Evolution Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Placing a dining table (size requested by client) to give an idea of room/clearances. The table is from the CA library, I increased it's size via the dbx, added chairs by copy/paste. Interesting results, when I attempted to place the added chairs, I could only drag them under the table by a control drag, which appeared to place them on top of the table. I opened each chair dbx and the floor to bottom was already set to zero. I did a section through the table and none of the offending chairs are above the table. Of course the client immediately recognized those chairs and questioned why I placed them on top of the table. It was a bit embarrassing to say the "soft ware" did it that way, or I don't know why. I can't fix it however, as these are the only chairs doing it, and none of the others required a control drag to place them!?!? I removed the offending chairs, and copied/pasted more to replace them, But again I could only slide them under the table via a controlled drag and again they appear to be on top of the table. Any ideas why? Dining table.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Have you tried using the "move to front of group" command for the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 That was the FIRST thing I tried, even though the chairs appear to be in front of everything else, and it Didn't change anything (assuming I know how to use it correctly) I checked the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithhe Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I see this all the time too. Despite the chairs being lower than the table/counter, in plan they show above the table/counter. This, regardless of where you place either in the group. They look right in 3D, but wrong in plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Dennis_Gavin Posted December 15, 2014 Solution Share Posted December 15, 2014 I moved table to front of group and it works for the table and chair I used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I run into this all the time. First open the symbol and check to see if the 2D cad block is checked to be transparent or not . If it isn't then I've found that rather then "fight" CA I just make a filled rectangular polyline the size of the table top and then block it with the table so if I move the table the filled rectangle moves with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 I moved table to front of group and it works for the table and chair I used. Well, I had tried that earlier too, nothing changed, but I went back and made sure I had selected the table, opened the dbx to make sure all the settings were as I had previously set them, closed it, reselected the table o only and bang, it was correct this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I fought this forever as well. Move to front works most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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