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Thanks DB. That's an excellent suggestion and I will follow through after Thanksgiving. We don't use electrical devices at standard placement on kitchen backsplashes. We use a slanted rough-in box to hide all devices beneath the wall cabinets. I don't think Bob was saying that Chief's area lights were any different - only that we have them now.

The introduction of Area Lights and Translucency in PBR is a game changer in X16. I feel like we have almost everything we now need to create high quality images within Chief without the use of 3rd party renderers. I have more shaders and features on my wish list, but I have to say I am very pleased with this release. Thanks Chief! One of the first things I’d have Chief implement is an Area Light fixture tool. Right now, I must create a face of the appropriate size (in an elevation view) and point it in the right direction to be used as a fill light. This can be a little tricky as I can’t figure out a way to rotate a face manually in plan view. Were I to use a 3 solid, all sides with normals would emit light – not ideal. The second feature I’d implement is the ability to adjust emitter intensity per camera view. It would also be nice to open and close doors automatically as needed per camera view. The images below underwent only minor curve adjustments in Photoshop – that’s it.

i always use live views as I do a lot of kitchens and the clients do a lot of changing their minds.

Okay, I figured out the first part by disabling the clip cad layer which I didn't know existed. What about mixing color and B&W in the cross-section views? Thanks.

I am using a staggered cross-section - see 1st attachment. In the elevation view it produces a vertical line where the cross-section jogs (denoted by arrow in 2nd attachment). Is there a way to conceal it? Also, as I like to use B&W elevations, is it possible for the cabinets (in this case) to remain B&W and have the text or arrow as shown to be in color or must everything in this view be B&W? Thanks.

Thanks again, Rob.

Thanks Rob. Very cool. I'm assuming that is an invisible wall? Is my idea of using invisible walls for the first question, the only way?

No one has any input on this? Thanks.

I’ve got a situation where an irregularly-shaped chimney pad will be forming a section of a room’s wall – first attachment. Obviously, this custom pad cannot act as a true wall which I need to be able to create the room definition. What are you doing in instances like these? Using invisible walls to fill in those areas to define the room? This house also has several walls that come to sharp points – second image. Is there a way to deform walls in Chief to take on this shape? If not, I can use poly-solids to get it to look right in 3D but what do I do in plan view to represent this shape? Thanks, Kevin

My bad. Please see above. Thanks, Kevin

You're right. I do not want to show the framing members. I just want a plane that represents the space without the drywall, floor surface, ceiling surface, and wall covering showing. Sorry for the confusion.

This is how I want it to appear but without the wall coverings, wallboard, and floor surfaces. I believe the floor surface is already gone but appears to be there as the wall covering starts 3/4" above the subfloor. There isn't a way to omit the wall covering altogether via a layer?

Hey Mick. As described above, I don't want to show the studs.

Thank you, Eric. I don't want to see the studs in this elevation. In fact, I have not even generated any framing at this stage as the house is existing. I just want to get rid of the wall coverings, wallboard, floor and ceiling surfaces - automatically if possible.

David - thanks for the reply. I am quite familiar with turning on/off layers. There doesn't seem to be a layer for wall coverings or drywall - I've tried main layers only. I was hoping to find a way to automate this without modifying my existing walls. The wall covering and wallboard should have a layer of its own.

I’m creating a framing elevation for a shower niche and medicine cabinet rough-in. I want to show the framing members only without wall, floor, and ceiling surfaces. I am unfortunately unable to hide these layers. I also have a wall covering below a chair rail molding that won’t go away. Any suggestions? Thanks, Kevin

Thanks you, Renee.

Thanks again, Rob. I very much appreciate it!

Thanks Renee. Are you proposing that I use different layouts and then combine them in a PDF when ready for print?

I believe they are the same by default 1/100 mm and I've never changed this. I'm not sure I get it yet, but you're telling me that if I tick "Use Layout Line Scaling" and the layout box matches the plan view scale, all line weights will be consistent even though the scale from page to page in the layout may vary?

So, under the layout do I need to set the scale to ½” if that’s how I’m sending the layout box from plan view or leave it as the default 1:1?

And what if the layout has varying scales amongst the pages? Thanks again, Kevin

Thanks Rob. That's what I was getting at. I was unsure if the line weights would read differently when sent to layout. So, you're telling me it makes no difference how I have the drawing sheet setup? If so, what is the point of it?

Is it possible to make the drawing sheet setup linked to the plan view? I've got a plan view of the entire 1st floor being printed on ARCH D paper at a 3/8" scale. I also need a close-up plan view of the kitchen which will be at 1/2" scale and will require the ANSI B paper size. How is this done? Thanks, Kevin

Thanks Mick. Sorry for the delay. I'm not getting notifications again. I'll give that a try! Kevin