MarkMc

Might have an idea if a plan was here.

It's controlled by the mullion depth.

More than a few I think. We see plenty of folks who are fairly regular on here that don't get them all. Since I switched from kitchens to working with pros I've not yet run into someone who uses plan views and very few that understand annosets (none that use them to the fullest) I spend a fair amount of time setting these up for them, then I teach them ways to work and leave them alone so we don't end up with wonky layouts along the way. Maybe there should be a sticky for FAQs with links to answers. Then again folks don't read the sticky posts either.

I use custom OIP fields for things like this. Often I keep something like this with both options, (N) & (E), somewhere so I only have to delete and set as default for drawing existing, then change and delete set as default for new (or just types since these are shorter than some things I need this for). Like attached. Problem is the COIP fields are global so still working on that. Window exist and other.plan

I suppose that is so but I wonder just how long that needs to be. I've watched very few videos, once in a while but not often. Was thinking the other day that they may actually inhibit learning but maybe I'm just old school. What I do- as soon as the reference manual is available for a new release I download it. Then go to the end of it "What's New in Chief Architect X.." I read through the first part, even though I read the migration guide before installing, when I get to the meat "New and Improved Features by Chapter" I bookmark it in the PDF and start rummaging around starting with whatever interests me most, or later what I'm using at the moment. Follow and all links to more info.... then again people don't read directions much and that isn't going to change; why do what works?

Make one, alter label to suit and add note in OIP-ADD to library. Then replace from library when needed. Keep in dedicated folder like " _most used" will be at top of user library because of spaces and forward slash

Powerful features are rarely simple-until we are replaced by AI that is. From what I see a lot of folks just don't use plan views, very few bother to read the directions much less read about how to use new features, the default icon is to save the plan view rather than "save as" (which needs to be added to toolbar to use), compounded by the pop up message do you want to save (plan view) which gets a knee jerk reaction of sure I want to save. I think Chris may be on to something useful, IOW might work, with default being none (I'd want to be able to change that though)

Look into "plan views". If you open the layout views you will notice that they are using the same plan view. Several threads and methods on the forum and in documentation. My preference is to use dedicated plan views, some set plan view to none.

I just had to do this for a client yesterday. Ended up inserting a blank floor, zero height, at absolute zero, no floor and no ceiling to start with. Had screen shots of existing structure DBX. backclipped section and detail from veiw made from it, pasted the detail back in for reference, and a 3d cross section slider. After inserting made a room away from the house and adjusted the foundation 0 level rooms. Did a quick run at yours yesterday and the clean up didn't look all that bad. I think having things set to absolute is better than from floor as on mine I had a couple of windows end up in the newly inserted room and had to move them. Used reference sets and adjusted layers to show what I need in plan views The client did something different in the mean while-inserted new foundation level below but used foundation walls on level 1, haven't looked at that yet and not sure which is going to be easier to deal with for docs or finishing off the model.

Have you tried ctrl + tab to see if that gets you out of it? I have had it happen in any of the X11 releases so no help about why. I do occasionally completely lose the mouse cursor when switching programs. That appears to be the other programs fault and not Chief specific, cause seems to be a program that does not always give up focus with Alt Tab. I use UltraMon and it has a script to center the mouse on the primary screen which always solves the issue (helps when I get myself lost too:)

Unless you move a few things to another layer and then turn layers off. Easiest to use a save as plan for the remodel. To date I've mostly needed this for interiors and fiddling is required no matter what they do with the program unless it reads minds. Would be nice to have the reference glass house work. Like I said at the start-till you get what you want . I've finally decided that I'd rather get what I want than be right.

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That was the first one I showed you but you said you wanted it reversed!! The principal is exactly the same. Place the camera in the plan that you want to be glass, reference the other.

Larry- attached zip with 3 plans and two cameras. To get what you want you need to have the camera in the AS BUILT, reference the addtion. Once referenced change the camera view you are in to glass house, which you can do since it is NOT the referenced plan. One view has references a complete structure (as built and addition), another view has layers of the referenced plan turned off amd am extra roof plane. The camera is ALWAYS in the as built plan. Glass house.zip

You have full control of the view type of the plan you start with. First take standard, the add reference as standard, switch original to glass.

Standard and glass can be reversed but not sure that's where you want to go either. Looks like you want both glass house? On this one with Glass house in back and standard to front the glass house starts to look more like a watercolor since both structures overlap there. Guess it has it's uses though.

To change all in plan change the defaults. To change on a single cabinet or two, 3D view, drag from library Otherwise as noted above

Easy enough to get what you want now. Open the New plan first, make that glass house so you have control, then use the existing for reference and you can change view type for that. Here's a quickie-not sure I picked the right files but you get the idea :)

They not only added outline to DBX but now have separate control of icon background.

It also adds lines around fields in DBXs which I'm real happy about, thanks Chief.

It's actually a schedule number- to figure that out open the Text Macro Management with the room selected, in the TMM select object properties and look through the list. In any case-I tried a few things but schedule numbers are a bit different so referenced macro did not work. BUT what did work was placing %schedule_number% in the room label BUT that screws up the standard room name in the schedule. Will fiddle with that some more, maybe a way to get it all, don't know yet. Without having either the OIP or components I don't see a way around that, so far it's one or the other.

well sent both in, that one they could not reproduce. Sent it that plan and just to be sure opened it and now the view callouts are working. So it is some sort of sporadic issue.

These are macros from the drop down list. Also just found that I'm not getting pages numbers on elevation callouts when text below line is set to automatic and adding int %layout.label% does nothing. Tested a layout box label and that macro does not work there nor does %layout.title% Yes I had tested view name and it works in a RT box

Am I missing something here? simple and easy in X10, no result in X11

While it has been a while and I wasn't specifically an architectural modlelmaker all the time, I still have enough experience in it to have some idea. I think fussing about this being missing is scratching things that don't (or shouldn't) itch. We still can export for 3D printing which appears to be where the model making industry has headed at least for better presentation models. Based on tests I tried out of curiosity the software doesn't generate I would want to build a model by hand if it were more than a simple box with multiple stories. If building from scratch using boards I'd be working with detail from view and making some adjustments. With acrylic or bass wood I only want dimensions since that is table saw work. Same goes for massing models made with closed cell foam. Lasers-there are plenty of options to outsource laser (or water jet) cutting in most localities. I'd been doing that since the mid 80's. We never used it for facades, more like scrolled railings, complicated surface details, and it could be useful for terrain contours. Thicker materials start to have a slight bevel on the edge creating issues in assembly. At first we just sent line art, later we sent dwg. Again you can get that from detail from view. For smaller outfits that have a need look around for an old school architectural modelmaker, many are in need of any work, might get a deal.