Top Tips for X1

[Joe Carrick]

Yes - let's talk about Louis in that dress some more..

Oh boy ---- not sure I want to play golf with that................

[JJohnson]

The program builds automatic framing starting from the 0,0 point, so if your building corner is away from that point, the 16" o.c. layout will apear to start at an odd or random place in your wall, but it's starting at 0,0 and doing spacing from there, unless you have inserted a new framing reference marker at your building corner.

Thanks,

[PhoenixConstruction]

Wow, I thought this thread was going to be "Top Tips for X1", not how to make a fashion statement . That's a good look for you Louis , now we know Katy doesn't have anything to worry about. Wendy, you've got to have the record for hijacking one's own thread .

I guess once in awhile there has to be a little levity introduced to break up the day to day crud. Maybe I'm just jealous because I can't come up with something clever, Good job.

[sutcac]

Dangalanga! Do they keep track of most posts in a given period of time? This might win the PostOlympics.

[ChiefCanada.com]

The program builds automatic framing starting from the 0,0 point, so if your building corner is away from that point, the 16" o.c. layout will apear to start at an odd or random place in your wall, but it's starting at 0,0 and doing spacing from there, unless you have inserted a new framing reference marker at your building corner.

Thanks,
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Jere Johnson

Wendy, this was what Mr. Louis was talking about. Normally the first stud/joist is say 16" from the outside of a wall. Without a ref marker (at a particular wall) the program will layout from 0,0. You then have the first joist at maybe 9". This isn't too critical since the framer will do that regardless, but its nice to have the joist layouts as they will be ...so you can see how many of them will be directly under toilets (usually all) I also like having my building corner at 0,0 because sometimes I place objects using absolute co-ordinates...making the numbers less obscure (If I want a col 8' from the corner just enter "move 8' in x direction in trans/replicate. ) Well I hope you don't mind me babbling...

[WendyWelton]

Rob,

Yep - get it now. I've never gotten quite that specific in my plans. The only time I show framing elevations is to explain some posting and transfer beams. When I leave goofy framing the builders are probably laughing - but I've always assumed they were big boys and were going to use their own brains.

Since it never bothered me much, I never asked how to make it do it right. Now I know - and I might just look a widdle bit thmarta in front of the boys.

[Jim Rogers]

Ok, so in order to start a wall for a building at 0,0 should I create a profile plan with a point marker like this at 0.0?
And then every time I start a plan, start drawing my walls at this marked point?

[WendyWelton]

Jim,

I'm thinkin' we ought to run some little tests and find out - but that sounds like what he's talking about.

I have to play with it. The first 16" is different on every wall. Maybe you can have more than one of these? I feel some experimenting coming on. The only time something like this has bothered me is when it gives me dumb looking roof framing - with two sides of the same gable roof not matching. I have to see if this works on that, so I can eliminate some of the manual edits.

[JJohnson]

Good point. Even if you start your building corner at 0,0, there will be other walls that the spacing will be off. Every wall would have to have it's own framing reference...would get to be a lot of work. Oh well I have never shown studs in plan view anyway.

And no need to have 0,0 in a profile plan it is easy enough to set it with the imput point function. Interesting that too far from 0,0 causes weird 3-D drawings, is it really too much math? or what?

[Jim Rogers]

Well I'll say this in my other cad program there is a default origin point on the drawing screen and we usually start our timber frame drawings at this point...

[tracey11]

I just got X1 yesterday thought I would read this thread for some tips.
Well

[WendyWelton]

Boy - you sure did get some tips, eh?

[tracey11]

Now I know what a Chief Guru looks like

[George Godwin]

Sometimes we get more than we bargained for in these threads (pardon the pun).

[frwillia]

George,

I also feel this is a great upgrade. It still needs some tweaking, but I chose to use it over 10 with every new project. I was a bit concerned that my other thread be construed otherwise, when that was not my intent, hence this new thread.

Do you have any tips for the electrical plan issues?

What I've been doing to live with it:

1) I do all the connecting lines (Wiring) with smooth curves - it's faster than fixing the attention deficit automatic connecting lines.

2) I use the library switches (single pole, 3 way, 4 way) to compensate for the automatic features not working or working erratically.

3) I created my own symbols to use in attics.

Fitch

PS: I wish they would take the food disposal outlet symbol out of "switches" and put it in with the rest of the plugs! It always takes me a while to find it.

frw