Cheryl_C_Crane Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Is there a way to turn off Auto-Room Name Behavior? Gosh it just drives me nuts! I have looked and searched, but don't see how to stop the program from naming every room Garage. I often draw the perimeter based on the setbacks, then locate where the garage will be. If I continue to draw interior walls, I will get a lot of Garage rooms. There must be a setting somewhere, I appreciate your thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenoeightspot Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 When you create a new room the program will name it based on the previous named room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yup. Do you know how to stop this behavior? I like to pull the Garage out of the LA right away. Also, helps with the site plan strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenoeightspot Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Do not label the first room in the plan, then any additional room will not be labelled. Or just uncheck "show room label" per room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenoeightspot Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 You can first label the garage ,then create other rooms,they will not be labeled, but if you subdivide the garage and other room will also be a garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 it is recommended to name the garage to have Chief create the garage with curb cuts etc room names have meaning to chief room labels can be "anything" follow Bills' suggestion in post #5 Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 OK, so What I must be doing is naming the whole footprint 1st! Instead, I should wait until I have progressed the preliminary plan a bit, and then name the Garage. This makes sense. But, I still would like to just turn it Off. With open floor plans, I have found that I will label the whole space Family, then subdivide for Kit & Nook. Or, I will define a Bedroom and then figure where the closet should go. I get interrupted a lot. It may be a few days before I come back to a plan. I don't want to loose my train of thought, so I tend to label early. I often will work with Realtors in trying to sell a Lot. So, I do mostly Prelim stuff. I haven't done a full set of Construction Drawings in several years. Thanks for your help. I will change my behavior since I can't change CA! Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kMoquin Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Not really a total solution, but has worked for my needs - When making major alterations I have turned off the room names layer and dealt with the room labels after the design session was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenPalmer Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Agreed, would love to turn this off...I'm fine with the new room being labeled the same as the existing, but would rather have the label off by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I agree, I'd rather the label of the newly carved out room not display. And, if you are subdividing a room, it seems to me that it wouldn't be hard for Chief to not label the smaller of the divided spaces. It comes down to the difference between drafting in Chief and designing in Chief. Annoying breaks in concentration detract from the design flow of thought. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenPalmer Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 It comes down to the difference between drafting in Chief and designing is Chief. Annoying breaks in concentration detract from the design flow of thought. Well said.....agree entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 I agree, I'd rather the label of the newly carved out room not display. And, if you are subdividing a room, it seems to me that it wouldn't be hard for Chief to not label the smaller of the divided spaces. It comes down to the difference between drafting in Chief and designing is Chief. Annoying breaks in concentration detract from the design flow of thought. What Bryce said, EXACTLY! Thanks to Ben, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raltd9245 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I agree, I'd rather the label of the newly carved out room not display. And, if you are subdividing a room, it seems to me that it wouldn't be hard for Chief to not label the smaller of the divided spaces. It comes down to the difference between drafting in Chief and designing is Chief. Annoying breaks in concentration detract from the design flow of thought. I agree with Ben and of course you. I think that Chief has to revisit many options that are automatically controlled be the program. Or at the least the ones that are hidden in the DBX choices. There are way to many controls that you have to turn on or off in the DBX world. At least it would be great if Chief issued a list of these controls for us to have at our fingertips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I agree with Ben and of course you. I think that Chief has to revisit many options that are automatically controlled be the program. Or at the least the ones that are hidden in the DBX choices. There are way to many controls that you have to turn on or off in the DBX world. At least it would be great if Chief issued a list of these controls for us to have at our fingertips. Yes, that is well put as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 I agree with Ben and of course you. I think that Chief has to revisit many options that are automatically controlled be the program. Or at the least the ones that are hidden in the DBX choices. There are way to many controls that you have to turn on or off in the DBX world. At least it would be great if Chief issued a list of these controls for us to have at our fingertips. Ben, Ron, Bryce & I have been with CA for a long time and through many revisions. We are fortunate, I believe, because we are fairly well versed. I'd be overwhelmed if it weren't for experience and this Board. We need an overhaul of DBXs and Libraries. (We have Accessories all over the place because as Bonus Libraries were added they came under new Library Folder titles). I truly love Chief and hope that I don't sound like a malcontent - because I am not. We have seen great improvements throughout the revisions, otherwise, I let my SSA lapse. That said, it is time to clean things up and get rid of the clutter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenPalmer Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 OK, working on a plan today, and this is pretty annoying especially when really small rooms, or dead space is created...however, it can be helpful when larger rooms are created...just to get a quick size. So I wonder if there is a way to just have rooms larger then say 10 x 10, or 12 x 12, or by square feet show the room name, and anything smaller have it named, but the label off by default. If that is difficult to implement, or confusing for users to understand how and why it is working, then I would lean towards it being off by default. Just some thoughts on this while designing a new project today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 it should be a preference setting to have rooms labels off Chief should set the room type based on the room it is being created from but the room label can be anything or can be turned off awhile back Chief would revert to the defaults and this would cause grief lots of grief for messing up floor and ceiling heights etc CA's solution was to retain the properties from the original room Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I agree it's annoying, but if you have a bunch, you can use the Show/Load Same on the Edit toolbar and just single-click the room labels off one by one, rather than opening each room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 A moment ago I saw a blind corner where we could sneak a little linen closet. Drew my 2 short walls to form the 24x30 tiny room, a POW there was a HUGE label BEDROOM. Clicked on the offending Label (because I couldn't click on the tiny room), pressed TAB, then set the room to closet, do not show label. Remember the line in the movie, "Amadeus", "Too many notes!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 A moment ago I saw a blind corner where we could sneak a little linen closet. Drew my 2 short walls to form the 24x30 tiny room, a POW there was a HUGE label BEDROOM. Clicked on the offending Label (because I couldn't click on the tiny room), pressed TAB, then set the room to closet, do not show label. Remember the line in the movie, "Amadeus", "Too many notes!" Kidding, I am. You spend more time complaining about this than it takes you to fix it ps: "Unspecified" automatically suppresses the label and the "Liveable Area" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenPalmer Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 A moment ago I saw a blind corner where we could sneak a little linen closet. Drew my 2 short walls to form the 24x30 tiny room, a POW there was a HUGE label BEDROOM. Clicked on the offending Label (because I couldn't click on the tiny room), pressed TAB, then set the room to closet, do not show label. Exactly..it's the small rooms that are a nuisance because you have to move/remove the label to continue designing. This was the thought process behind my suggestion about a minimum room size for the label to appear....define the room, just keep the label off when smaller then the predefined minimum room size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 You spend more time complaining about this than it takes you to fix it I just don't understand this attitude towards suggestions Lew 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raltd9245 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 You spend more time complaining about this than it takes you to fix it I just don't understand this attitude towards suggestions Lew Oh Lew, not nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC-1701 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 You spend more time complaining about this than it takes you to fix it I just don't understand this attitude towards suggestions Lew Joe said he was "kidding"! From the amount of posts it is evident that this is an 'annoying' feature, and I agree it is a PITA! BTW, I like Ben's suggestion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hey Lew, JC is just goofing with you, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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