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Gregg, this is what we recommend in our system requirements:

NVIDIA GeForce 

On 6/26/2018 at 8:22 AM, MarkMc said:

Going to have a web meeting (free, using Zoom.us) July 11th at 2 pm Eastern Time ends at 4 pm Eastern, limit 25 attendees. Will be recorded (if I don’t muck that up).
If interested get in touch -   markmc   at  markjamesandco.com

Mark, thanks much for setting up this webinar July 11 - looking forward to it.

Is this plan like what you are trying to do?  See pages 8, 9
https://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/samples/projects/lake-point/lake-point.pdf 

If so, this video at about ~19 minutes describes the process

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/6185/foundations-for-extreme-slopes-lake-point-project.html?playlist=151 

You might try watching the Floor Plan Basics video; and, then the Creating Layouts and Construction Documents video

Switching to the Mac OS is a big change.  If you are comfortable with PC, that might be a good choice (and less expensive)

We just bought 10 new laptops that work well – from Costco $900.

Lenovo Y520, 16 GB memory, Nvida 4GB.  Here’s a link:  https://www.costco.com/Lenovo-LEGION-Y520-Gaming-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7---4GB-NVIDIA-Graphics---1080p.product.100347159.html

Here is a response on the 'why' for discontinuing the hardware lock security option

Chief Architect discontinued the hardware lock option for the following reasons:

-the technology is significantly outdated.  It was offered as one of our first security options in the early 1990’s.  The software security lock began replacing it about 10 years ago.  As of today, more than 99.9% of the customers use the software lock option

-the cost for developing a future hardware lock given the outdated technology was significant – to the point where much of the engineering team would have sacrificed new development .  The company therefore made the choice that it was best to support only the software lock security model

We do apologize to those that have been accustomed to the hardware security option and hope the reasons above help to explain the “why” behind our change.

If I understand what you are looking for in the attached image and plan, you can build your floor framing automatically; then, manually adjust:

1)   move your rim joist in 1.5” and trim the floor joists accordingly

2)   copy that rim joist and move it the outside and change the material to rigid insulation

3)   you will need to relocate the sill plate

4)   do the CAD detail to match your pdf - that may require a "CAD Detail From View" from the section camera

Foundation-Floor.plan

Looks like I missed this GTM.  Was it recorded - and do you have a link to the video?

Chief Architect X9 should release to all current SSA customers as a public beta on Jan. 10.  The final release is scheduled by end of Q1.

If you go to the Builder's show in Orlando, make sure to stop at our booth; also, we have a user's breakfast. 

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Bumping & Pushing can be toggled on/off by using F11.  Sometimes I hit that key and don't realize it.

For the knee or rake wall you could use a polyline solid

3 hours ago, Richard_Morrison said:

 

" Great news! I just heard from Scott Harris that up to 99 3D Viewer models are now free! Makes Chief an even better value.  "

More information here:

chiefarchitect.com/products/3d-viewer/

We have (7) sneak peek videos scheduled over the next couple of weeks.  We’ll post the stair sneak peek in the next day or two.

2 hours ago, Griffin said:

Maybe for the next cycle CA could do some survey work with their user base to help set development priorities.  I don't know how their process works so maybe they already have something like this in the works I'm not aware of.

We have customer surveys every September; then, we have user events and receptions where we gather feedback

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Currently the chrome book is not supported on the 3D Viewer app.  Google keeps making refinements to Android and Chrome and if it becomes a merged OS then, yes. 

Has he tried using the Chief Architect 3D Viewer App?

It's a free app that reads Chief Architect files directly from the cloud account.  Clients or Subs can then view the files on tablets and phones.

chiefarchitect.com/products/3d-viewer/

Mike, soffits are not the best tool for a curved beam.  If you curve the roof and use a roof beam, that beam should follow the shape of your roof.

You can see video #7 in the Breckenridge project to see how the attached image was framed.  chiefarchitect.com/videos/breckenridge.html

Here's a photo of the double sink that was recommended by one of our NKBA members. Has anyone used one of these in a recent kitchen project?

Maintaining a closed toe will be an option in X9 using "Always Present"

Chief Architect does have an external 3D Viewer for iOS and Android.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/3d-viewer/

Here's a thread on Panorama / 360 renders to share:

chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/10480-panorama-images-%E2%80%93-render-ray-trace/

Panorama Images – Render / Ray Trace

As we explore design options for the Grandview home, we generated a couple of panorama images (using Chief Architect X9). 

In the ray trace below, it is very large: 8878 x 4320 (approx. 4x the normal size I do at 1920 x 1080).  The image has 4 passes (9 hrs./pass).  I could probably do a smaller version and still have a good 360 image.  BTW, the 360 image is composed of six images, like a cube, and then it is stitched together,

Take a look and see what you think.  To view the image, see our blog post at grandviewbuild.com

Steve:
In the Breckenridge plan, there are many layers to control the various views. We did not use that many annotation sets because they were not needed. In some cases an annotation set was used; but, then we switched the layer set and in some cases defaults for the current CAD layer and dimensions.

Some examples from the construction drawings in the layout:

• Site plan – used the plot plan annotations
• Floor plan – used the ¼” scale annotations; but, then the dimension defaults were changed to locate openings for example (see the image for the add’l dim defaults)
• Foundation plan – used the Foundation annotations
• Kitchen & Bath; Interior Perspectives – used a few: NKBA annotations on the floor plan; elevations NKBA annotations, NKBA -1E, NKBA-2, NKBA-3
• Section & Details - ¼” scale annotations – and adjusting the CAD default or dimension defaults as needed
• Shear & wall framing – framing annotations. For the wall framing details, the layer sets used ‘3D Framing, Wall Section’
• Floor framing/Roof framing - framing annotations; and, again the layer sets specifically set. When you save the camera it saves the layer set which makes it easy to open that view and modify as you need once the drawing is sent to you layout file.
• Ceiling plan - Ceiling annotations
• Electrical plan - Electrical annotations
• HVAC plan - HVAC annotations

Hope this helps.

Matt,

Stereoscopic images are popular and a feature we are investigating – thanks for the suggestion.  The Chief Architect 3D Viewer is our current solution, what we have termed “VR without the headset”