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In cabinet DBX- front tab- use "framed" traditional overlay- if you doing frameless cabinet set your separation to say 20mm; then set your vertical overlap to 40mm, change your top seperation to something like 25mm (i used inches in the example-you can convert)
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Don't think the brothers do that anymore- checked mine and it's 11 x 17. Epson workforce does up to 13 x 19. I have a simple Workforce printer-no wireless but does network if I remember. Moved it to home for emergencies after I got a Brother all in one. Was a nice printer but I didn't use it often enough and it has those chips that tell me it is out of ink based on time so it sits there unused. Your welcome to it gratis if you like, anywhere near NY? might not be worth the shipping
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I do a lot with pdf's, started using Bluebeam Standard several years ago, very happy though I haven't upgraded in a few.
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You mentioned that in the thread discussing "help" slow to load where it was suggested to run as admin to fix that . I checked after the last update and help still takes forever to load unless using run as admin...what are the likely problems? is the help issue going to be addressed?
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OK, just making sure I wasn't nuts- I do that on every single job, several elevations. I usually had been putting lines in place to snap to what I need, cabinet openings, appliance cutouts, cabinet heights (including base cabinets), molding profile parts, drawerheads etc ...gets to be a lot of lines and if things are in flux during design they all have to move...OR exporting to CAD when using interiors version. I hadn't done that on this thinking that with the upgrade to premier figuring I could take care of some of that (like moldings and openings), with detail from view- didn't realize that it wasn't snapping to base cabinets until now. As Michael says results are unpredictable.
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Are you able to get it to snap to the top of a base cabinet in elevation? and then to a counter? I'm not getting that.
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And then NKBA auto elevation dimensions snap all over the place (excep base cabinet height) but they are just a mess.
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Just checked an X5 plan, just as bad, must be my imagination. Recently changed system display setting maybe made it worse? don't know. I can understand it being difficult to allow snaps to cabinet openings, door stiles and rails but cabinet height and counter ought to be accessible for a program that you can use to take the NKBA test??- and they couldn't understand why detail from view is needed in interiors. Stopped wasting my breath and managed a few bucks so upgraded one license to premier so I at least don't have to constantly export to cad and import into layout or play "move/copy" lines to snap to. Detail from view helps for final layout, but design work is still a PIA in elevation. Oh well
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I often need to dimension cross sections of cabinets. I only want the snaps to go to the cabinets but often get an info box-"you have dimensioned to cross section lines. Point markers will be used..." So I have to undo and try again until it snaps where I want. This seams to have gotten worse in X6 but may just be me. Is there a setting to prevent dimensions snapping to and creating these point markers? The only solution I'd found is to convert to cad or drop in a bunch of lines where I want things to snap.
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PDF's embedded in a layout do not print when using a PDF printer
MarkMc replied to Kiwideziner's topic in General Q & A
I use Bluebeam Revu, no issues. Priced closer to Foxit than Adobe. Dropped Phantom several years ago. -
Bluebeam has layers but only created within the program itself, markups, overlays...
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Others may have better answer- I just tried- export current view to dwg- opened in TurboCad. Layers are there and work. I tried my pdf printer- bluebeam standard and get no layers. But then checking documentation BlueBeam does layers but does not appear to support importing layers them. So what's going on with your pdf creation I can't say. One thing is Cheif exports black lines. If I open an exported file in Intellicad I don't see anything- until I "select all" and change line colors. A possibility.
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upgrading x6 interiors to premier, what about x5
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in Sales Related Questions
email continues to bounce. I understand that x5 files are forward compatible, ...question was will I be able to use premier features in x5 on that machine? If not- I have a secondary license for x5 that is off support hence did not get upgraded. What would it cost to convert that to premier and then upgrade to x6? Would I be able to use premier features on x5 on that machine? -
Good luck with that.
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generate custom countertop- then will snap- only way to get counter to counter dimensions without going nuts.
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What layers, layersets, and anno sets can be deleted from Premier
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in General Q & A
Your a prince Scott- thanks that's what I needed. I hear you (I pay attention here) and know going to CAD is not ideal- I often use cad lines to snap to as you suggest. While in design it can be helpful so I know I have doors and drawers in the right place with that #$%^& dbx but gets very time consuming if I have 6 or so in a kitchen that are not all the same. But it is not always needed while in desing but... I have to do this for final drawings sent to the factory often, so no more changes happening sometimes half a dozen of these. Sometimes -like today to clarify something with a tech by email- being able to grab a cabinet- throw it in another room, elevaation, make a few changes and pull a number or two- you get the idea. grabbed one example in edit... If I was close I'd bake you a pie. -
What layers, layersets, and anno sets can be deleted from Premier
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in General Q & A
Scott your so generous-(we are not worthy:) I only need an answer no need for you to go to all the trouble- If I use "CAD detail from view" can I snap dimensions to the edges of cabinet doors, drawers, or openings on a cabinet? Can I snap to the edge of a molding profile in a backclipped section? Cheif will not do that now so I have to "export" to CAD and go dimenion there, print that to pdf, assemble and/or cut into a PDF of layout drawings from CA with Bluebeam. I'd like to avoid all the runaround. Anything else I want it to do is just gravy- that alone ...I end up doing on 75% of my projects. Anyway- will that work? Or are there some other dumb snap restrictions even when converted to CAD? -
What layers, layersets, and anno sets can be deleted from Premier
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in General Q & A
disabled in all views -can click on it in plan, elevation, section -which is where I need it but get a dbx says to go to the store... I remember this now- I'd first started to consider CA at old job (with 6 seats needed) prior to the x series- 8,9? tried it out a few times- inability to try this feature and or get solid answers from sales kept me away till x3, was on my own, and totally fed up with 2020/Envisioneer- still got it wrong when I pulled the trigger. I'll go pester someobody when I can find time, will work it out. -
upgrading x6 interiors to premier, what about x5
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in Sales Related Questions
email to sales bounces -
What layers, layersets, and anno sets can be deleted from Premier
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in General Q & A
Positive, Lew. -
What layers, layersets, and anno sets can be deleted from Premier
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in General Q & A
Follow up, downloaded trial last night. When asked what I will use it for on form-kitchens/interiors. Install and there are zero extra layer sets and only one anno set. So can build my own. Being a mere mortal hope I could save 2 hrs a week. View to cad is disabled on trial- is it safe to assume once converted dimensions could now be shaped to drawer heads, cabinet doors, openings, molding in section? If cabinet side panels were included in "make same" that would save me 4 hours a week. -
upgrading x6 interiors to premier, what about x5
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in Sales Related Questions
Thought this was the place for sales questions. -
Am considering going from interiors to premier on my current x6 license which has been on SSA continually since x3. Se machine has an active x5 license, will I be able to use premier features in x5 on that?
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What layers, layersets, and anno sets can be deleted from Premier
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in General Q & A
Helpful- might take me a month to get up to speed (not the sharpest here) but at that rate pays for itself in a month-add the times I don't have to export to TurboCad or screw around with moving/copying cad lines to dimension openings of cabinets... Just have to make sure I don't lock a file into X6 that is supposed to go back to assistant (already did one) or shuffle the program till we can afford to update the other. Thanks, really food for thought (I've wanted to do this since about 2 months after I got CA in x3- just have to sell that to the CFO over the update Guess I gotta go watch videos and take Lews advice. -
What layers, layersets, and anno sets can be deleted from Premier
MarkMc replied to MarkMc's topic in General Q & A
Thanks Alan that helps a lot- now just to decide, or maybe will get rich and be able to do both.