jessde

well I've never used the 3 key before but it worked!

Thank you for the amazingly fast reply and advice. You saved my day.

Thanks Ray!

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windows 10

This has got to be something simple I'm not doing. On the other hand since upgrading to a new computer  & to windows 10 I've had so many crashes , swirling blue spheres  of death, and other bizarre  glitches that I have smoke coming out my ears.

Anyway to the problem at the moment.

I placed a simple shed roof and drew a roof plane. I want to shape the roof plane over an offset entry. I think I have always simply used the break line tool to extend the portion of roof over the entry. Try as I might, the break tool does not work. I tested the breakwall tool on a wall and it works but yesterday after using it I couldn't get out of the breakwall tool mode and had to shut down and reopen.

Please someone tell me It's a simple fix.. If it's just a matter of forgetting what I've done in the past , well........I'm getting used to that!

I dont think you can change that. I have my cameras renamed a-a or whatever in my template so for the main dont need to worry.

thanks Graeme  . I like your way better!

Well actually I just found it. Just  click on camera and it will open and offer a title box.

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Sometimes when I send an elevation to layout it is numbered. Sometimes not. 

I want to eliminate the auto numbering but have not discovered how this is controlled. 

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I agree.  Not a video card issue.  It looks like one of the issues I described in my post above.  Chief won't draw lines where an EDGE does not exist.  This is an issue I really think needs to be fixed and something that should probably be added to the suggestion section. 

 Ok , I tried the line drawing view on another  computer with better graphics and found no significant improvement. I assume that you and Robert are correct and I should contact CA .

thank you all for your help.

Jess

No I did not send another image , I thought the first would be adequate to see how views compared.

It seems that what I'm hearing is that no one else is seeing the missing lines and details as I am. Could it be my graphics card as one person suggested? 

Ok I sent the wrong view but this will work to show what I need. I tried different renderings  to compare each.

If you look at the south elevation ,which is a line drawing ,you can see the incomplete lines and detail. The most obvious is the west side upper windows area. 

the west wall where the windows are placed is curved which may be part of the issue. If you compare it to the north elevation, a technical drawing, you will see the lines in this area clearly. I'm just checking out the different renderings and may never use a line drawing but I'd like to understand the character of each. As I continue to learn this program I'm often confronted with things that don't act or display like I would expect. Most often I find that I'm not doing something correctly or my system is not up to the task.

Thanks to all who are helping me to clarify this.

Ok here's a view. I also spoke with someone who suggested it may be that  my graphics card is not up to it. It is , I believe a Radeon 4200.I have recently updated the driver.

thanksguest cottage LD.plan

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There is some detail missing and incomplete lines in my line drawings. is this normal? 

I tried drawing in the incomplete lines but then it is an obvious attempt to fix with the added lines being crisp and dark.

Any remedy for this ? Am I missing something here or is this something we just have to live with? 

Thanks for any comments.

Sorry for long delay getting back to you. Got distracted by my other life !

I'm in Ukiah about 120 mi. north of SF.Travel is not a problem for me and Carmel is nice area to visit.

Regards,

Jess

I am working on  house design that has become more difficult than expected and beyond my scope of training. I live in an area that has limited internet service(often getting dropped) so on line training is not an option.

Hoping to find a trainer that I can visit for several hours  of face to face training. Will pay and travel.

Anyone interested or that can lead me to someone?

Thanks,

Jesse

Thanks to all who helped me out here today. I was clueless!

just confirming what Alan sees , no black here on another Nvidia Card either...

 

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Try turning off options one by one in the Prefs. Render Tab and see what happens Shadows, MSAA etc that should pinpoint the Cause hopefully.

 

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Also Make sure you check direct with ATI for Drivers , don't assume Microsoft Update or the Manufacturer of you Comp. ( HP) has the latest on their Site , saw  a similar issue a few weeks ago and it was solved by a Driver from the ATI Site.

Alright!!! 

I downloaded a driver update for my video card earlier today ( from ATI site) but I just checked my driver status and it showed my old driver. I went back to ATI site and tried downloading again and it worked. And solved the problem.

Thanks so much for all your time and effort.

 plans wont attach if they are open in Chief when you try to attach them as Chief locks the file when it opens it.

Ok thanks . that seemed to do it

In your first post, is that a raytrace?

No not a raytrace.

FLR PLAN 3-24-015 black.plan

Post your plan file. Without your plan file it is mostly wild guesses. Also, you complete specs on your computer may reveal something.

check your ambience?

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Also, do you have a sun in the scene?

Ambient is good . No sun.

plan attached.

Post your plan file. Without your plan file it is mostly wild guesses. Also, you complete specs on your computer may reveal something.

Ok

HP probook

. AMD phenom  N620 dual core  2.8 GHZ

windows 7Pro 64 Bit

4.0 GB Ram

I can't seem to attach plan. Will keep trying.

I went to see if other plans were also affected and they are. But this only happens with orthographic overhead or floor views .  Elevation views are fine .

I think I have seen posts on Older ATI Cards having issues with Shadows .....don't quote me but I think the suggestion was to turn off Legacy Shadows.

 

Hopefully Perry will see you post today  , I think it was him I saw post about this....

 

M.

I  went to the legacy file ( new to me) and found everything on the menu was modified at the time I downloaded the update. This is beyond my experience , but I tried to open each menu choice but all were blank.  I'm lost from here. Thanks for

leading me in that direction as I have learned something else now .

I am not suggesting that YOU changed the settings. But check them anyway. Or post the plan.

yes thank you Richard  . I did check that as you suggested and default sunlight was at 100 % . just wanted to clarify that the change occurred right after download.

I wonder if anyone else had this problem with the update.

I downloaded an update to my ancient ATI Radeon 4200 video card as well just to see if that was a problem . No change.

Hi Richard,

I haven't changed any settings. When I opened the program all was normal. When I restarted my computer after the download all was black except windows and interior walls.

windows 7 pro

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Been awhile since I've used the program  and last I heard there had been a couple glitches in the newest update so I waited until today to download it .

Now everything is black That is the entire structure and terrain. I checked display options and found all designated black. I changed some colors to see if that was the problem but the black remains with no change.

Shouldn't have waited until I needed to use the program to do the update.

I'm assuming this is the problem

Hope someone can help me out with this as I should be working today!

OK  ! Got it.

Thanks Mick.

Ill try again