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Can we somehow manipulate door lite count? Trying to get one vertical. Or do we have a manufacturer in the 3d library that has these? Thanks guys!

2 hours ago, bonddesigngroup said:

I find it very perplexing how the software creates a foundation and foundation walls under a porch or patio that does not allow you to extend past the columns? No one places a column at the extents of the concrete in the real world.  I have to create a slab that extends out past to make it work, but Level 0 won't show the slab even when its turned on so I have to create poly lines to "represent" the porch concrete extents or try to somehow reference the slab from level 1. If something changes, the poly lines have to be changed manually creating the possibility and probability that the foundation plan will not match the floor plan.  This is very problematic and can cause serious and expensive errors in the field if this is not caught. If I turn off the foundation wall layer, I might as well manually create a foundation plan using poly lines.  If I have to manually draw a plan set I might as well use a 2d drafting tool like AutoCAD. When using the railing tool to create the porch columns, this problem is worse. I manually create posts for columns and slabs for porches, then use attic walls for the header (creating the room). This seems to work better, but there needs to be a better way to create covered porches.  I have been using Chief for almost a year and so I'm still new and very frustrated at the amount of time that is wasted trying to figure out work arounds.  The foundation tool needs to be improved to make it more user friendly. It has dialogue that was obviously created by a software engineer without any real world understanding of how concrete is designed or fabricated.  The software sees a foundation wall and a slab footing as the same object, but it has some sort of concrete rail that sits on top of it that cannot be turned off or controlled in a manner that is useful.  Example when creating a foundation grade beam under a recessed garage floor without a wall above it, it wants to project a concrete curb above the slab that cannot be turned off.  The dialogue for controlling the functions are not very well laid out and create an extreme amount of confusion. 

HAHA, I have been thinking the same thing for years and just modify everything to suit.

18 hours ago, BenBorgaz said:

Hey guys, 

I got a file from my architect of 2 story project we are working on, ever since my Chief is super slow...to the point where i would have the most simplest model and making a small change like color or something and it would take like few min as opposed to before when it was like 5 sec. 

 

Computer specs are above and behind so im sure its not to do with that, I9 96G RAM, 4080TI graphic card, 4 TB SSD.

 

Please any help, I cannot work like this :/ 

I feel your pain on this sometimes. Oddly enough alot of times I just reboot the PC and it works good again. I shouldn't be having this with my setup either.

1 hour ago, Renerabbitt said:

Ha, thats a pretty bad version to set just the way you want it since you aren't taking advantage of linked callouts and relink views as well as a few other features that completely changed my templates for faster sets

I believe ya man, I know you speak truth but I was hearing about a lot of bugs earlier on so I wanted to wait.

4 hours ago, Ryan-M said:

It causes the view to stop rendering when it reaches the specified number of Max Export Samples.  In X15 the view will denoise at this point.  If it's left unchecked the view will continue to render indefinitely.

Oh ok. I have been noticing lately that two years into my 3080 card it is starting to sound like a jet taking off when I do physically based so I was wondering how to take some of the stress off it.

What does "cap live samples" do when checked?

3 hours ago, mtldesigns said:

Wow.. there is going be a huge difference in a lot of things for you.  Plenty of new car smells, with bells and whistles too.  Shoot, I just start getting used to the new stuff when another release comes out.  :-)

HA, I have become quite comfortable with X13 and have everything set just like I want it. Waiting until the last of December and ordering a new dell Alienware and upgrading then then.

When does Chief plan to release X16? Isn't the beta version usually released this time of the year? Nothing more than curiousity as I plan to finally upgrade from X13 in January.

22 hours ago, DBCooper said:

If you end up having to do some more advanced brick work, you might want to check out this tech article:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00797/creating-a-soldier-course.html

 

Do you know why the layout files changes the brick lines?

layout

plan file

I figured it out, uncheck stretch to fit and give the XY texture scale 40 and 40.

Just now, DBCooper said:

Your brick material is staggered.  You need to use a different material that is not staggered.

 

I tried course but it widens/narrows with the window size and not uniform. The brick I used is called Tan Terra and does not have a course size. Example shown, surely the adjust material def manipulates this correct?

Hey guys, is there a way to make the soldier course uniform instead of having the staggered pattern? I used the "adjust material def" but no luck. I made a pline solid and use it as a lintel then paint it with the brick type/color. I am sure whatever suggestion you have should work for the brick sill too. 

20 hours ago, TeaTime said:

^ That. It'll get unchecked if you've grabbed the wall in 3D and changed the top or bottom. Basically it'll always be that shape because you made it that shape. 
"Default wall top" allows the program to do what it needs to, ex: auto crop down to the roof shape.

Well well, I had no idea. Thanks!

1 hour ago, TeaTime said:

Marking it as an Attic Wall should be all you need to do. On the Structure panel, Default Wall Top isn't unchecked, is it?

It actually was unchecked.....what does that do when checking it?

3 hours ago, robdyck said:

Did you check the box for 'Attic Wall'?

yep!

Hey guys, I had to draw in the gable attic wall manually, CA would not generate it. Do we have to break the wall plane and shape it ourselves?

1 minute ago, GeneDavis said:

New layout.  File>Print>DrawingSheetSetup.  Select Arch E size.  Edit to create the border and all the blocks needed for title, project, date, sheet number, etc.  Save as template file.

Learned something new, thanks!

I guess the next question is how do we even set up E size sheets in a new layout file?

3 hours ago, JKEdmo said:

Rob, can you clarify what you're looking for?

 

Jim

 

see above what I just posted.

3 hours ago, raltd9245 said:

Not good procedure. Make all sheets the same size.

Joe is correct 

I am making all sheets the same size but adding a extra sheet to give them two options on the floor plan....3/16=1'-0" on d size sheet or 1/4"=1-0" on e size if they prefer that.

Hey guys, anyone got a link on layout sheet sizing? I need one sheet in the layout file to be 36x48 to get my floor plan to fit at 1/4" scale.

13 hours ago, DGail1 said:

My co-worker is desperately re-drawing an entire project so I'm writing on her behalf to see if there's a solution.  Her system "crashed" and when she re-opened the drawing, the cabinets were gone.  Dimensions and notes are still there, but no cabinets.  I've tried everything I can think of to find a way to "get them back" but no luck so far.  It happened to me years ago in an older version, but I can't remember what I did to solve it.

 

Can anyone help?  She needs to have the drawings finished for a 9 am meeting tomorrow.

I feel bad for your co-worker. That is all of our worst nightmares, especially with no I.T. dept when you are self employed.

14 hours ago, glennw said:

Going to the window dbx and unchecking Options>Recessed Into Wall will fix it, but that option may not be what you want.

Cool!

why does this always happen when you mull triangular windows? I rebuild walls/floors and ceiling and nothing happens.

9 times out of 10 if they send a pdf form you can "pdfimport" into Autocad and get your lines. They are busted up lines but it is still a clean picture. I do it all the time for my site plans IF the client has it. I am building a spec home and got the surveyor to send me the pdf. I input into AutoCad, positioned the home like I wanted, sent it back to them so they could go back out and stake it out and they never yelled at me.

OR, right click and copy their scanned image, paste into AutoCad, find one dimension you can read, trace a line on it and scale the entire image to that dimension. Then spot check other dims to make sure it is scaled properly. Then import as .dwg into CA. AutoCad is just faster for me for these things, that's why I keep it in my back pocket.