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Weird. This file initially caused the program to go haywire and it tried to download a file that I had archived. It then froze and I had to force close the program. I restarted chief and the file opened normally, but the shutters showed as in the picture I attached.

I opened the attached plan in x15 and it doesn't show arched shutters. I am also unable to make them arched in the way described.

It is a great laptop. I just set it to quiet mode and it handles chief architect x15 and twinmotion at the same time.

You can turn off the window casings and then create a pass-thru opening for the exterior casing and shutters. I would initially create the pass-thru next to the windows and then center the pass-thru with the two windows. The shutters will match the arch of the pass-thru.

I opened your file in x15 and the opening indicators are showing on the full height cabinet doors.

Thanks for sharing.

I don't usually export to 3ds file format. Just curious what further control of objects 3ds format offers? I will oftentimes assign an object a unique material name if I need further control over an object's material.

I can export to a dae file with no issues.

If you are exporting to twinmotion, you need to toggle on "two sided" for the gutter material. Or in Chief you can create a 3d gutter and then export.

FYI, chief is freezing and I am getting fatal errors after updating to nvidia driver 531.18. I am rolling back the driver now.

If you hold ctrl while moving your mouse wheel in the 'filter results' window the thumbnails can be resized.

Yes, I think you are right. Edit them in plan and then save to library. As long as I don't edit them in library they seem stable. Thanks.

I can't see the images, but I am assuming you were able to recreate the issue?

There is a problem with uploading files to this forum at the moment. I cannot upload any files. I have even tried sending from my phone and from a different browser.

Yes. Exactly what I am experiencing with my walls. Are you using objects that you saved to your user library? I have zero issues with the core, bonus, or manuf. catalogs.

I have attached a plan file that contains a wall (brick-4) from the new user library I attached. The calbz file contains only the pasted wall types from the core catalog. I have sent my plan files to Chief support and they were unable to recreate this issue. sample wall.plan New user library.calibz

Which makes me wonder if my user library is corrupted?

I can't recreate this issue in x11. Only x12. Not sure what else to try. Chief support told me that I should wait for an update. Yes. At Chief support's instructions I renamed my template folder directory so Chief would reinstall the base template files in case those were corrupted. Starting with a fresh "residential template" I copy the "wall types" from the core catalog and pasted it into my user library. From the user library I will right-click on them and "open object" and only change the thicknesses of the layers. The problem appears when I reopen CA or open another file. If I select a wall type that I edited, it will show incorrect materials in the preview pane, and if I right-click to edit it again, the materials are completely random. The materials seemed to be changed even before I drop it into the plan.

"unable to edit the material" error is now showing. I feel like this is getting worse. I wish I could find a solution to this as I cannot use any custom wall types in my user library.

I will watch out for this. I am starting with the wall types from the core catalog and only changing the thicknesses of the layers. I don't want OSB to have a thickness of 0.4375" and housewrap to have a thickness of 0.01".

"C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X12\Referenced Files" is the source it shows for the textures. Thanks. I will try moving the line weight to an exterior layer.

All of the materials for my wall types are either disappearing or changing at random. I have contacted customer support about this and they don't know what is causing this. I have reinstalled chief architect. I am running the most recent version. I can start with a CA template file and the wall types from the core catalog all maintain their materials. The issue starts when I modify one of these wall types and save it to my user library. If I create a wall from my user library and open up the wall type definitions it shows similar to the picture I have attached. This has become very time consuming for me as all of the materials have to be updated manually after a wall is created every time. On a much smaller note, does anyone know how to have a wall type with different line weights that do no show these artifacts at intersections? I would like to have a heavier line weight for my exterior walls but I get the heavier line weight artifacts showing on the interior side of the wall.

Here is the file. I took it down to the shell with only walls and railing. Wall_Gaps.zip

Well it's a 62 MB file. If you have any idea what settings I can try I would love to start there.

Can someone help me understand why I am getting these wall gaps as shown in the picture? Is this a glitch because I cannot think of an instance where I would want this?