rlackore

It appears the only way to re-size the image independently in the x- or y-axis is through the dbx.

I believe this controls the default for a new cabinet when inserted: Default Settings > Materials > Cabinet Door/Drawer Whereas this controls the material for when you change a door panel: Default Settings > Cabinets > Base Cabinet > Materials > Drawers/Panels

Ok, never mind - I should have drawn the stair on the ground floor instead of drawing it on the first floor. Problem solved. Sorry.

I've drawn a U-shaped stair connecting the ground floor to the first floor. The lower run (shown on the left with the up arrow) cuts the stairwell railing on the first floor. Anyone have a solution?

I misunderstood - I though you wanted glass. Sorry.

HSS is a Hollow Structural Section. 2x2 structural tubing comes in 3/16, 1/4, and 5/16 thick in most steel grades. Again, I don't understand your description of what you are trying to accomplish, but this is what I was describing: bents and bracing made from polyline solids, a glass or poly skin made from walls. (I didn't draw in a roof - but that would also be a simple matter).

That cabinet is a regular panel door with a material of Color-Bone. You need a glass panel door with a glass material assigned to it.

I'm totally confused by your description, but I'm not the sharpest tool in the greenhouse. If you're looking to fabricate a space frame out of 2x2 HSS, I'd consider welded connections. As far as modeling this in CA is concerned, maybe draw the outline of the bent in a CAD elevation, then convert to a solid, copy at your preferred spacing, and then drop in more solids for the girts, etc.

Oh, now I feel stupid. Thanks for the clarification. Sorry, Glen.

Okay, now I understand the arrow thing: But I still don't see any difference with the Rotate About setting. Here is with Rotate About set to Object Center: Here is with Rotate About set to Current Point:

Let's say you've drawn a stub wall. Now you need to lengthen it to 5'6" from 4'6". Open the dbx, lock the appropriate end, and enter the length. Nope, I'd never noticed that either. I assume you're referring to the triangle that lets me rotate the wall. Thanks for that tidbit. I don't understand this. Regardless of my Resize About setting, everything looks the same to me.

Maybe you have the "Walls, Main Layer Only" layer turned on; if so, then the sheathing and brick cladding won't show.

Okay. Too much brain energy expended on thinking, though. I'm going to use the "s" and "e" indicators. Thanks.

Cripes. One little checkbox, buried where I never would have looked unless you'd mentioned it. I searched the X6 manual for "wall end" and "wall start", with no hits; I never thought to search for "start indicator" or "end indicator", but there they are on page 109. Thanks Perry.

Is there any way to determine visually, in the plan file, which is the start and which is the end of a wall? When I select a wall, I wish one of the end points would be colored, or a different shape, or something. I always guess wrong which end to lock, or which end to to make "through wall", etc. This is driving me nuts.

Thanks Joe.

In ACAD all it takes is one click, because you can have a dockable window open that displays all the layers, their properties (color, line style, etc), states (locked, hidden, etc), layer filters (layer sets), etc. ACAD also has dockable windows for object properties, referenced files - a whole bunch of stuff. This is a strength of ACAD that CA should try to implement so we aren't slaves to the multiple levels of dbxs.

If you've grouped the chairs and table into an Architectural Block, then the z-order gets all messed up. If the chairs and table aren't blocked, you should be able to select the table and send it to front via the toolbar button - but it's true that you can't control symbol draw order by the dbx.

Joe, Can you share the plan file? Thank you.

Larry, Do I HAVE to show a return? No - I imagine the house will get built just fine without it. But, as long as we're trying to get things right, I think this situation should show correctly in plan. The drywall return shows up in ortho, but of course any room moldings don't build along the return. So in instances like this, CA has it only half right. We always talk about building the model correctly. Well, in this case, I can't - and this is a pretty common condition.

Other than fixing this issue with CAD, is anyone aware of a method to generate a drywall return at a change in wall thickness?

Amen. It would also be nice if we could edit the schedule text directly, which would update the component data without the need to track down the actual object within the plan.

I commiserate with the OP on the difficulty of coming to grips with a move from ACAD to CA. There are a lot of settings in CA that are very useful, but are buried deep within defaults or preferences and many layers of dbxs. One of the strengths of ACAD is that you have instant access to these variable settings through a command line interface, or through AutoLisp. I think what is really missing from the grid snap / distance function is the ability to discretely set (through clicking on the screen or direct coordinate entry) the origin for the grid/coordinate system. This request has been mentioned several times before, both in this forum and the Suggestion forum.

Not as well as an automatic solution, which would give me a "pie slice" cabinet that would look correct in plan, elevation, and ortho. CA handles the situation reasonably well if I turn the corner with more cabinetry - but it can't build the condition correctly if I terminate the run at the corner.

Creating a shallow cabinet didn't occur to me. This method looks fine in elevation, but requires more work for plan and ortho. Thanks for the tips.