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had no idea, thank you!

haha, cheers!

Thank you, I can't do a tutorial at the moment and don't have the plan file for that oven anymore just a thea object file. Here is a quick snapshot of a crude recreation of the oven handle. Basically created a cross cut sectional of the handle and added it to the library as a molding polyline. Then the circle next to the sectional is a 3d molding polyline with that newly created molding. You can see the result in the orthographic viewing window. I then added the handle to my library as a symbol where you can rotate and turn any direction that you need. same for the cooktop trays, just one big molding that was drawn as a polyline, converted to molding, and then wrapped around a circle. The size of the polyline circle can be changed but I often adjust the size by playing with horizontal offsets instead. Hope that made sense

Appreciated, the handles in this model were all moldings that were wrapped around a circle polyline and then converted to a symbol... I always keep a blank plan open to add a quick symbol on the fly :)....the main thing that is lacking for me in chief is the ability to create complex 3d shapes like textiles, but that was never really chief's intent...though I suppose if it is to remain competitive through the years to come it will have to adapt these tools as Johnny mentioned

Just thought I'd share, this oven was modelled entirely with chief polylines and moldings in about 4 hours... I agree that not being able to rotate in 3d without creating a symbol is frustrating but still workable.

I just tested the import on a second machine and it imported properly. This should be imported as a library item not as a symbol. If your system is set to download calibz files with chief then it should show up in your user catalog. If you have team viewer I can do this for you remotely, just shoot me a PM. Thanks

Offering affordable rendering services, based in the Bay Area California. I have a small render farm and export to Thea for rendering. Shoot me a PM VR Sample Rendering Video

David, I am in the Bay Area, you will save significantly on cost if you personally scaled the drawings and notated each measurement, as tracing is slower than producing a model from scratch and simply inputing values. I'd be willing to take a look, send me a PM when you get a chance

In Chief X8, click your libraries tab then new/backdrop and scan your drives for your media. Once added to your library you can drag the newly created backdrop into your 3d scene over the existing backdrop and it should change, else navigate to 3D\3D view defaults\backdrop\select backdrop. Hope that helped

Sent you an email, appreciated

LSU28 hanger scaled off of the CAD specs in the simpson Calibz. file LSU28.calibz

Here's one I made in Chief using the basic CAD tools and moldings LG Monitor Base.calibz LG Monitor.calibz