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Angela, those fire images are materials and have a transparency that do not show up in PBR views.  I will typically put a thin 3D solid where the fire is located and paint it with the fire image material – like below.  For a large fireplace like this one, I may use several 3D solids to make sure I have a good distribution of the fire.  I’ll post both the vector and PBR to illustrate.

There are several more in the "Door Hardware" bonus catalogs in the 3D Library

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.

23 hours ago, GeneDavis said:

Will the plan used in the new features video be available for downloading?

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

12 hours ago, mtldesigns said:

I see this on my options, been never really understood why it should be checked, and if it needs to be, why the option?

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.

If you are going to IBS/KBIS, be sure to stop by our booth.  We have several presentations, a User Breakfast Wed AM, and Training following the show.  Here's the schedule.

We have addressed this request in X15 (due out in Q1).  There’s a setting for omitting the framing in the wall’s structure panel.  In X14, manually editing the framing is the way to remove the joists.  If you’re interested in beta testing X15, see this thread.

15 hours ago, HarrisReno said:

Also on page 21, you see the vanity as a stand alone image. What is the best way to send an image like this to the layout? Should I create a new CAD Detail for only the item I want to capture? Or is there a more efficient way?

In placing the standalone vanity on the layout page, it’s a very similar process to the steps above for the bath materials (vanity plan is attached - no materials due to the size limits of chief talk).  Here are the steps:

1) copy the vanity from your main plan into a new blank plan

2) take a 3D view

3) export the image from the camera

4) place the image on the layout

5) add text on the layout  

Hope this helps!

Bath Vanity.plan

15 hours ago, HarrisReno said:

1. On page 18 of the austin.pdf, there is the door and window schedule. Along the bottom, there is an enlarged image of a window and some of the doors.

Wendy,

The thumbnails for the large doors & windows on the bottom of this layout page are created using the tool ‘CAD Detail from View’.  Here are the steps:

1) take an elevation view – say of the front of the house

2) use the tool ‘CAD Detail from View’

3) in the CAD Detail that is created, delete all of the lines not related to the front door (using the front door as my example)

4) once the front door is isolated, I block all of its lines (this makes it easy to transfer and manage)

5) I then create a new detail and copy this ‘front door’ CAD block into this detail and place descriptive text below.  I then delete the temporary detail above created with the ‘CAD Detail from View’ because its no longer needed, and I don’t want the clutter. (BTW, I have this detail in my template plan; it’s called ‘Door-Window Elevations’)  you can see this in the Austin Sample plan

6) repeat steps 1-5 as needed for all the doors/windows

7) send the detail ‘Door-Window Elevations’ to your layout page

Hope this helps!