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It's a bit advanced as TJ said "Greek" Lew, I know you've become accustomed to forcing chief to be what we want it to be, ha..you always have creative approach to CA's hindrances. TJ, I consider Chief Architect (CA) as a money-spot software, capable of tremendous returns when utilized to the last drop. When a contract comes through for the full package it tickles me pink. Namely, space planning, conceptual drawings, permit ready drawings, build set, renderings, 3d renderings, public models(sketchfab), user material manipulation(colimo)..etc..The full package saves the client so much in cost on individual items, which allow me to push them toward funding such things as mapbox integration, in the name of advancement. My client's get INTO this, they are enthused and want to be a part of what we do, because they are given a level of involvement unknown to them. The overall benefit ends up being a collaboration that includes all of the players, which make for a better product. When it's all said and done you've essentially been paid to produce marketing material and separated yourself from competitors in the meanwhile.

Export and configure into sketchfab then export from SF to mapbox

Also, there are a ton of free furniture models that can be imported into chief, be aware though, polygon/face count of models can drastically slow down chief, there are a number of recent posts in regards to this if you use search. The models that are purpose built for chief are very low poly(arguably less detailed) so that chief's live rendering engine can handle them with better refresh rates,frames per second etc.

I use a 40" 4k...game changer...only thing to note is had to get used to faster mouse speed when transitioning from my laptop

its been local adoption from Oakland and Berkeley specifically. this was given to me by someone at the Oakland desk: and I just finished an ADU at Berkeley from the head of planning that would not allow a curbless shower unless the bathroom floor was waterproofed and 2 line drains were in place as described. with the "Ghost ship" fire in Oakland, and the Berkeley deck tragedy last year both cities have become more stringent in their interpretation of the code

In the Bay Area, California, to do a curbless shower there has to be two drains and the bathroom floor needs to be waterproofed as well. The second drain acts as overflow in case the primary drain becomes clogged before the trap.

Post PLAN please

"More than one way to skin a cat." Personally I create the terrain model and show label on a layer names Plot Plan.(remember to show angles and length and switch General CAD defaults to correct bearing style) Then I use a custom built reference set called Plot Plan Ref Set to show my roofs and a CAD house perimeter dashed line.

if you want to download the free screen sharing application teamviewer, I am happy to take a look

Hey Tom, Select the picture with your mouse, hit ctrl+E to open up the Picture File Box Specification. On the left side click the tab that says "line style." Then change the layer or create a new layer. You will be able to see the new layer in your Active Layer Display Options when you select the picture and then turn that layer off as needed.

Personally I strongly suggest having the archive folders on a cloud based drive...so fire cant touch your backups

it will look as if the bulb is on but not cast any light, and in my personal opinion, is easier to create this particular light effect in post production opposed to inside CA

for your first question, under material properties for your candle's material, just turn emissivity up(general material type)

if what chopsaw suggests doesnt work go to edit/preferences/reset options/reset toolbars This will reset toolbars to default configuration

Post a plan please

the problem isnt the hardware but the implementation of the hardware, chief is not built to handle high poly or complex models, it would need a considerable investment into the software coding to make it a viable option as a true modelling software which it is not. Chiefs slow down is directly related to poly count and texture size

if you built your rooms using the defaults, then you would just go in to your room defaults and change those settings and it will shift all of your rooms accordingly. If your second floor is to be different from your first, I have had luck in the past using a layer that only shows my walls and selecting all of my interior walls, then setting them to "no room definition." then you can select the entire second floor, set the parameters, and set the walls back to room definition. There may be an easier way but I don't know it at the moment.

I and a few others offer staging services, but only about once a year or so for very high end clients, trying to sell there home before it is built(see attached images.) You may want to look at apps such as amikasa which is an augmented reality furniture staging app.

post a .plan please

Whoever sent that to PDF didn't hold it to scale in the print options(they probably clicked "fit to page")...so you will have to do a point-to-point resize. Best method I know is to click on the longest two known points that you can fit on your screen, the 13'9" will do, and then resize to 13'9" with the point-to-point resize tool. Then, open the PDF's options (ctrl+e) and highlight and copy(ctrl+c) the size/width/ number. Now hit "undo"(ctrl+z) to size back to original, then open the PDF's options again and paste (ctrl+v) your width over the original width making sure that "retain aspect ratio" is checked...this will resize both the height and width of the PDF.

Many architects setup their PDF's to a specific page size, and often times the PDF is printed to that specific page size at a specific scale...in CA under file/print/page setup..try setting up to the various common sizes at the scale that is listed on one of your pages that you are importing. Ex. pdf is in ARCH D with a scale of 1/4" per foot on one sheet. Set page setup to ARCH D with 1/4" per foot then hit alt+f3 to show your drawing sheet on your plan file. More often than not, you can snap the pdf to the drawing sheet, check the scale, and you're good to go. ALSO, Markmc has mentioned in past that using free converters like PDF2CAD allow you to convert the PDF to CAD lines, set them to a different color and put them on their own locked layer and you can snap your walls to them

Gary, There are a few steps to perform before you can build floor framing as a 2nd story addition...For starters, you need to build a second floor under build/floor/build new floor/ Also your walls at the attic level have no room definition so chief will not add framing to where there is no designation for a room. Need to build a second floor, and define the addition with new walls, then generate framing

Ignoring this..;) kidding! well said Wendy, and noted!

Always happy to help but need to have the .plan file

The way fair catalog is pretty extensive and adds some modern furniture, you can always request furniture and finishes in the symbols and content section of this forum.. I personally have a huge catalog, just make the request... most of the CA users that are on the design side have the full suite of manufacturer and extended catalogs available on the website as well as downloading external content.. just make sure poly-counts on external models are low