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I consulted on an ocean view job today.....so I missed the webinar. Any chance y'all will publish it like the sneak peak video?

I just want to raise the roof height to match the surrounding structure without losing the ceiling height of he smaller room. I've tried to do this with a ceiling plane as a work around but am wanting a simple way to do it so that framing is correct....

what do you want the roof to look like? Normally I will raise the roof or alter the existing roof to go over another part of a building

I've had that problem many times and thought it was just me. If you do find out what it was with the wall intersection tool, please post the solution, thanks

What you show is how Yoda does it. Mine is a combo of wall types, custom materials and wall coverings and it has no issue with windows and doors and does not affect framing 250508 (3).mp4

I am not sure how it works on the MAC but you should be able to use x17 and then close it out and jump back on to x16.

There was a good discussion on this under the symbol & content forum, worth a look. I personally prefer the method discussed by the OP of that post, but the integrated handles could be more useful in some circumstances. Instead of doing some kind of custom side (as kat_euromax is doing here), I just set sides to "none" and always have a panel on the end cabinets.

I downloaded the beta on my mac. It wants me to make my x16 key available. I would wait for full release, but I really want to use the new wrapping schedules. I was hoping to still use x16 as a backup if there are too many bugs.

I have attached the sample model here... I'm not sure what I'm missing here....can anyone help? Thank you SAMPLE MODEL.plan

Michael am I missing something here? I have opened my TM model and this is the import (3ds) screen... don't see any option to keep scene material? Could you suggest further? Thanks

This was done with solids and boolean operations. I use transform replicate to duplicate and move in case I need to redo later. Draw, side profile and set depth. Go to front elevation and draw a new solid that has the curve you want. Look at plan, change depth and position to overlap. Copy that and reflect about the original. Use subtract to get the curves on the side. Then if you need it hollow. Transform replicate, resize some percentage (.98?) Go back to front elevation and manuall pull the bottom of the smaller piece down, the top up. Subtract. Then add flat solids to in front elevation to fill in the space on the side, copy and reflect, then use union Here is final with Chloe hood next to it.

Chief has one essentially the same. Bonus Library: Kitchen Vent Hoods / Plaster Hood / Chloe Hood

Hi Friends, I'm trying to create a hood fan like in the image below. First I tried with a molding polyline, but couldn't get it flat on the back where it would mount to the wall. Then I tried with a 3D solid making breaks and selecting lines and changing them to arcs. This worked really well, except I can't seem to curve both the front and sides, just one or the other. Does anyone know how to overcome this?

Well the webinar did it's thing. Thanks CA for creating another great version of this product!

We had an installer issue on some systems which we fixed with the 27.0.3.82 build.

Chief_Architect_Premier-27.0.3.81-Win64 did not install correctly for me, Chief_Architect_Premier-27.0.3.82-Win64 does install without hanging during Removing Backup Files.

Is there a way to have the measurements or dimensions of a wall automatically stay on your plan, in clear view, after constructing that wall?

Oh okay....thanks on both accounts.

Same problem here on both Windows 11 Pro laptop and desktop.

awesome, thank you

Open the room specification and look at the third item from the top. It will say "Deck". Click on that and look to the upper right. There will be an item labeled "automatically regenerate deck framing". Check that box and it will put the framing and planks back in. An alternate method it to define the room as something else like a bedroom or closet than change it back to a deck and it will redo the framing and planks.

Not sure this is how @Renerabbitt did it but it inspired me to create something in a wall type and this was the end result, for a quick 3D rendering it works great. Gables would take a little of clean up but it's quick and simple, create two layers of siding and make the outer one the depth of the siding you want. Set it to have framing and set up the width and spacing you want. Then set your top and bottom plates if you want them and voila... Windows and doors will create issues as the framing will be automatic around them but you can delete and edit as needed I guess.

Attached are two plans. One with the temporary dimensions settings how I want them and one where they are not right. I would like it so when I click on an exterior wall it shows me the outside of wood stud to outside of wood stud dimension and when I click on interior walls it shows me the gypsum to gypsum dimension. I when to default settings and played around with those but I either get the exterior dimensions to be like I want but not the interior or vice versa. I don't want to revert back to the correct temporary dimension plan because I have updated the one where the temporary dimensions are not correct to be the template I want to use. Thanks for the help. house with correct temporary dimension settings.zip house with incorrect temporary dimensions settings.zip

Attached is my plan. On some of my plans when I create a deck and then either delete it or modify it the framing/planks disappear and when I try and create a new deck the framing/planks won't show up. Is there something I need to do it I delete a deck to fix this problem? Thanks for the help. house.zip

So far, I'm more than a bit underwhelmed. Excuse me for not controlling my excitement.-bB Was expecting and hoping for more items like the new ability to display stairs on the floor above. The dishwasher thing is good but not life altering, The angle snaps 90d & 45d are (I guess) the Ortho Lock many of us have been asking for, for many years (thanks). 3d editing of molding polylines is cool (especially if it works in conjunction with 3d dimensioning) but I'd still like to see auto/user definable downspouts. Text annotation on 3d views eliminates having to notate on the layout sheets. I guess we are a rendering program for kitchen designers? Still waiting for deck stair framing but do like that we finally got the sill plate out of the foundation wall height specification. Still don't have the ability to put lites in a standard parametric garage door............ -bB