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So, did you show these on your model? Did you use the stair tool, and minimum the size of the tread and then just placed these in its spot?

Also Share your chief plan file when looking for help on the forum not dwg

With terrains you cannot just put one piece of elevation data you need multiple elevation data, as if you have one elevation region the hole terrain will move to that height in relation to the settings in terrain perimeter. So a sloped block of land with an 8' slope you might have 4' elevation data and -4' elevation data you must control the terrain with more than one piece of elevation data

I am working on a deck renovation and am baffled as to why the elevation region for the walkout is moving the entire terrain down. I have the terrain at 2" below subfloor and the region at -96". Also, the sliding door and single door on the middle and right sections are showing at the basement level in 3D. They are supposed to be on the main level as shown in the plan. What am I missing? I'm using X15. Thanks deck renovation.dwg

Maybe upload your plan Material list error usually user error

You need a graphics card that supports realtime ray tracing. IF you have that, then yes you will get rendering like X13, except better now

You need to use Chief and D5 render together to achieve this level of realism without spending a to of time tweaking things.

Hello everyone, Please see attached picture. I ended up using a polyline solid to get the look, but if anyone has a better idea I'd love to hear it! Thank you, Anna

Hey Y'all, Anyone had this issue? Not sure why Chief thinks a monolithic slab is a room w/ flooring, but I deleted the foundation and it's still doubling. And whomever is downvoting my post can go F off. So ridiculous. PLAN 1 v1.1.zip

please attach picture..

What happened to the photo realistic rendering capabilities? I just signed up again, the last time I used Chief was X13. I'm baffled as to why they wouldn't have photo realistic ray tracing; am I to buy some AI service now?

A picture of what you are after would be good. Unless you need to show the actual framing details, this might be pretty easy just using a stretch-to-it texture of the tread design.

Make a suggestion to Chief in the other forum section. There is much we cannot do on stair treads, and this is one of those.

They want us to use templates and Project Management. For our own good?

Hello brilliant minds! Is this even possible in X17? My initial search is telling me no.... Thank you, Anna

No Hindi here! Thanks so much JiAngelo/

No, not really. You can update a single layer set in your template from any plan file. For example, if the plan I'm currently working on has some modifications to just one layer set that I'd like to implement across multiple plans, I could: Open my template plan and import this layer set and then save it as my template plan Open any existing (legacy) plan file and import just this new layer set from the template plan or from the plan file that was modified. If keeping track of this newly modified plan is difficult to remember, simply save it to wherever I keep my Chief default files and give it an obvious name for simple identification.

this looks good . the only difference in what I'm doing is the 24 x 16 is not in the center but on the far left side to accommodate full wall windows. with small windows front and back. extra 8ft space to the right will be attic space. I don't have SU and have never used it,

thank you - appreciated,,

I've been adding locks manually for years either in elevation to indicate a lock or just adding a basic symbol in 3d (positioning manually)... Hadn't really though about importing a 3d symbol. After thinking about it, I realized you don't have to import a door. You can just stack a lock over a cabinet pull and import it as a hardware symbol, and select use as handle... or even use as lock.

When I opened object it said "area not closed". Checked every point and was unable to find where it was open so I added an arrow and was able to find the start and end points. Works now. I really appreciate your input. Thanks so much.

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Ok ! A 3D picture would help us. Not anything like this Gaudi ceiling ? Notice this is irregular 3D organic geometry. Or more like this type in this link below ? Still irregular here but not quite like Gaudi above. https://share.google/LsDyozPelxbvFrM1r

hi this is what i want to accomplish with waterfalls vat the ends this is inside most of the house will have such designs with rock and wall features

Yes these are definitely good but there are others out there too that might be a good fit. Let’s see some pics first from @Mucasuma. Yes some who use Chief can do amazing curved design work. It depends on what you want to do or how far you want to go with curved design. When it comes to sculptural design, other applications may be a better fit for it ?