Larry_Sweeney Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago Is the a "magic trick" to ganging switches together on an island? Every time, in an elevation view, I try pulling two switches together one disappears. In another case, still in elevation view, I have three switches apart and when I attempt to set them all at the same elevation, one will disappear before I even try to bring them together as a 3-gang unit. I've looked at everything in the dialog boxes and can't find anything I've missed. Please tell me the "secret" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago Larry, Have you tried X17? It has a tool to make electrical items into ganged units. You just group select and click on the edit tool to gang them. The rules are that they must all be at the same height and within 36". I'm not sure how many can be ganged in one box. Off hand I would think 4 should be the max but I just did 5 and it worked. HD actually lists a 6-gang box but that seems to be the max. Chief will allow more but the space between studs would make it difficult to actually do more and I don't think there are cover plates for more than 6 anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago One thing I found is that if you gang switches and oulets, you will need to make sure your 3D views have both electrical & electrical -power layers on or you won't see all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago Joe................Thanks for the "Heads up" about X17. I haven't downloaded it yet. I started this project in X16 and I didn't want to switch over midstream in the project. It's always the "little things" with this program that always give me the biggest headaches. I wish CA would just sit down, listen to the "group" about fixing things that aren't quite working correctly with the program (some for MANY years) and fix those items once and for all. Thanks again for taking the time. Have a great weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 1 hour ago, Joe_Carrick said: electrical -power Joe this must be one of your own custom layers. There is no electrical-power layer. OOTB with a ganged switch we only need the "electrical" layer turned on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 11 hours ago, Renerabbitt said: Joe this must be one of your own custom layers. There is no electrical-power layer. OOTB with a ganged switch we only need the "electrical" layer turned on You are correct. I have: Outlets on Electrical, Power Lights & Switches on Electrical Jacks, etc on Electrical, Communication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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