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How many cores/threads can Chief use for rendering?
Renerabbitt replied to BobBoyer's topic in General Q & A
It's a dead platform but for Raytracing in CA, it's hard to beat the X99 Xeon processors on bang-for-the-buck. They can be purchased on eBay for pennies. My rendering machine uses a chip that can be found for $300 on eBay and this machine recently benched 19th globally overall from available benchmarks for the rendering software I use. I've really gotten my money's worth. I'll probably build another one in a couple years. Easy to draft in a fast laptop and kick it over to the desktop for rendering. If you'd prefer the PBR method you should definitely take a look at some of @TheKitchenAbodePBR threads in the forums -
Why strange wall behavior at window corner?
Renerabbitt replied to GeneDavis's topic in General Q & A
Change that exterior room to something other than "deck" -
Convert Existing Plans to Chief Architect
Renerabbitt replied to harrisd's topic in Seeking Services
Care to drop your contact info here for everyone and possibly a sample? I'd be interested, sending you a PM. -
Not that they couldn't, just not much value in it for them, they've already sold the job after-all. Most people who contract with me for renderings take a hard look at the hours they've invested in creating renderings and they realize I charge less than what their hours amount to and with better results. When PBR was released, decent looking visuals were in arms grasp, but it takes a special character to say enough is enough when it comes to plugging in the hours. When people take a look at their historical data they may find that they spent 24 hours on their last project to produce 2 renderings at a company billing rate of $100/hr, yet I would've charged them $1,000 for a better looking set of images. I've been getting a lot of these calls this year alone as people took a hard look at the financials in Dec and see an increase in design administration cost. That being said, I focus on several major points as a rendering artist. Scalability-Can I spend the same number of hours per sq ft, or room, to produce the same level of product every time. Necessity-Are high end renderings necessary to sell a product Audience-Is my client a visual person, can they already visualize a design with lesser mediums. Marketability-Is this design something that can become marketable material, promotions etc. Value-How many hours will be necessary to convey the design. Does the size and overall cost of the project warrant the number of hours and cost of the rendering. Economics of Scale- I often times find myself convincing clients to increase their scope, it helps to know a good broker/lender and what projects will lend themselves to financial lending success in the future. Lets skip your kitchen remodel, do the addition first, refinance after the addition and we will design for both now and I will provide renderings. Or...ask your builder for multiple renderings projects to be done at one time. References-Why do anything if you never produce more work. Will your client give out referals, can you call on them later. Will the extra hours you put into a rendering be the tipping scale for a reference, or are you working with an NDA and you'll be lucky if you are ever called again. Truth of the matter is I only barely compete with rendering companies oversees...it just comes down to value. Keep tabs on yourself, track everything. Renderings take you longer than you may think, and are you getting paid for that?
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Hold harmless/Liability Exemption
Renerabbitt replied to HaywardVT's topic in Building Codes and Compliance
Why didn't you already have an indemnification clause? Even if you aren't charging you can be held professional liable. Take a look here, a few years old but good clause(s) with explanations: https://aepronet.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/PNN_2016_02_templates-for-reasonable-contract-clauses.pdf $85-$100 is typical on the west coast, I like to bid a project based on historical data. Occasionally I use allowances or set a range with a not-to-exceed clause. Site measurements and produce an as-built/bid sets will cost $800-$1,200. Full permit sets, including several design iterations, will be an additional $3-$5K, or simply an allowance of $5k with a clause about allowances. I see design-build firms charging in the $2-3K for site measurement and architectural sets. They typical make no profit at that price. Need to be clear that an engineer will be needed as well as title 24 etc. Also need to be very clear about knowing current building code as annotations and paperwork alone can blow your contract price with nothing covering your accrued hours. I keep in constant contact with the client about the milestones and accrued costs of the design, and You absolutely should be charging for this service as it can eat up tens of hours.- 8 replies
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Revit has plugins, it can arguably produce better visuals in every regard, thank goodness for CA's .3DS exporting capability
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Looking for Illinois based designer with Chief architect exp.
Renerabbitt replied to DBCC-pinky's topic in Seeking Services
I work with people from all over the world and have in past worked for local companies on a full time basis. My experience is that I almost never have to leave the office. So long as I have someone to perform takeoffs, I can work at a remote location and I work at all hours of the day and night. If you're interested at all please contact me. I'd be happy to lighten the work load. You can see some samples of my work at www.behance.net/renerabbitt cheers, Rene Rabbitt renerabbitt@gmail.com (925) 300-7004 -
I typically orient my plan so that the front of the house is facing the bottom of the page. Plan North would typically be in the direction closest to True North. I only use front, left, right, rear, as terms in my elevations.
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Here I fixed a host of problems across the plan but I would double check everything as this is an older version than your current working set. Maybe you can reverse engineer it. Study the dbx.'s Rear_elevation_showing_connetor_roof_1.9.20.plan
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You've moved further along in your plan, for every new question that involves a new iteration of the plan you really need to post the plan file. A lot of strange things going on in your .plan file. I know it can be a tricky balance of learning the program and trying to produce revenue, a bit more time studying the chief help videos can go a long way for your production. Many of your roof planes are not actually touching or misaligned, many roof planes have perimeter lines that are not straight(90-90 degrees, etc.) You should balloon frame a great number of your exterior walls. You have roof planes cutting into areas that would typically have framing. You have reversed exterior walls. You have walls with improper intersections and walls with manually edited wall heights. Maybe someone would be nice to fix all of this, or you could get someone coach you through it or you can retroactively fix these items yourself referencing the help sections.
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Just move the masonry out of your main layer
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X11-AN ONGOING SYMBOLS AND CONTENT THREAD
Renerabbitt replied to Renerabbitt's topic in Symbols and Content
POST 25 TWO NEW PENDANTS CREATED IN SKETCHUP: DOWNLOAD: RABS AMP PENDANT.calibz RABS COMMERCIAL PENDANT.calibz CLICK ME TO GO BACK TO THE INDEX!!! -
X11-AN ONGOING SYMBOLS AND CONTENT THREAD
Renerabbitt replied to Renerabbitt's topic in Symbols and Content
I never said thank you for this, much appreciated, I remember reading this and it lighting up my day, best to you too. Dig in, I have a back log of things to upload here, it's been a while. Enjoy! -
Experience with minor parcel subdivisions?
Renerabbitt posted a topic in Building Codes and Compliance
Just diggin into Orinda, CA's municipal code of ordinances. Anyone have a crash course on what to expect/feasibility of a minor subdivision in California? or any other State. I've got the perfect project for it. Let this be the conversation starter with more info to come as I work through it. -
X11-AN ONGOING SYMBOLS AND CONTENT THREAD
Renerabbitt replied to Renerabbitt's topic in Symbols and Content
POST 24 A VIDEO ABOUT MARQUEE SELECTION TOOLS AND HOW TO ADD THEM TO YOUR TOOLBAR. CLICK ME TO GO BACK TO THE INDEX!!!
