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try file /import/ room planner. Your file must have been sent to Chief's cloud from planner to work.

Some siding materials don't come with patterns but you can always add patterns using the edit material button. You can also use a different material that has the pattern included.

Try to keep it all live and not use so much cad lines, Chief was designed to work that way. When you draw something, everything is updated automatically and no fixing. You do need to know how to create a very clean model though. Keep learning all the time, I still do.

Get the fastest "CPU"(many cores) and best video card you can get, even a Surface can handle Chief.

In X8 with automatic updates, sections and elevations are fully automatic, and all I have to do is hit one button and every view sent to layout updates, how easy is that. you can even set it to fully automatic so you don't even need to hit that button.

I always keep all my plans, section's and elevations live, I think that is much faster than generating cad details. I have no problem with any situation except battered walls if needed but I haven't come across that yet and if so I would tell them to go elsewhere for that.

You might just want to use that NVidia card.

Try this, I believe it's the same in X7

I'm talking about real framing as it would really be in the field, and show in sections as it should. Using a p-solid of course doesn't have any framing so when you cut a section thru one- no framing. On something like that I would use a railing wall (post to beam) for the lower portion and roof plane and curved ceiling plane for the arch. That way you get all the framing. If you just need it to look good then your way is good until you need details.

But what about the framing with headers, posts?

I use reference sets for doing that

re-frame the Deck- patio cover you can just delete the rim joist after re-framing. make sure that auto framing of the deck is off.

Not overkill to me, the better you get the longer it will last until you need a new one again

Default settings / camera / general camera /

I put all the camera's I need in my template plan, never need to copy or create again just move around to where you want them

I also see it.

This is why I have all my cameras already set up in my template plans and all I have to do is move them around. I really don't have to create camera's anymore. Elevations, sections, interior 3d views ,already set up and sent to the layout template, so when I start a new job it's all done so you can get to designing very quickly. Everything generates to the layout as you design.

You can change the beam material in the post to beam wall DBX

I did too with X8

The roof plane below might be to far into the wall thus stopping the railing from generating

It changed some of my line-styles with the latest update

try to shut down your computer and re-start everything.

Not here. working good.

Sometimes just a clean install of the latest O.S. can be the answer for a lot of people b/c it just gets rid of the Junk in the trunk. And sometimes you need to upgrade your hardware, Hard to tell which one is good for you.