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Not really a Chief-specific issue on either of those fronts, at least not from a software development standpoint. On the rendering side, Chief’s path tracer and other GPU-dependent features rely heavily on the graphics API and driver support available from the operating system and hardware vendor. On Windows, that generally means working through DirectX / GPU driver support from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel. On macOS, that means working through Apple’s Metal API. If Apple’s Metal implementation or developer support is lacking(WHICH IT WAS), delayed, or not responsive to support tickets, there is only so much Chief can do from their end. They can optimize within the tools Apple provides, but they cannot rewrite Apple’s graphics stack or force Apple to prioritize bugs that affect a relatively small professional CAD/rendering market. Same general idea with LiDAR. Apple has a very mature and well-documented development ecosystem around their LiDAR hardware, including ARKit, RoomPlan, depth APIs, and device-level support. Developers building scan-based workflows have a relatively clear path on iPhones and iPads because Apple controls the hardware, operating system, camera stack, sensor calibration, and API access. Competing platforms are much more fragmented. Even if another phone technically has depth sensing, LiDAR, time-of-flight, or some other spatial scanning capability, the development tools may not be as standardized, consistent, or commercially viable. Android devices vary widely by manufacturer, sensor package, camera pipeline, OS version, and API support. That makes it much harder for a company like Chief to build and maintain a reliable scan-to-plan workflow across a broad range of non-Apple devices. I wouldnt point the finger at Chief is all

you can, its just imported as a fixture. It's very easy to align the walls by nudging them until they are in plane with the obj file. You just need a matterpak

FYI there is a forum dedicated to Home Designer, most of the users here won't be aware of the limitations of the home designer line https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/

rotate the 2x4 instead of changing the width and height

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A new computer is not going to solve this issue, I have a slower laptop with far more outdated tech and a massive 14gb library and it is outperforming your machine. Trust me, I train 100's of members, you have either some very high poly count models or a series of pattern from texture material files. This is sequential read/write dependent and CPU, driven, and your existing CPU and hard drive are on PCI4. You are plenty fast enough, so I guarantee you that this is not a computer issue

Food for thought 260611.mp4

FINALLY I am not alone, I knew one day it would happen. Symmbols were broken in X15, I have been reporting it for several years now and I am the only user to report it. please report it, please please please. Any symbol with a negative bounding box spacing, specifically negative, and a stretch plane will NOT resize correctly. It has been broken since they introduced the advanced sizing panel and change the way symbols can be modified. I have been begging them to fix it. @Brian_Beck

more important question is whats the surface count of the model. 4 stories isnt that much. You might want to update your signature to include your machine specs so we have additional context

This smells very strongly of a material file with a custom pattern from texture enabled, causing 100s if not thousands of vector lines. I've reported this before and Chief doesnt believe me but a custom pattern from texture can kill a plan or library.

Some easier methods for you that are snappable: Use points from CAD/Points/Place Points. They are snappable and do not print Use the Snap Grid and snap your drawings to the same points Send your view once, then use the copy with paste hold position to a new sheet to maintain position, then use the relink tool to relink to the view you want. This will maintain position exactly Hope that helps see video: 260602.mp4

They are encrypted files inside of program data. Not useful, you may be able to find temp files in your temp directory which CA uses to cache the project management. Also triple check archives, I find that there are usually multiple copies . The other thing to do is turn back on project management. I think ca might not write to the cache when you turn off pm in the middle of a session which is how you could lose a days work

Did you have the 14 inch or 16 inch?

I price things lower if you do a group of materials, then it comes down to somewhere between $5-20 per depending on complexity

Lol you used all the exact right combinations of render settings for that to not show up. Raster views it will show correct and vector elevation should show but may need the pattern offset and scale adjusted