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    Well said Yusuf. I too have been inspired by resourceful users such as Bill and yourself. The way I see it there are grinders like Edison and there are visionaries like Tesla. I think the same is true of Chief users. I often think the people who come on here and bemoan the perceived shortcomings of the software would be better served by applying the same zeal to finding creative approaches to solving their problems. Then when the existing bugs do get ironed out they will be perfectly positioned to get the most out of the program. I gave you a gold star for that post.
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    Sounds to me like you are being penny wise and pound foolish. If using Chief is costing you so much you should just bite the bullet and purchase that "other CAD program" that you seem to think will solve all your problems.
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    Very informative video Glenn but there seems to be a problem with the audio. Your voice sounds funny.
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    I've missed you darlin'. Been spread too thin to cover both forums lately. Glad to see that you're alive and kickin' and still showing the boys how things should be done.
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    So.... a couple of cheesy 3D Warehouse birds didn't do it for anybody (why am I constantly disappointed with their content?). I thought the Chief generated power lines were pretty effective. Well then, try this one on for size. A tribute to the Monty Python boys that I call "The doors are always open at the Department of Redundancy Department.".
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    Jo Ann?..... Is that you? .....
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    Try this.
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    There was a situation similar to this a while back. You might want to check out this thread. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/2786-what-came-first-house-or-plat-or-does-it-matter/
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    If you notice you can upgrade the Asus to a SSD for $70. It's only 256GB but if you can live with that it's well worth it.
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    If you are looking for 2D people this site has a bunch of them. http://skalgubbar.se/
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    Your image is too small to see what's going on but I will take a stab at it for you. I'm not sure what software version you are using. It looks more like HD and not Chief. Here is what might work for you. Check the "By Layer" box for line weight for main layers #4 & #5.
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    I should live so long. No, I did an image search for cityscapes to use as a background and found that image. It wasn't what I was originally looking for but I thought it was cool and it had approximately the right perspective to use for the shot. I've got no idea how the original was made. Keith, that's why I call it "watch your step". Besides there is no way for the inspector to get up there to check for handrails. Actually I've been experimenting with constructing some handrails but with the geometry of the situation I don't know if I can pull it off.
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    Personally I don't know what the moaning and groaning about the stairs tool is all about. I don't see anything wrong with the stairs. Here is an offering from my impossible construction series of images I like to call "Watch Your Step". This is a 100% genuine non-edited, non-retouched, non-exported for rework Chief generated image.
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    I found the fittings on 3D Warehouse under pipe fittings. They had several sizes and included alignment marks which they claimed would facilitate making the connections. It all looked good on paper but when I imported the symbols they wouldn't perform as advertised. It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears and lots of tweaking X, Y & Z coordinates to line things up. Luckily I only had to do one branch and then mirror it to the other side or I might still be pecking away. I don't know what the deal with 3D Warehouse is. Everybody says go there and every time I do I have some type of problem with the imported symbols. I think it's about time I take the bull by the horns and put some serious study into rolling my own.
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    And now for something completely different. Kind of like the 3D pipes Windows screensaver.
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    There is one that is about as simple and generic as you can get in the Library Browser. Of course you will have to get Glenn to show you how to locate it because I am still clueless.
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    You need to use a different Codec for walkthrough recordings. The ones Chief supplied OOB didn't work for me either. XVID is a good one. Google it and download it (it's free) and then select it in the Codec Options section in Preferences.
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    Well, I don't know if this thread is closed or not, but I will cast my vote for a decent search feature for the Library Browser. Seriously, I just did a search for a mailbox. How hard can that be? You can enter any combination of the word, upper case or lower case, singular or plural, hyphenated or two word and you will get the same result. Zip, Zilch, Zero, Nada. You can enter simply an "M" and scroll thru the dozens of items listed but you won't find a mailbox. In fact after you enter the first three letters you will get no results to scroll thru at all. Yet they are there. Maybe the question should be just what can you find using the search feature?
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    Here you go Robert. Be advised that reverse engineering my plans can lead to severe mental anguish. Culvert-10.plan
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    He's a real Nowhere Man Sitting in his Nowhere Land Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
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    For what its worth I had occasion to revisit this topic as I needed to model a culvert that was slightly more sophisticated than just a pipe in the ground. I ran into the same problem the OP had in that whenever I lowered the culvert into the terrain it filled the hole in the culvert. I experimented with Bill’s approach of putting plugs in the ends of the hole but I couldn’t make it work. However what did work for me was to place the culvert into a terrain hole of the identical size. Anyhoo… this is what I came up with.
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    You've probably found it by now. Check in "Preferences" down near the bottom under "Render" you will see the "Video Card Status".
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    Well then I guess I'm with Jintu on this one. "God only knows"
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    Look in the lower right hand corner of the post.