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To get you started select (highlight) the room you
want to work on. Select 'open object" to go to the
Room Specification DBX. Select 'Moldings' and
uncheck the 'Use Floor Defaults' box. You now
can use the controls to in the DBX to manipulate
the base boards. If you click 'Replace' it will take
you to the library where you can choose any style
you wish. Hope this helps.
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6 hours ago, DBCooper said:
but shouldn't she be facing the other way?
Well, thank you Mr. Cooper. For someone who ostensibly
jumped out of the wrong end of a perfectly good airplane
I can see where you might be confused.
I’ve done my due diligence on this one. The episode I was
paying homage to wasn’t technically a ‘drag race’ but rather
in the vernacular of the day it was a ‘chickie run’. The two
participants speed toward what could ultimately be their
demise and the first one to bail out is the chicken. I took
some liberties in my updated version but basically the young
lady starts the participants while facing them and then turns
and runs up the road as they blow by her. Here is the scene
from filming the original:
The view I captured is obviously from the other direction and
a second or two before their image. (As a side note if you ever
find yourself in a chickie run I would strongly advise you not to
wear a jacket with loops on the cuffs, but I digress) I was using
some powerful design elements like the one point perspective
to draw you into the center of the image where the young lady
is vignetted by the plumes of smoke. All of this is a distraction/
misdirection if you will, so you won’t realize the major flaw of
the image in that she isn’t casting a shadow.
What gives us the right to take such liberties?
TMI? Now aren’t you sorry you asked?
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Ok, ok, enough already. Just wanted to do one more
take on ‘drag style’. This is my updated homage to
Rebel Without a Cause.
Sometimes I wonder if you people realize the amount of
effort that goes into creating these one off Chief images.
To find a model to use for this scene I found it necessary
to meticulously cull through literally hundreds of images
of scantily clad, attractive young ladies waving checkered
flags to find one in an appropriate pose and with a background
I could easily make transparent. I know, it’s a tough job but
somebody had to do it.
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Depends on how long ago you broke it.
A simple Undo will remove the break if
you just applied it.
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@DarlingInc I would be very cautious about upgrading just
the GPU on a 9 year old computer. These new video cards
are physically enormous and require oodles of power. There
is a good chance the card will not fit in your motherboard and
case and your power supply probably can't supply the cables
needed to power it.
By the time you upgrade your case, motherboard, power supply
and video card you're probably better off shopping for a new rig.
As for what level of performance to choose for the components
I prefer to settle in one version below whatever is the latest and
greatest release. Usually available, cheaper, and more reliable
without much of a drop off in performance.
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5 hours ago, robdyck said:6 hours ago, Chopsaw said:
Pretty sure Rob was just being humous.
Yes, it was just a joke!
How dare you Robert! You should realize by now
that humor is frowned upon in these forums and
often even censored. People get so wrapped up
in their little crises that they lose sight of the fact
that laughter is in fact good medicine.
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/laughter-is-the-best-medicine.htm
BTW, I thought your original response was both funny
and appropriate given the amount of info supplied.
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On 12/26/2023 at 12:27 PM, Kbird1 said:
Hi Mick,
Thank you for your interest in Chief Architect Software.
At this time the furthest out we are extending SSA renews is through 12/31/2025.
Unless of course you are a special individual.
I ran all the numbers and by far the best deal for existing
SSA holders is to extend your SSA for 2 years. At this rate
you are paying $49.58 per month for 24 months. You will need
to call sales to get the 2 year deal as it is not available online.
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12 hours ago, TCB_BdnMY said:
I dont mean to offend... but maybe i do... looking through your posts, are all of your "answers" this cryptic and rude? This response adds nothing to the conversation, and pretty much only serves to your ego.
12 hours ago, DeLayDesign said:This is why I blocked "Solver"
Wow! To each his own but you guys are way off base IMHO.
I would venture to say that Eric has spent more of his time
helping posters to this forum than 99% of the members here.
Over time I can see where he has come to the conclusion
that It is far more worthwhile to teach people to do things
for themselves than it is to do those things for them over
and over again. The old "teach a man to fish" thing.
I can see the wisdom of this approach. Are we here to learn
the program or only to be spoon fed solutions?
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10 hours ago, DerekPedersen said:
If your legacy SSA expires you still have access to a perpetual license of Chief Architect.
I put a copy of this in my Chief folder. Just figured
it might be handy to have verification straight from
the horses mouth.
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Do you want to hide them or just make them fit the
window opening? If you apply the window treatments
from inside the "Window Specification" DBX the
pulls will resize to fit the dimensions of the window.
It looks like you applied them directly from the core
library to the window.
Depending on the view type you use you can hide
the pulls by changing their material type to "opening
(no material)". They will be hidden in Standard and
Physically Based views but will still show in Vector
and line views.
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7 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:
I don't mean to be offensive, but I have never understood the desire to keep trying to make a mac work in our industry,
I'll probably get lambasted for this but I have never
understood why Chief insists in devoting so many
resources catering to such a small market share.
Doesn't make sense on any level to me.
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Very impressive as usual Dave. The only problem we
have is that the folks in our neck of the woods aren't
smart enough to figure out what the address is.
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So you’re measuring an as built for an addition and there is a large feature
(tree, structure, utility pole etc.) on the lot and you would like to get a good
quesstimate of its size. Here is a quick and easy way using only a stick or
pole of known length and your cell phone:
Measure the length of the pole and then stand it up beside the feature you
want to measure.
Back up a ways to reduce distortion and take a photo.
Import your photo into a Chief plan and measure the length of the pole in the
plan. If the pole is the correct length (run out and buy a Lotto ticket because
it’s your lucky day) but it most likely will measure shorter than its actual length.
Divide the known length of the pole by the measured length in the plan. This
will give you the resize factor you will need to enlarge the photo.
Select the photo in the plan and use the Transform/Replicate to enlarge the
photo by the resize factor you calculated.
The photo is now to scale and you can pull any dimensions you may want
from the plan.
In this example we wanted to get a good ballpark figure for the height of some
redwood trees on the property. I had a 17 foot piece of pvc pipe which we stood
up for the photo.
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1 hour ago, gdhb20 said:
Where would I find your You Tube videos?
Clicking on the YouTube link at the bottom ofsolver's signature might be a good place to start.
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Custom Glass Block Window
in General Q & A
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Don't like to see legitimate inquiries go ignored.
Had a play with this. There are a lot of things going
on here. Basically I ended up stacking 3D Solid cubes
(set to a glass material) to make the glass blocks.
Converted cubes into an Architectural Block and set
it into a hole in the wall. Used a 3D Molding Polyline
around the opening for the Casing. Hopes this gives
you somewhere to start.