rlackore

Save them to a folder in your user library, then export the folder as a library file, and import the library file into your new plan.

Robert,

 

You only need to move one wall in order to select the room, not all of them. 

Yeah, I understand. What I meant is that the basement is already subdivided into a whole bunch of rooms and I'd have to move a whole bunch of furred walls to select all the zero-area rooms.

Move one of the Furred Walls away from the Concrete Wall.  This will allow you to select the Room and specify "Exclude from Schedule", after which, you can move the Furred Wall back against the Concrete Wall.

Kind of works. Problem is I've go so many walls and openings and intersections that I can't do this unless I basically start from scratch.

If you aren't worried about the materials list, you can just copy and rename the conc. wall material for those walls to furred / drywall, its just a name.

I'd already tried this, and it's probably my best bet. Unfortunately, I'll have to break the foundation wall in several places to assign new interior materials. Maybe I'll try modifying the foundation wall definition with a zero-thickness layer and assign it the interior finish. The strange thing is that not all of the basement rooms have this problem.

It seems like CA should reference the innermost finish wall surface of a room to generate the Room Finish Schedule.

I'm really struggling with trying to put together a Room Finish Schedule. This is my first attempt, so doubtless I'm just being stupid. I'm furring out the basement walls, and when the furred walls are defined in the Wall Specification dbx as Structure>Furred Walls, the Wall Material displayed is for the concrete foundation walls:

If I try to fix this problem by defining the furred walls as Structure>Frame Through, the Wall Material displayed is for the furred walls, but a zero-area room is created that cannot be selected to exclude from the schedule:

Any insight would be appreciated.

No stretching in Chief. Select all the objects on one half of the plan and move them 1 inch. Adjust everything as necessary.

I don't think uppercase has ever been written in stone - it's just the easiest way to teach consistent lettering technique. I have a copy of the 1932 edition of Architectural Graphic Standards. Drawing notations are hand lettered in sentence case (though select words are capitalized). Drawing titles and headings are title case. Ching uses sentence case in most of his published references. My boss, who may be described as an "artsy fartsy" architect, loves all lower case.

This is very true,  however you can utilize ONLY one layer/anno set at a time.

 

Rats. Scott, you're mostly right. However, I've discovered that you can view two different plan anno/layersets at the same time if you cylce through the windows in the correct order. Right now I've got the same plan opened twice, and in one window I'm VIEWING my 1/4" Finish Plan Anno/Layerset, and in my other window I'm WORKING IN my 1/4" Demo Plan Anno/Layerset. Both windows indicate the Demo Plan Anno/Layerset, and as soon as I click on the window with the Finish Plan, it reverts to the Demo Plan, but at least it allows me to use one window as a reference for the other. Limited in usefulness, I admit, but interesting.

 

A small secret in Chief is that you can get multiple floor plans open at the same time by opening the same file multiple times. This doesn't create a copy of the plan just another view to work in. Useful for certain operations.

OMG! Why didn't I ever try this? I've always wished to be able to "duplicate" a tabbed window (like in a web browser) so I can work on two floors of the same plan at the same time.

Okay, I just tried this, and it's awesome! I can even have a different anno/layerset active for my two different plans!

Shame on you for keeping this a secret, Doug. This is an unbelievable productivity boost! I can't stop using exclamation marks!

File>Import>Import 3d Symbol

Select the .skp file and click Open

Category: Millwork (use advanced options if you want/need)

Open the Railing Specification dbx for the railing you want to change.

Rail Style>Specify Railing>Panels

Newels/Balusters>NewelsPosts>Width=0"; Height=whatever you want, Offset=0", Spacing=80"

Panels>Type>click the Library button and select the panel symbol in your user catalog

There are some options you can play around with to get exactly what you want, such as raising the bottom rail, etc.

Still no attachment.

It's got something to do with the floor being a monolithicslab supplied by the room below. Uncheck those and the problem goes away.

Like this?

Just rotate the pattern to the angular equivalent of the roof pitch, and do the same for the texture file (though in my experience the texture file might have to be rotated in the opposite direction, not sure why).

If I understand what you're going for, In your garage definition, lower the stem wall top © to -2 1/4"; set the stem wall (I) to 2'. This gives you equal stem wall heights and a sill plate at the garage.

Don't know why the sill plate won't build at the house, though.

Scott, I think this is less a DropBox issue, and more a file/folder management issue. You're right, there is no perfect solution.

I'm still not sure if the OP wants a "curved" roof or a conical roof. Either way, the previous post I linked can help.

Create a dropbox folder for your client. Create a smany subfolders as you want. Send the client a link to the parent folder and they can access everything in the parent folder, including subfolders.

There is a difference between "linking" and "sharing" in Dropbox. Links allow the recipient to view and download the content, but not alter or delete it. Were you able to delete or alter the content in the folder link I sent you?

Curved how? If you want to put a flare on the eave, this post may help you:

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/1599-conical-roof-with-radius-at-eave-results-in-chief-stalling/

No, you just send a link to the folder. The client can view/download whatever you put in the folder. I'll send you a message with a link so you can test the functionality.

Have you considered simply sending links, instead of sharing the folder?

Our office runs six seats of X6. All project files reside on a box running Windows Server 2008 r2. We also keep shared resources (texture files, backdrops, etc) on the server. I know that CA doesn't recommend this, but honestly, how can an office function otherwise? We haven't noticed any problems that are different from most of the users on this forum who are storing plan and layout files locally.

I use Sketchup2014 Make for Windows. It will export as: 3ds, dwg, dxf, dae, fbx, ifc, kmz, obj, vrml, xsi.

Perry, I think the OP is referring to using stacked fractions (an option in AutoCAD), so 1/2" is displayed as ½".

Not possible AFAIK.

Post the plan.