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[IRISH]

You have walking on the beach and inhaling to much secondhand dubie smoke. Better to stay in the office.

Ron, that is just utterly priceless!

[dshall]

.................... They look VERY informative.

Thanks, but most of the credit should go to Bill "who does not as much as Glenn Woodward" Emery and to Richard "The Crumudgeon" Morrison.

[Allen Brown]

I believe this to be the case with many of the features that CA has to offer. That is why this forum is so valuable to me. With your help and others, I think we do a pretty good job of pushing the limits of CA and I believe that is what CA relies on.............. us users finding ways to use what that have created in new and exciting ways. Heck fire, Aaron is back there writing a code that lets us DEFINE window numbers, but the MANUAL WRITERS do not even know what he has done. I think that Aaron should not only write the code, but I also believe he should skip his lunch break to start editing the manual................ hey Aaron, get with it Bud, we need to know what you are doing!

Scott, I hate to tell you this, but Aaron is a SHE!

[dshall]

Scott, I hate to tell you this, but Aaron is a SHE!

You must be kidding..... well who the heck am I thinking of? Who is the guy who did the MONO SLABS? Boy, now I feel embarrassed again..... I barely remember my wife's name, how am I supposed to remember all the CA guys and gals names.....

[Allen Brown]

Perhaps you're thinking of Adrian?

[dshall]

Perhaps you're thinking of Adrian?

Allen, you are confused, Adrian is female............. or is it Adreane the "Tool Bar Designer". Hey CA, help us out here............. I think Allen has been smelling some of Ron's Ganja.

[Allen Brown]

Now you have me wondering if my memory's working.

[dshall]

Now you have me wondering if my memory's working.

I really should know because I have now been to two of the UGM's, problem is, whenever any of the CA staff noticed I was approaching them to engage in some informative dialog..... they turned away....... I am sure it was just a coincidence, but I really started to get this complex that they would rather jump in a bay full of sharks than engage me in discourse. Heck, I think I am overly sensitive.

[5sheds]

I disagree, we need some improvements in producing construction documents. Chief is way to heavy on things like 3d icons. Things like that do not seem to help me with my production.

I agree!!!

[CARMELHILL]

I just watched the rest of the videos. Some good stuff, but they don't address how to still get a callout symbol over your label adjacent to the door or window. I found this limitation when I first started with X3. I could go around the plan and add my circles to the doors and octagons to the windows, but silly. It defeats the whole purpose of automation. But I am going to learn some of that macro stuff to add automatic header sizes. It'll be nice to set up automatic window sizes foir the design presentation to the clients too.

[dshall]

Perhaps you're thinking of Adrian?

I just watched the rest of the videos. Some good stuff, but they don't address how to still get a callout symbol over your label adjacent to the door or window. I found this limitation when I first started with X3. I could go around the plan and add my circles to the doors and octagons to the windows, but silly. It defeats the whole purpose of automation. But I am going to learn some of that macro stuff to add automatic header sizes. It'll be nice to set up automatic window sizes foir the design presentation to the clients too.

I believe that somewhere Bill pointed out you can have the circle or hexagon symbol, but then you lose the option of having the size spec'd out on floor plan. So pick your poison. Quite frankly, I have gotten over the need to have circles or hexagons around the number. When hand drafting I did this all the time but I think it is quite silly. The D-# designation for doors and the W-# for windows works for me and it really seems to be more intuitive/descriptive vs. using the circle/hexagon designation.

With Chief, I have learned or resigned to giving up my "old ways", and I really have found that by and large what I have to do using CA typically is a more desirable method..... whatever the situation is. And finally, I AIN"T GONNA FIGHT CHIEF, I am going to acquiesce to CA's M.O.................... errrr, for the most part anyway.

[Jay M]

Scott,

I use window codes rather than the callouts. With a quick cursory look I can't see how to use an automated code & callout. Is this correct?

[dshall]

Scott,

I use window codes rather than the callouts. With a quick cursory look I can't see how to use an automated code & callout. Is this correct?

I believe your statement is incorrect. I believe that with the macros, you can do what you want...... but not positive without looking into it and proving my statement.

[Jay M]

If you can use both that would be a good thing! I just use the actual window code (ie Andersen TW2446) rather than window 1 or 2 etc. I definitely see the point of having windows numbered in a reasonable fashion for ordering purposes but I'm creating constructions documents for construction not ordering documents.....

This is one area where I haven't jumped on the bandwagon. Call me stubborn.

[dshall]

If you can use both that would be a good thing! I just use the actual window code (ie Andersen TW2446) rather than window 1 or 2 etc. I definitely see the point of having windows numbered in a reasonable fashion for ordering purposes but I'm creating constructions documents for construction not ordering documents.....

This is one area where I haven't jumped on the bandwagon. Call me stubborn.

I must admit I am not entirely clear on the format you wish to use. But if I understand correctly I believe Bill has refered to that capability. Bill is the schedule expert as far as I am concerned.