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    Remapped the hotkeys - it's pretty much required if you're going to be using it every day. All programs. I have created a spreadsheet with the most used tools / key combos, then rank them by how often they're used. Then I made another list with LEFT HAND ONLY hotkeys - single, double, cominations with modifiers (ctl, shift, etc). Then I rank those by how easy they are to do. Then I just compare the lists, bite the bullet, and remap everything. I print out the list for reference. A day or so of pain, and you are totally remapped for one-handed cad, and your right hand stays on the mouse. Very rarely do you have both hands on the keyboard. It really speeds things up if you have an exterior numberpad that you can put over near your mouse - then that becomes your number hand. It's a pretty sweet setup once you get it set.
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    HACK: When you set your backdrop 'horizontal angle' you can go PAST 360 degrees, and it will rotate your backdrop around without distorting it, but will change the origin point. This seems to work pretty well for 'live' 3d views. It seems to break down when you get into renderings though - see the attached images - the live 3d view has it correct, but when rendered it seems to jump.
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    Just found this topic - running into the issue of not being able to rotate the backdrop. Seems like a bit of a dead-end feature until they give us ability to adjust the rotation angle of the backdrop. Should I start an official request?
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    200k?? THAT is amazing. I like the cabin idea though
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    Until you read the exemptions, it all sounds pretty scary. But then you look at the exemptions and it sounds pretty reasonable - basically the same as here in Michigan. I was wrong about the commercial building though, but looks like you can do commercial (nonstructural) interiors based on item d
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    12-25-303. Exemptions. (1) Nothing in this part 3 shall prevent any person, firm, corporation, or association from preparing plans and specifications for, designing, planning, or administering the construction contracts for construction, alterations, remodeling, additions to, or repair of, any of the following: (a) One-, two-, three-, and four-family dwellings, including accessory buildings commonly associated with such dwellings; (b) Garages, industrial buildings, offices, farm buildings, and buildings for the marketing, storage, or processing of farm products, and warehouses, that do not exceed one story in height, exclusive of a one-story basement, and, under applicable building codes, are not designed for occupancy by more than ten persons; (c) Additions, alterations, or repairs to the buildings referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (1) that do not cause the completed buildings to exceed the applicable limitations set forth in this subsection (1); (d) Nonstructural alterations of any nature to any building if such alterations do not affect the life safety of the occupants of the building.
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    Recently looked it up because I have a project in the Boulder Area that I designed. From what I could find the laws about design in colorado are as follows: - No limit on square footage for residential construction. you could design a million square foot house if somebody wanted it, no stamp required - commercial buildings 1 story tall, no stamp req - can do up to a 4-family home (so a condo or apartment), no stamp req. There are other things you can do too. It's pretty awesome. Legal - Colorado+ Architects Practice Act.pdf
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    Thanks Alaskan Son - good advice on best practices. I'm moving that direction with everything as well - notes on the plan.
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    WORK AROUND / FIX: If the leaders are snapping to the viewport, we just need to give them something else to snap to. My idea was to use a 'box', which covers the viewport (actually would cover the entire sheet I guess and sits on some layer between the viewport and the leader line. IF the box was the sheet size, it would never need to be resized (maybe there's a way to put it on the 0 sheet? will need more testing...) I think there needs to be a 'fill' in the box, so I added one and made it 100% transparent. Then put my leader lines on top of that, resized the viewport, and VIOLA! the lines stay put. PROBLEM SOLVED (KINDA)
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    So this brings me to the following question: CHIEF - what is going on here? Is there some functionality that is supposed to be helping us out by having the leader lines move around like this? IS this a bug or a feature - and if it's a feature, why are all these seasoned pros commenting with things like 'we don't use that'. Are we all missing something here? IF not, can you possibly review the code that is driving this issue? Even breaking the link between the viewport and the leader lines would be preferable to what is happening here. Thank you!
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    Attached is a test I made to check the following: - Does the way a view is sent to plan change leader line behavior on viewport resize - is there any difference whether the viewport is sent as 'current screen' or 'full'? - Does turning off the the 'object snap' option before placing leader lines allow them to float free of the viewport and therefore not get messed up when the viewport is resized? IT appears that the answer to both these questions is NO - it doesn't make a difference. I took the same model view, sent it to layout both ways, then made a leader text on each with the snap on and the snap off. Then I resized the viewport from the bottom edge, and moved the bottom edge up to cut-off the deck slightly. All of the leader lines were messed up, equally. Finally, I tried using 'grid snaps'. The result was the same:
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    NICE catch Chopsaw - I bet that's it. Because some viewports have that problem, while others do not. I'll check but I bet some are 'full model' send overs and some are 'current screen'. Will double check and post results.
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    Thanks Mike and Joe, you've confirmed what I thought I might have to do - notes in the plan it is!
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    Look down at the bottom right of this file. Lines have moved all over. This was done using Arrow, not Leader Line, and text notes. But the Leader Lines do a similar dance. Originally these lines pointed to relevant parts of the drawing...
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    My Leader Lines keep moving around in Layout any time I update the viewport, or even change the model. I've tried turning off 'object snaps' in layout to keep them from snapping to the viewport, yet they still continue to dance around erratically. The Arrow line does this as well. I feel like I've tried everything to keep it from happening, short of putting all my notes on the model itself instead of in Layout. Any ideas where I might be going wrong? Have tried 'Auto-Position Head/Tail' and all the rest.
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    Just checking - no option to create a squiggly line huh? SKP had a nice line generation plugin where you could create styles, etc.... would be excellent to have for my concept renderings. Guess I could always do a plan view ortho with a 'line drawing'.
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    Thanks Ken! So it turns out the trick to doing a point-to-point COPY is to first hit the object Copy/Paste button, then hit the Point to Point Move button. Then you click the start point to reference, then the end point. This is very useful because I can copy a note or CAD object exactly where I need it without having to move it. With my Hotkey setup, it's a very simple operation. You can also use copy in conjunction with the Reflect About Object command as well. Cheers..
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    Good morning! Working through some CAD details and wondering if there is a way to do a point-to-point copy? I don't see a tool for it. It's a bummer to have to copy something, then position it. I wonder if I'm missing a trick here on how to do this? Thanks for the help!
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    This is amazing. Thank you!
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    One more - it would be nice to have the ability to include a horizontal trim board above a shed roof plane where it meets an exterior wall surface, as this is a common detail as well.
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    Just coming across this issue myself now - the shed upper needs to be able to be defined as a plumb cut/square cut separately from the downhill end. Also turning off the fascia here so that I get an accurate section drawing. I can already turn the shadow boards off... which is helpful, but not everything I need. As far as deleting it, I can't find a way to select it. From what I can tell, the FASCIA trim board lives on the Roof Planes layer and is turned on/off based on that layer visibility. I can, however, select and delete the SUBFASCIA. I can also delete the FRIEZE board. I would consider this a small bug but gets back to one of those core usability things.
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    If I had more time or was otherwise technically inclined, I'd come up with a Template SS and Macros that would import, parse, and recalculate the materials list that Chief exports. If anybody ever makes one of these let me know I'd gladly pay $100 for that spreadsheet. I bet a lot of others would too...
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    Just diving into the Materials List feature myself and noticing the same issue - the plate lengths are measured as one long piece. Guess you could go through and break them all to hit standard lengths but that's not at all efficient. It would be quicker to export to an excel file where you've already set-up a function to divide those out across standard lumber sizes. Obviously, the materials list should split plates as a function of tallying things, especially when the 'Buy List' option is selected. It seems to me that the Materials List feature is a bit of a sideshow - probably still a feature they're working to improve. Maybe we should start a specific thread with requests on how this feature could be made to be more usable?
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    You can develop your own dimension defaults as well - I have a set for each of the different types of plans, controlled through the Annotation Set menu, which can control both dimension defaults and layerset, current layer, etc. - I use one each for floor framing, wall framing, roof framing, finish, etc. so that depending on what I'm doing, everything is sorted as it should be. Hope this helps!
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    About the move things between layer question, I set up a hotkey for 'copy' and another for 'paste in place' - makes it really easy to move things