Renerabbitt

Sorry for the delay, been inundated. I've been waiting to make a video about advanced materials coupled with simple models. Want to test X-13 before I get into it. Their is some huge hidden potential in the AO maps that I don't see anyone taking advantage of. Chief doesn't treat AO the same as most rendering engines, which can be used to created some much needed depth and cut through the overlighting inherent in chiefs engine. Also getting into some good maps can really change the look of chief, just keeping in mind those high reso textures add up fast. Stay tuned!

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Double knuckle articulating arms are outdated. Would love to see a single piston single knuckle arm with an integrated led to be ultra sleek. Seeing as this is the tech age, I would incorporate standard mountable hardware for attaching such things as a standard microphone for dual purpose use. Also would be nice to quickly shift locations of such a lamp nby creating a mounting system that is easy to detach and mount to say a mic stand or wall mount bracket.

Something is getting lost in translation. To do as previously mentioned using what Rob and Eric advised, you would need to set your General Wall Defaults to Resize About Main Layer Inside and then you would need to select your foundation walls and open them up. In the wall dbx Wall Types\ replace the foundation wall with the wall type from your library. This will replace your wall with the proposed wall and aligh at the inside main layer

Look at the arrows, he is illustrating the various resize about settings. If you were to select Main Layer Inside and then select your two walls and change to your proposed wall it would do what you want it to.

This won't help with continuous draw^ @solver and @stevenyhof Continuous draw pivots on the center of the main wall layer. @robdyck^ This would only work with @solver method Bigger question for me is why are you drawing over foundation walls? If you are drawing a wall that will be aligned with a wall above, why not copy the wall above and paste-hold-position below? Or simple use the Align With Above Tool. If you use both solver and robs suggestion together it will work as you intend it to, but not with continuous draw mode.

I use Cad details for every schedule because I find it more reliable when using the SAM method with layouts. Another benefit is how reliable the width of all of my schedules are when sent to layout. Easy to align on true center. When you crop a layout box you can quite easily create an offset. I also happen to use the Box labels instead of the schedule heading. With the single CAD detail method I would need to rename every box label.

Yes, it is, I've got a busy morning but shoot me a PM as a reminder and I will try and package it up for others use.

Site analysis All text and notes-Thanks to Alaskan for the tip about global macros in X-12. Could stop right here as the rest is just variants of text or note implementation. Custom Fields for display in custom schedules such as Electrical Panel Schedules or Braced Wall panel schedules. Custom Labels All details(extremely easy to update) All standards Wrote a custom macro with Alaskan to determine the zoning code of all zips in California just by plugging in a zip code.

Problem is that the envelope isnt full closed, likely the parapet roof. Light comes in to the interstitial space and the wall tops pick up the sunlight

Any number of things can cause this, often from user error with a slight workflow adjustment needed. Happens most often in template plans, being too far from 0,0 origin, building envelop not properly closed, improper wall designations etc. Too many to list, best to post a .plan file.

Best to post a plan file to better see whats going on

Welcome to the forums BRod. Depending on the timeline and expectations/scope I may be able to help you out. I am a regular here in the forums and with the Chief staff, plenty of references and you can take a look at some of my past work through the website in my signature. Feel free to contact me at renerabbitt@gmail.com. cheers

Easy to do. Familiarize yourself with restrictive selections with an enabled Tool. Familiarize yourself with the Select Marquee Similar Tool in the Edit Toolbar that is enabled from an Active Selection. Also familiarize yourself with the Marquee Selection Modes in your Preferences under the Edit Panel. Simply select all walls that you want the cap applied to and edit in the Wall Cap Panel of the wall dbx.

If you are importing a single object from autocad as a 3d symbol there is no way to explode the object to change it's UV mapping. You could use the Delete Surface Tool to tediously delete faces in order to create separate symbols from a singular item. The easier way if you have access is to properly UV map the symbol and re-export to preserve proper mapping,

Feel free to contact me at renerabbitt@gmail.com and let me know a timeline..If I can't get it done I know 2 other contractors that likely could. Thanks, very kind. Mind checking the thread I just started in suggestions..I feel like it could be good method for suggestions but need some input. Having trouble focusing today

Might suggest a Level of detail/quality required and could possibly provide these services myself or point you to your best fit. Here is an example mid-grade rendering I recently completed.

Just curious if anyone knew if there was a benefit to Export\Export PDF. Seems to just use the chief PDF Print driver

If someone was available at this price we could all retire early and that person would need at least 6 more arms for the workload.

This is your terrain model imported..the data provided is fine for some parts but otherwise not very useful, typical for flat data. This is a decent amount of work with not a very big timeline. Not sure I could get it done in that time with other jobs ongoing. Maybe you can change the timeline or find someone with no ongoing work.

Ill take a look tomrrow and let you know . CHeers

The full adobe suite is a must have expense in my business..It includes 3 very powerful editing softwares each with its its strong points

One of the baselines was off and a few off angles in the roofs. Easy to take the roof that was functioning, duplicate it and then reflect about the hip. Fowler_HQ.plan

Welcome to the forums. Please fill out your signature so we know what software you are using as well as the type of machine you are using. This helps us to answer your question. This may be a simple fix, something your missing etc. Would you please post your .plan file.

@SNestor was right..didn't need to recess, but wanted to mention it in case it was easiest and 100% accuracy wasn't necessary. His stacked molding was what I would do. basically how I would built it in the field.