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    X9 ray trace and video

    in General Q & A

    Posted · Edited by rispgiu
    Grammatical error

    With Ray trace it is possible to

    achieve a very good quality photo, it takes a while but that is beyond the point.

     

    is it possible to create a walkthrough video with the same definition of a rendered Ray Trace image using Chief only?

     

     

     

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    1 hour ago, Kbird1 said:

    Couple of old videos by Dan Baumann on Roofs which maybe worth a viewing for you, since the Roof tools haven't changed alot since then....

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix5Y4OAfQQQ

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxd2CsGw9sM&t=8s

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8vwRQ1L2g

     

    and one by David Michael of DMD

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pDre96W2ic

     

    I'll check those out. Thank you 

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    6 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

     

    Quite often you can reuse exiting Roof Plane by using the Copy and Paste in Place tool and then dragging the new Plane to another location , then locking the Pitch and using the Fascia height to raise it up and down to get it close , then you can use the Roof Plane Joining Tool to get them perfectly joined back together. If you don't see a Ridge Cap it is usually a good sign the roof doesn't have a perfect join.

     

    You will see in the 1st pic I messed with your Roof as I didn't like the large roof plane slope from the front view personally, so I added a gable wall using mostly the method above eg to copy the garage small roof plane to other places.... and knowing the CAD Tools and how to break a Line ( not a wall ) is useful too.

     

    You can tell if a roof plan has been manually edited by checking the Measurements section of the Roof Plane>General Tab....see Pic 2 below.

     

    Added the plan file too so you can see what I did....

     

    M.

     

     

     

     

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    Thank you Mick,

    All of this information is truly helpful 

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    54 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

     

    sound like you just choose the wrong wall type for the lower part of the pony wall ...try Birck-6 and change the brick to the Grey Ledgestone....

     

    select the terrain and open it and uncheck automatic height and set your own say 28" since floor is -26 in the garage  ... the terrain DBX assumes automatically a negative value since the main floor height is 0"...

     

     

    Got it, thx. I am still struggling with the roof. I am looking at tutorials and trying various things. 

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    1 minute ago, rispgiu said:
    4 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

    Sounds like you have the X8-2017 Library , I may have the X9-2018 one? both are free , Maybe Buechel updated their catalogue to currently sold products?......

     

    https://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site/detail/1020

     

    actually it maybe related to the fact you "painted" the stone on instead of changing the material to that stone in the Pony Walls Definition ?  as it says it should be red brick ...once I changed the ponywall to the correct material it turned up okay in 3D views , but you  will also need to change the ponywall to the 6" type , as there is a 6" wall above a 4" wall now and you can see the issue that causes in the garage by the door.   

     

    one other small quirk in CA you likely don't know is you MUST have an interior Casing , even of garage doors in the DBX (dialog box) normally if you don't want a casing set all the sizes to 1/16th inch or the Door Jamb and Casing don't show properly in 3D.....(looks like it flickers or is too thin/see through)

     

    BTW either the garage floor is set too low  at -26" or the Terrain is too high as your Drive way is cutting into the Garage doors about 6" up the door... easily seen from inside the garage if you set the main door to show open in 3D

     

     

    M.

    About the wall, if I change the lower portion of the pony wall to stone front it adds concrete blocks to the back of the stone. Is this normal?

    I was wondering about the terrain, something didn't seem right :)

     

     

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    2 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

    Sounds like you have the X8-2017 Library , I may have the X9-2018 one? both are free , Maybe Buechel updated their catalogue to currently sold products?......

     

    https://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site/detail/1020

     

    actually it maybe related to the fact you "painted" the stone on instead of changing the material to that stone in the Pony Walls Definition ?  as it says it should be red brick ...once I changed the ponywall to the correct material it turned up okay in 3D views , but you  will also need to change the ponywall to the 6" type , as there is a 6" wall above a 4" wall now and you can see the issue that causes in the garage by the door.   

     

    one other small quirk in CA you likely don't know is you MUST have an interior Casing , even of garage doors in the DBX (dialog box) normally if you don't want a casing set all the sizes to 1/16th inch or the Door Jamb and Casing don't show properly in 3D.....(looks like it flickers or is too thin/see through)

     

    BTW either the garage floor is set too low  at -26" or the Terrain is too high as your Drive way is cutting into the Garage doors about 6" up the door... easily seen from inside the garage if you set the main door to show open in 3D

     

     

    M.

    Thank you very much for the input, I truly appreciate it. 

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    Thank you for your 

    1 minute ago, Kbird1 said:

    Looks like you got it :)

     

    I agree with Eric , the Roof looks a bit strange.... looking from the Front or Curb view ......the added advantage of the "Cricket" he shows is that it will help slow the water down during heavy rainfall , so the small gutter at the bottom is not overwhelmed ...that is a large piece of Roof, coming down into a small 2' foot Gutter and it is right and the front door , so you don't want it overflowing.

     

    you will likely need to use manual roof planes to change it around.....

     

    you seem to be using a old Buechel Stone library I don't have that in my Library....  or maybe i have the old one?

     

    M.

    Thank you for your reply about the roof. I will try and work on it on how to fix it. 

    About the stone, it says it was copyrighted in 2016. Is it the old one?

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    46 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

    it is a gutter ...... turn off roof planes in the 3D view  to see it ....see below....

     

    and you need to re-join the roof planes on the RH side of the round.....

     

    I Need to dig a bit deeper to find out which roof plane it is that is causing it....

     

     

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    ***EDIT.....OK I found that you have maybe 10-12 little Roof planes at the Apex which you need to delete....

     

    I would make both the Dutch Gables the same size  as well , ie match the house one to the garage one....

     

     

     

     

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    Thank you for your reply, this really helps. 

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    2 minutes ago, CharlesVolz said:

    Zoom in and click on it. Then note what is selected in the bottom ribbon. It is probably a roof plane part (like a fascia) and probably due to the roof planes not joining properly. After you select the roof plane, open it go to the materials and change the color of the fascia for that roof plane to red or something and see what happens.

    I did as you suggested. It is a fascia. 

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    2 minutes ago, solver said:

    Posting your plan file will make it easier for someone to help.

     

    It helps if we know what title (Premier, Interiors) and version (X8, X9 etc) you are using. You can add this info to your signature by clicking on your user name at the top right of the page, click Account Settings, then Signature on the left. Doing so makes it always available, and this info is often key to providing a good suggestion

    Thx I just added to my profile as you suggested. 

    I'll have to work on an actual signature :)

    I am using X9 Premiere

    Something coming through the roof, I think its a gutter

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    I am new to chief and this is my very first project. I suppose I should have started with something easier but everything has been pretty simple with the exception of the rounded roof over my porch. There is something coming through it. I delete the roof and rebuilt the roof several times, I changed the roof shingles but nothing seems to help. 

    I think its a gutter because when I try and change the roof to other materials and try and change that object my gutters will change their color as well. 

     

    I checked and my room has the gutter option unchecked. 

     

    Any help or idea? 

    Thank you in advance. 

     

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