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Big improvements in Chief rendering quality in recent years...

 Then                                                                             Now

That's interesting, I'd be cautious too. If you can't find it anywhere else  perhaps you can download it to a flash drive and then scan for a virus.

5 minutes ago, Adam_Gibson said:

Eric, that's the font, but I prefer a website in English. I assume Chief has a place to download it somewhere, since it's included in the purchase. Thank you!

It is in English.

Is this what you're looking for?

https://en.likefont.com/font/15294982/

Have you tried using a 3D Solid? 

Use the dimension of one of the existing features (16' w garage door, 80" h, entry door, etc) as scale. Not a perfect solution but it will get you close. 

There are several brackets in the Federal Brace catalog which is available for download from Chief. There's also a selection on 3D Warehouse.

In the 'Railing' tab of your DBX,select 'Open with Middle Raii'. From there you can select the specifics if the middle rail.

The easiest way would be to adjust the overhang of the counter in the DBX for the cabinet (in the 'General' tab). If you have an unconventional shape for the counter, you can easily draw a custom countertop  https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01023/editing-a-countertop-into-a-custom-shape.html

A conceptual sketch for a small housing development...

3 hours ago, CUChris81 said:

thanks everyone.  again, this approach is the one that I used.  Is there any way to blend the lines of the 3D solid/soffit above the glass door into the walls beside it?  that's what I'm bothered by.

If all you want to do is get a seamless joint between the wall and soffit, you should be able to accomplish that in PBR or Clay mode. Just make sure the outer surfaces are aligned. 

I made this from a glass wall, split into 3 panels. For the center panel, I used a glass shower door placed into an invisible wall...  

SHave you tried drawing the wall as a railing and then inserting the door?

Build the in-law suite as another floor on top of your garage.

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/1605/designing-a-one-and-a-half-story-roof.html

I found this in my user library, I think I got it from 3D Warehouse...

Crofton 9450-160.dae

You can also specify a 'Slim Shaker' door (in the Bonus catalogs) and make the door panel glass. 

Check your roof planes around the dormer, make sure that they are not cutting into the wall. 

After installing the latest studio driver (580.97), Chief started crashing w/ PBR's. Going back to the previous driver (577.0) has solved the problem for now.Has anyone else been experiencing this? 

I had a project like awhile ago. I used solids for the walls (Chief won't do tilted walls). You might be able to use roof planes instead.

3 hours ago, Rich_Winsor said:

Really like the A-frame render Eric. Lots of nice

things going on there. I am however seeing some

sort of strange skinny vertical spike going from the

top border of the image down to the right side of

the A-frame roof. 

Never seen anything quite like that before.

 

Brisket on the smoker!

These are PBR Ray Trace renders produced in Chief...

This sounds like something I can help you with. Give me a call if you'd like to review, contact info is in my signature.

PM sent.

For a different point of view, here's a cutaway view...

Have you tried editing 'Saved Dimension Defaults'?

Edit / Default Settings / Dimension / Dimensions / Edit / Chose your format / Edit / Primary Format