misterwiley

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  1. 3 hours ago, DH7777 said:

    Nivida geforce gtx 1660 Ti is what my laptop has. It Ray Traces fine but is that different than PBR?

     

    The GTX 1660 is not a RTX card which is why you can't do Real Time Raytracing, only standard ray tracing. You need a RTX 2000 or newer card.

     

    3 hours ago, DH7777 said:

    I read someone else said to go to preferences-render-troubleshooting and make sure Global Illumination is checked on. BUT the is no troubleshooting tab in that sequence nor is there one on my PC. I have can't find where to turn it on

     

    Check out the screen grab below of the preference panel you mention and the accompanying help file info. If it's grayed out, then your card does not support it.

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  2. Straight from the help file. Sounds like your laptop does not support Real Time Ray Tracing. What are the specs?

     

    Global Illumination

    • When Use Ray Tracing is active and checked, multiple samples of indirect lighting in the scene are created, improving the lighting quality with each sample. This setting and those below it will not be active if real-time GPU Ray Tracing is not supported on the system. See GPU Ray Tracing.
  3. I just ran into something odd. Seems like the Align/Distribute Along Line tool does not work correctly in elevations/cross sections like it does in plan views. Can anyone else confirm that or is it just me.

     

    Specifically I'm opening a elevation, drawing a horizontal poly-line, drawing two vertical poly-lines, selecting the two vertical poly-lines, clicking the Align/Distribute Along Line Tool, selecting the horizontal line, this brings up the Align to Line dialog box. I'm leaving the alignment radio button on none. Selecting Distribute Centers Evenly and Distribute Between End Points radio buttons and click ok. Lines do not center correctly or the same as they do in plan view.

     

    Wondering if I have a setting off or if this might be a bug

  4. Go into the room DBX for those two small rooms where you built the walls and check that the floor structure is the same as the rest of the house on that floor. My guess is for some reason that floor structure in those two little rooms is different which makes them frame differently. Also make sure those rooms are on the same framing group as the big room surrounding it.

     

    That's just a guess though. If not the problem then post the plan please.

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  5. 12 hours ago, Dermot said:

    Please note that this is just a very small subset of the new features that are coming in X15.  

     

    As for the reference display, we are going to have the ability to offset and rotate the reference display which will allow some more flexibility in how it can be used.

     

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    WORD!!

    This will be extremely welcomed. I also concur with Glenn that the mirror option would be used more than not in most cases for me.

  6. On 2/15/2021 at 10:14 PM, Kenoeightspot said:

    Define your walls based on container wall corrugation thickness, insulation and finish material.

    Find images of Shipping Containers and convert to material and apply to your walls.

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    Hey William,

     

    Would you mind sharing your shipping container materials or images? I can't seem to find a good quality free ones online.

     

    Thanks!

  7. 12 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

     

    I believe they normally only allow it online 30 days before it expires ( when you normally get the Email reminder ) but you can call in and setup a yearly autopay with your CC or pay for multiple years ahead, at least both were allowed last time I did it. ( just before last price hike - $525 > $595 ) they also used to allow pro-rating so you can move the renewal to July for example if you are away every Jan. ?  ie pay for 18mths now....

     

    M.

     

    That makes sense to me.

     

    I think it would still help a lot of us out if they were able to put all this into a web UI under our account page like all the other subscription based platforms, I use, have. Calling in and figuring all this out over the phone I suppose does work but it feels old school and it seems we are moving into the future here so why not upgrade this area for simplicity and clarity.

     

    Just my opinion though, I'll give them a call later this week when I can find time during business hours.

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  8. My SSA expires on January 17th 2023. I will be out of the country then and might not have access to renew. I just went to the products page to renew my SSA and was then presented with this message below.

     

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    If you are making this new system so critical for us existing users to renew our SSA on time or face the consequences of a 300% price increase then might I suggest you revamp the renewal system for SSA that will show our current payment information, allow for backup payment information, early renewals, and other pertinent details at all times so we can modify payment details in case our credit card number changes, expires, or something else that keeps us from being active at the crucial moment.

     

    I feel like I share in some confusion and worry about how this is about to be implemented.

     

    I love Chief! Happy to pay for it. I just don't need extra steps or stress involved with it :)

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  9. On 9/7/2022 at 8:08 PM, Renerabbitt said:

    Max is 200, they lifted the max in X12 and then deprecated in X14. I got it written down as a bug by 3 engineers this pat week in Idaho.

    For the OP, probably just a computer restart is all that’s needed. 
    Or…

    you have more custom library objects on another toolbar configuration.

     

    Yeah I found a stray toolbar that had a handful on it and deleted them and was able to add more. Strange though. I hope they lift the maximum allowed again. I'm getting into style pallets which are awesome for making custom toolbar shortcuts but do require a lot of custom library objects.

     

    Thanks guys!

  10. When you need certain rooms to frame against other rooms, I usually find that changing the framing groups in the rooms DBX to 2 or 3 while usually result in what you're asking.

     

    From the Help:

    Framing Groups

    When floor or ceiling framing is automatically generated, the program tries to create a single platform that spans as much of the structure as possible. If you need separate floor and ceiling framing in an area of your plan, as you might for an addition to an existing structure, assign the rooms in that area to a non-default Framing Group.

    The program treats different Framing Groups as though they were built at different times. Wall framing builds through and divides the floor framing in different Groups, while ceiling framing butts against a ledger attached to the ceiling framing of an adjacent Group.

    Framing Groups are assigned using numbers. The Default Framing Group is 1, which is built “first”. Each subsequently numbered group is framed as though it were added to the structure later.

    Although Framing Groups affect how both floor and ceiling framing is generated, the Build Framing for Selected Object(s) ../../Resources/img/btn/BuildFramingForSelected.png edit tool only builds floor framing. See Build Framing for Selected Object(s).

  11. 26 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:


    I think the Break Wall tool is still completely relevant as a standalone tool.  It allows for placing a break without having to actually select a wall. This can be particularly useful when we need to place multiple breaks in multiple walls.

     

    Agreed!

  12. They added the wall break tool to the actively selected tool bar so walls now break similar to everything else. Just select the wall you need to break and you will find the tool come up under the actively selected tool bar. Similar to all other objects this can also be quickly accessed by selecting the wall and hitting the number "3" on you keyboard.

     

    For more info refer to the help section.

     

    Cheers!

     

    P.S. the wall break tool actually still exists but is hidden because its no longer necessary with the improvements of X12. If you really miss it, you can add the tool back to your toolbars by going to the customize tool bars sections and searching for the tool. Drag and drop it where ever you want to.

  13. I agree with Joey. If the goal is to have the gutters wrap around, you are going to need a very large cricket. Any shingle roof designs I'm coming up with definitively interfere with those windows on the 2nd story so you may want to consider a TPO or standing seam metal roof.

     

    Certainly the way it is drawn now you will have crazy leaky roof problems. Images attached for fun reference.

     

     

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  14. @Alaskan_Son came up with what I would say is pretty quick way to handle this. See what he did in this thread. Once i understood how to rotate the 3d shape correctly it was honestly a breeze to get it done.

     

    I'd definitely support chief taking the time to make over-framed roofs easier by enhancing the framing tools or even making another roof base plane for stick framed areas like they do for trusses.

     

    Hope this helps in the mean time though.