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Here's one I had. Steel Case.calibz

Not that I'm aware of unless something has changed, but then I keep auto turned OFF.

Nice Tommy, thanks but I'm covered, Joe's made the client happy. I make the door symbols a lot like you do. I've taken to saving them as blocks so I can just change panels and moldings- have a few "sticks" in the library for rails and stiles to keep grain direction proper. This was a special case. Once I'm out from under the current onslaught I'm gonna try Joe's method for a few contemporary doors.

Yeah, gotta talk that fool that works for me, some days when he gets really busy-just have no idea what he's thinkin :0 sorry about that.

Folder marked "Dbles". Alan the beaded inset was from a prior thread- had to download to check I uploaded the right one.

Agreed Dennis, I include edge profiles in the docs to keep it all clear. In any case she is a repeat hi end client, owns a real estate agency, worth the effort in the long run. I would almost go so far as to say she was the tipping point for me to switch to CA from 2020 for most work. When doing her kitchen I went through endless variations of moss green renderings, a headache in 2020. Switched in the middle of her job, wasn't the main reason just a bonus.

That's great, thanks Joe. I saw Dennis' comment while I was out so expected it. Set the Y origin to 1/2 and it's perfect. Client will be happy-I owe ya one (again Thanks for the tutorial too-there are a couple of contemporary slabs where it will be useful.

Joe here is your door in close up with the extra edge I'm referring to.

The wall type for those two walls is demolition-4. That will always look the way you describe.

Yeah I'd like to know what powers the router? what tool? I spent an hour and change playing making assorted solids to assemble- finally had to get to work. It still has the line- in this case because there is an extra edge on the face of the drawer. I'm not sure if it would go away even if flush. The dresser pic has the ones I cleaned up in SU a wee bit better than where I started. Yours has a much deeper lip as well-not really a problem but it took me a bit to figure out the y origin so that it lipped the cabinet. Larry- the black line where the molding meets the slab.

Attached library has: -2 cabinet door symbols- double height door (center rail) -3.75" rails and stiles, framing bead is a light bevel. There is one with the center rail ..well centered and another with the center rail offset toward the bottom. These are tall to begin with since I was using them as full height on 97" cabinets. Vertical stretch planes set at 20 and 60 I think - a block of each in case you want to go and change the framing bead or the panel (sooner or later something else will get popular I hope). I have a heck of a time getting the 3D molding line located so I've taken to saving these for later use. Double Shaker.calibz

Nice idea Dennis, won't let me turn molding pline into a solid. Wonder if I can figure out how to make it just with solids-not my strong suit. I tried: export as 3ds, converted to skp in TCad- then deleted the line in sketchup- imported. It's wee bit better but still there. I'm starting to think it has to be?? Client was after me about it so I said I see if somebody smarter than me could solve it. (Thought I was doing pretty good just to end up with a lipped drawer that worked, won't need one for another 10 years ;-)

Attached is a library with a lipped drawer symbol and block I used to create the symbol. Problem is that in vector views the edge of the molding I used on the outside is showing. Is there a better way to create this symbol (or others like it) that prevents the edge from showing up? lipped.calibz

I'm back at trying to get a cabinet schedule that is "live" and includes (most) of what I need for an order. Fiddled with this for for about 5 hours yesterday and made some progress but I have a couple of questions just to make sure I understand what I can and can't do before I start asking for things....and maybe someone has a trick for some? Thought that one thread was best. I'm trying to avoid messing with the comment column much since it gets really tedious and slow. But if no other choice maybe.. 1-I can have a schedule for a separate room (bless room dividers)- is there a way to get a second prefix for some cabinets in the same room? For instance I have an island done in Cherry and perimeter cabinets in paint. Those have to be on separate orders. I'd like to change the prefix since I doubt I could have separate schedules. 2-In that vein- assuming the only options are labels or comments, is there a way to add a blank row- a spacer? 3-Include molding, corbels, legs etc. that are ordered with the cabinets? If I block a group of corbels AND then "treat as one" I can get them into the schedule. Same goes for molding. The blocks get a bit awkward while working, no quantities, and the molding gives me little detail other than just editing labels. Better than nothing but is there another way? 4-Same goes for panels and shelves, any other way? I've taken to making some of those things from cabinets which sort of works most often. 5- A way to include items that don't show in the model but need to be on an order?. i.e.-Touch up kit, extra finish, extra solid stock, scribe molding. I can't get the block trick to work- I tried text with a line, text with a psolid. I can change the label on a cabinet and muck around with it, but since I want to include the dimension columns those get filled too.(...phone call from the installer "TUKIT 1/16" , 1/16" 1/16"-whatthe... Is there something other than a cabinet, that I can change the label of that I can get into the cabinet schedule. OR is there a way to suppress the dimensions of a "cabinet" from appearing in the schedule? 6.- "type" is not an option for the cabinet schedule correct? would that help anything at all? 7-Is there an easier way to re-order items. Right click and move up schedule moves the item one space, dragging around the schedule gets a little confusing and very time consuming. (I have a couple now with 45-60 cabinets in kitchen alone) After revisions, editing etc the schedule numbers are all over the place. A good chunk of those 5 hrs yesterday were just moving items to get numbers correct. I've been doing this on PDF's in Bluebeam which takes 15 minutes but live would be much better. Is there perhaps way to completely re-order the cabinets in a room clockwise or such? not ideal but that at least would be a better place to start. Any help appreciated.

Did you change the wall type to "demoliton"? they show that way in 3d

IF room baseboard is taller than the toe kicks then use a seperate molding line to add the "Shoe" , if the cabinets are already in place "make room molding pline" doesn't behave nicely.

Graham- I understand what is being attempted. The first plan I posted allows you to change out the door to any door, create a symbol from that and use it. The problem with that one is creating combined cabinets since the door was full overlay. Here is a "kit" library. There is a single drawer, a single door, and a double door. I included each as both a symbol and as an arch block (the kit part). For reference I stuck a couple of cabinets in it. To use these symbols I set the cabinet as traditional overlay with a ZERO overlap. I set the Y access of the symbol at 13/16. That recesses it into the cabinet I've had to do this with lipped doors. (Be a good idea to open the symbols to check sizing and such.) To change door style you will have to create a new symbol but this is a kit. Just select whichever of the provided block types you need (single door, double door, drawer) drop into a new plan, explode, open the door to get dimensions and height off the floor (I'm not very consistant when creating doors Then replace the door from library with the door of your choice- change the dimensions to match the old door, make a symbol, add to library. Good to go. These will resize with cabinets (as would the first ones I posted) But they will also work with different configurations and combined cabinets (you can use the new split face tool) The downside is hardware. The drawer has to be a "false drawer" or the drawer box show through. Chief doesn't put hardware on false drawers. IF the double door symbol is used as a door you get one piece of hardware, If it is used as a door panel you get none.

Used a different "door kit plan"(not sure what I was doing with the last one), made up two door styles with drawers. A single and a double. 3 cabinets slammed together as if combined-Looks fine in render but in some cases hardware has to be added manually- needs clean up in elevation and vector but then I don't need this for ordering- just spec what I want. Would need a couple of configs (guess I'm half way there) and only would do this under special circumstances. I've only ever had one person even mention beads in render.

No Gene, none in mfg catalogs. Here is one I'd fooled around with not long ago. I only got as far as a full height door, I either got busy or the immediate need faded. I set it up so to use as a full overlay with a zero reveal. The plan has the parts I used to make the symbol on the left. Wanted to be able to change the door style per job. Test cabinets are on the right. Molding profile is in between. A little more work would allow for alternated face configurations.

Very nice, thanks.

The other day Scott Harris told me this doesn't happen in the technical illustration view and it doesn't. Suits the purpose for me in most cases, just have to make it a bit less ugly. He suggested looking at the Fire and Ice sample I think on the CA website. I'm gonna play with that. Just thought I 'd pass it on.

Last time Lew mentioned the projectors I looked into them, certainly small enough, really interesting. I don't want to lug a screen though. Maybe if it was one presentation to sell a job but over half my meetings are at clients homes. usually at the dining room table. I need room for drawings and samples. I bring a 14.5" monitor DisplayLink Monitor, powered by USB, fits my laptop bag, light, fast and easy. I mirror my display,clients are happy with that. I bring along an extra HDMI cable to connect to TV but that is rarely used.

The only options listed there are the NVidia card- I don't think the intel card has any CUDA cores. I did go and change the my global setting which was for max performance, only use the NVIDIA card to automatic, then added a couple of programs I run often that are less important marking them to use the Intel card. Maybe lighten the load on the video. Will see if that changes anything. FWIW the NVIDIA setting I showed for X7 are an exact replication of what I have had for X6. Nothing new on the machine, nothing changed. I did go through updates and assorted cleaning after the first bunch of crashes in the public beta. The cleaning was negligible since I keep things tidy. Wish I could give them something that could be reproduced with regularity. It is almost as if the first time I grab an home built or imnported symbol of any complexity it crashes- especially hoods. After the one fall it is fine. Even happened on a new X7 mantle hood I made from a dwg. Go figure.

Jon, yup

I've gotten that several times. Chief says it's using the NVidia card, and the I have the Nvidia control panel set to run Chief.