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Combination of Auto Roof Building and editing individual roof planes. Once you have established the base line external wall structure of course. We don’t do roof returns down this way so it is definitely complex. I can’t get my head to accept rise and run roof pitches, I much prefer degrees. I also think in metric. But if you have a DWG file for the base lines or you draw them out manually, you can get help along the way as you start to model it in 3D with CA. These guys here are a great source of help to all of us and will help you along the way.

I have CAX10 and I wouldn’t go back to V10 to start a project. I use it for viewing and transferring older work up to X10 via X8. I like the all the development work done right up to X15 and beyond. It might be at X20 that I might take it even more seriously. I am not a fan of the room module rebuild system in CA. I like more control over every individual building elements like you can do on other apps. The room module system has its place but not good for fine tuning a building after the main shape is established. Administration at Chief Architect, please allow us to disengage the automatic room module rebuild system whenever we want to. So we can edit each individual part without the model reverting back to the previous rebuild state. 3D exploding of all the elements is what I am waiting for or the ability to disconnect the elements in order to edit them individually. May never happen but I can always dream.

Hi @DuaneDHahn, If you have a dark red HASP dongle with your software you could try these suggestions in this post above. I know this worked for me and others with Chief version 10.08b. I believe that it is highly likely that it will work with 9.5 too if you have the dongle of course.

Hi @JDT63Drafting, You can however convert certain parts of a 2D DWG/DXF file that you import into CA into walls doors and windows in certain instances. By use of layer mapping when importing the file into CA. Please read this support article below on how to do so. There are also training videos on how to go about this too. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00170/using-cad-to-walls-from-an-imported-dwg-dxf.html

Hi @GlennWillis3696, have you read this article below about legacy files ? I have followed these instructions and have had good results with legacy file models in newer versions of CA. Re: extending external siding layers downwards, did you see the new feature made in CAX15 ? About halfway through this video. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5540/what-s-new-in-x15-building-features.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00279/opening-legacy-files.html

Hey @Renerabbitt, Can you please tell us what is an OIP and a TMM is so we can follow. I think your method would have to suffice for CA at present ? Hey @IvanCyr, Very good question, I have done these calculations manually and then entered the calculations into my own xl spread sheet. It certainly would be great to have it calculated automatically in CA. Accurate Automatic Reinforcement Calculations in CA would be the holy grail inside CAD software. You would probably need to be able to draw stirrups in a cad detail and have them become 3D objects that can be entered into the Materials List. As you know stirrups have curves in the corners and overlaps and spacings and they also have standard purchase lengths. The same can be true for certain types of deformed reinforcement bars that overlap. Maybe a suggestion for a future version of CA ? I don’t know what specialist reinforcement cad software does but we could probably learn from them maybe ? Let’s see what others have to say ?

Totally Awesome ! Well done Bob you have successfully shown those of us who have an old dark red HASP Key to install Chief Architect version 10.08 on newer windows machines. I now have CAV10.08 working on my windows 11 laptop and on my windows 10 pc. No short cuts here, we all need to follow all the steps Bob suggests in his posts here and in other threads. Cheers !

I was wondering if that would affect it ? I will update it and try again and hopefully it will work. Edit: I tried but I get this message below even though I am the administrator of my pc’s. Anyway around this ?

Same type of dongle is used for all these programs CAV10,9.5 & HDP7 (Dark Red HASP key) I have them all running now on that new XP pro machine that I got from eBay. I still had to manually install the HASP driver from the CA program CD. I will try and install CAV10 on my windows 11 Lenovo ThinkPad X12 with those drivers you provided. Then I will also try installing CAV10 on my HP elite with those drivers you provided. I will let you know If it will work with Chief Architect version 10. Edited: still no go with CAV10 on either device. Please see pic of screen error. That is great you can run CAV10 on a pc with either windows 10 or 11. That means you can print plans from a newer machine and that is what I would like to do as well. So I will keep on trying, my next step is to isolate the old HASP drivers from the CA program CD to see if they will get the HASP dongle working properly on my modern pc’s. BTW this post was started by @Jhrostso it may help them too ?

Thank you very much Bob. Edited: I appreciate all your hard work to help us here Bob. Those drivers in the files you supplied in the other thread were certainly installed. I was testing it with my Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Windows 11 and home designer pro 7 with the red hasp key. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the HDP7 to work on this machine after putting in my code. I also tried it on my old HP Elite windows 10 pc and still couldn’t get it to work on that machine. The red light certainly turned on the hasp key for both devices and these drivers are indeed 7.80 as you have stated. (I removed all the other divers as you stipulated before installing the drivers supplied by you. That made the light in the hasp key turn off.) I get 3 entries related to hasp key installing in the device manger. Those two above that you have highlighted in yellow above as well as a third one called “HL key”. I am sure there is still a way to get it work but it might be that I have to install those drivers separately and manually ? That is what I had to do to get my older programs (V10 and prior) to work on a new XP64 bit pro machine that I bought off eBay Australia a couple years back. I am still not giving up yet to get them to work on a newer machine like you have successfully done. All good fun !

Do you know what version of sentinel I need to go back to in order to accomplish this ? I have tried that but it didn’t work for me, probably because I couldn’t find a sentinel driver old enough to install ? I also need to be very careful where I download drivers from on the web so I stick to the Thales website for now. If you could kindly look at your program files for on your windows PC to tell me what version of sentinel you have installed, that would help us all greatly. These are steps to follow that Google shows below to solve the problem. Your trick is correct as shown at point 3. 1. Check physical connections Try a different USB port: Plug the HASP key into a different USB port on your computer. Plug in directly: If you are using a USB hub, remove the key from the hub and plug it directly into the computer. Check the LED: Check the light on the HASP key. A constantly blinking light indicates an error, while a solid light usually means it's detected correctly. 2. Reinstall the HASP drivers Uninstall: Go to Device Manager by searching for it in the Start Menu. Expand the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" tree. Find all entries for the dongle (there may be multiple), right-click each one, and select Uninstall device. Reinstall: Go to your software provider's website (e.g., Mastercam, Cochenille Design Studio) and download the latest HASP/Sentinel driver installer. Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Restart your computer after the installation is finished. 3. Alternative driver solution If the above steps don't work, there may be a specific driver version conflict. Some applications require older driver versions. Check with your software provider to see if a specific driver version is recommended and install that version if it differs from what you currently have. Looks like version 7.8 from your post in this thread. Thanks you Bob.

Hey Bob, I tried absolutely everything I could but I couldn’t get CAV10 working on my windows 10 HP Elite PC that is over a dozen years old. I have a windows 11 Lenovo ThinkPad X12 tablet that I will try your suggestions on to see if I can get it to work on that. It can work on certain pc computers or laptops that have the necessary drivers and other software installed on them. I certainly acknowledge that and will not give up trying.

Hi, did you get a chance to read this thread yet ?

Oh! ok @jorgearaya, that’s all good and you would probably know that as long as CA recognizes the landing as floor, it should frame it ? In the case of landing being midway on stair run between floors then it may not recognise it. So the challenge is for CA to recognize the landing as an independent floor between major floor levels. I would just frame it manually but if you want an automatic method and a “Landing Container Floor” as you are suggesting, perhaps you could make a suggestion after you get more responses from other users here.

Hi @jorgearaya, You probably know that it can be an extension of the adjacent floor frame of the loft or the floor. Then you need support bearers and posts too. Do you have a timber framing code or the like in your region that you can refer to ? This technique at the end of the training video can be used to extend floor joists. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/306/using-the-trim-and-extend-commands.html