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Have you tried using the built-in Material Builder to create tile, wood flooring, etc? It works great for wide style flooring

I think you will need at least one of your terrain values to be a different elevation - as Mark3D points out. Otherwise, the terrain takes on the common value you set which was -20’. In the example below, I added another elevation at the front with -15’

If you are using the 2D plant images, you will need to turn off the setting in the plant 'image always faces camera'. You could also use the new 3D speedtree plants - they look great

You might try using a macro on your wall in the ‘object information’ panel. Then, you can use that variable in your schedule. Note walls can have an upper and lower; and, the [0] is the outer layer of your wall. I exported the wall with the macro if you want to import it. Macros: %upper_layers[0].area.round(2)% %lower_layers[0].area.round(2)% Wall SQ-FT.calibz

For a 4’ x 2’ tile, you will probably want a higher resolution, like 4096; then increase your pixels to 288” x 288”. These were the settings I used for the attached scene, the tile is 2:1. For exact sizing – I sometimes will apply the material to a wall, take an elevation and then overlay gridlines at the desired size; then adjust the pixel export so it lines up.

Is your dimension default set to wall surfaces?

Looks like some of your walls were edited top or bottom. See if resetting the 'default top height' and 'default bottom height' works - on the 1st floor.

If you have a place you can upload the plan, send a link. With Terrain, you do not want over lapping terrain data. So, when you add new terrain, you may need to remove existing terrain elevation information.

Maybe due to your wall type? Can you post your plan ?

You might check what Text Style is used for the Label; then adjust it to your desired size.

Here’s a thread to share on how Chief Architect could be a better tool for remodeling projects. If you have suggestions or a work flow process, please visit and post on this thread.

There are several videos on ray tracing if you search that term on the chief website. Here's a summary video to help https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10288/ray-trace-rendering-using-area-lights.html

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Correct. You can use the Simpson Library for most hangers/connectors.

Drew, in a 3D view, use tools > symbol > convert to symbol

GPU ray tracing is the core rendering technology in X17; the CPU ray tracer was removed – info why in this post. If you want to improve your GPU ray tracing, here's a video https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/1972/ray-tracing-gpu-lighting.html

For your corner cabinet, you can open the door. Try 45 deg. (90 deg. opens it; but, it's incorrect). To insert a lazy susan, change to self selection using a library object - I used a rev-a-shelf model. X17 does have top stretchers that are automatic for frameless boxes.

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Michelle, can you post your plan?

Can you post the plan or export the wall type?

X17 beta is available now; the full release of X17 is expected by the end of June

I opened your plan, made some adjustments to your render settings, most notably the number of max samples. Then, I noticed you are using X13 on a Mac. We added real time raytracing for the Mac in X16. You might download the trial version and see how it looks. Be sure to lower your max samples on the Mac since they are slower at rendering than the PC (on my PC 4080 laptop these were about 10 seconds; on my MacBook Pro M4 laptop for 250 samples it took 90 seconds).

Can you post your plan (.zip file with the backup of textures) ?

Joe, on the chief academy event page, there’s a pdf with a break out of the specific events.

Here's an article that may help - ChiefBlog article