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I am curious as well. I do this for now by adding a short length at 45° to the other and just overlap them to make it a somewhat clean 90°.

I asked my friend.... You're spot on that Hz (refresh rate) doesn't matter for Chief Architect X12 — it's mostly important for gaming, not CAD or design work. Chief is more about image quality and GPU/CPU handling the scenes, not high frame rates. Now to your main question: ✅ Yes, higher resolution monitors (like dual 4K) do make the GPU work harder, even in Chief Architect — but not as severely as they do in fast-paced gaming. It's because your GPU has to constantly manage more pixels across all open windows and 3D views. For your listed hardware: Desktop Setup (Ryzen 1800X, 32GB RAM, GTX 1080, NVMe SSD): Running dual QHD monitors (like your 34" and 27" now) is no problem at all. Even dual 4K monitors would be manageable, but you might notice some slowdown only when working in large or complex 3D camera views (lots of surfaces, textures, or terrain). Basic plan work (2D) and standard 3D modeling would stay pretty smooth. Your GTX 1080 is still a strong card for this kind of workload, and your NVMe SSD also helps keep everything snappy. Laptop Setup (i7-7700HQ, 32GB RAM, GTX 1050Ti, SATA SSD): This machine will handle single 1080p or one QHD monitor comfortably for Chief X12, especially for plan work. Dual QHD or dual 4K would strain the 1050Ti pretty quickly, especially when orbiting or editing 3D models. It’s technically possible but would feel sluggish in heavier Chief projects. Summary: Your desktop is very well matched to your current dual QHD setup — no worries at all. If you moved to dual 4K, your desktop could handle it reasonably well for Chief, but expect a slight performance dip in complex 3D views. Your laptop is best kept to lower resolutions (1080p or maybe one QHD external monitor) for smooth operation in Chief X12.

I use 24x36 PDFs out of Chief Architect exclusively and have never had an issue. You mentioned that the PDF was too large to email, what is the PDF file size?

Maybe in newer versions of CA, but not in X11.

Like this?

Thanks for your reply! I had deleted some elevations on layout page 8, deleted the cross sections and recreated the elevations I had on page 8. Little did I know that the original elevations on page 8 also had a copy of them on a "scratch" page 19, therefore the update error. I deleted the elevations on page 19 and problem solved!

X11, anyone have a solution for this? c:\p4sync\dev\releases\21\chief\source\layoutview.cpp(657): Warning #272032582 "One or more of the views on the layout could not be updated because the original saved camera could not be found." 1/30/2025 11:13:50 PM Build: 21.3.1.1x64

Try this: In the attic Wall Specification, Structure, Platform Intersections, check the box "Stop at Ceiling Above".

If I understand you correctly - yes, no reason to change it, I leave my layout paper size to ARCHD for print shop 24x36 construction set drawings. I print it out to PDF as ARCHD. Then when printing in my office, the ARCD size PDF prints scaled nicely to an 8.5"x 11" printer paper. Hope this helps.

FWIW, in the past I could not see the dishwasher "cabinet" in a material list or cabinet schedule until I realized this from a post of mine in 2020:

I'm using X11 on Windows 11 and don't have the experience you describe. Long shot here as well, but before "click, click, click" changing anything, my first line of attack for any unusual behavior would be to close all programs and "restart" Windows and then see if you can reproduce the issue. Please post your solution.

My CA version X11 works just fine.

Is this a CA error? Regardless, close CA, rename the PDF file to old standard 11 character (8.3) format filename and try again.

Hammer7, I think you need some breathing room! A two year old PC should be able to accommodate PCIe M.2 2280 NVMe SSD. I added one to my six year old PC and it made a world of difference. What are the specs on your processor? (your signature says only I9) How much RAM, etc.? Here's a possible economical solution: https://a.co/d/5QzMj8w

Plan views are very powerful! Please see these videos here: Search | Chief Architect And this article: Understanding Saved Plan Views (chiefarchitect.com)

I just put this rig into service from the Dell Outlet, good price. Get a salesman to chat with you, they'll negotiate. Dell XPS 8960 32GB (1X32GB) Up to 5600MHz DDR5 UDIMM Non-ECC 2 -1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Gen 4 Class 40 SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X (FWIW, to me, the Ti is not worth the price increase for just a bit more performance) 750W L6 Chassis without Optical Drive (Platinum) Core 14th Generation i7-14700 Processor (20 Core, Up to 5.40GHz, 33MB Cache, 65W) Windows 11 Pro Very pleased so far from my previous computer of about 8 years of use. It was from the Dell Outlet as well.

I just put this rig into service from the Dell Outlet, good price. Get a salesman to chat with you, they'll negotiate. 32GB (1X32GB) Up to 5600MHz DDR5 UDIMM Non-ECC 2 -1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Gen 4 Class 40 SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X (FWIW, to me, the Ti is not worth the price increase for just a bit more performance) 750W L6 Chassis without Optical Drive (Platinum) Core 14th Generation i7-14700 Processor (20 Core, Up to 5.40GHz, 33MB Cache, 65W) Windows 11 Pro Very pleased so far from my previous computer of about 8 years of use. It was from the Dell Outlet as well. Seems it was somewhat similar to yours, see my old specs below.

I just fired up a new Windows 11 pc and for some reason I can't find where the setting is in Edge to almost eliminate the right and left margins of the ChiefTalk page. When I first launched Edge, the ChiefTalk page was almost edge to edge. Now, I can't get it back that way even by resetting everything to default. Maybe a Windows 11 setting somewhere?

Suggestion: Create your keyhole shape with CAD shapes with a circle in the center. Select the keyhole shape and convert it to a slab. Then convert the inner circle to a slab, then select it to set it as a hole in slab - no seam.

Text and callouts can be set to "Rotate with Plan" or not.

Fantastic! All this time, I did not know this!!!!

I had a very similar experience! It was a two story plan and I could not change ceiling heights in some of the lower rooms below because the upper floor had varying ceilings heights (like your video shows.) I don't know if this will help in your case, but try setting all the rooms rough ceiling heights to 97-1/8". Also be sure to check the double walled areas that may create a room.

That is just awesome! Which PC was it done on?

Thank you for your response! You confirmed what I had figured out by trial and error. I was making it really harder than it is. Yes, I had changed every floor joist setting that I could find in the Default Settings. I just could not get the "Framing, Floor Joists" color to change in the Perspective Framing Overview, even by changing just ONE room's Room Specification, Structure, Floor Structure settings. I then discovered that I could make the color finally change by changing the Room Specification, Structure, Floor Structure settings in ALL (or select key rooms) of the rooms on the second floor. So, to make sure I understood what I had discovered and with your explanation, I set all of the floor joist settings in the Default Settings back to their original settings. And I can now "toggle" the color on and off just by selecting all second level rooms and changing the Floor Structure Settings to change the color of the "Framing, Floor Joists" color to change in the Perspective Framing Overview. I love CA!

In X11, I can't seem to change the default Pattern, Texture color of the "Framing, Floor Joists" where the colored Floor Joists will appear in the Perspective Framing Overview. Auto framing is on. What could I be missing?