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Welcome to the forum.  You will get lots of excellent help here from some real experts!  If you would please take the time to setup your signature line to include your software as well as computer hardware information many times this information comes into play with the answers.  Since everyone wants to help but also has limited time this helps get you more answers and assistance.  

Tape measure as far as I am aware is only a 2d tool.  Try an elevation shot.

6 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

Duet Display is available for Mac and Windows, or you can use the built in Sidecar app

Unfortunately sidecar has limitations to the newest hardware and my Mac Pro 6.1 doesn’t support it.  But I willcheck into duet for Mac.

thanks I might give this a ahot

16 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

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Using your iPad as a toolbar touchscreen the easy way:

 

 

 

CLICK ME TO GO BACK TO THE INDEX!!!

How about for OSX?

Welcome to the forum.  You will get lots of excellent help here from some real experts!  If you would please take the time to setup your signature line to include your software as well as computer hardware information many times this information comes into play with the answers.  Since everyone wants to help but also has limited time this helps get you more answers and assistance.  

Also for what it's worth the two reasons this could be happening are either as Mark mentioned in your rendering technique settings you have the glass set to opaque or if you have been using the spray can painter tool and accidentally painted it with the plan option set even in another section of your plan it would affect all the glass in the plan.

8 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

A present for you:

SIMPSON PORTAL FRAME.calibz

You are awesome!  Thanks Rene.  I will take a look later today.

39 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said:

 

The thing with this is I'm not certain it is 100% reliable. Had a similar issue with my PC, even though everything other than the power plan was set to recognize Chief I would encounter times when Chief for some reason was using the integrated chip. Was only able to resolve this fully by changing the power plan to high performance which forced the system to only use the discrete graphics all the time for everything. Maybe the MAC controls this better.

I read about that with PC when I was figuring it out when I first got my E-GPU but I used it for six months as main computer (obviously with external monitor) and still use it while traveling with no problem whatsoever. It’s pretty obvious when you start doing more than 1 elevation or 3d view with the regular GPU but the egpu set for chief to use only it has been great.

I just recently updated my main machine and am loving the capabilities of it!

3 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

 

 

Interesting.........

 

When your computer is connected to an external display, high-performance graphics remain on until you disconnect the display. 

 

If you want to use the higher-performance discrete graphics processor at all times, choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Energy Saver. Then deselect the automatic graphics switching checkbox.

If you don't see the automatic graphics switching option, your computer has one graphics system. To confirm, choose Apple menu > About this Mac, press the System Report button, and select Graphics/Displays on the left. The graphics system or systems are listed under Video Card.

 

M.

This can also be done as I mentioned by application so it doesn’t burn up your battery for programs that don’t need it.

19 minutes ago, johnny said:

 

I've not used Mac for yeas - so im having to relearn.  When I right click on the app I don't see where that is located:

 

 

In that menu there is an option that says “get info”. It’s on the pop up that brings up.

7 minutes ago, johnny said:

So I just bought a 16" MacBook and I have to report the same slowness in the video on the 3D model.  What I feels like to me is that Chief isn't using the dedicated graphics chip but the integrated Intel UHD.

 

Why I think this:  I had a 2015 MSI laptop with both an integrated Intel and a 1060 GTX - and when I was using the integrated graphics the visual was exactly the same as what I am getting from the MacBook Pro....very "stuttery" graphics in 3D view.  Since in Windows you can manually switch between those graphics sources I could dictate.  In Mac OS you don't really have that control.

 

 

So not sure if it is this way with the dual video onboard but I use an external gpu with my MacBook (2017 13”) and when you select the Chief app icon and right click get info you need to select the e-gpu to use it when available.  This made the difference for me.  
 

Maybe it could it be that is the issue with your guys’ MBpro 16?

2 hours ago, Richard_Morrison said:

Nope. Must have been someone else. However, the ability to store PDFs in the user library would be a good addition. 

I have a cad detail that has mixed drawing and pdf (portal frame detail from Simpson) that I use.

but sorry my only thought why it might not have been working.  Granted I haven’t done it lots but the times I have so far including testing it after this was mentioned was successful as Michael mentioned. 

2 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

I pretty much never use PDF's for anything other than temporarily as a reference.  I prefer to draw/type that stuff up myself.  All my use case scenarios as referenced in the latter parts of this thread are CAD Details located in a Plan file that have been sent to a Layout file by opening the CAD Detail and using Send To Layout.  I then copy that Layout Box from that layout using Control+C and paste into a second open Layout using Control + V or Control+Alt+V and all works great.  Richard seems to be having a different experience. 

The reason I asked is I thought it was richard that mentioned in another post that he uses some cad details that have some pdf referenced cad details among his drawn cad details...

4 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Sorry, didn't mean to sound condescending.  Just wanted to see if there was some unexpected step in your process that might be causing your problems.  That is usually the case when one person seems to be having problems that others don't seem to be having. 

Probably not it but are the cad details that you are copying the layout by chance pdf referenced details and not drawn details?  Maybe might cause the issue???

5 minutes ago, TopagnaOverlook said:

Thanks Michael,

 

I got the structure of that room back to normal.  But when I put the railings/open to below room in, the surrounding room structure changed from "Ceiling below" to "SWT below".

 

I'll see if I can re-create that behavior with a simple two-floor plan.

Try saving before you putting in the room also you could try the stair open above tool when you select the stair set on the lower floor it should show up and create an auto stairwell.  You can adjust the walls after that point.  May help?

Really what everyone is saying regarding separate files is the best approach.  With Chief you can have a base file then saved options and you can do a reference file in a layout to show the options together or however you want it.  Don’t think about it as two files but rather different sections of the job just like the layout and plan files are two different files as well as all the referenced files you don’t really realize (until you backup save a job.)

6 minutes ago, solver said:

 

That's a pony wall. Room Divider on the bottom.

 

I'm sure there will be foundation problems ...

I guess I was thinking making the lower pony a 12” wide poured stem wall with a molding making the chamfer section of the wall splitting the pony wall and then setting the wall as a foundation wall to set your footing position and size... 

just a thought haven’t tried it yet.

Could it be done with a pony wall and molding as well? Setting up the molding to flush out with the lower wall?

Was just a thought,  not at my computer at the moment.

47 minutes ago, Ridge_Runner said:

Ryan, I use a little different technique that usually doesn't require drawing the CAD lines. Use the mask with a 45° hatch pattern set to a 75 line weight and a white color - transparent background. Make the border of the mask polyline the same and adjust the top side to just below your CAD grade line. The foundation will show, the hatch will mask the existing lines making them look "dashed." This works if you print a black and white layout and not color.

Thanks for the tip.  I have used that method before as I know that is what Dan baumann recommends as well.  I have alot of clients who want color on their elevations so I generaly do the other method.  But great info for ones who don't know how to use the masks!

5 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

The idea of using a CAD mask is this: You can use any elevation camera and just draw a polyline to cover an area you don’t want to see.  You can reshape as necessary and even put holes in it.  Give the polyline a solid fill (set to the background color) and it will cover anything you don’t want to see.  Think of it as a completely customizable clipping setting.  You can even set the line style to the invisible line style so that it doesn’t draw any lines.  Besides the ability to custom “clip” your view, it also has the benefit of allowing you to place notations outside the view which cropping a layout box will negate.  Hope that helps. 

This is the way I do my regular elevations below grade.  I draw a box over the grade area then trace the foundation lines on a elevations hidden lines layer I created with a dark gray dashed line,  then fill the poly line with background solid fill.  Send it to layout and crop to size and leaves a nice line for the grade and everything below grade is a nice dashed outline.  Works great but as already mentioned it would depend upon what you wanted to do with the dwg file.

Any pointers on how you got it to work?

45 minutes ago, SNestor said:

This is created when you are using "Dormers".  Check out my (2) dormer videos on YouTube...one or both may help you out. Dormers can be tricky...Good luck! 

 

 

Steve’s videos on dormers really help out as they are very specific and show the different ways.

1 hour ago, solver said:

Please post questions in General Q&A. Tips & Techniques is where you share your tips and techniques.

 

And ...

 

Welcome

 

It's helpful to know what software you are using as it changes from version to version.

 

It helps others to have this info in your signature so it's always available. Please see this topic for a signature how to.

 

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/18908-signature-here-at-chief-talk

Good point Erick.  I commented on my phone so didn’t notice.

Erick is right and you will learn it will not only help people be more mindful of your posts but if they are in the right spot on the forum you will get more help!

28 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

A few quick notes..

 

1.  You can use a material region instead of separate walls (I would probably use a material region for the center section if I went that route).

2.  If you're trying to "paint" the material onto the wall, then the way to do is by using the Material Painter in Object mode.  Anything else will cause the walls to rejoin and this happens with any walls, not just attic walls.

3.  Most importantly, using the Material Painter really isn't the proper way to do that.  It should have really been done with unique Wall Types from the start.  If you place your breaks, group select the 2 outside walls (or one middle wall) and then simply change the Wall Type, then the walls shouldn't have rejoined.  Should have been no reason to move anything out of alignment.

Nice explanation Michael.

this is describing better what I said up above.  Sometimes with attic walls they will rejoin pretty quickly which is why I mentioned switching the layer side temporarily (and you don’t have to offset as you described as that will show bad in vector mode).

material regions are definitely the way to do it if you are just trying to model it.  As a lot of my jobs I also do BOQs for them I try to make my model as accurate as possible so I would change the wall type as Michael nicely described in detail.  That way all walls will be accounted for accurately especially if you include a wall legend for your plans.

18 minutes ago, Hammer7 said:

Not sure how to post an image directly but I will try, thank you for the tip.

 

Just drag an image file not a pdf into the window.  Or attach an image not a pdf

Chief will always try to help with human error or what it perceives is HE so it tries to rejoin them.

you found one way.  To keep it from temporarily happening split the wall and flip the direction of the middle wall while you change it to a new wall style or the others in your case for the stone/brick.  Then flip the wall back and you should be good.

Some of these are pretty creative.  I feel a lil dumb because I just print to a pdf after placing a bunch of measurements in the model then trace over it in chief and make necessary adjustments.