Rich_Winsor

I can draw sloped/tilted walls. This is dedicated

to Antoine. He gave me the inspiration during the

symbols workshop.

What Bill said. That will get you back the missing

section of ridge cap. To get rid of the gap in the

gable fascia board you need to adjust the Fascia

top heights and Ridge top heights for the two taller

roof planes.

I think you are going to have to attach the plan

for this one. The only way I can approximate

that condition is by turning off "Walls, Normal"

in Display Options. Are you sure that box is

checked in the 3D view you are using.

Yeah, but you guys are all screwed up down

there to start with. You can't even get the water

to go down your drains in the right direction. 

I'm with Joe on this one, smaller dimension first.

Sweet, I like it!

Not sure exactly what you are after.

This is what I came up with.

It would be nice to place a filter over a texture that could effect the way light is refracted/reflected such as in brushed stainless steel.

Todd, if you have the time check out this training video.

It's long (over an hour) but does a good job of showing

how to manipulate surface characteristics of various

materials.

Ray Tracing Tips and Techniques

I don't know how Chief handles these things but last

year I took a year off from renewing my Solidworks

seat. The Solidworks equivalent of Chief's SSA runs

close to $1600 a year. When I looked into reviving

my subscription they were happy to waive the

arbitrarily imposed $500 penalty for letting my seat

expire and reinstate me like I had never left. Maybe

you can just take a year off from Chief also.

As you can probably tell by now I have been amusing

myself by having a play with tessellations and applying

them as materials. I really like the way this particular

one wraps the corners of the building. I can see this as

a mosaic in Morocco or perhaps Santorini.

Yes you did and it was duly noted, but does that

call for the shameless self-aggrandizement.

What the hey, if we don't stand up for ourselves

who will?

roof pitch on your porch is 8/12 drawing shows 6/12 , which is room for your corbels....

 

and I see 3 windows

You talking to me Mick? I didn't open any of the

plans, I just referred to the PDF Steve supplied  

in the post previous to mine and used that roof

pitch and the 3 windows that were shown.

Well...that's it exactly.  So...how do I accomplish this?  

Maybe it is simple?

Steve, sorry I couldn't get back sooner. It looks

like you are getting it under control. I still like my

approach which is similar to Bill's. Draw the bump 

out as a skinny little room and adjust the floor

height of the room to suit your purpose. Punch a

hole in the interior section of the wall with a pass

thru window. I left the room as unspecified. You

can now add whatever window configuration you

like as well as control the other materials in the

room. The floor material becomes the material on

the top surface of the bump out ledge/shelf. All in

all it gives a nice clean look without any annoying

and unwanted artifacts.

Here is my take loosely based on your PDF image.

I just built the boxed window as a room attached to

the side of the wall. That way you can add whatever

window configuration you like.

P.S. How do you get the images to show larger than the thumbnails?

Alan, one way is through Photobucket. If you don't

mind navigating through some adds and popups the

free version will let you upload your images to your

own "bucket". From there you can select the image

and the following screen will let you create links to

the image. For the forum I use the bottom one. Just

click on it and it will copy the link, then when in the

forum you hit the Paste Icon and the link is pasted

into your post (the image won't show until you hit

preview post or add reply buttons).

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.   

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.

Here  is my take on the sandwich board.

Same as Larry with some curves and artwork.

 

http://screencast.com/t/QAMUySH5n7BI

 

Very informative video Glenn but there seems to be a

problem with the audio. Your voice sounds funny. 

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.

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.".

Jo Ann?..... Is that you? .....

Try this.

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/

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.

If you are looking for 2D people this site has a bunch of them.

http://skalgubbar.se/

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.