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I mostly use material regions so I can set them to cut the finish layer or not and they don't cover over windows etc which makes life easier. Seats with closed face I make with a cabinet that has the face changed to Blank and separations of 0" (unless I need framing for the drawings) Countertop can be tile thickness OR when stone is involved I can get overhang and different material. It's a matter of both preference and need for a situation.

Checking that box turns the cabinet into a filler which is why the box goes away. It does NOT control automatic fillers-that is controled by the defaults as I said.

Cabinet Defaults general tab.

I've still occasionally gotten this but far less trouble than it was. Was nearly impossible to document but I did finally get one plan to support that they were able to reproduce. When it happens it's always been on plans that were heavily worked, lots of save as. Added plan views and layersets, usually have multiple plan views open-from what I can tell it's more likely when creating a new plan view and yes working in the ALDO is a consistent part of it (that's where I always work layers). Most often save close solves the problem. Sometimes save as makes the problem stay away longer. The one plan that was a big problem I did an edit area and moved the whole thing to a new plan (PIA) So short answer is I don't know.

Tommy's method always works. Some farm sinks work with no issue (Most of the Kohlers are OK) Here's if you want or need to do it another way. Note that with both methods you are likely going to need to change the cabinet label (not with the Whitehaven though) Apron Sink.plan

That's a Clevo by another name- said you didn't like the build of Clevos. Link to other brands that are Clevo (though I don't think it's a full list) https://rspydir.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/clevo-laptops-and-computers/ Have you seen a Clevo IRL? don't understand the complaint unless your are sold shiny. As I mentioned the last round of Clevos are not likley the best for thin but OTOH if this is to be a full time primary machine I'd be thinking differently about size and weight (have a nice Everki Backpack solves it). I showed you the heat from the Sager which I can get to peg at close to 90c with a lot on. The spectre runs hotter with much less power and very little (like hearts) running. Granted that is smaller and super thin but well... just physics. If I was set on thinner I'd wait a couple of months until the new models all shake out and keep a close eye on those forums over at notebookereview for real world info. Looks, well mine is all black, nice rubberized coating, when getting this it was between it and an MSI-either was fine. Traveled to NYC to test the MSI in person, already knew what the Clevos were. MSI looked like a spaceship (Dragon I think) but if I liked it better and could get all I wanted in it I'd live with it (duct tape does wonders)Deciding factore was getting t a desktop CPU with no Intel card hence no Optimus (big deal for me with multiple monitors) quality of the two -they were different, I preferred what I bought. Saving $$-maybe but not a whole lot really. Just had more options with some better interior components. HID now has some good component choices in their MSIs that were not available then but only in 15" machines. As to the Bios (and control center issues) The only thing was it would be difficult to change the video card, though possible. I have not had a single issue with either machine. Quadro cards-what Graham said +- check https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html to get an idea of what you are giving up in performance/$. FWIW before the Clevos I had Dell Performance machines with Quadros. If you think a Quadro may help with a rendering program then check which ones so you know, I know Lumion and Thea both like gaming cards. Now if I could afford a Quadro RTX6000 then that would be a no brainer Most of the Clevos, (and Alienware just added some machines) allow swapping cards but with thin and light you need to check first. No matter what can't swap a gaming card for a Quadro in a laptop AFAIK.

Base prices are close to identical between the two, might check around Notebookreview.com-often forum members can get a discount at HID. The RTX cards will be available in two weeks. (I got mine a month or two before the 10 series cards were announced and upgrade hasn't been worth it) From what I gather the 20 series cards are a benefit for thinner machines even if there is no great performance boost yet. FWIW-I've never re-pasted either of the Sagers and don't use a cooler (course it's rarely on my lap:). I have the back propped up about an inch on a small piece of aluminum channel (also makes the keyboard easier as a secondary with my left hand) . It gets put through it's paces, if I'm really going to be pushing I'll run HWMonitor up on one screen-usually the laptop (others are 27QHD and 24 UHD). If it looks to be getting a tad warm (or even if I hear the fans start) I hit Fn + 1 keys which forces fans to full force (works on all Clevos). Just tried to make it unhappy -attached screenshot with temps-this is the second to biggest one though-so YMMV :)

hold the control key while zooming

I think the dimension is snapping to your walls existing dashed layer? or another cad layer? Delete the wall at the end and dimension remains.

I don't know why it goes away but-if you either manually move the snap to the main layer it is fine, OR in the attached I turned off locate objects except for your wall settings, no primitives, CAD etc. Pulled a new dimension and it's fine. I couldn't find what it was snapping to or why it's happening though. REN_CD_V1A_2.zip

I like Clevo's,(Sager is a Clevo) the one in my signature has been run full time 3yrs now, we have an older 9150 running the office. Got the 9150 from Sager, current one from Xotic both were swell to deal with. Xotic was a bit better. I had the 9150 case and screen repaired by Sager after 5 yrs-easy and cheap enough. Couple of things you might look into: Clevo rarely (as in never) updates the BIOS so despite the fact that they are up-gradeable that limits the ability. HIDevolution sells Clevos with Prima BIOS included which are updated often-only way to get Prema is from a reseller who includes them. Second- I've seen a bit of discussion about heat issues on at least one of the thinner Clevo models over at Notebookreview.com. You should check out the model your looking at over there. The upcoming line of Clevos supposedly have improved heat management which I'd guess relates primarily to the thinner ones since the big ones are really good at it. The new ones are hitting the streets shortly.

heck that just pops in? didn't used to do that without an embed.

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FWIW it is simpler than that explanation, unless I missed something there? Have a hotkey for rotate resize about point, once active just drag the corner as in prior releases, hotkey deactivates RRAP. No points, no X...hotkey, click drag release, hotkey.

Just use a cabinet with drawer, slab front, change handle and material. IF you need a thicker drawer front make a custom door symbol with depth you want and set the Y (depth) outside the object say to 10" to prevent resize.

Standard rail defined as panels-change material.

File, import defaults, navigate to a plan file that has the defaults you want. Hotkey, annotation sets, layer sets are all export from one then import to another. All listed in help and reference manual BTW. Preferences I don't know other than redoing but may be a way. Toolbars are a matter of copying files AFAIK-check KB articles.

There is a 12 x 24 carrara in the Cactus catalog-Tile-Lithoverde Bianco Carrara I too often just make tiles textures, usually with psolids in Chief, then to a photo program.

At some point your scrolled in Just scroll out and move if needed

post the plan or a stripped down one that shows the issue. be sure to close the plan before uploading it. Hurry and I'll look before siesta.

Have no idea why it would be greyed out if you are using Premier-I can get it in any type of view. if you have the Interiors version it is not available

Yabadabadoo- Thanks that works fine. Thanks so much. I have no idea why it didn't work for me last night, tried it six ways to Sunday when after you posted-must have been pilot/syntax error or such, was at it for 10 hours by then and had written at least 3 dozen versions prior to posting-on a good day I struggle with this. Your guess is correct-I now have to define where to find what to match and the lookup then formatting that result with extra determiners for output so columns sort properly in spreadsheet. Baby steps... WOW- I was just about to ask to see if this would work on a Mac so copied the macro and eliminated gsub. It still works on Windows without the substitution!! I don't know why I could not get the originals to read without changing the slashes and I'd seen several complaints about folks having to do that on stackoverflow (where I understand very little). This is great. I'm guessing it's because you have the file open in there instead of just read?

Please include a signature (folks have posted how in lots of threads) with version you are using and hardware info. And it is far better to post image files than PDFs please. To get dimensions to framing you need a CAD detail - IF using premier generate in Chief with "detail from view"; IF a lesser version you will need to export a view as dwg and then import it into a cad detail. NOTE withe either it will no longer be "live" changes to the model will not show up in the detail so this is typically done at the very end of a project unless you need custom pricing. Prior to generating the CAD you will want the view to only include cabinets and NOT include doors or drawers. IF you have several cabinets side by side that you need to detail then need to choose. Either once the detail is generated move them to create separation between (keep in ind that now they are a bunch of lines and not a single object so a real PIA) not my first choice Have cabinets on different layers so you can turn some off to create gaps between them. On a good day the cabinets that need detail are already separated by ones that don't so only one extra layer works-otherwise multiples. Advantage is this will always match the live model and can be blocked and pasted back into the plan using hold position to see if it needs to be redone OR to include those dimensions in a live drawing final choice is to copy the cabinets to another room, plan or wall- this is perhaps the easiest way BUT they will no longer allow you to check against the model.

I wanted to avoid the scripts directory if possible to keep it simpler for end user. Re: File.read ($LOAD_PATH[0] +"test_1.txt") That makes the path problem easier and likely simplifies the cross platform issues AND it works within the macro. HOWEVER IF I place the file location or name into an OIP field and try to get that data into a macro that reads the file it has the same problems I ran into already. The problem is that while the OIP field output looks correct -be it a correctly formatted path OR any variation I can come up of ($LOAD_PATH[0] +"test_1.txt") I don't know how to include the output from the field or another macro into a "File.read" statement. Since the text file can change on a regular basis AND I don't want end users changing code I want to be able to place the text file in an OIP field. Here's what I'm trying to do- The short answer This is for the cabinet pricng system I started last summer. I looked for ways to simplify it for the end user (I don’t need it myself but promised it to some folks). The purpose is to generate quick ball park pricing. Data goes to schedule which is copied to spreadhseet template. Final pricing can be done with some manipulation of the spreadsheet or copying from the sheet to an on line ordering system. How-user places files somewhere on system (there will be multiple files), defines file in OIP field, macro looks up pricing for cabinet, output to schedule, copy schedule info to a spreadsheet template. Limit what a user needs to do or not No altering code Generate text files and place somewhere they understand Enter data in OIP fields in cabinet DBX or defaults Occasionally add price into an OIP filed for a cabinet not included in files (but can be in library) Process-temporarily remove columns from schedule, copy, paste into spreadsheet template, undo to restore shedule fields (be nice if two schedules could have user defined numbering in sync..) For brands that use style/species pricing instead of columns enter those prices in sheet (could be in the spreadsheet template) Considerations The typical end user is used to other software for cabinet pricing where you install a catalog, select price category from a drop down list, click report, done. At the same time I have to deal with my limitations with Ruby and avoid as many pitfalls for end user as I can. OTOH I’m not interested in this being everything possible A typical kitchen dealer will carry between 3 and 6 brands, some of those could have 2 to 4 lines with different pricing. More than half of the cabinet brands out there use groups for pricing (A,B,C,D…) The pricing changes annually. All that can make for either large complicated files (and macro) or a lot of files. To that end- Text files will include only the most common cabinet styles and prices. Text files will be limited to a single price group and only the most sold groups included (ROI for included something that is sold once a year or less is lousy) For rarely sold categories get out your pencil. (hey, I’ve been getting prices out of CA for 5 years without it and could have done twice all those cabinet orders in the less time than spent on this )