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Ha, interestingly, when I change the ceiling plane to be just a tad away from the wall (leaving a small space open), the colors reverse.... When the ceiling plane is pulled well over the wall top, it's dark on top. When the ceiling plane is pulled away from the wall, it is light on top...

Ah, nothing seems to work. I do have ceiling planes in the room and started tweaking them to no avail. Probably will send to tech support at some point. Thanks for the advice melissa

Hi All I have noticed this for a long time but just never got around to asking about it (I just upgraded to X11): In PBR, when I have a vaulted or high ceiling, the higher part of the wall is darker. It is perfectly linear at the point where the color changes. This is not the case in Standard or in ray trace views. Sometimes I noticed that my upper wall is a little skewed away from the lower wall, but not always. I have added point lights up high but that doesn't help. I tried different settings in the PB (while talking to tech support) and that didn't help. And I tried to adjust the sunlight into the room. Didn't help either. The fact that the color change is SO exact worries me. I have attached images. I like to use PB in walkthroughs and panoramas. On a side note, when trying to ensure that my attic walls were in line with my lower walls, the reference display set in X11 didn't show floor 1 in red as it usually does. Not sure if it is an x11 bug. thanks melissa

Gelbird I got to this post from another post for Spanish tiles. Great work and thanks for sharing! I tried to download the calibz files but got an error message, Any suggestions? Thanks melissa

Thanks to you both!

Yes, this will work! Thanks so much Chopsaw! And now I know about distribution regions. I will tinker with it to see if I can conquer the problem, but the videos are extremely helpful! melissa

Material is the barrel tile in the roofing section of the core catalog

Maybe I am using the term wrong. This is what I am trying to mimic. The clay tiles in the roofing section of CA are flat and more like an picture

Hi All Trying to to d good barrelled roof. The materials in CA are not 3 dimensional it appears, they are more like pictures. Anyone know of a good 3D barrelled roof? thanks melissa

THanks Chopsaw I am using what CA recommended, XVID. I do have shadows turned on and I agree, shadows are a necessity. I will send in to tech support. The flickering completely ruins the video... melissa

HI All In a video walkthrough (link below) the under cabinet lights are flickering. These are simple point lights. Any suggestions? https://youtu.be/i2o3EN6Trwg thanks melissa

Tedd Wood Fine Cabinetry. I would just like to apply the stain but allow some of the original pine (wood species) color come through a little. Sort of like adjusting the transparency of just the stain as needed to get the desired look. thanks

My plan is too big (50+MB zipped). I have made a smaller test plan with the same example. Applying a stain to a tongue and groove (all materials are in Chief catalogs). The 2 pics are from my plan, pine tongue and groove (I created in my user catalog) unstained and then stained with Quartersawn Oak Cobblestone. I thought about trying to copy one of the Chief catalog stains and edit the transparency and then apply, but it still stained as full strength... thanks melissa stain test.plan

Is there a way to control how much blending occurs when you blend a color with a material? I am trying to replicate a stained pine tongue and groove ceiling, and when I blend with the material, the texture is still there, but the original color is replaced with the blend color selection. I'd like to see some of the pine color coming through some as in pic. thanks in advance melissa

yep, that's it! thanks! melissa

Hi All I am trying to learn how to create a soffit as in the picture attached. The soffits are parallel with the ground. But in Chief when I draw the roof plane, the soffits are at the same pitch as the roof. Also, I want to create a custom molding to mimic the fascia in the pic. I know how to create the molding, just want to make sure I know the best way to apply it to the roof. Shadowboard? I really know nothing about roofs. Essentially this will be a metal roof. Rafters covered with plywood and then the metal. thanks in advance, melissa

I have created a ~3000 frame walkthrough and Windows Media player cannot play it (it will play smaller files of at least 1400 frames). So I am pretty sure it is a WMP thing. Is there a program that can handle this, or convert to a different file type? thanks melissa

Hi All Can't figure out how to apply a backdrop to a walkthrough... thanks in advance melissa

Wow, that is great! Looks like you did alot of tinkering, but very nice!

Thanks! Attached results!

Hi All Trying to make a cabinet that looks like the image in attached pic. I can find the metal part of this drawer in the library under one of the manufacturer catalogs. But when I build the drawer, the side panels are there. I just want the drawer front... thanks in advance melissa

Hi All, I am trying to create a hole in a polyline solid. I followed the directions on CA but get the error attached. I am trying to make my pool scuppers look right by adding in a hole inside the scupper. And on a side note, 3Dwarehouse has some neat things. I always get tickled when I see those little water streams with the splash in the pool from the scuppers. Great find at 3D warehouse. But some things seem to be geared toward gaming, like finding a horse that had nothing to do with Roman warriors was a challenge, but I found a really nice one (pic also attached). But any other free sources of good 3d objects?

Y'all ROCK. Thank you! Still more work to be done but this conundrum is solved.

Thanks for the response.... but I tried to change plywood, but it is not listed as a material in the roof materials. Maybe there is another way to change?

Hi All I have to have a roof where the rafters are exposed. I have followed the example in the support section but I am left a roof with the exposed plywood. I know I can probably fix it with a polyline solid but I am wondering if there is a better way. THanks in advance !