dskogg

I figured it out, my model was about 275’ from origin, once I moved model to origin it went away

All of the sudden i am getting a bright square bright spot on some of my more complex models..

Here is an example of the 360 export..along with the tour that had the original export that worked in the kitchen.

Anyone have an idea whats going on?  I just uploaded new studio driver, april, but this was happening before so thats why i updated driver.

3d design tour

HI everyone, I am trying to make a roof that is exterior insulated, its 11.75" thick on top of trusses, my issue is

i only want the fascia and eave to be 7" deep,

The only way i see to do this is to make another roof plane that is on the exterior of my wall that is non insulated and then manually move it up to 

match the insulated roof plane, and then i needed to manually pull up eave and gable walls to meet thinner roof plane.

Is this the correct way of doing this or is there a better way? 

5 hours ago, Gawdzira said:

It sounds like your concern is that the client could "steal"  the file? My thoughts on this issue is that if a client takes my file and runs, I would be protected by my rejections. 

What does protected by rejections mean?

I am considering using the desktop viewer for client to review model.

I tried it myself and they can see plan, layout and all cameras. Standard , glass and vector only.

It does a good job letting clients navigate large models well.

My only concern is I need to provide chief file for client to use viewer. There doesn’t seem to be a way to protect file.

 What are everyone’s thoughts here?

Am I off base?

Two storey infill Reno design

I use the commercial version of kuula for all my I interactive 3D tours.

I get google analytics, company branded url, logo.

i typically do a tour for all my designs now and send to clients.

Hi everyone, I for some time have had issues with chief taking a long time to rebuild 3D model.

I have been working with support to no avail.

It generally happens when I have a 3D view open.

it was so bad at times that it would take 3-4 mins if blue circle to rebuild model.

now it seems it takes a few seconds every time I do anything, doesn’t seem like much but it used to be instant.

I have reinstalled chief, did a clean install of nvidia driver, I don’t save anything to cloud.

my user library is large.

it seemed to start around beta 2 release, could have been a windows update then too.

I am very frustrated and don’t know what to do.

This is what I ended up with, I have this pub/office building, I am adding another story to it, i just needed to get asbuilt close

to show client and investors the before and after.

The glazed roof is all wonky, I will have to do more detailed measurements next time i get to site..

I made roof 1" thick glass, use roof planes to drop in roof beams under and then copied and pasted roof

beams above to represent glass frames...kind of crude but I think it will work for now, 

1 minute ago, Renerabbitt said:

Dont necessarily need skylights, just set your structure and soffits to the correct assembly according to your needs. This is done with only roof planes

Rene, can you tell me what settings you used? and i you want a glass curtain wall to line up with roof mullions?

18 hours ago, rgardner said:

First make the roof structure glass or steel then resize your skylights 

Ryan, how is this going to change things?  chief couldnt even model what i showed correctly in the first place, must be too complicated being so close to roof edge?

7 hours ago, rgardner said:

Skylights are your friend for that.

 

not sure how to make that work?

It’s kind of a aluminum curtain frame that goes up and slopes up roof.

HI everyone, i know this pic is very poor, any thoughts on how to replicate the sunroom for this project in chief?

On 6/20/2020 at 11:33 AM, Kbird1 said:

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Tip Added here after being found buried in a post in the Q&A Section as I thought it would be useful for Others, Thx Chopsaw.

                                                                      *I have also added some PDFs and links for GIMP.

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Making SEAMLESS TEXTURES using Gimp.                    * this info is in the PDF below too

 It's an open source (free) photo editing software available at https://www.gimp.org

Tutorials are here : https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

Direct link as of June 20th 2020 ( we then post was made) to latest version of Gimp.
https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.10/windows/gimp-2.10.20-setup.exe

 

Jan.29th 2022

https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.10/windows/gimp-2.10.30-setup.exe

 

 

1. Open the image file in Gimp.

 
2. Edit > Copy, then Edit > Paste as new layer.             Paste it as a new layer three times so you have a total of four copies, each on their own layer.

3. Image > Canvas Size. Exactly double the width and height of the image/canvas size.

4. Use the alignment tool to align each layer in its own corner (so they are all visible, not overlapped).

5. Use the "flip" tool to reverse/mirror three of the layers. Leave the top-left corner alone.

        Reverse the top-right corner horizontally.

        Reverse the lower-left corner vertically.

        Reverse the lower right corner horizontally and vertically.

6. Export the new image. This will now be a seamless texture when tiled. Choose it as the texture file for your material.

7. Adjust the scale of your new material since the size of the image is now larger.

 

* the Info above is in the PDF below too

 

SEAMLESS TEXTURES USING GIMP.pdf

 

I also made a PDF of the Latest Release Notes

 

GIMP 2.10.20 Release Notes.pdf

 

Mick

Hi there, this might seem like a dumb question, but my experience with photo editing software is near zero, how do I exactly use alignment tool to move each layer to the corners?

And if you can tell me this I am sure I will need to know how the flip tool works.

Much appreciated, Mick.

I have been noticing a significant slow down in rtrt with denoise set quite low at 25, it used to take a few seconds at most, now it takes 15 secs, might seem trivial but it was super fast before, what is happening?

is it a windows update?

Anyone else noticing this slow down?

I am also getting the blue circle of death happen quite regularly, chief is trying to write or update 3d model, takes about 3-4 mins to release..I have sent it in, waiting to hear back from Chief.

It happens so much I might have to stop using x15 until it gets fixed...

Here is the polyline with the legs of the extrusion pulled away from each other, you can see there will be no closed cells.

I had to cut polyline through all the cores so it wasn't closed at all(if you look close you can see cuts), specifying holes does not work.

I am working on some 3d section details and I want to use a pvc window section as a molding.

I have built the polyline and subtracted the cores, when i make it a molding ca does not remove cores.

Is this possible to do? If so how do you do it?

On 4/8/2020 at 3:04 PM, Renerabbitt said:

Wait for the Surface Book 3, one of the few options that check all of the boxes you just mentioned

Rene what do you recommend now for a cost effective tablet with pen for asbuilt measures using chief?

My point was you can pay yourself to do this why would you pay canvas when you still have to go there anyways?

here is a local company in my market that will do it for $0.20/sq ft

Another way to look at it is,

30 min drive each way

2hrs measure on site

1hr cleanup back in office(very generous)

total 4hrs x &100/hr = $400

full 3D model with all windows and doors.

(no cabs) with roof

On 8/19/2021 at 8:56 AM, BenFromCanvas said:

 

If you'd like to try our Scan To CAD service while you've still got the phone, please send me a DM or email me at ben@canvas.io and I can give you a code so you can try it for free!

The cost totally defeats the purpose of doing the scan yourself.

I just did a 2200 sq ft 2 storey asbuilt house measure with chief and a laser measure device right into chief on my laptop in an 1.5hrs.  ( had a bunch of levels, normally would take 1hr)
 

if it cost me $330 to do this and drive there and back I could just pay a local asbuilt business to go and do the measure and provide a cadd dwg.. for less than $330..

On 1/27/2023 at 1:47 PM, Renerabbitt said:

I made that before they gave us 180 swing degree..so here is one that is resizable
https://www.rabbittdesign.net/s/Rabs-Operable-Drop-Down-Wall-TV-z5lc.calibz

Nice Job Rene, how would i make it drop down further?  

In this case I have a 90" high soffit and one would want tv to get within 6" of a 30" high cabinet, you t want tv to be this high.

3 minutes ago, SusanC said:

If you're in hurry, another option is to use the Wolf ceiling hood which is flush mount and looks similar to the Nuvola 90 when it is installed up in the ceiling.  You can find it in Chief's Wolf Cooking catalog.  If you need to have your schedule populate correctly, you can just go into the dialog box for this hood and change the name, the specs, etc.  

Good luck!

Thanks Susan, this will work nicely, didnt know it was there.

I need help converting this flush hood fan to chief.

Can anyone convert this file so I can import it to chief?

Is there a converter i can use, or do you have to have revit?

6329.zip