Doug_N

I had changed to daily saves before the patch and now I am running hourly saves.  So far no problems.

Your welcome, and glad to help.

There is a different connection between the client window and the content displayed in Teamviewer.  This can lead to the program being displayed but not what the program is running.  Try displaying the whole screen and not just sharing the CA window.  If that works, then there is a problem with Teamviewer itself.  By the way, a similar thing happens with the program OBS for streaming or recording tutorials, and the work around there is to display the whole screen with tweeks to resolution and cutting what is displayed.  I am not an expert with this but if Rene reads this, I bet he could explain it much better than I. 

4 hours ago, kwhitt said:

Thanks again Doug.  You are right.  There's an extra roof hole that was causing the problem.  I'll be sure to look out for this in the future.

Kevin, I suspect that you attempted to create the dormer more than once because there was also a roof hole polyline floating out in front of the house (which meant maybe 3 attempts).  In any case it is so easy for a dormer to get messed up because CA creates a new roof hole, even if the dormer can't be built.  This leads to unseen potential problems for a successful dormer creation with artifacts from previous attempts.  I can't tell you how many times my projects have suffered from these.  Especially if the layer where the roof hole polyline resides is turned off by accident.  Thanks for the follow up note as well.

I would have done a video to show the steps, but I was away on vacation and only had my laptop with me, and unfortunately didn't have the video software installed on it.

Just a comment on Eric's fix and my fix.  Eric's copy and reflect clearly fixes the problems from the faulty dormer, and my fix explains what went wrong and how to correct it.  Both methods will work of course and Eric gets to the right result much faster.  My fix teaches you about what went wrong and what to look for in a similar situation.  In production I would definitely use Eric's solution.  

1 hour ago, kwhitt said:

Thanks Doug.  That did work for the exterior problems.  Did you notice the wall problems on the interior?  The right dormer when viewed from inside is perfect.  The left, not so much.  Thanks again, Kevin

This problem is the result of two roof openings overlapping.  Delete one of the roof openings and then edit it by stretching to match the correct opening.  The problem inside will correct itself.

Here is the solution to your problem.  Click on the dormer wall that has an artifact opening it. Then click on structure and then set height to default.  The artifact will disappear.  

While the dormers look identical from a plan view it can be seen in this section that they are not.  Look at the details in the wall sections to see what I mean.  Posting the plan file would be a good place to start.  

Also here is a short video that I did on dormer artifacts.  They can be tricky. 

Rene, your video and exit from the feature clip was, well.... shocking!

16 minutes ago, Jambruins said:

Doug,  I can't open your file because you created it with a newer version of chief architect.  Can you save it down to version 12?

Sorry I can't.  I am on vacation right now and using my laptop which only has x-14 installed.

Nope.  This is from X14 and the deck is still generated to the rim board and not the exterior surface of the brick.  In my opinion CA should have an option for where the ledger is to be placed, and I have suggested that in the suggestion forum, but for some reason the programmers have not gotten around to this.  On almost every project that I do I have to fix this.

I have made a few changes to your plan and used a pony wall for the railing side as well as some changes to the stair materials, top height and materials.  I would suggest a landing and door at the bottom of the stairs because most building codes require some "gas tight" provisions to prevent gas fumes from entering the living portion of the building.Gadway House DN_2022_07_31.plan

i7, 32g RTX3070.  Seems to work flawlessly.  I had to get one quickly as I am Clayton New York on my boating vacation.  Still have to work even though I am on vacation.  Wish I could have gotten a bigger screen (16.1")  QHD.  Pretty darned good.  I was surprised how well it works.

Well you are certainly living up to your login name!!  I wholeheartedly agree with your comments and feel lucky to have chosen CA and to belong to such a great group of helpful and professional colleagues.  Thank you all.  To also to the CA employees that hang out in the forum as well.  Your comments and recognition go a long way to making users feel appreciated and valued.

21 hours ago, Tony-209 said:

Hey guys,

 

I have a lot of issues with X14 freezing, particularly  when watching videos and working at the same time, this looks to me like a graphics card problem. While I have a good card, what card do you recommend to handle X14 graphics?

Or, any advice?

 

 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz   2.90 GHz

 

AMD Radeon HD 7700

I built a new computer, no point in putting a corvette engine in a pinto.  The card is an MSI Nvidia 3080Ti  and it is dynamite.  I also installed two 2T SSD and 32g DDR5 memory. 

YVW

Rob, this is a wall dialogue box, not the room dialogue (DBX) that I have posted a picture of.  There were two solutions that were alternates.  I did not post a picture of the room DBX, just the wall DBX.  

Unfinished spaces have no ceiling or floor finishes. Change the space to kitchen, and turn off the room label for that space or, make one of the walls no room definition.

IN addition, I just took the leap to W11 64b Pro  Everything working ok so far

Ryan,

I think you are on to something.  When the minimum distance is reached, say show any dimension less than 24" in inches only then, in your case, both the primary and secondary dimensions are the same.  If both formats are the same, then show only one format.  That may be a bit tricky for the bit magicians, but, it could be programmed.  I think you should make the suggestion.

18 minutes ago, Gawdzira said:

Sorry, I meant to ask about not Capture but the device you are using for collecting the data on the App. and taking the camera shots from.

46 minutes ago, Gawdzira said:

@para-CAD what are you using for capture on site? Ipad / Iphone or android tablet? I have been experimenting with my android devices and I am wondering if my stitching errors are based on the Android system or not?

Matterport pro 2

Hi Jason,

I am doing the scan for my own purposes, to help me to get the base building info for making design drawings.  So it is part of what I am doing as part of the process, and my fee includes the scan.  Matterport charges a monthly fee of $79 or an annual fee that is discounted.  That gets you a space where you can upload files, and they put the scans together.  If you want to download a OBJ file or floor plans, that is an additional $49. There are other fees that may apply if the model is large of really complex.

The advantage of the scan is that you can measure things at leisure back at the office, and see features, such as soffits bulkheads etc. that you might miss when taking coarse measurements, you can get window sizes and locations without hand measuring them in site. 

I suspect that this will save about 50% of the time that I have to spend on site, but this is still early days.  I will need more experience to offer an opinion about how worthwhile this is. 

8 hours ago, jasonn1234 said:

that is an impressive amount of detail. How much are you charged for this 2 storey? How long did it take?

 

I noticed the furnace room flor plan view does not show furnace, HW etc but the walkthrough does. I do a lot of basement suiting where a second furnace needs to be added. locations of existing furnace, HW etc relative to each other and walls are crucial

 

Do you have to take these measurement by hand ro is there a way to measure these clearances?

This took about 45 minutes.  A lot of that time was used to explain what I was doing to the owner.  

I will be charging about $3,200 for the as built and proposed drawings.

I can't see how I could take measurements around the furnace. Tim will tell as I continue to hone my skills.  Perhaps I could have closed the door to do a better job of "seeing" the furnace.  I took a lot of hand measurements as well, and most of the camera measurements were just about spot on.  I was amazed at that.

In Ontario, a second furnace is not required if the apartment is an accessory suite.  That is, a main dwelling and a smaller apartment in some part of the house. The one proviso is that a smoke detector is installed in the cold air return, with the detector wired into the furnace controls to disable the furnace in an alarm condition to prevent smoke and the products of combustion from circulating between the units.

I have updated and it runs much better.