Korel_Design

Thanks for that suggestion. This only happens in less that once in a blue moon. It's not the end of the world. I can lock the regular text such as various notes on the plan. I can not lock the dims. JK

Apparently, there is no control over flipping dimension numbers when rotating a floor plan to fit on a Layout Sheet.

I have a floor plan that is too long to fit straight on the layout so I need to rotate it. Only , my dims flip to the other side of the line. I really want to keep the dims on the side of the line I drew them on. Is there something that can be clicked to prevent the dims from flipping when rotating in layout? Yes, I did look. X12 in Win10

I've been thinking of making use of the M.2 SSD that's available, for what I understand, it's right in the bus and the read/write is much faster. I also edit videos and that is a resource hog. The page Dermot shared has a lot of good information. Thank you for that.

Typo Yes . . . 3.6 and not 9.6. One thing I did notice, if I have numerous cameras open, that seems to slow things down. No lights on (yet). No 3D plants. (yet) Thanks everybody. Plenty of advice and things to check here. When I chose this machine I chose not to get cheap here. This machine is very popular with the 3D gamers for its "Speed". That was about 3 years ago and you know how it goes. Six months later it was yesterday's top of the line computer. Hard Drive is: Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive I've been thinking of calling my Computer Nerd and clone my HD to a SDD if he would agree that would be a good thing.

I've notice as my project and CA Plan File grows, my computer seems to slow down. I have a MSI MAG Z3990M Mortar i9-9900K CPU @9.60GHz with 32GB RAM. GPU is a GeForce NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti. I've order a 64GB RAM Upgrade kit hoping to speed things up a little. My CA.PLAN file is now at 25MB. Example, when editing a roof, when I click on a roof edge it takes a few seconds for it to select the edge. Then after the edit, a few seconds for it to complete the edit. It's aggravating waiting on it.

I was hoping for some more insight on the line between the Garage and the House and to get it to automatically locate in the correct location. Actually, if I take the camera tool and snap a photo of that wall, the resulting image has the drop in the slab at the correct location. But, on my foundation plan it is not in the correct location. If only I could explode the foundation drawing then edit it using CAD lines that would work. Call me nuts, but I made a layer called "CAD, White Out" that has a color of White and a line thickness of 55. I actually White Out the unwanted lines then redraw them with "CAD, Foundation". Right now . . . . Whatever Works.

Actually by Kbird1's post, I was able to create and save a "Saved Plan View" that took care of the hatching and shading and footing issue. My only issue now is getting the step from the house to garage to locate in the correct place. It's a work around but defeats the Auto-Rebuild function. I clicked on the foundation wall between the house and garage. Broke (#3 on keyboard) the wall right at the spot where the rear garage wall and the front garage wall met it. Then clicked on the remaining section and moved it to the left 5 1/2" so the line was in the correct location. But I really don't like doing it that way for every time I need to rebuild the foundation, I have to delete what I have and do all this over again. Tomorrow I just might forward this to the Code Wizards at CA and I'm sure they will have the answer.

Good Question. Most of the time the perimeter wall around the Garage is 2x4, then the "Curb" would be 3 1/2". Sometimes the perimeter wall around the Garage is 2x6, especially when we have several floors above or I have plumbing coming down those walls, then the Curb would be 5 1/2".

Thanks KBird, I watched a vid about that sort of thing. I will study up on that. Jerry K.

Hey Guys! A lot of great progress. If I ever run into you at a CA event remind me I owe you an Adult Beverage. Thank you! There are still a few minor issues. When I Turn Off the "Walls, Layers" I lose the hatching on the Floor Plan. Is there a workaround for this? More importantly, the line that depicts the drop in the slab from the house floor is in the wrong location. See Screen Shots. How can we adjust it so the line shows where I have it drawn in red? Jerry K. garage problem.plan

Greetings everybody. I've been trying to figure out the settings so my Slab Foundations would come out the way I need for them to. Attached are a couple of screen shots and an example plan I quickly drawn up. First, all I want are the lines of the foundation surface only. No footing or hatching to show. Also, around the garage walls, if I use 2x6 stud wall, aka 2x6 Brick wall, I want the (what I call the "Curb") to be the same width of the stud wall above it or in this case 5 1/2". If I have a 2x4 Stud with Brick Wall then a 3 1/2" curb. Most appreciate of any suggestions and what I need to do. Jerry K. garage problem.zip

There might be.

That helps. Thank you very much. (When I'm watching videos, my wifey thinks I'm playing and not working).

Thanks for the answers.

Where can I find tutorials on flat roofs? Working on a Modern/Contemporary Design. Here is an image my client sent to me:

Actually, Andersen Windows have them and I just downloaded the CALIB.

Thanks. I'll try that.

I need a round window about 24" diameter and I can't seem to find one in the library. Any suggestions please.

I deleted the program files of the old X3 through X7. I moved the Data Files from the Documents Folder to a special folder on my D Drive where I have tons of space, just in case. Is there a way to have CA point to the new location of the Data Files without having to someday maybe move them back? Or is it easier to simply move them back?

Thanks David, So true about the size of the C drive. It's a SSD and not a partition so it suppose to be super fast or something. I think I can actually pick up maybe 25 to 30 GB by deleting the older versions. I don't do others work and only my own so having an older version is really not any issue. Next time around my C drive will be at least 500GB. Later Dude, JK

My "C" drive is a 250GB SSD. While doing some PhotoShop work last night I ran out of space on my HD. I had the "C" drive set as my "PS Scratch Drive" (temporary storage). I presently have 65GB of free space on the "C" Drive. I have now set in PS Preferences my "D" Drive as my Scratch Drive. Drives "D" & "E" are both 2TB Hard Drive with plenty of space. I looked at what all I have installed and I have all versions of CA all the way back to X3. The X3 Data Folder in Documents is over 10GB in size itself. My Question is; Would it be non-prudent to remove the older versions from my machine if I never use them and have no plans to ever use them any longer?

That is sort of what I've been doing. I thought maybe there was a more easier way. Thanks You All.

Can I add that in the Wall Specification DBX? or after the wall is there on the plan?

Is there a short cut method of adding a coping or trim on a lower pony wall?