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This is a very very complex question to answer simply, if the material does not provide a bump map than you must supply one. You may want to check that your libraries are up to date as CA has added a lot of textures with bump/normal maps. I would say you need to do your own research on bump maps etc...far too much info to get into on these forums when there are gangs of sites explaining the complexity of diffuse/bump/normal/roughness/displacement/clipping/ao/translucency/emissivity/roughness/medium/refraction/anisotropy etc.

When I use my site analysis I like to drag the poly lable to the tabulated area so the person I work with can just click on the number and have it highlight the box it draws it's analysis from. Easy to select that way especially on multi floors and even using blank lines

What's your current price, I wrote my own site analysis but was never able to write a proper rescue, always needed to open up macro management to get it to refresh

default OOTB should be align at exterior main layer which would be correct for nearly every job I draw up. If I need to align with the main surface exterior I do that manually

Opened it up and all is as it should be, framing was lined up

plus-ed it

I'm still experience a crash where CA loops -trying to open a reference .plan on a .plan file that I close, forcing me to end task. Also, this keeps happening to my note schedule and I don't know how to fix it since it seems to be driven by something other than text defaults(custom or otherwise) or label specifications in the schedule's Label dbx.

If only the trim function would retain fill at the break line/fence

Settings are all in defaults for walkthroughs, just tested it in this walkthrough and the reflections/sun settings and camera exposure are taken from defaults for PBR and sunlight: My Documents.wmv

right here:

Just unblock it and delete the second line, then re-block and add to library...then add a library symbol to your toolbars and you can access it with one click

I made this a while ago, though I use a different style now:

I did the same upgrade a couple years ago and definitely noticed an improvement for day in day out drafting in CA as well as Library browsing...it also made a difference in the OS and loading programs as it should. Not a huge difference but a marked difference for sure

@DH7777I'm on paid versions, so I guess I can't speak to the free platform anymore, I'd say give them a call, pretty sure the free version is web-based now. @kwhitt I'm using the Thea render plugin...and thank you!

I personally only use CA's materials for placemarkers if I plan on rendering externally. Renderings such as this are 100% materials outside of CA: Also landscaping is easy and robust in sketchup using 3d warehouse. I honestly don't do many walkthroughs, I typically do linked renderings or 3d renderings for VR headsets or FB uploads:

Just poking fun but ironically the quoted text explains itself...CA is for drafting and design first and foremost and it warrants its price tag, Lumion is expensive because it takes a lot to develop a rendering platform of this level. Here's the good news, CA exports to sketchup quite beautifully using 3ds exporting. Go render walk-throughs in sketchup free, you wont be disappointed...and it really is fast to go from concept to finish from CA to skp.

I didn't put much effort into this but just adding a round molding to the gutter designation? You could build a pretty simple 3d molding for the eave

I was not able to open the plan-no data If its a small plan no need to zip

Using Thea, appreciated

Nvidia for its optix denoiser for my workflow

Looking to expand my portfolio and libraries while providing a service. Offering exterior renders for $400, that's $100 for the scene setup and $300 per shot. This price assumes your landscaping is designed into the model as you would see in a Chief Sample Plan such as the Chic Cottage: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/samples.html Then I work my magic and it comes out like this: Always a great way to market your designs, you won't get this price for images this polished anywhere else Just looking for a few happy go lucky customers. Timeline will be time available for me.

Gap from marked object under the extensions tab in your dimension defaults. set it to say 12"-18"

The setup you mentioned should be sufficient for Premier Pro, I have no input on cards, I typically use nVidia for its rendering capabilities. Yes more cores the better for traces, it is CPU dependent, I have a 14 core that uses all cores on CA, but CA raytraces are terribly inefficient for me, I only use it to diagnose other users efforts in the endeavor. Samsung 970 pro would be my top vote on drives