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No, the selected Default Layer Set simply controls which layers are visible in that Saved Plan View (SPV). The Default Layer Set won't control which Text Layer is Active for Text for that view - you also have to set those Text and Rich Text layer setting defaults. Think of the SPV as a program of "Active Defaults" i.e., settings which that view uses (among other settings) - and defaults to - when you open that view. If you want Floor Framing TEXT to appear on the Text- Floor Framing Layer when placing text in the Floor Framing SPV, then in that SPV's Defaults, Text must be assigned to that layer. So in your Floor Framing SPV, you want the Default Text assigned to the layer for Text- Floor Framing. In your SPV Defaults, under Rich Text and Text, hit the Pencil icon, and see what layer they are assigned to (for Rich Text hit the Appearance tab, for Text click the Line Style tab). That is where you control when and where the text appears, and it's why the program is asking if you want to turn on the Text- Ceiling Framing layer - because your Floor Framing SPV Default for Text has Ceiling Framing as the layer it's assigned to. Depending on your preferences, you may need to create specific Saved Text Styles for specific views, but you may also be able to repeat some text styles over multiple views. It depends on your setup.

It will cut the base if you set the window at 0" above floor instead of your 2" AFF setting: Apparently the baseboard won't cut when the window isn't all the way down. If you want the casing to go under the window instead of the baseboard, you may need to manually edit the baseboard as described by DB above.

That refers to the memory on a standalone graphics card. Since newer Macs like yours use integrated video that shares memory with the CPU, there is no onboard graphics card hence no memory on the non-existent graphics card.

In Physically Based rendering mode, you have "Use Backdrop Image" unchecked: However, checking it produces a lot of other unwanted effects. Firstly, since you have no interior lights, the blue backdrop is washing everything inside the room with a strong blue color. I played around with Sun and Daytime Backdrop Intensity settings and added a bunch of interior lights and quickly got this, but it still needs a lot of work (which is why I don't mess with PBR, I'm much better with CPU Ray Trace): Also, your glass material is from the Clopay garage door Manufacturers catalog...? I changed it to Chief Standard Glass in one sash, but they look the same...

No, you can't move the Displayed Line Length on a CAD line.

Oh, you meant line length displayed on a CAD line, not a dimension. Go to Default Settings > CAD > General CAD and under Displayed Line Length Format, click Define and set your formatting there for CAD line lengths. Again, Number Style ONLY affects numbers within dialog boxes.

Dimension formatting is controlled in the Dimension dialog, Primary Format panel. Number Style dialog only applies to numbers within the dialog. You can move the dimension value by clicking the smaller box near the value and dragging. Not that I'm aware.

You can. Just type Custom Muntins into "Help": Custom Muntins You can design your own muntins for the glazing of a window or door. Muntins are formed from a CAD block composed of lines and arcs drawn over window or door glass in a cross section/elevation view. The CAD block should cover at least half the glass horizontally and one quarter of the area vertically, but should not overlap it in either direction by more than five percent. Nested CAD blocks cannot be used. See CAD Blocks. Creating Muntins Custom muntins are created by drawing their pattern using the CAD tools, blocking the pattern to create a CAD block, and then selecting the window and clicking the Load Muntins edit button. To create custom muntins Create a Cross Section/Elevation view of the wall the window or door is in and Zoom in on the window or door. Use the Draw Line and Draw Arc tools to design the desired muntins. Try to make them start and end as close to the edge of the glass as possible. When the muntin design is complete, group-select all lines and arcs and click the Make CAD Block edit button. See Selecting Objects. Select the door or window and click the Load Muntins edit button to convert the CAD block into custom muntins. If the window in question is the component of a mulled unit, bay, or box window, click on it and, then click the Select Next Object edit button. If the window in question is the component of a bow window, the custom muntins will load onto all of its components - not just one of them. If your window has more than one sash (a double-hung window, for example, has two), you must create a separate CAD block for each pane. When you click Load Muntins , all CAD blocks are loaded. Custom muntins move with the opening and copy with their opening. They also stretch or compress when the glass area is resized. This stretching may not be perfect for non-rectangular glass areas that are resized by a large amount. Custom muntins can be created for the components of Bay Windows , Box Windows , and mulled units. To create custom muntins for a Bow Window , you must draw them on the one component that is selectable. When the muntins are loaded, they will be applied to all of the components See Component Windows. The Load Muntins edit tool can also be used to add custom muntins to glass doors. See Special Doors.

Yeah we do that too. So set up your casing to divide by 14 instead of 16: You can also edit the default so it reports the piece length in the Size column. So for these two doors, you need 5 pieces 14' long. Right? Again, just ignore the ft mark after the 5.

You can't, exactly, but you can modify the material list to get what you want. In the Material List, double-click the cell for Count and change "=length" to "=(length/16)" to convert the total lineal feet into the number of 16' lengths. Change "ft" to something less confusing (I would use the ' mark, see example) 78 lineal ft: Change formula for reporting: (5) 16' pieces required (ignore the foot mark after the number): Of course, that math could also be done easily with a calculator, but this way will be dynamic and update as the plan changes. However, you can also set this up in your template plan so the Material List reports this way automatically with each new plan. Create a room, open it and go into the Components panel for the room, and change the count formula for your standard moldings there, then save as a new template. You have to save out your template with the room intact; if you delete the room, the formula won't carry forward. But once you open a new plan from the template, you can delete that room and start over, and the formula will stick: This will only work for one specific length so obviously, if you want to buy all 8' pieces, divide by 8. Here, we use only 16' lengths.

In that case, the single biggest improvement in recent years is Saved Plan Views. It's a massive enhancement to previous methods for producing architectural drawings, and will definitely speed up AND simplify your workflow. Check this out: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/search/?default_tab=video&q=saved+plan+views

And it won't if you don't really embrace the upgrades. So if you can get by with X4, I'd just use it for now to get rolling, then switch to the latest version if and when the workload supports it financially. I will say tho, the upgrades are fantastic.

Sink in cabinet is controlled by the "Fixtures, Interior" layer, which doesn't show up in ALDO when the cabinet is selected. Just go to that layer and change the settings and it will apply to the sink. If you have other Fixtures on that layer that you don't want that effect applied to, may need to move them to a different layer. Which you can't do with the sink.

If I understand you correctly and you're dealing with actual Chief Architect Marker objects, you should be able to marquee select the markers, open the specification dialog box and change the size to zero. They will still be there but virtually invisible. You could also change to an invisible line style. If by "marker" you mean just the dimension line's anchor point, you may have to re-attach the anchor point to something else before deleting that line.

Caveat: Depending on the particulars, this may not be an efficient method. But I would select one of the lines I want to keep and place it on a special layer. Then using the layer eyedropper, click on this line to load that layer into the layer painter, then go around and paint the other lines I want to keep onto that layer. Then you can turn that layer off, Select All, and delete the remaining unwanted lines.

It's not only that the roof is off-center. Fix the pitch and make sure the fascia top height settings stay the same. Then re-join the roof plane intersections: However since you have two different pitches, with square cut eaves, the soffit height will be different as shown at the red circle. The shadow board isn't showing on the eave because you have it set for gable only.

Yeah you also don't have the additional clipping tools Eric was referring to. I'm afraid you're stuck with either manipulating the cross section, or upgrading. An older workaround for situations like this would be to draw a CAD shape(s) filled with solid white to cover things you don't want to see. Might get you out of a jam...?

Don't know. CA X15 shows the sloped ceiling in a Wall Elevation in this simple test plan: Home Designer has its own forum, maybe ask there.

You have a flat ceiling plane under the sloped plane, blocking it. Pull the flat plane back so they're not overlapping.

Half the time I'm here on my phone and sigs don't even show. So for that reason, it would be more useful to me when they mention their version in the title or OP. But honestly, I never cared.

Same here. Especially now with subscription and the end of license transfer, most all newbies are going to be using the latest version. But it was never an issue for me anyway, even before that.

Not only that, but unless you have Maximum Files set to something crazy high (I use the default 14 which seems like pa-LEN-ty) you'll get bugged to manage the files all the time.

I would zoom out to a blank area of the source plan, then go to CAD > CAD Block Management, select all, then hit Insert, and click to place them all. Select all those CAD blocks, copy, then paste them into the target plan. There may be better ways...

Will your pdf reader save out as png? The one that comes with macs will.

I would just indicate the slope using cad in the live section view. Then if something changes, the model will update live, and you'd just need to adjust the cad for the slope.