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A PBR rendering from an ongoing project...

Good morning from Portugal to all! I am doing my first steps in the Chief Architect and I am trying to learn as much as I can. Now I am facing with the following doubt: HOW TO DO A REVEAL BETWEEN BASE BOARD AND THE SHEET ROCK? Please see my attached image for better understanding. I will also need for ceiling but the concept should be the same. Thank you so much in advance!

Thank you so much for both for your explanations and help.

For residential applications, winders are required to be min. 10" deep at the 12" walkline and not less than 6" deep on the inside turn. Commercial requires 11" at walkline and 10" at inside turn.

I noticed some red lines along the interior of an exterior wall in a plan layout. I open that plan view and when viewing the first floor, and then toggling reference display, the red lines appear only on two adjacent walls of the entire plan. The issue occurs in all plan views. I have deleted the two walls and then recreated new walls. The red lines stay in place with walls moved. Any ideas?

It sounds like you have the setting to turn off exterior walls in your camera settings

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You put your note into your "new" plan and you made the new cad detail with the note schedule in your "as built" plan.

I've recorded a quick screen cast of the problem. When adding a notes schedule to a new CAD view in the Project Browser, despite selecting the category for the notes, nothing populates the list, but on the plan where the notes are, the same notes schedule shows what it should. Loom Question

Steve does this mean you and I won't be able to RT with our iMac's? I'm not well versed in computer logistics, I just hope the thing works when I turn it on in the morning lol. This machine still gets me from point A to point B well enough, so you won't be breaking my heart saying that my iMac won't do it. I agree, it is nice to see CA putting in some hard work for us Mac users, thank you CA.

Thank you for your reply and your help. Brian.

Thank you!

Good day does anyone have a symbol for a king size pull down Murphy bed? Something similar to https://murphydoor.com/products/murphy-bed-only

Good day does anyone have a 3d symbol for a two person side by side air tub similar to either of these? https://www.build.com/product/summary/1445432?uid=3401496&inv2=1&&source=gg_!c291398528!a1264438500391348!k!me!p!dc!ns!f&msclkid=146792197e58109faae8f432abe343f3&gclid=146792197e58109faae8f432abe343f3&gclsrc=3p.ds or https://www.walmart.com/ip/Empava-72-Acrylic-Whirlpool-Bathtub-2-Person-Hydromassage-Rectangular-Water-Jets-Alcove-Soaking-SPA-Double-Ended-Tub-EMPV-JT367/945332372

Also, when you export, save as .png so it retains the transparency.

"just white" only works in non PBR views. Physically Based renderings try to emulate the real world, and there's no such thing as having "no background" in real life, so removing the backdrop results in a grey void. You need a background for PBR to look good(i.e., realistic).

Joe, I would also like to purchase your packages, do you have a list and price for all? mike@mikenovickdesigns.com CAX15

Yea...it's nice that it's at least supported by Chief...but, since Apple is maniacally in love with the ARM based processor and placing graphics support on the chip...it's going to be very slow. But still...it's nice to see Chief working hard to get us Mac users the ability to ray trace.

I had seen that the recommended system for Mac was changed to M3 (which I have), but just saw the upcoming sneak peek webinar for X16 officially advertising the ability for Ray Trace on the Mac. Yay. "There are many great new features coming in Chief Architect X16—Mac ray tracing"

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You are welcome. I don't have any other programs that I use the space mouse on so I have nothing to compare it to in that regard. I understand the "no joy" a bit, I did almost send the thing back at the start because I was having so many problems with very little set up help offered at the start. Even the instructions manual is geared toward PC equipment. The joystick freezing up when both mice are moving at the same time is a bit frustrating, but getting more tolerable the more disciplined I get at completely letting go of my roller ball mouse. Thank goodness exiting CA and re launching it only takes 20 seconds. I really only use the joystick in plan view while building the model, and a few times I built the whole house without using the joystick at all. I like how the joystick really excels when doing a customer walk-through though, where I have very little roller ball mouse interference grief. It's the buttons that I really appreciate the most and I'm trying to keep the mind frame as I do with all the other tools I work with ... it is what it is and does only what it does. So I try and minimize the self-inflicted frustrations. Good luck with giving it a second chance.

In Quebec we have 3d detail drawings available which are up to date with the same building code version as in Ontario. They're available on our builders association website APCHQ or the builder's bonding and guarantee website GCR. I'm sure you guys have similar in Ontario, just ask a local builder which association he is a member of. You should see their logos on any certified local builder's website, even. Of course they're in French but I'm sure you have something similar in Ontario. You could still click around and copy the images and make those part of your detail drawings. (along with some google translate) Here is a link to our builders association website: https://www.apchq.com/entrepreneurs/technique/fiches-techniques here's an example.... 93131 JLV.23 TECH Fiche technique S5-01-02 VF.pdf