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41 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

I'm not saying a lot about X11 - but I'm grinning a lot because so many of the new features are things I've been asking for.

 

The one thing I really wanted was an OIP for ROOMS and FRAMING OBJECTS.  Maybe they'll still be able to get those in for the final release.  If not then I really hope they get them in X12.  I've had to do some revisions to some macros for X11 but the results are superior.  I had one macro that worked nicely in X10 but brings X11 to a virtual standstill.  I still haven't been able to identify exactly why,

 

The new Notes have the room attribute and also the OIP so there's actually a way to get part of what I wanted. 

Joe I'm new to macros so I don't immediately see the use-case for what you are mentioning. Can you give an example of use for note-room attributes with OIP's?

30 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Here's something that seems to work. Choose a floor that doesn't have any of the reference items on it. Toggle between the floor with no info turns off the data in the ref set.

My vids always take a while to process, maybe because I record in 1080? will be fuzzy for 10 minutes 

1 minute ago, Chrisb222 said:

Trial and error... and error... and error... and error... and error... and error...

this!

+1

haha

3 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Not sure if this will work for you but you can create a layer set that shows only outlets doors an windows

seems so obvious now- good one

Just now, Kbird1 said:

 

Oh ...you run CA out of the Ramdisk?  I guess you have a UPS then? as I wouldn't recommend that practice to everyone.....

 

M.

made a vid about it in that post 1060 v 1070

UPS and also,  Googles Backup and Sync now has the capability to sync any file in any location on windows...including your ramdisk. Not to mention my ramdisk is backed up at every shut down through the ramdisk software to an .img file- so even if somehow I lost power and somehow google backup and sync was turned off I would only lose that days work I did in the User Library, nothing more. But I save the .plan files used to create symbols which is backed up to microsoft OneDrive so even those library items would be recoverable

which reminds me- would love it if chief could show items like windows and doors and electrical outlets without needing the wall layer turned on

5 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Thanks for watching the vid. Here's what I was thinking. Say I have 3 ref sets set up for my plan but want to see what just a specific 2 would look like. If I could toggle one off I could check the results. Toggle it back on, check the results. As it is now I would have to delete a ref set, check the view, add it back, check the view, delete and check again. A simple 'display' column would do the trick.

Ok, totally getting it- guess the easy "work-around" is to create "plumbing off" "plumbing on" "framing off" "framing on" layer sets so that you can leave the plan loaded up 5 times and only need to switch the referenced layer set. The reason for the similar names would be to keep the toggle immediately above or below the current layer set for an easy "switch"

9 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

I'm obviously not asking the question clearly enough, nor was the video explanation clear enough. Sorry but don't know how to ask in any other way. Did you watch the video? Not trying to replace saved plans views, use them all the time and understand their purpose.

 

Was simply wondering if multiple ref sets can be toggled on/off in the ref set dbx. I can see no way to do so, so will go with plan 'B'.

Yeah I watched- apologies, the straight to the point answer is no, I guess what I'm wondering is why would you want to? though I will say that @Alaskan_Son had a great quote the other day, paraphrasing- something along the lines of you may be onto something, it may become relevant someday and should be considered

13 minutes ago, Rashid_Garuba said:

i am actually concerned for Rocky's Client(s)... I would be quite anxious to serve others if I weren't confident with my tools purely out of concern/respect for those that are trusting what I am providing ... Roofs are one of the easier parts of Chief..

I believe he is specifically using CA for rendering purposes and is working diligently to recoup initial investment costs. The byproduct being that he is learning a powerful software that may prove very valuable to him in the future. 

I know I've been in plenty of instances when I underestimate and over-promise. 

I personally have never read more than a paragraph of the manual and have maybe watched 6 of the videos all the while the help button has been existence forever unbeknownst to me...to each his own learning method!

34 minutes ago, javatom said:

I think the point is that the forum would quickly become unusable if everyone that buys CA uses the forum as their FIRST point of inquiry before doing some due diligence on their own.

I am quite certain that a good number of people have learned something new from this post alone, let alone his other posts.

Nearly 600 views, with at least 75 users online at any time with 2000+ users logging in daily. 

Roofs are challenging to new users, he posed an interesting question or two and even uncovered the little known ability of pitching a roof on a z axis via a forum responder.

I only became a forum member in 2016 but have been in the software well over 10 years- sometimes it doesn't suit a personality to show humility and ask questions that may be perceived as dumb or uneducated when really he has the ability to ask and he is getting responses- and really really good ones at that!

We get a " which laptop" thread almost every week- still doesn't annoy me, just makes me smile and you know what, every time I learn something new about laptops!

3 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Thanks Joe, not what I am asking for...

I think Joe is pointing you in the right direction, it seems that you are trying to setup the reference set to replace saved plan views. Maybe there is a method lurking there that isn't immediately apparent to me. Something to note, reference plans will rob you of computer resources if too many are loaded in.

I'm sure people will be creative in their utilization of the new reference capabilities. I use it to show a "new floor plan" plan view over an "existing floor plan" plan view, or a "braced wall plan" plan view on top of a "foundation plan" plan view, or a "new roof only" plan view over an "existing floor plan" plan view. in actuality it doesn't reference plan views, but that is how I establish my layersets-through plan views.

As a remodeller my workflow is this:(over-explained for clarity)

Specify my layers/line weights/colors within a layer set, specific to the type of information I wish to present in the eventual plan view I will commit...being sure to omit the information that is not relevant. Specify my anno defaults and associate with the layer set, so that when I switch to that anno set, it will switch to the associated layer set. Establish a plan view that will associate with this anno set. When I switch to the "E-PLAN" plan view, my anno set switches to "E-PLAN ANNO" which switches my layerset to "E-PLAN 1/4."

go do takeoffs/as-builts and save plan view as "E-PLAN"

open a new plan and switch to my "NEW FLOOR PLAN" plan view and turn on reference to the as-built plan, referencing the "E-PLAN 1/4"  layerset. If I need to edit something on that layer set I just go to that plan view and select my "E-PLAN" plan view.

1 minute ago, Kbird1 said:

 

I did a simple clean up of his own file as I couldn't work the way he does especially on Roofs.... but I'll be happy to look at yours too

 

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/21262-creating-roof-plane-on-1st-floorgoes-to-the-2nd-floor/?do=findComment&comment=173400

 

ha nice, I need to re-install X-10, I deleted it from my RAMdisk

To Rockys defense, there have been some very curt and albeit rude responses to his queries.

We are all here helping him voluntarily-key word there, if you don't like his learning methods, don't read his posts...don't volunteer.

A challenging student makes for a better teacher. I've already learned a trick or two in attempting to explain a method to Rocky. Rocky's challenging because he is brand new yet possesses some core understanding from a similar software.

I struggled through CA, and I wish I had asked more questions- it can be extremely cumbersome going through video after video without true reference.

When I get some time I'll clean up my anno sets and load some up for you Rocky so you can take a look.

His posts have led to some fantastic videos on roof building methods and more...I say keep going

17 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

The Colors are all done in Preferences>Appearance>Colors if I understand the issue correctly. You may need to set many of your Preferences up again in the new Version , not just this....

 

appears to be time to update your Signature too....

 

M.

4 minutes ago, KilianDrafting said:

That's the first place (Preferences>Appearance>Colors) I checked. All of my old settings/colors have migrated correctly from x10, but for some reason those selected/active items are "blotted out" in white. In x10 these items didn't have the fill displayed just transparent (black) background.

Change your text style defaults to transparent

51 minutes ago, Electromen said:

What is a Ramdisk?

9 minutes ago, limitless8 said:

Yeah I feel you, I have been thinking of going up to 64gb from my 32.  As for memory I am going to buy an adata 1tb nvme and make that my new C drive which is where CA always is, also a 2070 (dont see the point in the 2080), and we'll see how much more fun things will be at the end of all that.  If i was building a new rig and I'd love to, i'd probably still go with the 2950x with 16 cores at 4.1, a 2070, and 3*3tb nvme's for all drives, and 64gb of high speed ram like 3600 or higher.

I'm not sure that the clock speed on ram makes a huge difference, I went with 3000, makes a difference for OC

With the right setup for backing up files, installing CA's core program to a ramdisk is laughably fast-like words cant describe it- makes me giggle. You should try it, honestly- its like a face slapper. NVME can't touch a Ramdisk the same way an SSD can't compare to an NVME.

2 minutes ago, limitless8 said:

Yeah I forgot that nowadays the only time CA will use all cores at full speed is during ray tracing, and I haven't done that since PBR, so maybe a 16 core processor is just  not needed, but a 1080ti or 2080ti or something is now the more necessary component, seeing as PBR is heavy on the GPU

I would tend to agree, and not trying to be argumentative, but from real world use I just don't see that much difference between my 1070gtx and my 965m in 3d performance....and I use a ton of complex and high resolution textures. 

I see real world difference in other rendering software's such as Thea and Lumion FOR SURE. which is why I bought an eGPU.

If I could go back in time and build the perfect laptop it would be WAY lighter than my ASUS, it would have a very high end touch screen as working with my iPad remoted into my desktop makes for a very fast workflow. It would have an affordable GFX card(since it is the first thing to become obsolete) an nvme slot or 2 with 64gb+ of ram and a 5ghz 4-8 core CPU. At least one USB-c port. 

I work 40-60 hours a week in CA doing production drafting and design work. For the type of work I do the Ramdisk and NVME have been hands down the biggest improvements for CA by miles. Especially with making backups, syncing cloud services...CA just does a ton of read/write...I honestly wish I had bought 64gb of ram instead of 32

1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Just don't set it up as a reference floor if you don't want it in that view.  Set up only the desired floor(s) in the desired Plan Views.

sometimes its nice to have the reference floor loaded in if its in a different file location so you don't need to open the file to have it available for reference. 

You could set the referenced floor to an "all off" layer set

You could also have an "all off" plan view saved with all reference plan views so that when you open the file it pulls in all reference plans and then use Michaels suggestion

1 minute ago, limitless8 said:

well my hexacore at 4.4 does the job, but nowadays i'd probably go for a 2950x have that sucker at 4,1 running all 16 cores

at 4.4 thats stellar

if you ever take a look at your resource monitor, CA almost never utilizes more than 4 cores, and typically only 1-2:

installing the new X-11 will see huge benefits by placing the temp and undo folders in a ramdisk utilizing something like AMDs free utility that backs the ramdisk up- another step would be to purchase a battery backup as a failsafe. You can also increase the pagefile with enough ram

if you have enough space to place the core libraries in available ramdisk as well as the user library- CA becomes screaming fast. 

My 5 year old laptop outperforms most desktops with the right configuring of file structures and allocation.

The only time I use 28 threads is in an external rendering program which I rarely ever get contracted to use as CAs PBR has become so formidable for most cases.

2 minutes ago, limitless8 said:

  well I don't agree, a hexa core processor will give him a lot more power than a quad core for sure, and well this has an ssd question is, is it nvme or not.  overall these tend to be thicker than a msi gs 65 or others so if you don't mind that, plus the design and what not...

personally as of late stores have begun to import the gigabyte aero 15x, so i think i will go with that instead of the msi

I have a 14 core xeon at 2.2ghz overclocked to 2.5 

my quad core i-7 often times outperforms.

CA doesn't really utilize the extra cores...so I would not say that a hexacore at a lower/low clock speed would give more power for the intended application.

one of the largest upgrades for CA in terms of speed and usibility is a nvme drive, and a ramdisk drive, hands down

16 hours ago, Electromen said:

What are the members thoughts on THIS MODEL

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1432666-REG/lenovo_81lf0004us_core_i7_8750h_16gb.html

 

Core speed is a huge factor with CA, as well as read write speed...wouldn't recommend it.

I'd rather have a quad core at 3.6ghz that has an m.2 nvme drive or at least expandable/upgradable m.2

also if you edit your default colors for selection line it will be more apparent to you that a row has been selected. This can be found under edit/preferences/appearance/colors/selection line

34 minutes ago, JoeHCC said:

Unfortunately, I do not have the ability to select a single row.

"click on" is very specific, it will not select, per se, in that it wont give you a strong visual indicator that you have clicked on a row, but it will bring up that icon in your toolbar if you click on a row...assuming you are on a certain version of the Chief Architect software as solver just indicated

10 minutes ago, JoeHCC said:

I cannot select a single line in a window schedule to edit its contents.  I can select the entire schedule but not a single line.  Any suggestions as to what is wrong?

Click on the row of the item you'd like to open and then click this button in your toolbar;

The button is named "openschedulerow"

POST 19

A set of stretchable picture frames. Grab an image and load it up as a material- remember to turn roughness all the way down in your material's properties tab for a realistic glass effect. Paint it over the image in the picture frame.

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POST 18

A couple of fireplace goodies. One is a mantle assembly that I had previously uploaded in X10, this one stretches around your firebox and maintains its scaling quite well:

The other, a simple distressed and polished wood mantle that I'm sure may be used for things other than just mantles. I setup the stretch planes around the notches in case you'd like to make a thick shelf:

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