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POST 38 Part of the Fun Community Challenge #4 Download this cabinet symbol HERE Take a look at how it was created here: CLICK ME TO GO BACK TO THE INDEX!!!

I purchased this as well...I haven't looked at it yet...but I would never let Michael's tools pass me buy

Yes, but not within chief. you can create a macro that will do a continuation of ctrl+e and a bunch of tabs. have you considered changing your preferences to open up to the last panel. Not in front of a computer right now.

Hey old timer, It's really easy to organize and use the SAM method when holding a bunch of schedules in CAD. Not to mention you can have those schedules sent to layout already, which is also easier to do when they are in a placeholder position such as a CAD detail. For your revisions, easy to put together a custom revision note and a schedule. Give me a call and I can send my template your way, you might love it or may hate it.

I'll be giving a ton away to the winners of this challenge:

FYI I didnt need the sig..it was in the screenshot, and 128gb is too small for modern OS IMO

For sure, happy to help. My laptop screen just broke and I am running on a laptop from 2016, the G752 in my signature. It runs beautifully except for line over drawing in rendering views. I think your machine is fine for a few more years then maybe upgrade the video card only.(After you've upgraded the drive)

Ive had flooding at my place, moved out, and left my mic behind by accident. @HumbleChief and @cjanderson66 "Example" is a P-solid that I converted to a fixture and then designated as a freestanding range. It is 200" tall, 1" depth, and 12" wide and is a few inches AFF. The key element is specifying it as a range in the symbol options. Then: I clicked on the exterior room and created a polyline Converted the polyline to a distributed path, selected the range. Specified 15" intervals for a 3" Batten(12" symbol) Then I copied the path to the floor above Pull a 3d view and explode the lower distributed path. With the Backsplash Tool, clicked on the spaces between on the lower floor first. Explode the upper, click on the spaces on the upper floor. Dragged the bottom of the upper floor up Use the Delete Items Tool and select fixtures. Please keep in mind this is not perfect. You could get it perfect by breaking the line segments of the distributed path, but at that point it would be faster just to draw your 1 batten and then distribute in plan view.

In terms of space...he has a 128gb primary drive that the OS is installed on. Given that he is running a ryzen card, his mobo likely supports an M.2 drive which is worlds faster than an SSD. So its tiny...and slow. Would make for a great backup partition or external drive

That solid state driver is just way below standard in space requirements within our industry. An upgrade to an NVME M.2 1tb samsung drive would be a great upgrade for you

You're not using freesync with a 960 through HDMI. 70hz is really plenty for Chief, couple it with G-sync/freesync and DP connection and a few gfx tweaks and tearing and response can be imperceptible on a quality monitor.

Sounds like file management is in order, 3 years isn’t terribly old. doing a selective sync on onedrive or Dropbox could fix the storage issue quickly

@ChiefUserBigRoband @mtldesigns The higher VRAM is going to be super important to someone like me who likes to use tons of 4K textures as well as large complex models. Chief won't really show substantial improvements in this regard as it really doesn't handle high poly high reso models...Twinmotion on the other hand, will absolutely take benefit of Large amounts of VRAM

For those times you just need to show a concept: 2021-11-04 12-49-37.mp4

This is a professionals forum guys, take this chat to hometalk..no one wants to hear about your Ryobi

As an exercise, convert a p-solid to a symbol then place the newly created symbol. Open up the symbol using the Open Object Tool and the navigate to the Components Panel. There you will find user editable parameters that will report to your material list. You can designate your newly created symbol as a framing member, set the size and even cost per unit etc. When finished, saved to your library. Added bonus, customize your toolbar and add a Custom Library Object" Tool and select the new Tool from your Toolbar. It will bring up a subsequent dialohue for you to locate your new T-stud symbol so that it lives on your Toolbars.

See me edited post, they do have that option. Seems you are specifically talking about an assembly that has a pad footing, a round pier, and a framing member to beam. If I just want a square pad footing to pier to beam..that option is available OOTB

I must be missing something. Chiefs decks have a round pier with a square pad option OOTB? Or I guess we are talking post to pier to footing?

Those grade lines are auto generated by elements that you introduce. What David is trying to tell you is to add your own terrain data using the various tools available to you in the terrain menu. I Personally like using elevation splines. Terrain can be a bear and it seems clear that you may be new to this function of the software. Many of our user responses come from the assumption that you have familiarized yourself with the help section and videos available from Chief. Anywho, add some elevation data and you will see the interpolated terrain data change as you go.

Tons of methods to use. 3 come to mind Select the walls and windows of a single story, on a story by story basis, and create a symbol out of each story using the Convert To Symbol Tool and add it to your library. then paste the 4 symbols, each floor; at the plan level and adjust the z-offset/height of each to reassemble/match your building. Then pull a floor camera and the whole building will be there, 4 floors as symbols and one active. Far fewer polygons. Simply add each floor level component to its own layer. Kitchen cabinet-story one. Use reference plans for each story

This is a really confusing post to understand from an outsider without seeing what you are referring to and without using our established standards or terminology. What are the "shapes" you are referring to? Box-like details..are you referring to a detail that a framer may refer to for joinery?