RobUSMC

While in plan view, and your elevation cameras are visible, is there a way to keep the camera icon and the label but not have the line on each side of the camera which I assume is the camera clipped width. I didnt know if they were on a different layer.  When you get several cameras you are using in the plan all these lines get in the way and clutter thing up.

We are a design build company and I several interior designers on staff and we are increasing our interior design only offerings on top of our remodeling.  My wife which is also an interior designer and was the president of ASID for the state of Texas and now sits on the national board and has a lot of industry contacts. You of her friends started a company called MyDoma Studios  https://www.mydomastudio.com/ which is a design software for interior design only and does not compare to CA with 99.9% of it capabilities. However, its rendering engine is something else and very user friendly setting up 4K renderings and live VR walk thrus.  Long story short is the only way to get a Chief plan imported into it to create these high end renderings and walk thrus is to first convert it to a .skp plan as its not directly compatible with Chief.   I have never done it this or is it easily done.  I'm basically looking for a program to do much better photo realistic renderings and have something for our interior designers to use on an iPad while at a clients house and not as overwhelming as Chief for someone that's never used it.   On a second note, as far as renderings, I truly wish I has the skills and knowledge to make all the setting changes, material property changes, lighting and so on to get much better realistic renderings. But when it comes to material classes, diffuse, specular, roughness, emissiveness, all the different maps and so on I don't even know what these mean or what they do.  Its kinda embarrassing since I've used CA sine 1999 with version 7.0  Ive watched a CA training video series on lighting, raytrace, physically based.  I had a plan open and made the same setting changes that was shown on the video but in the end mine didnt compare to the video as I assume the plan they started with already had a lot of other camera and material settings made to start with.

Can someone tell me how to change the font size of camera labels. X-14  Thanks

I guess this idea was not as good as I had hoped for

This may need to go in the symbol forum. If so I'll move it. I had a question. When you download a symbol from 3D WH does anyone select more details and also download the finishes?  I have downloaded a lot from 3D but so many times like faucets you only have one have a single material and when assigned a material the entire fixture is that material such as stainless.  Alot of symbols have multiple materials as they should but each part of the faucet is not specified such as handle, spout, main body and so on.  I have attached several screenshots and hopefully they make sense.  Basically I would like to download a symbol and when imported it looks like the real thing.   An if the finishes are downloaded can they be renamed?  Right now one is... 0f977798-eb13-4bb6-a857-fca56448de97.skm  which is Brizo's Luxe Gold finish and I would like to rename it as such.

9 hours ago, 3dsDan said:

HI ALL

After reading this thread I went ahead and got the tub RobUSMC was asking for and cleaned it and created a chief symbol from it.

Trust U like it and it meet ur needs.

Bathtub-BainUltra-Esthesia-6436.calibz 3.92 MB · 4 downloads

Thank you so very much!!!!

Blanco would be nice. It's earlier to find a similar sink and change the material versus and tub.

19 hours ago, SusanC said:

Hi Rob,

I believe Mark was suggesting you download a trial version of Revit then go to the BIM object link for Bain Ultra and download their Revit file into the trial version of Revit.  From there you can open the file and export it into a file type that Chief will accept.  

 

Btw, after I posted on Bain Ultra's Instagram page last Friday, I received a message back from them with the contact info for a person at the company who is in charge of 3d formats.  I've emailed them and requested a catalog for Chief and connected them with Chief.  

Susan

Great thanks.   Do use many Blanco sinks?  We use tons of them

I got that. A lot to go thru just for that one symbol.  Figured I would just find close as possible substitute.  Thanks 

I just looked and they have several formats but all seem only to be 2D dwg, dxf.  One for the front, Left, Right and top

https://www.bimobject.com/en-us/search?fullText=bainultra 

We had a client that wanted this in their bedroom. He had the pulldown unit that the TV mounts to. It was supposed to be a fully enclosed pulldown unit.  We followed the install instructions and all we had to do is a little ceiling joist modifications to create the pocket for the unit to slide up in to and add an outlet in the attic for the unit to plug into. It was about a month later he called us and said when the unit was in the closed position up in the attic (In Texas attics can get to 160-200 degrees) the heat was so high it fried the TV. When he pulled it down the TV was so hot he couldn't touch it.  He wanted to keep it and buy a new TV. I told him I had a plan, we went into the attic and framed a large box 72 x 42 x 16 around the pull down unit, applied 1" insulated panels to the exterior of our new box, sealed it like an AC plenum and once done applied spray foam insulation over the entire thing. It probably had a rating of R-60 if not more. Since then almost two years ago he's had no issues. The mfg. should make this part of their install instructions or make their units with better insulation.  Bottom line.... if its recessing up into an uninsulated space make sure its well insulated. 

LOL.  Above my paygrade!!! Not exactly sure what you mean. Never done it.  Ill just specify it on the tile plan.

We are building a curved tub deck for a drop in tub. The face and top will be tiled. We use the Schluter system and their tile trim profiles to finish off the unfinished edges. How can I add this curved trim to the front nose of the tub deck?  I created the tub deck will a 3D solid but cant figure out how to create the radius trim in the same curve as the tub deck.

Bain Ultra tubs. American Standard, MTI tubs, Jacuzzi. Only having Kohler makes it slim.

Thanks

Thank you so much.  I wish I had time to learn how to edit symbols like this.  There are a lot that I find on 3D WH but need to be broken apart or edited in some way.

I downloaded the wide spread vanity faucet (.SKP) and when I unzip it there's an error because the file is empty.  All others worked fine. I even tried another with differant handles and it did the same thing. When it unzipped nothing was there.

Will do

I'm not on IG.  But thank you. Yes, we spec out and use a lot of Bain

Thanks

I think other than the core library which isn't much, the only other library with freestanding tubs is Kohler and I struck out there.  Looked on 3D WH and zero Bain Ultra results. The Bain Ultra site has every tech and spec sheet you would want and 2D dwg files but no designer files with a 3D symbol.  Does anyone has a freestanding tub like this one or at least close?  The client also is debating on the tub deck drop in version of this same tub.  Thank you so much

Dang Mark, I must be blind.  I didn't see the Design File button even though I had just downloaded the vanity faucet.  Thanks as always my friend.

No luck with Delta

Can someone tell me where to download X-15?  Its not in the digital locker.

Would anyone happen to have this symbol for the Delta Stryke tub faucet with handheld?  The Stryke series is not in the Delta library. Delta's website had the Stryke vanity faucet symbol but not this one.  Checked 3D WH and nothing there.