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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.

You may be reading more into my statement than what I am saying. There may be a Chief Architect user on a Revit forum somewhere offering a video demonstration of why Chief Architect may be a better fit for them. I don't know if Revit would be a better fit more me or not, which is why I would like to investigate and see a demonstration. I have also watched some tutorials for Archicad, and it has a number of features that interest me.

I would be interested in this. Autodesk has competitive pricing in international markets. Here in Mexico, everything from architectural services, labor, and materials are cheaper, and Autodesk has priced their software here accordingly. Not all of us have confidence in the future of SSA, and if a Revit full version subscription comes in cheaper for me than a Chief Architect subscription, it's at the very least worth investigating.

I have been researching other design software and this is the pricing I have come up with so far. Revit LT $45.35/mo $347.68/year $992.67/3 years Revit $236.68/mo $1878.34/year $5352.91/3 years Archicad Solo Subscription $118.44/mo Archicad Subscription $237.89/mo Also, by comparison, this is the most expensive design package listed on Autodesk's website. Autodesk Architecture, Engineering, & Construction Collection $2,303/year includes Revit, Civil 3d, AutoCAD, InfraWorks, Navisworks Manage. I am outside of the United States, so these prices are converted to USD and your prices may vary.

This is an analogy putting me in place of Chief Architect, and my clients in the place of Chief Architect's users. If you notice I said that I would never send such a message to my clients. But I do agree that any business increasing fees by such an amount needs to look at their business model.

I will renew my SSA, but seeing these changes is enough to make me want to consider alternatives. Many have commented that this change is only going to affect new customers. I also think that many of us here sense that Chief Architect will eventually transition all customers to this new subscription plan. I suspect some of us on here run and manage our own business and have our own clients and builders that we work for. If my price is (n), and I were to inform my clients that my price starting January is going to be (4n), I think their first question to me would be "what increased value am I getting from you for (4n)?" If my response is that they will be getting basically the same service, is it reasonable for me to think that my clients will not consider alternatives for their architectural needs? As many of you have learned through experience, much of the success we experience in this business is a result of the relationships that we form with our clients and home builders. Because of these relationships, we would never send such a message in the above example any more than our client would send us a message saying that were only going to pay us (n/4). Unfortunately the reality is that all business relationships do not work this way, and the loyalty of a customer to a company will never be rewarded in kind.

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".