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Thanks so much for doing these and sharing!! They work great.

15 hours ago, DianeP said:

BTW you have a great name, but you spell it wrong, lol!

ha ha!! Well, maybe 2 "n's" is the right way 

20 hours ago, DianeP said:

I found this on their website

This is a great idea. I go to websites like Kohler, GE, etc to find a model number to search for what I need in the Chief Catalog. 

On 2/23/2021 at 12:06 PM, Chrisb222 said:

But yeah parametric doors that worked like windows would be great!

Not perfect as the bottom part does not include a panel but this works for flexibility with the lites and dimensions around the glass.

@Rich_Winsor This post made me laugh!! Love the follow up comments as well. Such as nice change from posts about not knowing how to do something or Chief not doing something. 

On 12/21/2020 at 9:34 AM, robdyck said:

Thanks so much for the tip on using the Clopay material for the woodgrain ship-lap siding. Perfect timing as I was looking for this as well. I increased the scale of the texture and chose Chief's pattern "planking 2x6" under framing, rotated and scaled it.

2 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

make a Save-As > Client Meeting Plan , so they can go crazy if they need to in front of the Client with the Paint Can, and then transfer the final selections back to the Working Plan correctly later.

This is what I do. In addition to using the paint can for material options, I feel comfortable quickly showing design options.  If needed, I'll do another save-as. All design elements and materials are then incorporated into the working plan. 

1 hour ago, jtcapa1 said:

See the new Houzz Pro 3d App

Did anyone who watched this video notice the wall going through the closet door? Ha Ha!!

In addition to what others have mentioned, I was hoping for the ability to copy and to rotate / flip section and elevation cameras.

18 hours ago, CADustin said:

If you have a sec, can you tell me what all you would need it to do?

Top of the list:

*** Brick patterns / materials for use around arched and half round windows that display correctly. *** 

Other than what you listed:

Multiple coursing options - regular, stacked, soldier, multiple solider courses (half over full, etc.)

Solider brick created to match the brick / mortar material

Control over the size of the soldier brick (half or full brick)

8 hours ago, Ridge_Runner said:

Arched brick would be on my list at the very top!

Agree!!

On 10/16/2020 at 5:20 PM, robdyck said:

https://brick.com/onlinetools

Arches will still be laborious.

Thank you. I've used this in the past and will check it out again. 

Dustin,

I've watched the reply of Thursday's webinar.  I've not used the substance player yet as currently we rarely get too detailed with interior materials. However, we do get detailed with exterior materials. Having a way to control brick materials with Substance Player would be awesome!!! Also, changing mortar color would be so helpful. I'm not sure if this tool would help in creating better solider brick for over arches, but if it could, that would be fantastic. 

Thank you for all the tips today. I especially found helpful using the box rather than a countertop for the bench so the top plane could be rotated.

On 9/19/2020 at 10:25 PM, Kbird1 said:

Locate this nahimic blacklist

C:\ProgramData\A-Volute\A-Volute.Nahimic\Modules\Scheduled\Configurator\BlackApps.dat

 

and insert your affected executable application to avoid injecting your application by Nahimic tested on Substance Painter.exe

There is no needed to restart PC or Nahimic Service Just save file.

This has worked for me, so far at least. For my laptop Alienware m17r3 the file location is:

C:\ProgramData\A-Volute\DellInc.AlienwareSoundCenter\Modules\ScheduledModules\Configurator\BlackApps.dat

On 9/19/2020 at 10:25 PM, Kbird1 said:

removing Sonic Radar solved it for me, there was no need to remove Sonic Studio or the " Nahimic Service" which is needed for Sonic Studio to work also , though some have reported they had to remove both the Sonic Apps.

Thank you, Mick, for following up on this thread and posting the links.

Search the forums for Nahimic service. This is related to sound system. There's been several good posts recently with ideas to deal with this issue. 

Thank you Scott and all others. I had to leave before the end. Date night with the husband. 

5 hours ago, BeachHouse1 said:

for a 60 year old, that's a pretty big step.

Awe, 60's not old. Haven't you heard.....60 is the new 40   I was 51 when I made the switch.

1 hour ago, Renerabbitt said:

Dev team is still focusing on Stair Tool improvements for X-13

That's great news, and not surprised. There's improvement with most every release, and a huge improvement since I started with X6

Hi Joe and welcome to the Chief. I'm not sure about it being life altering but it definitely will change work life for the better.

We, my employee and I, transitioned from VisionRez  to Chief in 2014 after discovering it in a magazine I think. My Vrez sales person had told me that Vrez will soon stop developing for AA and switching to Revit. I had no desire to learn Revit. I had been using VRez probably since or 2005. Before that used AA by itself, before that - straight Autocad. (I've been designing houses for a living since 1989). So a similar background as you. In the beginning VRez was being developed and improved, but then the company was sold. It was still so much better for residential than AA only but no comparison to Chief Architect Premier.

With experience in Autocad / AA / VisonRez, the transition to Chief was not difficult at all, especially the 3D modeling tools. Everyday was awesome, finding features that were soooo much better than in VRez. The only learning curves I remember was getting used to how to dimension in CA, complete cd's, and missing the stair tools of VRez. Chief has improved stairs since X6 but still not as easy as VRez. For those that have never used VRez, p-lines could be drawn in any shape and converted to stairs. I do not remember struggling with railings either, but it's been awhile. As I remember, Vrez developed their own stair and roof tools rather than using AA's tools. CA's roof tools are better the VRez so it was a wash with the stair tool lacking.

Back to the transition to CA: The modeling part was a fun and easy transition (except for stairs). We went through the User's Guide / Tutorial and was using CA exclusively in no time. If a project was still in the design stage, we started over in CA. In some cases, after showing our clients the better visualization tools in CA, we redrew almost completed plans in CA with the client paying extra for this. This process also helped us gain experience, speed, exploration of multiple tools by allowing us to focus not on design, but just the tools.

I'm sure with your background, you'll have no problem and it will be fun. I highly recommend purchasing Chief, and with SSA. Awesome new features are added yearly, great support, and a great company.

38 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

The big plus however, was the improved dedicated graphics card on the tablet portion, effectively making it a graphics tablet.

The quadro card is future proof for my general use for the expected usefulness-cycle of a laptop,

I'll be very interested in your review -  interested to know about the cooling aspect, and if the tablet portion can handle 3d views in Chief. Not that using 3D in tablet mode is important, just curious. I had not considered the quadro card as Chief is my only design program. I, too, am looking for a laptop to last 4-6 years. My AW is just shy of 4 years old, and could probably be fine for a little longer. But having something that is zippier would be a nice improvement. Also, having something that is easier to take on site for as-built drawings would be awesome.

On 4/8/2020 at 5:04 PM, Renerabbitt said:

Wait for the Surface Book 3, one of the few options that check all of the boxes you just mentioned

Just wondering what your thoughts are on the specs of the Surface Book 3, now that they're ready for pre-order. I am considering this as a replacement for my Alienware 17 R3. I believe you had mentioned in another post that you are hoping the SB3 will have a Thunderbolt port, and I do not see that listed in the specs. Is this a deal breaker for you?

To follow up on Chopsaw's reply: before you rotate the plot plan, insert the north pointer (under the line toolbar drop down). Make sure the north pointer matches the orientation of your plot plan. Then rotate the north pointer with your plot plan so that the property line bearings stay correct.

1 hour ago, dshall said:

- and any other ideas will be welcome

Terrains would be a good topic, especially using terrain breaks and regular walls, rather than retaining walls. Thanks. Looking forward to the workshop.

On 2/24/2020 at 7:20 PM, LeRoyWells said:

Hi    I am a custom home builder in Murfreesboro and I would love to get a user group together

www.wellscustomhomes.com

wellscustomhomestn@gmail.com

615-691-0634

LeRoy G Wells

I'm all in for a Nashville TN area user group. Let's set a date and place to make this happen. General question for those interested: when would usually be the best day / time to meet? Weekend, day during the week, evening during the week?

You can adjust the spacing to eliminate the one in the center. Then place one in the center manually, making in the height you want. This manually placed newel will be separate from your railing. 

On 4/28/2019 at 11:14 AM, Chopsaw said:

This can be done but the catch is you need to make the paper size adjustment in layout and print the different paper sizes separately

17 hours ago, Michael_Gia said:

Dont mean to hijack the thread but yet another reason to have the option to create construction documents from the plan file. 

I think this is more a reason to be able to have a different page size set for each template in a layout. Even if you print the pages separately, at least the page sizes and orientations won't have to be changed and then changed back. (Suggestion request has already been made.)