CarrieS

I recommend the foundation room and the Open below room on floor 1. You might choose the floor 1 walls to be ponywalls so you can get the concrete to the bottom of the doorway. Here's a small example. basement entrance.zip

A quick thought to help continue working if this is too onerous to deal with for the moment, In Preferences> Dialogs/Side Windows there is a setting to "Prefer Physically Based on Launch" for Material Previews. Since this is a PBR related problem, turning this setting off will give you material previews using Standard Rendering technique instead of Physically Based so you can at least see a preview while you're working.

I've not seen that kind of behavior before. Can you attach an example?

Thank you very much!

@tundra_dweller Can you send in a copy of the plan to our Technical Support Center? I'd like to compare against other reports. https://support.chiefarchitect.com/home

@madsnyds Have you tried using the process of creating a Manual Wall Dormer like we show in this article? https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00449/creating-a-manual-wall-dormer.html You'd use a single roof plane for the shed style roof instead of the two for a gable but that would be how I'd tackle it.

Hi @kkitch , I don't believe we have any of those items set up as NVPs currently. I'll log it in our feature request database. I'll mention that if you have any further feature requests I recommend posting them in the Suggestions discussion since they are generally more visible and are easier for us to track there. Requests shared in General Q&A discussions can sometimes be missed. You'll see the Suggestions discussion right below the General Q&A discussion on the ChiefTalk home page. You can also send feature requests directly to suggestions@chiefarchitect.com if you don't want to post publicly. Have a great day!

Hi @EastonBuilders, I hear your frustration. While there isn't currently a dedicated printable grid toggle for layout sheets, your feedback about the workflow and the impact on permitting is important. I've added your comments to our feature request database. I'll mention that feature requests posted in the Suggestions section are generally more visible and are easier for us to track as product feedback. Requests shared in General Q&A discussions can sometimes be missed as feature requests, especially when they're part of older threads. You'll see the Suggestions discussion right below the General Q&A discussion on the ChiefTalk home page. You can also send feature requests directly to suggestions@chiefarchitect.com if you don't want to post publicly. Real-world use cases like this help us better understand where users encounter friction in their workflow. Thanks for sharing. Carrie

Gene is correct. You have the windows on 2 different floors. Even if it doesn't look like it in elevation. In your plan view you have the upper windows on the Attic Level. Cut and paste the windows down to floor 1 and you'll be able to mull them properly.

Videos should be working again.

Thanks for calling this out. A recent update caused an issue with how videos load, so playback is temporarily unavailable. We’re on it and will have things running smoothly again as soon as possible.

A couple of other resources that might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/6120/file-management-overview.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/279/how-chief-architect-stores-files.html

Just wanted to pop this to the top of the feed again. Windows Update is pushing out the broken driver. If you have X18 crashing on you unexpectedly you are probably being affected by this driver push out from Microsoft. You simply need to install the latest NVIDIA Studio driver to recover. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/details/280101/

Hi Shane, I'm looking into the problem. we've found several workarounds but not the core problem just yet. Option1 The quickest to get you moving on your project would be to go to Default Settings> Camera Tools> Full Camera. On the Camera panel of the Full Camera Defaults switch the Lighting from "Automatic" to "Light Set" and use the Default Light Set. Option 2 The problem seems to involve the outside light fixtures on the left side of the plan. I have found that deleting them resolves the issue though it doesn't appear to be just a single item or even specific items outside of a combination of those fixtures. "Flood Light (Motion)" "Caged Lantern Sconce" "Barn sconce 11 inch dia x 12.625" We'll continue poking at the problem to see what we can find out and send it over to our developers for resolution as necessary.

Is it plan specific? If so, can you send it into our Support Center so I can take a closer look? We've also seen strange behavior when going through a docking station or if your monitor is connected to the Motherboard instead of the graphics card.