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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

Michelle:

Terrain in Chief can be frustrating, I've run into the same problem myself. Probably the most important lesson I've learned while working with terrain is to keep it as simple as possible. Without seeing your plan, I'm guessing that you may need to eliminate some elevation lines and make sure that none of your elevation lines are crossing. It would be helpful if you post your plan.

Eric

For the walls, use a fixed window with no sash and wide casings. For the ceiling, drop in some skylights. Here's a small room I drew up as an example:

A concept 'sketch'...

Sometimes you've just got to experiment a bit.

Are you using the same shutter on the window as the stand alone? (Bonus Catalogs / Exterior Shutters / Louvered Double Shutter)

Here's a PBR version. make sure your material properties are the same plus you may want to have the shutter stand proud of the wall by an inch.

They look the same to me, are you using the same finish on each one?

Are you trying to change the direction of the louvers?

Bonus Catalogs / Exterior Shutters

13 minutes ago, Ringos said:

Where did you find that plantation shutter?

There's a bunch on 3D Warehouse  https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/models?q=plantation+shutter