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All cool ! As long as the video graphics card can handle and future proof you for newer versions of Chief, then all should be ok. GPU capacity is the most important consideration with any CAD software system.

Have you taken a look at the new Mac Studios ? I switched to Mac M1 in 2023 and I am very pleased with the performance of Chief and other CAD software on my Mac. Just my observations. I really had to do a lot of extra work to look after my old PC’s and the same is true of my PC laptop that I have now. They are not as much work as they used to be but I am saving much time with Apple devices these days. They cost a bit more, you can ask other Chief Mac Studio users to chime in.

10 years later lol, I was reading this post because I don’t have X13 to produce automatic purlins. To clarify @DRAWZILLAis correct, we call them under purlins and they can be placed on the angle or vertical and supported with struts, we have pictures of both methods in the Australian Standards AS1684 for timber framing. The other purlins that @Kbird1is referring to, can be timber roof battens fixed on top of the rafters to connect roof tiles to or metal roof sheeting. Thank you for the tips above on how to draw them in versions prior to X13.

It’s alway good to ask the sales team for advice and what older licenses may actually still be transferable ? I wouldn’t hesitate to ask them.

Might be good to ask your question in the Sales Questions part of the forum ?

I haven’t tried this in CA yet but is it possible to draw the profile of the metal standing seam sheet using a 3D molding polyline and then extrude it ? I have drawn corrugated curved roof sheets in CA but I have only used a surface texture to represent the corrugations in the metal. I am sure there are other methods too available in CA right now.

@Renerabbitthad a free wall cut away symbol/tool, that might work for now if it looks right in plan view as well ?

Hi, I am eagerly awaiting for a replay link.

Hey Rob, I am having the same issue on my old HP PC. Do you have the information on how to turn off that setting in windows still ? I would appreciate it if it is still available.

At least until they come up with an un-masking algorithm .

Setting new defaults in accordance with a metric template and Portuguese material defaults can be very beneficial. The builders would certainly appreciate that. Re: An imported imperial DWG could be used as a reference plan for a new one. Of course you would have 50mm walls not 49.xxxxxxxxx mm walls, etc etc. For example: an 8 foot ceiling height would be 2438.4mm approximately but you would set your default in the metric template as 2440mm, rounding to the nearest 10mm. Makes everyone’s job easy. I do all my work in metric in Australia but occasionally I get an old house that was built with imperial units that needs to be remodelled. When I measure up as an as built condition I just round to nearest 10mm where possible. Sometimes I might need to go the nearest 5mm but not less than that. Example. 4 inch stud wall is 100mm. 3 inch 75mm. Etc.

I would consider exporting the imperial floor plan as a DWG and then opening and importing it into a metric template and start modeling over the top of it. That way everything new is metric and it would eliminate many dimensional errors that can occur in transitioning. Another tip is to keep walls and room sizes and other things where possible to nearest 10mm. Check the materials sizes available in Portugal match your elements in your new plan.

I personally wouldn’t drop legacy SSA if I lived in a region where it was affordable like the US. Yeah ! HDP is too limited when you are used to using CA full. So there are still more goodies in X17 ? Come on spill the beans !

It’s certainly not about what other software can and can’t do but what CA can actually improve on. The problem is that you need to have a priority system that indicates how important a request actually is. Yes it will definitely vary from user to user but at least we can indicate on scale of say 1 - 10 how important a request is to us. I think we used to have a rating system in the past and maybe it is time to bring it back again ?

I personally liked the 3D editing tools for the HVAC plumbing pipe. The ability to edit a texture so you can control where it starts and ends including its rotation and its size. I look forward to seeing what other new things have been included in X17.