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Larry,

I found an invisible wall inside your kitchen at the bench location. deleted that wall and no more orange wall outside.

The wall type was interior white fill.

As for the framing of the deck. I would use a backup file to copy, paste in place.

I always make sure once the deck is closed into a room, to open dbx and check (keep framing after deck is deleted.) then uncheck the auto feature.

That way my custom adjustments to framing, posts, and footings are kept.

Hey Alan,

Only a layout file in zip folder.

create an architectural block of the trim, 

in elevation view with the interior trim turned of, use a p-solid and molding line. block together and copy to your library as millwork.

of course you will need to make one for each window size your dealing with.

Bernie,

Also here is an image i grabbed off the net.

Bernie,

Use south for your 43.25 latitude, East for the 79.866

oops, forgot to hit attach button

inside-corner-block.calibz

Here is one, made with a solid and a molding line.

Hope you find it useful.

Make one and save to your user library for future use.

change the number as needed.

In your default settings, camera defaults- change FOV to a different number like 35.

Bernie,

Cant convert a rich text to normal. Copy and paste into a new box.

The rich text box, text style is controlled by the layer.

open the text layer and look at the drop down of available text styles. If you need another one make one.

don't follow, can you post an image?

Select your text tool, (you have to do this for both types-rich text and regular text separately)

Hold shift key,draw a marquee around entire plan. Open dbx (if regular text go to fill in left column)( rich text go to appearance)

make selection no fill.

Then set your defaults in your profile plan to no fill, if you don't want it in the future.

AIA naming set is gone, not in X6.

Here is a copy from X5 if you want to use. it.

I have always wondered how accurate it is to the real world use.

What kind of cooling is it going to have?

I would suggest self contained cooling. I used 

I agree with Joe and Barton, go with a desktop build! 

Also a 55" monitor may be a bit large for the mobile office.

The van interior doesn't seam long enough, even with chairs placed at the rear door.

Also consider the vibration damage potential to the electronics! If the van doesn't have air ride i would plan on isolation dampers for the mounting points of all fixtures.

Carefully consider what you need to accomplish "on Site" 

I would have to assume the area that you would be building these million dollar homes in, would be a facility to rent a meeting room for the occasional client presentation.

I actually thought about doing this as well. Came to the conclusion that it was way to much overhead to make financial sense.

my 2 cents.

your welcome, 

and thank you again to the original creator whomever you are! 

stairs,railings for me as well please!

SLI doesn't work in chief, maybe in X7! I hope

The speed of raytracing is based on your processor speed.

check my specs, I built my rig a little over a year ago. Works great for the sub 2k I spent. Oh and I also ended up adding a SSD primary C: drive

I have it overclocked to 4ghz, was at 4.4 but over time became a little unstable.

Yes there are some limitations, if your trying to make them for your shop to build from, it may be easier for them to make in a cabinet specific software.

I believe most back panels in the real world are 1/4" plywood veneer material.

I found in my library a closet module set, kindly offered by a fellow user. I don't recall who it was at the moment.

Passing forward, see if they will help.

look in your user library after you open the file( double click it to open and load it into your copy of chief x6)

Hope this helps.

closet-modules.calibz

Hi Simon,

I think you can get very close with a mixture of cabinets, shelves and partitions.

Have a look at my sample. Use as needed.

closet-wall-storage.plan

Hi,

I found doing a search that 3dsMax is the program that can open the fbx file extension.

It also looks like Sketch up has an add on extension from Simlab to import fxb.

MAy be more options out there, Blender, Maya, etc.

HTH

If it is a large pdf sheet 24x36, use as a temp tracing layer.

As Jon demonstrated in his image( excellent Job!) Chief is up to the task. 

I used this website for simple terrain data import test in chief. It worked really well!

geoplaner.com

once you go to the lot in the map window, you should see the lot boundary.

I think Glen nailed it! 

3d Warehouse has machinery.

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search.html?q=jointer&backendClass=entity

Awesome, now to figure out where.

I am 45-60 min north of town.