD detail from view, annotation sets, and the project browser. CAD detail from view gives me a way to make dimensioned drawings of cabinet openings easily. Prior to having that I was either adding lines all over OR exporting to a seperate CAD program and bringing it back. CAD detail from view also helps with drawing "as-built" to layer under plans. Project browser just speeds up work. Annotation sets to control what I see, what gets dimensioned (like only wall cabinets, only base cabinets, etc) and have simpler work environment. That one alone I think is worth the cost.

Yeah, it's a work around- top is what Chief does with a standard corner cabinet that is inset- it is WRONG.

I'm with you Dennis- back at machine. I see that shelves can't be set on corners. Setting them before changing to corner cabinet has no effect on the shelf depth of the final corner cabinet. Tested several flat panels (framed doors from drop down, custom doors with 1/8, 1/4. 3/8 thick panels) all the same result- I have not been able to get shelves to show through corner cabinet door in overlay. (guessing here but you are using overlay correct?) Not sure what the difference is with what you have and what I did so I got nuttin for ya, sorry. (post the plan?) I stand corrected- just managed to get them to show using perspective floor overview. From pretty high so not something I often do. Would be nice for those of you who do need that kind of view that shelves could simply be turned off in the ALDO. I doubt most building folks are going to muck with changing shelf defaults. I CAN get them to show through (in really extreme POV) using inset cabinets. I'd guess there are camera placements that may be worse than others. The shelf thing has been reported in the past- response was something about Z fighting and the gist was nothing was likely to happen. That being the case I changed my defaults. Guess the reason I haven't run into this lately is all of my base corners don't have shelves since I always place a susan, and I rarely use diagonal wall corner cabinets. More of a problem for me (and why I'm guessing you are using overlay since you don't mention it) is how a pie cut corner cabinet shows if using Inset. Chief adds two extra stiles to the center-nothing like reality-top is Chiefs, bottom is work around.