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I would suggest just doing a 4" wide sidewalk, then multi-copying it about 16" apart. Then copy and reflect it so that you get the pattern you need. This would give you the 3D grass, and it would follow the terrain.

Give this a look. The attic wall type did not match up to the upper exterior (stucco) wall, so there was an offset. It was an interior wall with drywall. The roof plane cut into the wall, so I turned off the special snapping in the dbx for that lower roof plan. That allows you to move that edge of the roof plane over so it doesn't cut the wall. Keep in mind, your upper wall is a thicker wall (2X6 stucco) than the thinner interior wall below it, so that thicker wall will be partially unsupported unless you do a 2X6 interior wall below it. If you do a 2X4 stucco attic wall to fill in that triangle, you would have to shift that 2X4 interior wall over 2" so it would line up. Hope this helps. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tv1cxmisjou58jmqxh1qd/Custom-Home-4-modified.plan?rlkey=fwhhca3f9bjyzs1llljuqb3bq&dl=0

Under Light Settings, change it from Automatic to Light Set. This will allow for lights to be turned on independent of if the lights are in different rooms or different floors.

Go to the 3D warehouse (https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/) and download whatever you want. Just import the .skp file into Chief. Some of the items have a large file size and can slow your system down, but there are tons of free symbols to download. You can also go to https://www.chieftutor.net/ and they have some really good symbols if you pay a one-time membership fee. Well worth the money. You can purchase Rene Rabbitt's stuff from his website https://www.rabbittdesign.net/shop Hope that helps.

Go to the Tools menu, then select Floor/Reference Display On the line you have "Reference Display Layer under Layer Set, make sure the Plan Name is the same as the one below it. Then make sure that line is on Automatic and XOR is checked. (See above) Click OK, then go from the first floor to the foundation floor and it should show you the 1st floor reference in red.

If you are good with the road and parking lot being the same material, I typically start with a polyline road and draw out the complete perimeter of the parking area and roads connecting it. Then I add medians as needed for islands. For example, if you parking lot goes all the way around your building, then the building will be on a large median. Your median may even form once side of a road depending on how your parking lot is configured.

Use the rainbow tool on the screen material. Then go to Properties and make sure your Emissive is set to 0. It might just barely have any, but set it to zero. You can then adjust the transparency in the same tab to fit what look you are going for. See if that helps any.

Can you post the .plan file so we an see your lighting, sun and camera settings?

I only have that in an X16 version, but you are welcome to it if you can use it. Custom Mantel.calibz

I have been working on some new items for my X16 library. I have attached the EV Chargers I have. I don't have them in X15, but you can download the models from the 3D Warehouse pretty easily to create your own if you don't have X16 yet. EV Chargers.calibz

Here is a good source for PBR textures I found which has separate files for Normal Maps, Bump Maps, Ambient Occlusion Maps, and Roughness Maps for Chief Architect. The textures are free to download. https://lightbeans.com/en/

Try lowing your sunlight level to about 1000 and see if that helps

It is actually a reflection that looks like OSB. Change the material to a matte finish or change the roughness to 100% using the rainbow tool, and it goes away.

OK. We have been seeing the same issue with the Intel 14900K, but it sounds like your issue may be different. With those chips you had to back the Performance Active-Core Ratio (P-Core) down a bit to resolve the issue. When the graphics card called for more power, it cause the CPU to shut down the computer to protect it. I found the best solutions to try came from gaming forums since those guys deal a lot with high end systems and spend a lot of time tweaking things. Best of luck to you. I know it is frustrating.

What CPU chip are you running?

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