Michael_Gia

Really nice work! Much better looking than what was presented by Chief in the X15 video. When I saw their grass, I laughed. It was horrible. And I assumed this was the best they could do with the new grass tool. Thanks for posting.

Hey what is this new feature, “Customize Toolbars for Dashboard View. Set up custom toolbars for the Dashboard View.”? Of all the new features in the pdf, this is the one that most intrigued me. I’m too chicken to download X15, so any insight on this new feature would be appreciated.

How’s X15? any bugs? X14 was pretty stable from the getgo. I hope X15 is as well.

He said, he wants to fix the gap between the post and the handrail…. nobody gonna click on a pdf around here. post a png or jpeg directly if you want to benefit from our all inclusive service plan.

When you copy your terrain it will then paste as a polyline in the new plan. You then need to convert it to a terrain perimeter. (You’ll have to first delete any existing terrain in the new plan if there is one) Then you can go back to copy all of your elevation data etc and they will now paste properly in the new plan, since you’ve just created a terrain perimeter from the previous step.

Were you able to animate the door?

Nice work! I actually prefer the first image. Seems more natural. Although, it’s a daytime shot, a little glow on the wall mount garage fixtures would be a nice touch. Grass and all vegetation looks great. Nice perspective to illustrate the home. Maybe a vehicle or something for scale would be helpful? I’m certain using this TM file as a template would allow you to produce similar results in minutes for other projects.

You mean, you aren’t having any issues with, Chief-auto-toolbar-scrambling? and you’re concerned with a feature that would place camera views on other monitors? I want to live in your world. I hope I didn’t jinx you now, and that you never experience the toolbar demons. Anyway, if there is a way to have camera views appear automatically on a given monitor, I’m pretty sure it would have something to do with MacOS and not Chief. Maybe there’s a script out there, if you’re brave enough? Happy Chiefing.

Hi Jeet, I see that you are only looking for a simple slope to your terrain and then are wanting to put a sloped driveway. I personally don’t mess around with the very hard and unpredictable terrain elevation data, lines and regions. Here’s what I do. 1 - Slope your terrain as you have done by raising the back end by 1m. 2 - cut a hole in the terrain where you want the driveway to go. 3 - you can make copy of the terrain hole and convert it to a slab or ramp, which will be your driveway. 4 - make a copy of your driveway (or terrain hole) and convert it to a 3d moulding and adjust the moulding to be your retaining walls for the driveway. If you work in this way then it’s real easy to make adjustments to your terrain or driveway or retaining walls/borders.

I often export the 3D model from Chief and send that to the architect/engineer or whoever. Export as SKP or Collada or 3DS or all of the above and let them work off the 3D model. It’s a very simple procedure to get any of those formats into AutoCad. This way they get exactly what you designed, with nothing lost in the translation.

Besides René’s YouTube videos on TM…. - bring your model in without the terrain. - then bring just the terrain without the model (in case you want to use it instead of the TM terrain) This way you can make modifications to either the model or the terrain back in Chief and simply re-import into TM. As long as you are using the same plan to generate the 3D camera views to export then when you import into TM they will be in the proper location (x,y,z) I personally will use trees, bushes, vehicles and people from TM and not from Chief, because they’re more realistic and adjustable. Also, capturing images and videos in TM is way more user friendly and adjustable on the fly. As far as your images above, the real problem you have is more of a perspective and positioning one. You should look at other exterior renderings, find one you like and closely match what you’re looking for and then adjust the camera position and field of view until you can almost duplicate what these pros are able to achieve. I’ve found that my weakness in rendering has more to do with how bad of a photographer I am than my computer rendering skills. Copy and steal from someone great and if you get close you’ll have a much better result.

I'm getting anxious, as usual this time of year. I thought there'd be something by now? I know last year X14 was quite late compared to earlier years, but I thought that was a special case. Is this the new "normal"

Hi there, has anyone seems this yet? AI rendering. Might eventually be able to export to SketchUp from Chief and take advantage of this? Pretty amazing.

Spacebar doesn’t even work for me. I have to first click on the title bar of a window and then hit the spacebar. Otherwise, I have sticky library item. Maybe it’s a Mac thing?

I always thought that the x,y on the plan indicated the position of the camera on the plan. In the camera dbx it corresponds more or less to those coordinates. I think?

It’s what clients and salespeople want to see. We sell net liveable area not 2x4’s. I agree that it’s totally useless for construction docs, however.

Bring the garage fascia top height to be equal with the roof over the door, maybe? It will eliminate one valley.

You have a design problem, not a Chief problem.

If Chief ever crashes, as in you get a prompt saying “fatal error bla bla” but are still able to move around in your plan then be careful not to hit save. If you do then that file will not open again and will display the message you just posted. You’ll have to go to a prior archived file.

Nice work! You should explore creating videos with TM, if you haven’t already. Child’s play compared to Chief with much better results. Also checkout TwinMotion cloud so you can share your work with clients.

Side by side elevations highlighting changes in elevation heights of floors? That’s how I would do it.

Maybe it’s just that the ceiling height of the porch is higher than the roof?

Yes, dimension default accuracy. It’s only a thing in the imperial system. metric has the glorious millimetre. precise and integral. I dream of the day we completely make the switch even here in Canada.

For furniture I will export my model to TwinMotion, and use the furniture in there. I’ll also add all the landscaping, vehicles and people in TM. I only use Chief for the 3d model, cabinetry and trimming as well as construction documents, of course. Regarding your curb, I would still use a parapet wall as the curb. You have more automatic options as well as framing options with a wall. By the look of your drawing that curb, as you call it, looks at least 20cm high? Anyway, give it a try. Nice model, by the way.

You’ll eventually build your template and library to suit your needs, but the first thing you need to figure out is the proper way to handle flat roofs in Chief. Easily done, but not obvious at first. There are quite a few videos, just search flat roof or parapet. Since most homes in Europe, even when they have a flat roof, there’s always some sort of parapet however small it is. The trick is to build a floor level where you want your roof to be, Then the ceiling height of that room will determine the height of your parapet walls. You can add a cap to the wall/parapet and put a finish on the flat roof. If you want to show a pitch or even a central drain with a four sided slope than you can use roof planes to create this on your flat roof.