Chrisb222

Hi, I can't find any way to show windows open like you can with doors. Client wants to see 3D pics of house comparing awning and casement windows ... open. I already told him "Sure no problem!" Ugh lol. Time for the walk of shame.....

Nice tips, THANKS!

Wow. Where I'm from (Ohio) full foundation under the front porch is universal. Every house. Back patios are usually slab-on-grade, with footing for posts if covered. But the front porch always has a full foundation unless wood framed with posts going into the ground.

That doesn't work for me. At least, I didn't see a foundation under the 3D porch when I selected that. I did find a "Foundation Wall" specification on the "Foundation" panel of the Railing Spec DBX, but it didn't produce the desired result either. None of my efforts have produced a standard foundation wall on Floor 0. This needs to be part of the Foundation Defaults, like the Garage specifications, and needs to produce a foundation drawing on Floor 0. Maybe there's something else I'm missing? I'm certainly no expert.

I just made a suggestion thread about this:

All front porches here have the same foundation as the house, although the porch footings are not always as deep as basement footings. Seems like this would be easy feature to add.

I'll throw in my two cents, as a home builder actually working in the field. I totally agree with Richard 100%. Most guys working in the trades are alpha males, and I would NOT want to be the designer who used mixed dimension notations, walking up to a framer who just had to rebuild a wall because he mis-read my print. Just sayin' Of course, having the option doesn't force me to use it, so I can't say it's a bad feature for someone who wants to experience alpha rage.

I'm already using the new perspective control in conjunction with the perspective crop tool. Funny, now that I'm getting the hang of it, it's easier than ever before! And has solved some of the issues I used to have with getting the view "just right" in X7. Thanks again.

Haha, funny how we see different tools as having different levels of usability. The first time I used the input survey data, I jumped for joy. Yeah, I've had to start over before, but for me it's a great tool. Interesting discussion, no right or wrong answer.

Oh my gosh, IT WORKS, thank you so much. I can't tell how much aggravation this has been causing. Yes, I'm sure I'll learn to like the new method eventually, since now I know how to do both. Thanks again!!

Hi, I'm used to X7 and just started using X9. I am used to the way the 3D "Perspective Full Overview" camera worked in X7, but it's different in X9. The main difference I'm experiencing is that when I want to zoom in or out using the scroll wheel on my mouse, the perspective changes and the camera in plan view actually moves closer or farther away from the object I'm viewing. In X7, the view would remain static and simply get bigger or smaller, the perspective never changed, and the camera location in plan view never changed. This is aggravating because when I get the perspective I want, but too much background, and zoom in, the perspective changes. I've searched everywhere for a setting to change this, searched the forum too, but no luck. Any ideas to get this working like it did in X7? Thanks... EDIT: Also, panning the camera in X7 with the grabber hand (Command key on Mac) would just slide the view left or right, no perspective change. Now, it rotates the view and throws off my perspective angle. GRR EDIT: Even the "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons change the camera location/perspective. GRRRR EDIT: Okay, it appears the zoom in and zoom out buttons might work. They're moving the camera, but not changing the perspective.....?

For anyone else who finds this thread with a similar problem, I for one LOVE the input method. Works like a charm, and is extremely useful if used correctly. Yes, use "Chord Length" and their bearings (direction) for entering arcs. Then if you want, you can change the straight line to an arc and approximate the shape. There is a way to input arc data but I haven't been able to get it to work. A problem I think some people have is not understanding the direction of the bearing angle. The CA input method expects you to go around the lot in one direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise. In the picture above in Post # 1, the surveyor has plotted the bearings going in both directions, so when inputting the data you must convert some of the lines to the other direction, or the resulting drawing will be wrong. This is easily done by exchanging the North/South directions in the bearing angle. For instance, Line #1 is indicated as going "Toward North, To The West": 1. 328.66' (N 32 06 29 W) To reverse this line, simply change its direction 180° this way: 1. 328.66' (S 32 06 29 E)

Hi, after resigning myself to never being able in X9 to use the font I was using extensively with X7, I decided to install another font to use instead. However I'm now unable to get CA to recognize ANY user-installed font on my Mac. (I had to upgrade my OS to High Sierra to use X9, not sure if that had any effect.) User-installed fonts are working fine with other Mac apps... Ugh. Being stuck with the handful of fonts that X9 recognizes is no fun. I was just wondering if anyone else has succeeded in using a non-native font in CA... thanks

Why, yes I was. I see now it was always available, but what the video showed was that it now has the ability to add a label with macros for sq ft etc. Thanks Curt!

Hi, I just upgraded to X9 Premier and while watching some of the sales videos I came across a new feature where you can extract a line drawing of the perimeter of a room, and assign a label to it with the room name and square footage. I could make great use of this feature for sending orders to my flooring contractor, but I didn't memorize the technique, as it was before I decided to upgrade, and now I can't find it among all the "new features" videos. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks

Thank you, and thanks for your efforts to help me.

Yes, I submitted it to tech and hopefully they can recreate my problem, that is, having it work correctly in X7 but not in X9. Thanks again.

Tried that, thanks. You're right, in X9 it does not look condensed, it IS stretched out, and spaced out too. See my two screenshots above for how it's supposed to look. Yes I can change fonts but all of my defaults, and all text using this font in legacy plans would have to be manually changed. If the font doesn't work right for you either it must be X9, as the font works correctly on my system in X7 and all other apps... Thanks again.

Yes, it is in the list, and looks messed up just like it does in the text DBX. Thx

Hmm, yes, I already tried uninstalling/reinstalling the font, and it still works fine in all other apps.... Thank you.

Hmm, I downloaded it from here and it unzipped into the same font I have on my Mac. I don't know how fonts work on your PC... Again, the font still works fine in X7 and all other apps. It only goes screwy in X9. Thanks for your help.

Got it, thanks. Arial MT Cn Lt.zip

Both, yes. Thank you.

Thanks for the reply. This seems to be the default substitute font, as one other user font is also defaulting to that style in CA, and it's not a sans-serif simple font, it's a display font (I was a graphic designer for 20 years and well versed in Mac fonts). The font works fine in all other programs. Thanks again for your thoughts.

Thanks, good ideas. Here is a screen shot of a floor plan in X7 that shows the font displayed correctly: I like the font because it's very narrow. When dimensioning tight spaces, it will fit better between the dimension extension lines, as you can see in the 6" wall thickness dimension. Here is the same plan in X9, the text has defaulted to another font and is all messed up, it even caused my window callouts to enlarge: I'm sure I can find another font to replace it with the same effect but it would mean changing everything in every plan. I use this font for 90% of the text in a plan. Here is the font: Arial MT Cn LtArial MT Cn Lt I'm running CA on MacOS High Sierra. Thanks for any insight...