kwhitt

14 minutes ago, solver said:

If you Export an image, you can up the resolution. Would this make a difference?

 

Eric - I think that's what I'll end up doing.  It's just a pain to get all the images to line up using this method.  Thanks for your input.

1 minute ago, robdyck said:

Hey Kevin, you just gotta be a bit more careful placing these items. Space them out and you'll be fine!

 

Thanks Rob.  I got to that very same point, but when you send them to layout, they move.

Just now, robdyck said:

It's not odd, they aren't in the same location!

 

I swear they were in the same location to start.  I used your method above by replicating the camera view and all was well at first.  Then they started moving.  I then re-centered each camera and they still move.

9 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

If you report it then it certainly will be.

I'll be glad to report it, I always do, but my question was whether or not this was a known issue.  Sounds like it is seeing Rob's reply.  In fact, I've reported several bugs and although Tech Support responds quickly, they never seem to get fixed.

Just now, robdyck said:

Notice that the camera jumps between view2 and view 3. That's odd.

Yep, I've noticed that too...  Thanks for looking at the file.  Kevin

3 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Another couple potential methods:

1. Send To Layout using Current Screen As Image
2. Use Perspective Cameras with a 10 degree Field of View (the smallest it will go).

Thanks Michael.  I will give your 2nd suggestion a try.  Is this a known problem with Chief that an isometric camera will move?

7 minutes ago, robdyck said:

Don't use live views!!! Problem solved! 

 

Rob - I've tried that and eventually the camera moves (especially upon reopening the file) and the resolution here again is not high enough...

53 minutes ago, solver said:

No input on your question, but a thought on a different method.

 

Would screen captures of each stage work? My screen capture tool has a Repeat Last Capture command that I use all the time to do similar. 

 

You would get 3 identical images easy to place and align in layout.

Thanks Eric.  That occurred to me too, however, the resolution isn't large enough when it goes to print.

I'm engineering a 3cm stone hood to go in a kitchen.  I'd like to show three progressive isometric views showing the various layers of construction.  I have set up three different isometric camera views using three different layer sets.  When I was finally able to get all three camera views onto the layout, the isometric cameras keep moving off center and I am unable to "pull" the layout boxes to get them re-positioned (end up with void white space as shown in middle).  I also got a strange error at one time telling me to contact tech support, but it didn't stay on the screen long enough for me to get all the info.  Has anyone had any luck with isometric views and layout?  Attached are the files if anyone can give me a hand.  Thanks, Kevin

CHF_Snow_1796 Cypress Isle_HOOD DETAIL_04-09-21.zip

On 3/26/2021 at 3:45 PM, robdyck said:

This is easier than you think. Step 1..don't use a live view. Step 2, ctrl-c the camera from as-built then ctrl-alt-v in the new plan. Send both to layout. If you're gonna crop them in layout...crop them the same. Easy-peasy. 

Thanks Rob.  Didn't realize you could copy/paste a camera view.

@solver

It works okay if I scale uniformly holding down the X key while pulling on a corner.  If I move anything out of scale it won't translate to the new view.  What a pain this has been!

@solver

Encountered another issue - if I scale or adjust the layout box in any way, when I relink to the 2nd file, the scaling doesn't stick.  Any ideas for this?

Thanks Eric.  I'm still working on it, but believe I must have used "save as" in the past for the camera view, so I'm going back to my originals and duplicating them, so I don't lose the color info.  Then I use the original camera views and as you suggest, change to vector among other settings.  Thanks again for the help!

Now I did change the original settings for the cameras after both files were created by changing them to a vector render.  Could this have thrown things off?

Yes, they are identical in both plans.  One is the As-built and the other, the proposed.

Oh, and I've named both cameras the same in each plan, so that I can re-link - doesn't work!

I've got a layout and on page 1 I want to show a camera view of the existing backside of the house.  On page 2 I want to show a camera view of my proposed changes.  Both cameras are generated from separate .plan files.  There needs to be some stretching and resizing to get the view to fit the layout properly.  I cannot figure out how to have both camera views show at the same size and in the identical place, however on two different pages of my layout - a sorta before and after that aligns perfectly when flipping through the pages.  I prefer to use plot lines so that I can touch up, but is this making it impossible to do?  Thanks.

31 minutes ago, SNestor said:

@kwhitt - I really think most of the variation is due to lighting. In the screen clip below I've add some "lights" to the scene...and most of the variation disappears. The cabinet doors on the right I created...and painted with the material from your cabinet doors. I'm not an expert on "rendering"...so, I could be all wrong on this. 

 

 

Hi Steve.  There's definitely a problem.  Did you make copies of the material and assign to different door fronts?  It's this replication that causes the problem and Michael found the issue.  Thanks.

41 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Your problem doesn't seem to have anything to do with differences between the original material and its copies.  Rather, its a problem with the cabinet symbol itself and its apparent problem with consistently applying the Normal Map across the entire object.  Remove the assigned Normal Maps and the problem goes away, OR paint everything the same material and you'll see that the problem persists.  I suggest you report the problem to Technical Support.

Michael - you are correct.  It is the normal map.  Thanks for troubleshooting this.  I'll report it.

9 hours ago, rgardner said:

Are you applying the new texture with the paint tool and combining the two textures instead of replacing the texture?

Ryan - thanks for the reply.  No, that's not the case.  You can use the "Adjust Material Definitions" tool and see that they are unique materials.  I did some more experimenting with different render styles and the problem persists - attached is the PBR.

I've been creating some wood materials for my cabinet designs.  When I try to make a copy of the original wood material and apply it to one of my doors to create variation in the grain, the overall appearance of the material gets darker than the original even though the texture maps and property settings are the same for all materials.  In the attached image, I have left 5 of the inset slab doors with the original material.  I copied this original material 5 times so that I could "move" the grain around to create some randomness (using the "Adjust Material Definition" tool and changing the horizontal and vertical offsets).  The copies are consistently darker.  When I try to replace the original material with yet another copy, I have the same problem.  It must have something to do with the fact that the slab doors that hold the material copies are selected outside the defaults (which is the only method by which I can assign a unique material in the first place).  Has anyone else run into this before?  I suppose the solution is to keep making copies of the original material and assign them to unique doors until all the materials are darker and the original is gone, but that is so much more work than just randomizing a few of them.  The file is attached if anyone has any interest or explanation as to why it works this way.

shading variation.zip

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1 hour ago, MarkMc said:

Ok in Standard

One glitch in vector

corner cabinet.plan

Thanks Mark - clever as always!  I knew you'd have an answer.  Kevin

I'm trying to create a pie-cut corner wall cabinet.  I've tried two methods and neither give me the appearance I'm after.

The first image shows two individual wall cabinets meeting at the wall corner.  As you can see the top rail overlaps back to each wall.

The second image shows Chief's out-of-the-box corner wall cabinet.  I don't want the additional frame stiles in the corner. 

I was hoping someone had a workaround for this other than building the cabinet using P-solids.

@MarkMc
 

Just now, solver said:

 

Like a dishwasher shows in a base cabinet?

Correct.  I created the 2D Block with dashed lines, but it reverts to solid once in the oven cabinet.