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Here are the passmark results for my pc. I7-5960x Clocked to 4.5 Ghz.. PCI-e NvMe c-drive. Notice the drive speed @ 13633. A normal ssd is about 3500-3900. PCI-e ROCKS!!! I'm a firm believer that when I upgrade I go to about the top of the line. I run HUGE drawings. The one i am in now is about 25 MB and only into the end of preliminary's. No framing, etc.

Glad to help!!!

There in no need to add that extra step. Draw line at one end use multiple copy using 5 copies. That will give you your spacing.

When this happens to me, I update the view.Then it is clear. Sometime just zooming in fixes..I think...

I went thru the plan you posted. There are many issues causing the problem. The 1st floor wall does not align with the wall above and you are not using the same pony wall at that area at the foundation. I attached a picture of that area. I have been where you are in the learning curve. While the people in ChiefTalk help it can not replace training. I fought Chief for way to long then finally took classes. Now I run Chief instead of it beating me like a drum.

I use manual roofs to create the returns. Works 100% of the time.

Dave, The textures imported perfect. I imported the "DMDz Chief X8 Textures.calibz". Then when I opened your plan file they all showed up for an easy reference. Thank You!

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Amazon has the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM) for $149.00. Free shipping. That is a good deal!

SSD made a huge difference in my systems. I cloned my main drive to a SSD then used the old drive a D or E. Be sure the operating system, chief and all drawing files are on the ssd.

Joe, I have not downloaded either since x3. Just kept paying my SSA. My understanding was I could download at any point that I found a need for them. Now I feel like I have just been ripped off / pick pocketed. It was kind of in my pocket a few days ago. Now I reach in and find someone (CHIEF) just stole it from me. Yep Chief just ripped me off!!! POC Below Joey had the best answer

I do NOT LIKE WHERE THIS IS HEADED!!!! Chief I pay my ssa fees. Is now the time for you to start nickel & diming us to death? I see you changing the rules when we are already in the game. I call FOUL. THIS IS NOT APPRECIATED!!!!!

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Joe, Looking forward to the January macro!!! Your macro a month is well worth the small cost. This one alone may be worth the total cost. Thank you!!

Good job CA !!! I am glad to see the constant progression of the program. The new features are AWESOME.

I signed up. Looking forward to the class. Thanks UPDATE Very productive class. Cleared up a lot of questions. Thank you GerryT

Joey, Here is a backup program that I use. Acronis true image. This program allows me to backup/clone a working disk drive to another drive. If the stuff hits the fan then I can put in a cd ,reboot my system from the cd. then restore the disk drive in the matter of minutes. No software keys or re-registering needed. The same program can also be used for installing a new disk drive. In fact many SSD disk drives us a version of this software to clone the existing drive to the ssd. Unfortunately it can not help if you do not have a backup.

To All users: Chief has fixed the slowness issue with the last patch. A BIG THANK YOU!!! I was wrong. I used a stripped plan in X6 and the full plan in X7 for the comparison by mistake. When using the same plans the results were equal. Doug Park was correct that the slowness in my posted video is fixed. Staying with X7!!! Somebody want to mark this as best answer or solved.

This last update (17.2.0.69x64) did not resolve the lag as Perry mentioned above. Also what he mentioned is exactly what I show in the video linked below. The time is approximately twice as long in X7 vs X6. See video. I will contact support again to see what we can do to help Chief help us. Not sure what to do more than show them a video of the issue and send them the plan file used in X6 vs X7 comparison. I understand that the issue has to do with complex patterns such as stone, brick or some roof patterns. Unfortunately or not these are the choices the homeowners want to see. Support do you have all of the library's downloaded on your test machines? I do not know if that may have an impact but they are on my machine. AGAIN I am staying with X6 until the issue is resolved. see old post to see the issue # 13 for a video and plan file submitted to tech support https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/4547-x7-is-s-l-o-w/#entry39530

Here is how to do custom grilles http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00930/

OPEN DOOR SPEC. UNDER GENERAL CHECK THE BOX FOR SEPARATE TRIM EA SIDE

Dermot, Thanks for the update! I am glad to hear the fix will be soon. I do enjoy the new features of X7 . Chief tech support is good as always! For the others with issues please document and report to tech support as Dermot mentioned. This is the only way Chief can resolve any issue. Thanks to all!

David Chief Tech Support has confirmed the issue with the plan I submitted. If you look at the link to the old post there is a video of X7 vs X6 and a plan that others have downloaded and are seeing the same issues on the same plan between X6 & X7. I understand that slowness may be subjective. That is why I posted a plan to make all the same except X6 vs X7. I would be interested for you to watch the video and download the X6 file. Run the same checks in x6 & X7. I have not had X7 crash as of yet. The library browser does not seem to be a problem on my machine. Thanks for the help.

EDIT: "Let me start by stating that Chief is a wonderful cad package. X7 is by far better than any other cad package I have used. If it was between X7 and other cad packages I would use X7 not questions asked" I personally know of a number of people having the slowness issues in X7. Generally the designs I do are complex. At this point I am going back to X6 until Chief resolves the problems with the complex patterns such as brick and stone. The slowness of x7 is killing my productivity. I will miss some of the new features and look forward to the fix. Curious if others have made the same decision? see old post to see the issue # 13 https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/4547-x7-is-s-l-o-w/#entry39530

Yusuf, That is a big help for me. Thank You!