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If you change your wall structure from 'balloon through ceiling above' to 'automatic' the windows seem to work fine.

You can manage your note information in "Note Type Management" via your CAD > Text menu.

Gene, you can find that plan "Silverton" in the samples gallery.

Michael, the 'cap live samples' will stop the rendering passes after it reaches your export number. Typically 30 is a good export number; but the higher the passes the better up to a point of diminishing returns. Here’s the info from help: When Cap Live Samples is unchecked, a GPU Ray Traced view will run samples indefinitely. Check this box to instead stop running samples when the Maximum Export Samples value is reached.

In the PBR Camera settings, check your 'max export samples'. I typically set mine at 30 (not 1,000+). Also check 'cap live samples'.

A couple of options: 1. Use the construction line; in your elevation view, match the angle of the line 2. Use a thin polyline solid for the property line if your elevation needs to be straight on

Here’s an example of the depth cue using an exterior and interior.

I would guess your attic wall took on the invisible wall properties from below. Try changing it to 'visible' and verify the wall type.

Mow Strips using the Grass Region tool allow you to color and set a mow pattern. And… you can use the ‘extend to horizon’ to avoid the ‘floating effect’. Have you tried using the offset reference display? Here’s an example using the neighbor’s house (see video).

Larry, you can use the general Q&A forum now that X15 is available to all customers with current SSA thru March.

Can you post your plan?

Can you post a simplified version of the plan? Sometimes wall heights can be modified; you might check the wall dbx, on the structure panel it has a 'default top and bottom'.

Try changing the "clip surfaces" distance to say 1". That way you should be able to zoom close to objects.

Larry, we have made a number of snapping improvements in X15. I took a quick look at the Point-to-Point move using a solid, and it seems to work well in a plan and elevation view. That version is due out this spring.

You can get close – using layers to what you want. The out line of the cabinet box & it’s thickness you would probably need to draw with the CAD tools.

There are a couple of ways to change the information on an appliance/fixture w/i a cabinet. 1) open the cabinet, on the component panel, change the description and 2) my preferred way is in the schedule open the object and type in the information. Plan is attached. mw.plan

If you are still seeing issues, I suggest reaching out to our tech department for a solution.

It looks like your layer for 'casing, interior' is turned off. See if that solves your issue.

I had been getting an “internal rendering error” frequently on my 3070TI laptop. It was solved by 1) using the mid November 2022 NVIDIA “studio” driver*, and 2) what most likely was the issue: right click on the Chief Architect icon and “run as administrator”, close the program, relaunch it normally. *NVIDIA has a known bug that they are working on to resolve the issue with Chief Architect. It’s recommended, if you are seeing issues, that you use the mid-November (526.98) release until they get a fix.

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