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    Split a Roof Plane

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    Way to go ! Chopsaw, I have never heard of this technique before. Tearing off a strip or give it the “scourging” treatment. I would like to see it illustrated or a video on “Scourging a roof plane” cool !

    Spacemouse

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    On 4/20/2023 at 1:46 AM, DRAWZILLA said:

    I never got used to mine so I gave it to my grandkid, he loves it.

    I understand why now because the 3D navigation works better with a standard mouse. I tested it in X10 and X8 as well and it wasn’t that fluid. I think we need to find out how others here get it to work more smoothly like the person in the video above apparently does ?

    Spacemouse

    in General Q & A

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    When you install it, it gives you quick training exercises to learn how to navigate in 3D. The game is to move the tea pot. I got one this year and I absolutely love it.

     

    Yes it’s very sensitive but if you apply very light pressure on the direction you want to navigate in, it will work good for you. One hand on the conventional mouse and the other on the spacemouse when you need to navigate in 3D.

     

    To learn how to use it with CA, please see this video on Facebook.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/ChiefArchitect/videos/chief-architect-x8-3d-mouse-support/1343304632365452/

    Graphics

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Rich_Winsor said:

    Interesting observation. I have the exact opposite

    problem with Windows. I spend too much time

    trying to keep it from wanting it to update itself

    whether or not I want to update. Go figure. :rolleyes:

    Oh yeah ! That too !

    Graphics

    in General Q & A

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    8 hours ago, TeaTime said:

    Yes I know but also 

    so an assumption can be made that Mac isn't probably the best fit. He doesn't list his version, so maybe he's using X14 or older and it doesn't matter, but if he plans on upgrading at any point, then it's very valid information to consider.

    No shade to Mac, they're just going in a different direction.

    Yes I understand and with a laptop you don’t want a slow performance with work like that and sitting around waiting for your render to produce.

     

    I have moved over to a Mac Studio recently because I was fed up with the amount of house keeping time it took to maintain a windows PC. Even my Microsoft surface pro still takes up too much time keeping it up to date.

     

    I hope that Apple will produce a laptop specifically designed to handle real time RT renders better than it has up to now.

    Graphics

    in General Q & A

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    8 hours ago, TeaTime said:

     

    re: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-02761/chief-architect-minimum-system-requirements.html#X15

    For GPU real-time ray tracing, a Windows computer with an NVIDIA RTX or an AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card is required.

    Mac simply doesn't support the real time ray tracing that Chief has implemented.

    For X15, the recommended laptops are at the bottom of this list from your link. If they want to test an Apple first then that is their choice to do so. If it doesn’t perform as expected they can always consider other options too.

     

    Recommended:

    • 32 GB of RAM
    • 512 GB SSD
    • PC
      • Desktops:
        • Intel i9 / AMD Ryzen 5000
        • 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800
      • Laptops:
        • Minimum 15" screen
        • Intel i7
        • 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800M
    • Mac
      • Desktops:
        • Mac Pro
      • Laptops:
        • MacBook Pro 16"
        • Metal GPUFamily: Apple M1 or newer
        • 8 GB video memory

     

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    Graphics

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Michael_Gia said:


    Great if you’re editing videos and photos. 
     

    Not so good for rendering. 
     

    Bad advice, I would say. For this forum, at least. 
     

    and I’m a self admitted Apple fanboy.

    I am just showing what some Apple products are capable of in comparison to other popular video cards that are out there.

     

    There might be a mobile Apple alternative out there that can do a good job of real time rendering as well ?

     

    My advice would be to test an Apple laptop first before buying if that is possible? I guess you may have tested the new MacBook pros with the M2 Apple Silicon in them ?

     

    You guys who do high end rendering would know what works with mobile devices. 

     

    All good !

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chief Architect Software Licensing Changes Beginning January 10, 2023

    in Announcements

    Posted

    10 hours ago, basilbabaa said:

    So I have used CA essentially as a hobbyist since X2.  I also used it for about 5 years to create simple plans views and 3D renderings for my Metal building business, from which I am now retired.  Currently, I am using it to design a remodel of our home as well as I sometimes crank out simple plans for friends and family.  That said, after all these years, I am still a very simple user and hardly touch the software's capabilities, but I have paid for SSA because it was reasonably priced.  

     

    I also realize that the world is rapidly changing, and everything is moving to a recurring revenue model.  And yet even those models are under threat of AI domination.  It's hard to navigate the rapidity of change.  Just today, I watched a guy on YouTube code a simple but working landing page with a working input field that was programmatically published on his GitHub account simply by talking to Siri, which he connected to ChatGPT through an application he wrote and called Jarvis.  When some of the world's mega-corps build APIs and connect their design softwares to AI...  well, will design capability one day be available to everyone simply by talking to a machine?  Or will it only be in the control of a few?  Who knows.  The economic disruption of this is...  well, who even is smart enough to contemplate what that future will actually look like other than the many movies we have all seen. Do we even need money?  LOL.

     

    I was very dissatisfied when I moved from X12 to X13 because X13 it ruined my ability to generate decent 3D renderings.  This was fixed in X14.

     

    BUT FOR TODAY AND NOW...  While the initial cost plus $600 yearly seemed reasonable to me, and while I can afford it, I cannot justify $199/mo for this hobby.  But I'd like to be able to keep my CA and use it.

     

    So I just want to know, can I use my X14 until it stops working due to limitations in operating system evolution?  And essentially, I am confused as to whether I should move to X15.  And/or is CA offering lifetime past users the ability to continue with SSA pricing?

     

    Can someone summarize for me in simple bullet points or point me to another page or thread that does so?

     

    Thanks.

    Hey Basil, your AMSM1 Ultra machine can handle the X15 video card requirements easily for now and into the future with its huge GPU capacity.

     

    My older PC machine couldn't produce the 3D views or cross sections with testing the CAX15 demo so I will have to download it again, this time for my Mac to be able to test it out properly.

     

    “Mac M1 compared to Nvidia & AMD video cards link below”

     

    https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/10/19/m1-pro-and-m1-max-gpu-performance-versus-nvidia-and-amd

     

     

     

    CORNER WINDOW

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    3 hours ago, raltd9245 said:

    Chief nevedr seems to make it easy. I jusyt do not think like they do!!!

     

    Oh they make it easier than some other CAD out there but hard to figure out the tricks of the trade.

     

    Thanks GD, VH & JB on how to do this trick.

    Webinar video for X15 available to view yet ?

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    14 hours ago, PhillipCA said:

     

    You can view the summary video at https://www.chiefarchitect.com/whats-new/

     

    You can view the full session from Thursday 3/2/23 at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3968776710412881325

     

     

    You got to be brave when you get lots of questions from users who are clearly not sure on how to get around simple problems.

     

    Cabinets one inch from the back of the wall ? Try an invisible wall one inch thick or ask here on the forum for more options. Use a custom counter top with a one inch overhang on the back end. etc.

     

    Corner cabinet should just be square and you put small side ones to make up the distance to get rid of the line in elevation.

     

    No software is perfect and they never will be. We just have to find our way around problems that can come up.

     

    I didn’t want to waste anymore time hearing questions that they can simply ask here on the forum. They can also raise there issues here on the forum as well.

     

    The webinar was about X15 not about teaching others how to use the software.

     

    You need to set up question delay time before it gets to the presenter just Incase it has nothing to do with X15. 

     

    Some questions were good and to the point.

     

    I think you handled them quite well. I think you have more patience that I would have with some of those questions :).

    X15 Automatic Truss Framing with Upper Pitch Roof

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    Drag multiple copies does the same thing usually. I used a Bostich timber truss framing application with the old DOS system input in the late 80’s to design trusses for manufacturing in our family truss making plant. The more complicated the roof got the more likely you were to send it off to an engineer at head office to complete the design of girder trusses and supporting beams etc.

     

    Chief Architect is not engineering software so trusses we build in that application should only be for a guide. I always get the truss manufactures to engineer them first and finish my drawings after importing a DWG from them first.

    Chief Architect Software Licensing Changes Beginning January 10, 2023

    in Announcements

    Posted

    I don’t think it’s greed because they are still allowing SAA for long time users to continue if they opted for it within the allotted time.

     

    It’s definitely an updated system now with no more Chief Interiors product being offered. Most of those users will be migrated to Chief Premier if they want to continue to be upgraded because they could also choose an SSA option before the expiry date.

     

    The SSA period is over for us who didn’t upgrade within the specified period.

     

    The best decision IMO would be to offer both an SSA option or a subscription option for new users. Of course SSA perpetual licensing would cost more because if you miss your SSA the upgrade fee naturally increases.

     

    I am not testing X15 but it is obvious that the former Interior users will get a good look in with X15 and future releases of Chief Premier.

     

    Maybe I should have upgraded before the allotted time ?

     

    Circumstances in life change for all of us, to me not continuing SSA or upgrading before the expiry date was a no brainer if you lived in the US.

     

    I look forward to what X15 has to offer and I am glad that I can still get a 50% discount for my first year if I wanted to upgrade to X15.