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    Chief Architect 3D Viewer - for Mobile Devices

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    On 11/16/2016 at 10:50 AM, OkcDesigner said:

    I do not understand why I did not just do this the other night....... maybe next to last line in signature.

     

    I would like to share my Chief Architect® 3D Viewer model, "Plan 2292", with you.

    To view the model I’ve shared:

        1.  Open the 3D Viewer app
        2.  Tap the settings icon
        3.  Select the 'Cloud' option
        4.  Log in to your Chief Architect account
        5.  Tap the folder icon
        6.  Select the 'Shared' option
        7.  Tap 'Activate Share Invitation'
        8.  Enter this code: 25426 00611 31038

    If you do not have a Chief Architect account, take a moment to create one, it’s free.

    If you haven’t already, you can download the free 3D Viewer app to your mobile device.

        iTunes App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/3d-viewer-by-chief-architect/id1083656847?ls=1&mt=8
        Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ChiefArchitect.Viewer3D

    For more information about the Chief Architect® 3D Viewer app, visit https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3DV

     

     I cant get this message when i hit share, nothing happens, will this only work with an outlook email account, i use a gmail account.

    Can anyone tell me how to get this to work with a web based email interface?

     

     

    Exporting to Virtual Reality

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    Hi Simplay, I want to offer my clients a vr view of their renovation. Ie standing or walking around inside their space seeing the proposed new design.

    Have you done anymore work on this?

    I have cax7 professional

    Love to hear how this vr thing is progressing and how I might use it going forward.

    David

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    Exporting to Virtual Reality

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    Ok, I got it working. Actually I use Home Designer Architectural so I cannot export 3D stuff but I know someone who can.

    • In Chief create a "Perspective Full Overview." 3D->Create Perspective View->Perspective Full Overview
    • Then Export to dae format (3D Collada). File->Export->Export 3D COLLADA Model (DAE)
    • Now backup the entire plan to a zip file. File->Backup Entire Plan->Backup Plan Files and all Referenced Files. Also Check "Send Backup Files to Zip Archive"
    • Extract the zip files to a folder, copy in the dae file you exported.
    • Open Unity. Go to Assets, Materials, and copy all your files from the Backup Plan archive here, except the .plan and .dae file.
    • Copy the dae file to the Assets directory.
    • Finally click the dae file in Unity and under Materials, ensure Import Materials is checked and these to options are selected: Material Naming: By Base Texture Name; Material Search: Recursive-Lookup.
    Now you should be able to copy your dae file to the Unity Scene window and see your plan including textures.

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    Material definition for cabinet gables, where is ?

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    It would be nice to have simple control over the gables- and there are times where it can be really annoying that panels and drawer fronts use the same material.

    BTW I more often see different finish on doors and drawer than the entire box so had never dealt with this but here ya go. Only spent a few minutes on this but should get you going I hope.

     

    What is the best way to get where you want really depends on what type of cabinet construction you are using.

    The side panels were selected from the library NOT the drop down list. Used material painter in component mode to change colors.

    For inset you would need to get rid of the standard toe, float the cabinet up and add a separate one. For full overlay I'd just paint the side and be done with it as close enough.

    Thanks mark, so it ,looks like no quick way to change all the cabinet components at once, 3 things, cabinet faces, cabinets, panels.

    Dedicated video card?

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    How much does the Asus weigh? I know that you mentioned that you wanted light weight. I carry my macbook with me everywhere and its 3.5 pounds. After a while it gets heavy. I had to sacrifice the size/performance of the 15" for function and got the 13" because I always need a computer with me. I used to carry a heavier laptop around in college so I knew weight becomes an issue.

    My current laptop weighs 2.6kg or 5.7lbs...I7, 8gb ddr3, 1tb drive, gt 540m 1gb....

     

    I take my laptop to clients homes to input 3d model and again to show them final design..i wanted something somewhat light

    but good enough not to hamper me with ca.

     

    This one below is 5lbs...a mac book pro 15" = 4.4lbs...also $3k...love to have this but it is twice the price.

    I wonder if new 13" mac book pro would work..still about 3lbs...$2300..if this would work it would be very compact, not available for 4-5 weeks

     

     

    Acer Aspire VN7-592G-77LB English Gaming Notebook, i7-6700HQ

     
      Memory:
    • Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ, 2.60 GHz
    • 8 MB Cache
    • 16 GB DDR4

    Drives:

    • 1 TB hard drive
    • 256 GB SSD
    • SD card reader
    • No optical drive

    Display and Video Graphics:

    • 15.6 in FHD Acer Comfyview LED-backlit display, (1920 x 1080)
    • 4 GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M Graphics

    Audio:

    • Dolby® Digital Plus Home Theater™

    Communication:

    • 10/100/1000 LAN
    • Wireless 802.11 b/g/n/ac WLAN
    • Bluetooth 4.0

    Keyboard and Pointing Device:

    • English keyboard
    • Multi-gesture touchpad pointing device

    Ports:

    • 2 x USB 3.0
    • 1 x USB 2.0
    • 1 HDMI
    • 1 RJ-45
    • 1 x headphone-out/microphone-in combo jack

    Operating System:

    • Microsoft® Windows® 10 – English Only

    Power Supply: 

    • 3-cell 52.5 W lithium-ion battery

    Specifications:

    • Dimensions (W x D x H):  38.98 cm x 26.16 cm x 2.28 cm; (15.35 in. x 10.3 in. x 0.9 in.)  
    • Weight (approximate): 2.3 kg (5.07 lb.)

    Material definition for cabinet gables, where is ?

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    Is there no way to define gables material from cabinet faces?

    I want to be able to show a customer different cabinet scenarios...too bad cabinet and drawer/doors cant be controlled all at once?

     

    cabinets and doors and drawers are under materials but gables you have to go into cabinets to change, shouldnt gables be set from cabinet doors?

     

     

    Dedicated video card?

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    There is also this one for 1850 cdn

     

    Asus ROG GL502VT-Q72S-CB Bilingual Gaming Notebook, i7-6700HQ

     

    Processor and Memory:

    • Intel Core i7-6700HQ, 2.6 GHz
    • 16 GB DDR4L

    Drives:

    • 1 TB 7200 rpm
    • 128 GB M.2 SSD
    • No optical drive
    • SD, MMC, MS card reader

    Display and Video Graphics:

    • 15.6-in. IPS FHD display (1920 x 1080)
    • 6 GB NVIDIA GTX970M Graphics

    Communication:

    • Wireless 802.11 AC
    • Bluetooth 4.1
    • HD Web camera

    Keyboard and Pointing Device:

    • Illuminated bilingual keyboard
    • Gaming mouse

    Blind corner cabinet question

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    HI everyone, i am trying to make a blind corner cabinet and it is not working.

    it looks like there needs to be a filler so door on either cabinet can open but ca makes it an

    opening and will not allow any modification to this.

     

    What am i doing wrong?

     

    Any help is appreciated.

     

    David

     

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    How to clean up user catalog?

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    Thanks Jere, i can do this for some of the small folders, but i have some very large folders that are duplicated.

    I have 6 texture folders with over 14,000 objects in each...so i select and right click and delete file, ca copies items first and then deleted them, it takes about 15-20 mins to do this for just one.

     

    I thought there might be a location on my drive that i could delete duplicates easier.

     

    David

    As-built cadd detail

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    Hi everyone, i am doing a reno design and did a asbuilt plan and then converted it to a cadd detail.

    When this is done the fixtures change from my initial colour i have chosen as orange to black.

    If i explode the fixtures then i can change some lines back to orange but some i cant and some

    like the sinks show all the areas as triangles that turn the fixture a solid colour.

     

    Any ideas on the best way to keep these one colour.

    I want to load this cadd file in background to show existing plan while i revise for reno.

     

    David

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    Bluetooth Laser Measuring Device

    in General Q & A

    Posted

    i called bosch and they confirmed they glm 50c sends the same data as the glm 100c only difference is the 100c scans to 330' vs 165'

     

    I called CA and they said that according to their supported devices the glm 50c is not one of them.  The program recognizes the glm 50c i dont understand why the room planer will not take data?

     

    Come on Chief add this to the supported devices, it cant be so hard when the glm 100c is already there.

     

    David