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I like the Curved Roof Beam under the curved roof section. Those who have X8 beta, can a curved roof beam be formed without a curved roof segment in a cross section? I ask because in the UK, a common design style of home is called the "Barn Style" with chunky timber pillars, rafters and beams and curved beams. If CA could be upgraded so that this style of home, would be very easy to create in CA, this could make CA a significant program of choice in the UK. Not only that but if It could also plug into ArchiCAD and Revit, CA could be the tool of choice for add on programs for producing this style of home as well as its power to create cabinets and the other areas that CA is powerful in. This could be a much better marketing coalition than the Better Homes and Gardens union. I know the users of these major commercial apps would love to have a program like CA in the app add ons folders and would easily pay the price for CA. Cooperation is the way forward in the CAD apps world. I know ArchiCAD are well known for this type of cooperation and would be only too happy to work with the Chiefers. All the best going forward.

Thanks for the above link, facer_03.

Programmers get paid well and SSA helps pay them too. CA is a good residential modeling program. Not the only one out there though. To be completely fair the complexity of stair design, especially when it becomes customized can require its on special application. When stairs are automated not too much can be done, if we want to achieve a high level of customization. A major weakness of CA is its limitations to plug in with other 3d modeling apps. CA has great strength with cabinet design with its speed and ease of use but it would be good for it plug into the big leading commercial CAD apps one day, if not with X8 then maybe X9 or XX. Good work so far with X8.

Yeah I like to be fair, I give praise when it is warrented like with corner windows. I am not hijacking a thread. I am waiting for the full list on X8. We still all have to make decisions about the type of CAD we will go with too.

Lock and unlock works for all!

Good move for QTY take off, well done!

Ouch!..I once went to the US when it was only 0.63 in 1999.

Yes thats true and that was the time to buy up big on US goodies!

Seamless! Nice no work around.

Hope so Scott, our AUD is 72 cents, not so good for us down under.

Yeah whatever?...X8 better be good for SSA to go to $495.00 IMO.

SSA was $395.00 Once.

They are going to publish the list of the X8 release soon as promised. We can wait till then if we are not beta testing this time.

Does X8 plug into other apps yet?

Are SPDs linked to the 3d structure and can they effect a change of floor or roof height without throwing out other 3d elements?

Maybe Justin time?

Yeah Cool, 2 hands 2 mice, LH 3D navigation, if you have a RH conventional mouse, sqeeky clean! Waiting on the X8 release notes now, not too much praise guys as there are lots of CAD software programs out there in the same field that we need to catch and beat in all areas of functionality. Extra 2d tool kits, 3d element drawing of walls etc., Complete ML accurate take off, to name a few.

I don't know what others think but CA to me is very easy to learn and use. The problems come when you need a work around so that's when you need to ask and search on this forum. I have been using CA since V6 and that's probably why I find it easy? As I have been around and seen it develop with input from us users too!..All the best Terry with learning CA and I agree about having the training videos properly organised for the latest vesrion.

Not X8 due rating?

X8 is the Moon Landing Version?

Cool! That will help some of us make a decision.

Absolutely!

JC above is the customization wizard, custom kitchen designer Architect. He has lots of videos posted on this site for you to learn his tricks of the trade as he has helped many a user.

Extremely Funny! It is confusing but it all has to do with the way CA works with 3d room modules system of programming. Richard, if we put it in AC terminology our 3d room modules are created with "Zones" as you know and they are more simple than a CA 3d room module. In AC A Zone is basically a 3d polyline that represents the inside volume of a room definition. Other elements are not directly connected to the Zone in AC but they are in CA and thats is why CA works the way it does. CA needs revision and I hope when they do that, in a Story Pole Slab system to re-write the old CA code. Ask Doug Parks what he thinks?

Hi Ryan, have you got SSA, if so you can view some training videos on roofing online from the CA website that will show you step by step how to edit roof planes, build roofs and add automatic dormers etc. Specific to your problem you may have to change the settings of the upper dormer room and or the room underneath so the roof will not automatically build around it? You need to enter the room dialog box to change how the roof will build over the rooms in question.