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I have two dormers that are identical. One I was able to pull off perfectly. The second, although identical, has some artifacts that I cannot identify. I have checked the walls including attic walls, the roof planes, room moldings, etc. and I cannot find the problem, nor do I even know what those flat boards floating above my roof could possibly be. Has anyone run into this before and found a solution? Further, I don’t understand why Chief rebuilds both dormers differently although identical (as far as I can tell). I can upload the file to Dropbox if anyone has the time to take a look. Thanks, Kevin

Thanks Renee. That's a great tip!

You might be right...

Thanks Rob. That's what I ended up doing. I thought there might be a tool for extracting from elevation view. Would be nice as this is usually how the engineer presents to me. Kevin

I’ve got a set of plans from an engineer. I am attempting to approximate the terrain by tracing a line over what is drawn in an elevation view – see attached. So far so good, but there are no terrain tools available to me in the elevation view. Is there an easy way to translate this to the plan view? I have tried creating a P-Solid and deriving contour lines from it – no luck. How would you go about doing this? It does not need to be perfect - only an approximation. Thanks, Kevin

It's the standard renderer in 60 FPS. I am going to try XVid to see if there's any improvement. I have to lower the brightness of my computer monitor as lately it has been hurting my eyes. It's probably washed out on a standard screen. Will changing the compression rate have any effect? I'm using the default 75%. Happy Fourth!

It's still choppy. Here's the link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/141nt68eh28htl0/Rice Orbital Walkthrough_Existing Home_07-01-22.wmv?dl=0

Not Z-fighting. I will bump up to 60 FPS and see what happens. Thanks!

I was trying to post the video on Chief from my locker, but cannot upload that type of file. How did you post yours in the first reply?

@Chopsaw @robdyck @solver In addition to the flickering, I am getting a moire pattern with my roof and brick textures. Any advice on getting a cleaner video? I'm using the Windows Media 9 Codec.

Thanks again, Rob! I got it working. I set it to 30 FPS. What will help with the flickering? Kevin

Thanks Rob. That's exactly what I want to do. How do I change the rotation speed of the camera though? I can't find such a setting in the camera DBX. When ready to record, do I do that while the camera is spinning? Kevin Thanks again, Rob! I got it working. I set it to 30 FPS. What will help with the flickering? Kevin

I was on the wrong floor! Thanks Chop!

Also, does Chief have an infinite floor (or terrain) that can be used in camera views?

My terrain shows up in camera view, but not in plan view. The layer is checked on. I need to edit its shape, but can't get it to show up in plan view. Anyone know why? Thanks, Kevin

Thanks Rob. That's exactly what I want to do. How do I change the rotation speed of the camera though? I can't find such a setting in the camera DBX. When ready to record, do I do that while the camera is spinning? Kevin

I've always done still images up until today. I have figured out how to create an orbital walkthrough, but want the sun to follow the cameras as it orbits. I've looked at various training videos with no answers. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Kevin

Oh shoot!

Update did not help, Still crashing every time! Nice to know the sink cut-outs now work. That'll be useful when I'm able to open Chief on a laptop!

Will download now. Fingers crossed...

Thanks Dermot. I have already opened a ticket with tech support. None of the suggestions so far have worked - including trying two of the latest NVidia drivers. The laptop is about 2.5 weeks old and returnable within 30 days. I didn't realize there was an update to Chief. I wasn't notified as is typical when the software opened. I'll give that a try. I appreciate the articles and will read tonight.

Appreciate it Mick. I'll read that thread tonight as I have to make a decision soon. It's not that I don't have a budget. As I never have time to do the research, I go for the overkill approach. In the past it has served me well, but this laptop is unusable with Chief.

Mark - understood. Thanks again for the input.

Thanks Mick. You make a good point. I should at least try running Windows 10 before sending it back. Kevin

@MarkMc Thanks Mick. What exactly are you and Mark recommending? That I keep the existing machine and downgrade to Windows 10? I'm not quite sure that the Hybrid Power is not the cause and I don't think it can be disabled. All I know is that this machine does not affectively run Chief. I am open to suggestions. Kevin