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I'd be happy to throw in Thea for you real quick for fun, wouldn't take any time at all if you export as 3ds and the results will come back looking very sharp

You would either have to make or download a 3d model and import it into Chief. It would lag a bit in chief as it doesn't handle high poly count models that well

It's all relative to the drawing size you are using. For an ANSI D at 1/4" scale I use a line weight of 1 = 1/400 in I set my wall exterior to 6, and interior to 4 or just main layer at 6 all layers in sections are set to 2 keep in mind you may need to re-do CAD details if you mess with your drawing sheet weights. You should setup for your most common sheet and scale sizing. or make a custom set for each setup- takes a ton of work to do

Hello CA fam, This posting is for a friend upon my recommendation, she will follow up with responses. Seeking DD and CD's for 16 single-family homes in Corte Madera CA. Insurance and other requirements will be communicated via email etc. Hopefully someone here is interested and it works out. She will create an account here to check-in this week at some point

In my experience it came down to efficiency in producing renderings and design as well as construction documents for residential projects. What I appreciated most about Revit was its BIM systems. Fascinating stuff.

Best practice on these types of posts are to include your .plan file. this is definitely an achievable effect, so for the forums it's not a matter of how to do it but rather why there is an issue in your particular plan.

First create a text box and then create a white, closed poly-fill box. Block the two together and add to your library as the text you typed. draw a poly line and use the convert-to tool. convert to a distribution path and select your cad block as the distribution object. simple!

For sure... I use these all the time to bring a scene together, often use them when I'm designing in front of clients on the fly and need quick vanity mirrors

These 4 frames have stretching planes set so that the matting and frame remains unchanged after stretching. Paint the matting the same color as the frame and you can make a very sharp looking framed mirror. X10 model enjoy. DOWNLOAD: STRETCHABLE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.calibz

see what I posted above. California Mechanical Code points to the California Energy Code

Yes it is doable.. the California Mechanical Code states that this requirement is regulated by the California Energy Code: FROM THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS: SECTION 120.1 – REQUIREMENTS FOR VENTILATION Nonresidential, high-rise residential, and hotel/motel buildings shall comply with the requirements of Section 120.1(a) through 120.1(e). (a) General Requirements. 1. All enclosed spaces in a building shall be ventilated in accordance with the requirements of this section and the California Building Code. EXCEPTION to Section 120.1(a)1: Refrigerated warehouses and other spaces or buildings that are not normally used for human occupancy and work. 2. The outdoor air-ventilation rate and air-distribution assumptions made in the design of the ventilating system shall be clearly identified on the plans required by Section 10-103 of Title 24, Part 1. (b) Design Requirements for Minimum Quantities of Outdoor Air. Every space in a building shall be designed to have outdoor air ventilation according to Item 1 or 2 below: 1. Natural ventilation. A. Naturally ventilated spaces shall be permanently open to and within 20 feet of operable wall or roof openings to the outdoors, the openable area of which is not less than 5 percent of the conditioned floor area of the naturally ventilated space. Where openings are covered with louvers or otherwise obstructed, openable area shall be based on the free unobstructed area through the opening. EXCEPTION to Section 120.1(b)1A: Naturally ventilated spaces in high-rise residential dwelling units and hotel/motel guest rooms shall be open to and within 25 feet of operable wall or roof openings to the outdoors. B. The means to open required operable openings shall be readily accessible to building occupants whenever the space is occupied. 2. Mechanical ventilation. Each space that is not naturally ventilated under Item 1 above shall be ventilated with a mechanical system capable of providing an outdoor air rate no less than the larger of: A. The conditioned floor area of the space times the applicable ventilation rate from TABLE 120.1-A; or B. 15 cfm per person times the expected number of occupants. For meeting the requirement in Section 120.1(b)2B for spaces without fixed seating, the expected number of occupants shall be either the expected number specified by the building designer or one half of the maximum occupant load assumed for egress purposes in the CBC, whichever is greater. For spaces with fixed seating, the expected number of occupants shall be determined in accordance with the CBC. EXCEPTION to Section 120.1(b)2: Transfer air. The rate of outdoor air required by Section 120.1(b)2 may be provided with air transferred from other ventilated spaces if: A. None of the spaces from which air is transferred have any unusual sources of indoor air contaminants; and B. The outdoor air that is supplied to all spaces combined, is sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 120.1(b)2 for each space individually. (c) Operation and Control Requirements for Minimum Quantities of Outdoor Air. 1. Times of occupancy. The minimum rate of outdoor air required by Section 120.1(b)2 shall be supplied to each space at all times when the space is usually occupied. EXCEPTION 1 to Section 120.1(c)1: Demand control ventilation. In intermittently occupied spaces that do not have processes or operations that generate dusts, fumes, mists, vapors or gasses and are not provided with local exhaust ventilation (such as indoor operation of internal combustion engines or areas designated for unvented food service preparation), the rate of outdoor air may be reduced if the ventilation system http://www.energy.ca.gov/2015publications/CEC-400-2015-037/CEC-400-2015-037-CMF.pdf

Solver you're absolutely right, I was missing a ton of steps. In past I have used the delete surface tool with hidden hinges and removed hardware and then convert the door to a window symbol..which is why I was remembering setting something to "fixed" Here is a mulled unit with the sidelite as a window using the method mentioned above. mulled door and sidelite.calibz You can see in elevation it shows as intended: and in 3d: My main problem is with insertion points and offsets with how the cad generated block shows...which is why I reposted Alaskan as I feel as if he would have the solution to that part of the problem:

need to explode the mulled unit and set the sidelite to fixed and then re-mull the unit

HA, Appreciated, let me know if it doesn't work as intended, I've been having funny things happen to my imports in x-10, where they are fighting defaults.

Here's a set of hinged pantry doors using a 1-3/8 recessed panel door. Shelved Pantry Door.calibz

Credit to K-bird. updated the original post to his version

Not sure I am understanding the question correctly, are you attempting to remove the curb?(level slab with no visible stem wall top) You can change the room type to "porch"(unconditioned space/not included in total living space), then specify the label as "garage" and change the floor structure to slab. If instead you are trying to show the curb but with no cut away you could either do as mentioned above and draw a poly slab at the location of the walls, which will not auto detail as a mono-slab, or you could raise the bottom of the door above the height of the curb. There are also methods of showing curbs using pony walls with concrete lower walls etc.. Hope that helped

Sorry guys, rushed this one out a bit, it’s in x10, and as k-bird mentioned doesn’t place perfectly until you mess with it a bit. Easiest to do in 3D

you could set the glass to matte neon green(diffused) and then do a raytrace clipped to the glass with the counter-tops neon green so you could photoshoppy swappy. and yes definitely eased edge on the counter-tops...I always default my cabs with eased edge molding.

+1-what he said Fantastic Work Graham, truly

I use OneDrive Cloud integration works well with a few caveats. To accomplish it you have to point your data folder to the cloud folder you wish to use as common. If you pause your sync the cloud service will take ownership of the library file and thus lock it. This will create a conflicted copy which the cloud service will still sync but with a tag that matches your computer's name. So long as you are actively syncing a database file you can not switch to the new computer. Best practice is that Computer 1 needs to upload the library, and computer 2 needs to download the library before swapping license

There are plenty of people in this community willing to help, I think everyone hear sees the value in pushing the community forward as their is very little localized peer-to-peer competition in this market. I LOVE seeing new ideas and talents! Good luck

Certainly, I've logged a ton of hours in Thea, so many tricks to be had. The two major game changers for me were learning to use channel masks w/object layers and learning to use Presto AO in lieu of MC. For instance, that first render was broken into 6 renders and then pieced together, cutting render time from 17 hours with two machine to 1.5 hours with one

I stand corrected..seems I may be forced to re-learn sketchup, thanks David