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@Leadcarpo Really if you want to streamline and have this macro as well you may want to look into getting with @Renerabbittand his templates. My life got smooth and easy with his Pro plan template and pro layout templates. you can check out his discord server as well https://discord.gg/UHcqK3yZ

On 4/14/2023 at 9:16 PM, Kbird1 said:

Not sure Chief has a "Clean Up Tool" , though perhaps tech support does? 

 

Though a lot of stuff like Preferences are (also?) in the Chief  .ini File which may not be removed either?

 

Mick.  

I should ask them this. didn't really want to bother them but that's probably the answer. thanks

On 4/14/2023 at 7:29 PM, mtldesigns said:

Just wondering, why do you uninstall?

I like to get out of trouble quicker than I got into it. From time to time I get carried away with custom toolbars, Macros and scripts and do a little damage that is just easier to reinstall the software so that I know I am back to where I am supposed to be...So I can mess it up again

Is there a way to get a true clean installation or reinstallation of chief products. currently I uninstall and then spend a fair amount of time in the registry so that when I reinstall it has forgotten all about me and I can work out some user created bugs.  

I get it. The thing is this to me. I can keep paying my SSA until something bad happens and I can't. At that point I will have whatever version that is to rebuild my business.  If you are small time you can rent the program for 200.00 that month. add that to your cost for that particular project and Todd's your uncle. I hope Chief can continue and really amp up the features that I crave. I was so excited to come from Datacad to this that I couldn't even stand it. I would not have picked up an additional revenue stream for modeling if I were still stuck in that mostly 2d world.  There is a huge amount of arrogance from those on here making money though that aren't really listening to what some of the other users have to say. What I might be trying to say is that I believe everyone can make this work if they think their situations through.

I requested once that maybe we could assign hotkeys to library objects but the community shot me down haha. 

On 11/1/2022 at 8:39 PM, Renerabbitt said:

hey @Joe_Carrick Sorry I forgot to log back in and completely forgot about this
here you go:
LINK

 

ok guys kick me off the forum. i clicked this link and they were so pretty I just had to copy them to what i thought was my onedrive folder. i really screwed this up @Renerabbitt there now resides some of the icons as copies on there.  let me know what i can do to ease the pain.  thanks

i just quickly used a batch converter and sized these to a stream deck. you can check them out if you like.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AudNN8RY82nqgc9Oo9GgvElDD5eilg

I've really been impressed with all this work that you are giving out for free and also the paid stuff (still feels free) is amazingly good.  

i would also be interested in purchasing your hard work, if i am allowed. I have a limited amount of capabilities up and running with mine and allot of inactive icons. It is great for novice employees or kids to give them some side money because you can set them up and say start here at the top left corner and get these generic electrical plans off my plate please and these general notes and a few other things that are great. I'm with Joe that it just doesn't feel right to leave the drawing area. 

On 3/17/2022 at 4:26 PM, Renerabbitt said:

Thats not canvas per se btw, your phone or ipads lidar is terribly inaccurate.

While Apple uses LiDAR technology that works on the same principles as those who use it for mapping, it has certain limitations. The range of the LiDAR sensor in Apple devices is only around 5 meters, which isn’t enough for accurate 3D mapping of a large room or area.

Is there a commercially available LiDAR option that is accurate and maybe not 5k? I'd love to give it a go but seems not stellar

Yes you can if anyone was wondering. 

can we have it this night? id like to play with it a bit before starting a new plan on monday.

On 3/8/2022 at 12:12 PM, Kbird1 said:

 

There is a known Issue with multiple monitors IF your computer uses the Nahimic 3D Sound software ...( Sound Radar in particular.)

 

 

M.

not all computers have this Nahimic 3d Sound software of which you speak. 

I was having the deadly crashes quite constantly with multiple monitors. I was fine with just one monitor and then later switched out one of the monitors to a similar resolution and have not had any crashes in a few weeks.  

On 2/3/2022 at 9:13 PM, Kbird1 said:

 

there is a known issue with multi-monitor setups if the computer uses Nahimic's 3D Radar Software....

 

 

I do not have that on my computer. wish i did.  I may have to go back to windows 10 possibly. i have noticed that it isn't happening on some newer less intense drawings. I have multi monitors setup for those and the moment i go back to open some of the other larger projects it crashes immediately with the perspective view.

On 1/26/2022 at 7:46 PM, Dermot said:

We have recently had to update our list of known incompatibilities to include a new section about Windows 11 and Nvidia Series 30 video cards.  I am not aware of any known problems with the GTX 1070 card.

 

Windows 11 with NVIDIA 30 Series Graphics

• Products & Versions Affected: Chief Architect X13 and Home Designer 2022
• Platform: Windows 11 with NVIDIA RTX 30 series graphics
• Description: Software closes unexpectedly and then presents the following error: "An internal rendering error has occurred: device removed" typically when opening a camera view or a dialog with a preview window.
• Solution: There appears to be an incompatibility between Windows 11 and the NVIDIA drivers. At this time, the best solution is to roll back to Windows 10. We are currently working closely with NVIDIA; however, an expected resolution date has not been set. If you'd like, you can contact NVIDIA Support as well. This will help them gauge how this issue is affecting their customers and may also give them an opportunity to collect additional information to help resolve the problem: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/support/consumer/

 

 

Went to a single monitor and all was well. switched back to a multimonitor setup and crashed immediately with full perspective view. 3090 graphics card

9 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Can probably be done with some custom text macros like I think I did in that graded pricing system I made for you a while back, but I think the easiest thing for most people is to simply copy and paste the schedule to an excel template that runs the totals and then copy back over. 

 

You can also use the Material List which opens up a bunch more possibilities, especially since you can add some specialized Components.

Michael, can i purchase a macro from you that does area analysis or something similar that i could modify? I am looking for something that i can use to do exterior takeoffs. it would be nice if it just added any polyline that was created on a certain layer or contained a material in the layer such as "Stucco 1" would add to layer "Stucco rear" ...etc.

Guys, you are all geniuses and i appreciate this immensely.  Micheal your materials list option is wonderful and maybe has put my excel tally worksheet out of business.  Thank you everyone again. I have never posted anywhere before and usually just search for months and dig as deep as possible but this was amazing help!

Eric, Yes i am importing PDF plans that are sent to us by other contractors that need takeoffs done and its quite nice actually.  I have created and added to the library cad blocks representing 8s, 10s, 12s and 15 foot drywall and just plop them on top of the pdf and then i go back and count them after.  The goal, if not silly is to create symbols or materials or slabs or whatever chief could just count for each.  Thank you for your responses.  I see you are quite helpful here as i have read through the site.  

I would like to create several polylines that represent drywall sizes in 2d only for takeoffs.  I would like for these to be able to be counted in the material list or elsewhere if there is a macro to do this.  right now i have several cad blocks that i drop along imported tiff files for takeoffs but have to manually count these.  Thank you and i hope i posted this in the correct area. 

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