Steve-C

They've been touting an LG 5k monitor that's getting marginal reviews. I'm like you, I wish they still made their own monitors.

iMac Pro comes out later this year. https://www.apple.com/imac-pro/

I have the same issue on my Windows 10 machine, and it's pretty spec'd out. My MacBook Pro loads in no time. I did create a few more folders for specific items and it seemed to help, but still a noticeable lag.

Thanks Richard. I remember that thread from a few months back but a search did not bring it up. Has anyone heard if legacy shadows will be brought back?

Why did they get rid of this in X9? Is there a setting to get better quality shading than the image attached? I've got hardware edge smoothing set to "high". I've also experimented with bloom and ambient occlusion with very little results.

Wow! I guess folks will do whatever it takes to meet egress codes

Try recessing the door

This! Heaven forbid these guys have to add or subtract 1 3/4" or 2 3/4"!

I've noticed more crashes on my Windows machine than my Mac which is unusual. However the auto archive function has worked on both. I had one instance recently where a crash occurred about an hour into an elevation plan. I constantly save plans but didn't think to save the camera view and you guessed it.... camera view was lost, my fault. Just a reminder to others, save your elevation windows after the first line is drawn! :-)

I use auto exterior dimensions and max out the reach under defaults, otherwise you'll be doing more manual stuff than necessary. Interior auto dimensions are a nightmare, I tried it a few times and never looked back. I would say 80% to 90% of my dimensions are done manually. I personally round to the nearest inch on most of my dimensions but I occasionally drop to 1/2" depending on the situation. That would clean up some of what you are seeing. You may also want to reduce the number size to 4" or 5", you're currently at 6". I would also recommend setting your "locate objects" default for openings to center rather than sides. My personal preference is to use a slash at 3" rather than an arrow, it saves room on those close dimensions.

I've done this as well, huge time saver. Since I fully committed to this a few years back it has cut my design time by at least 25%.

Thank you sir! Figured it was simple but that was almost too simple. I should have figured that one out on my own. Thanks again!

Is there a way to adjust the darkness of the shading in an elevation view? I tried adjusting the light intensity with no result. This particular plan has a fairly deep front porch and the walls seem to get lost because they are all shaded. I could lower the angle of the light source but then I lose much of the shading effect on the gables and overhangs.

Now thats what I call a room addition! It makes the original house look like a storage shed. Nice work.

It's a subtle lagging of the mouse pointer that has bugged me since the Mac version of CA was introduced. For me turning off the crosshairs resolved the issue. I hate the magic mouse, in fact I hate any mouse on a Mac. The "accelerated pointer" software they use drives me absolutely insane. I only use the trackpad. Even when hooked up to my 32" monitor I use the Magic Trackpad.

Nice! Have only downloaded X9 on my field measuring machine but really have not had time to work with it. I'll be curious to see how this works.

I suppose I should use this opportunity to give some props to the developers of CA as well. They have done good job of improving the efficiency of the program.

Yes it's Iris Pro. Integrated graphics have made huge strides in the last few years. Obviously it's still better to have a graphics card but it's not as critical an element as it used to be. My Sony touch screen has built in graphics and a dual core processor and it runs pretty well too. Of course I mostly use if for inputing field measurements but I have built 3D models with it.

I was posting in another thread earlier about Mac's and PC's and I decided to revisit something that has bother me for years; the jumpy Mac pointer. I felt this deserved it's own thread because it is rarely mentioned but I know the problem exists among other Mac users. I've owned a few Mac's and PC's over the years and this is one issue that has plagued me on Mac's (iMac and Macbook Pro). I've (sort of) gotten used to it but I wished it would just work better. Well, I have good news and bad news, the good news is I finally figured out the problem, the bad news is you will have to turn off your cross hairs. I just figured this out this morning so time will tell if I can get used to not having the cross hairs, but man it sure is nice to have a smooth pointer again!

cweber, I am currently using last years Macbook pro 15" i7 2.2 ghz processor with no dedicated graphics card and it runs admirably. I picked it up mainly to have a decent machine for travel but it worked so well that it's my main rig now. I even run it on a BenQ 32" 2560 x 1440 and it still runs like a top. The advances in hardware and software over the last 3 or 4 years have been nothing short of amazing. As recently as 4 years ago you could never walk in to a Best Buy and pull something off the shelf that ran CA efficiently, now you could easily do that. With that said, I plan on upgrading to the new Macbook pro this year if for no other reason than to have a larger drive. The system I bought last year only has a 256gb drive which was fine for a travel machine but not my main rig. When I do upgrade I will very likely get the lower end model (2.6ghz i7 with the 450 gpu) mainly because it will be light years faster that the system I'm already happy with. To clarify, I almost never do any ray tracing. If I do I will use my Windows desktop rig mainly because of the cooling capacity. I mostly do residential home design, my largest plans come in around 7000 to 8000sf under roof but most are under 5000 with an average file size under 15MB. If you are doing larger commercial projects you should consider going with the 2.9ghz processor and the 460 gpu. Also, go with at least a 512gb drive, they are nominally faster drives but worth the upgrade. As a rule I try not to let my drive get more than 50% full, advice I got from a friend in the hardware design business. Also worth mentioning, the speeds of this year's SSD's are insane! Another Mac advantage in my usage experience is Finder verses Windows Explorer. Finder is much simpler to organize than file explorer in my opinion. Why Windows hasn't added the ability to tag folders after all these years is beyond me. That is my most used feature in Finder. Anyway, hope this helps.

The real issue is that I like using two finger scroll on every other app but CA. That particular gesture is horribly glitchy on my Macbook. However, pinch to zoom in and out is as smooth as butter, even better than Windows with a mouse, go figure. As for the scroll bars I never use them anyway, I was just responding to some previous comments, but thanks again.

Nice option but it sucks if you are back and forth between CA and just about any other app. Guess I could just keep that window open. Helpful info though, thanks.

He's right, toggled on there are still no scrolls on screen full time, if fact I'm not really sure if there is even a way to use the scroll bars on a mac. I just did a hotkey for "pan window" and I just drag my way around the screen. That has worked out pretty well for me, mainly because that's what I do on my Windows machines.

This has been an issue for me for some time now. I bought an iMac 2 or 3 years ago and I tried several different mice, some wired and some wireless with no positive results.I ended up selling it to a relative mainly because of this one issue. I also notice it on my Macbook Pro but it's only when using CA. I've never experienced this issue with any Windows machine. I would love to see this issue resolved or at lease get some input as to what settings can be changed to alleviate the problem.

Fusion drive is ok but I would go all SSD if I could afford it. Most people can deal with a 512gb SSD on their laptop if it's not their main rig, unless you use it for heavy media use.