Chrisb222

Ah. Yeah I would like to have control over that line style. I would prefer to always see a solid line there, not the dash. No way to change the automatic line style behavior. Separate control of the CL text would be nice too.

Yes, uncheck Mark as Centerline: The size is controlled by the text size of the dimension text. So yes it can be changed but all other dimension text will also change.

You can skip step 1.

That would be the Fill Window Building Only tool, which zooms the view to the entire building, regardless of where you were focused. In the OOB template, it's on the right-side toolbar, shown here: Or, it could be something to do with layer settings but that's difficult to diagnose without having the plan file.

Just to clarify, I find that typically, a LEFT CABINET DOOR has the knob on the right, and the hinge on the left. Walk-through doors, however are as you describe. They're typically labeled opposite of cabinet doors, which I always thought was strange and confusing. At least that's how it is in my world, and in Chief's nomenclature.

Not that I know of. I use a CAD cross box to indicate the columns. Which is a pain. On a side note, I noticed your window dimensions have the extension line covering the callout. I use the same callout and the extension line covering it like that bugs me. Maybe you already have a method to clean that up too, or maybe you don't mind it like it is, but here's a quick easy way to fix that if you want (unsolicited tip incoming): Bring all the windows in front of their extension markers using View Draw Order Edit Tools in the edit toolbar. Select all windows using Marquee-select objects by type, then use the draw order tools: Before: After: /unsolicited_tip

Yes. You definitely should start using SPVs, check out the training videos: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2421/saved-plan-views.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2433/developing-saved-plan-views.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10199/productivity-tips-saved-plan-views.html

Ah. Excuse me for not experimenting before replying, I didn't check to see if there was indeed different functionality now. I couldn't recreate the old functionality you're trying to achieve in X17 either. It seems this might be a bug, otherwise why would Setup Temporary have a "Centers" button for wall locate?

Temporary dimensions now use settings in the current Dimension Default, under the Setup Temporary panel:

Just to add to what others have said, you have a couple of tools in the object toolbar to edit schedule numbering... You can change the window's position in the schedule using these up and down arrows, with the window selected: Also, if after adding the schedule you happen to delete a window, it may cause a gap in the numbering. There's a tool to renumber the schedule and eliminate numbering gaps:

@DBCooper That worked great, thanks.

Scott, I'm getting an error when there isn't a pony wall. I got the script to recognize the presence - or lack - of a pony wall, however every wall segment with a different sq ft area generates its own row in the schedule. I also couldn't use the Total command to sum the areas of the wall segments. 1: Is there a way to cause the schedule to combine all like wall types into one row, regardless of differing sq ft areas? 2: Can the schedule total numeric results of macro scripts?

You are correct, those controls do not physically move the roof planes, they control on which floor they display.

If you want to stay with automatic roof, you can control individual roof planes through the wall specification. Does not always allow the level of customization that's needed, but greatly expands the ability to mix roof styles within auto roofs:

Quite a while back I saw a discussion about how to use an orthopedic camera to view a projected roof plane in 2D. Think it was @Alaskan_Son Maybe try a forum search.

It took a little digging but I think I found the problem. Locate Auto Room derives some of its settings from another panel in the dialog, namely Setup Automatic. I changed your Setup Automatic settings back to the OOB settings and Auto Room Dimension now locates casings. It seems your Line Separation and First Line Offset settings were not compatible with displaying both dimension lines, so one was omitted. See the OOB settings:

Huh, that's weird. Your file that I downloaded had Casing checked but it was dimmed because Openings was unchecked: When I checked Openings, it worked on my computer so I don't think it's a software bug.

A CAD detail is meant to convey to the reader how you're instructing that the subject matter is to be built. You don't "choose the correct one" unless it matches exactly how you want it constructed. Otherwise, you start with a camera view, or one of the supplied details that is close, and modify it to your specifications.

That's all done in the Layer settings. Turn off what you don't want to see, turn on what you do want to see, and edit what you see to make it look how you want.

You need to set Casing as a locate object under the Locate Auto Room settings: ...then it works:

Works for me using a quick simple test on an OOB X17 Template plan: Probably, if we had the plan file. Otherwise we're just guessing...

I normally see that when there's a change in the ceiling or floor height relative to the adjacent room, the single line will become a double line full thickness wall. In those cases there's no way that I know to change it back to a single line. When I tried this, the room divider remained a single line, but the rooms have the same floor and ceiling heights. If you don't have a difference in the floor or ceiling height in the room, maybe post the plan so we can take a look.

Yes has happened to me a couple of times. Called sales and they took care of it, no problem. Last year I was a couple weeks late due to the holidays and when i realized it over a weekend I was sweating big time, but called Monday and they bailed me out. Of course that's no guarantee but it has worked out for me in the past. Hope you can rest easy till they open.

See the image DBCooper posted above, follow those links and you will be editing your current dimension default: When you go that route, the current dimension default will automatically be highlighted. You can also simply double-click any dimension tool in your toolbar and it will open that current dimension default, where it can be edited.

Which Dimension Default are you using in your current view, and which one did you edit the settings under Temporary Setup, per the previous suggestion? In previous versions, Temporary Dimensions was a discrete tool with its own settings and controls. Now, Temporary Dimensions adopt the locate (and other) settings from the currently active dimension default. So your "Setup Temporary" settings need to be done on the dimension default you're using in the current view in order for them to apply to temporary dimensions.