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I think I can use the building shell tool to create the basic shape. I would be interested in laying out the floor, joists, rafters, windows and doors though. I touched on it previously with my trainer but just need to fill in some gaps.

Thanks Jeff that's very generous. This is an exercise I want to do as a matter learning the software. I am guessing that I will need to use a combination of building shell tools, lines and offsets. This pic is for our local building department and likely does not need to be super detailed but I'd like to know what it takes to draw it up in Landmark. I will be meeting with my trainer on Monday and will have him help me with it. How do landmark users lay out and spec. a deck?

I'd like to see something like what you posted. I have building shell and detailing tools.

I am using Landmark.

I need to layout a simple shed 12x16 showing floor wall and roof framing. Can someone link me to some good videos on how to do it the simplest way which will show the dimension of the lumber.

Figured out.

I can see the sum total header at the top of the worksheet in edit mode but when I close that line (#2) does not show up. Whats the setting so I see it on the worksheet?

Got it thanks Jeff!

Here it is. I tried unchecking mass plants still no fill. Thanks for taking a look! Moineau Side.vwx

I am attempting to put a plant symbol in a drawing. The colors on several of the symbols are not coming through. When inserted into the drawing they are showing a solid white fill. Whats the setting. You will see I have inserted plant #86...No fill on drawing

Ahhh so I need to do more than one ungroup? Separate the bitmap from the white rectangle then ungroup the bitmap again and delete the white rectangle? I already traced it out but I will try it again just to see. I'll let you know what happens.

Great thanks! I was wondering about that one.

Yea right in front of me! Thanks for pointing that out to me.

I figured it was something like that. I tried to Trace Bitmap but it only comes up with scattered pixels. I'll mess with it and see what I can figure out...then I'll trace it. Thanks for trying Kevin!

Thanks for the instructions it seems to be the Vectorworks standard. I can't seem to get it to work. I ungrouped, deleted the bitmap, got it to the white box. There is no data in the white box. Is it possible that its been locked by the engineering firm that created it? Or am I missing a setting. I control Zd back to ungroup and then pulled the two apart.

Is there a quick way to convert a PDF to lines on a drawing. I'm importing a site plan from a client which is in PDF format. It comes in scaled perfectly with lines very clear. Do I need to trace it or is there a trick?

I was just looking for pdf import instructions and it says select the command. It would be great if the path to the command could be shown.

I want to print some rough drafts and the plan is only printing out about 2/3 of the design on an 11x17 page. How do I adjust the print margins so I use the entire page...Margins excluded of course. It shows on the screen that it is with in the available print area. It was also only printing to page breaks. I have a formatting issue.

Hmm maybe I'll try that will data tags capture all the same info?

Ok just did it and used the selection tool to select the whole screen. Nothing highlighted. Somehow I have a symbol floating around way off in left field that I can't find. Is it a digital ghost?😄

Yea in advanced plant settings the annotations were not set properly and the plant tags were set as various things. That weren't correct. I have it straightened up here thanks for the help

Yea I messed with it and the classes were a mess. Thanks for the help.

Thats a function of the plant style correct?

Ok so i did that and it removed the plant and the tag. Apparently I have the entire plant classed as a tag correct?

Do I change the class to invisible in the OIP?