John_B

Please note the updates!

4 hours ago, Verica said:

Great work. 

Did you do it in Chief?

Thanks and yes

23 minutes ago, solver said:

Nice work.

 

Here is a tip for smoothing out the arcs. Reduce the Facit Angle from the default of 7.5 to something less.

 

That's what I love about this place, everyone's got GREAT advice to offer, THANKS!!!

36 minutes ago, solver said:

Could you post the associated plan file -- one with the parts before turning into a symbol?

Done!

I spent several days creating a very ornate driveway gate for my personal residence.  It's 20'x5' tall with a rise to 7' in the center.  I've added it in the Symbols Library for anyone interested!

DivewaygateR1.planDivewaygateR1.planThe only thing that I didn't create in 3D are the birdcages that go onto the bars.  Enjoy!

UPDATE!  I found a few errors in the plan (an extra spindle and an overlap in the base so I corrected these, smoothed the radii as recommended below and added the Claovs to the bottom as well.  PLEASE use the R1 files, sorry for the original miscue!

Chief.calibz

Divewaygate.plan

GateR1.calibz

DivewaygateR1.plan

This place rocks!  I was having fits trying to make the chain-link fence and low and behold, thanks guys!

28 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Does OneDrive have versions or history you can revert to? Depends on where your files were originally located.

My files are not backed up on OneDrive, I have them backed up on a 2TB hard-drive and as I mentioned earlier, I don't see anything on it after a complete search

47 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

John, do you use DropBox or Carbonite? DB has a version/history feature that allows recovering older versions and CArbonite backs up everything..

Yes, I have OneDrive so I just need an e-mail address to share a Folder with, that would be awesome!

Thanks for the options and additional input folks, unfortunately I have always deleted the .calibz files.  What's interesting is that I did find the the Program Data Hidden Files and there were only a handful of .calibz files there....very strange, oh well lesson learned because I did a file search on my 2TB back-up drive and there is nothing there either.

Thanks guys and Kbird1, I went to my hidden Files where the Program Data resides but the bulk of the files are simply gone.....very strange

WTH....I really don't want to spend hours re-downloading them all....what happened?

Good point, thanks!

I need to free up hard-drive space and noticed that I still have the older versions of Chief "Program Data" files....how can I be proof positive that I have them all in X11?  I migrated data when I upgraded each time...is it safe to assume that it is there?  Hate to "assume" lol!!!

Oh well, since I still had the file open I created a larger round and now it does look better I think!  Thanks again all, love this Forum!

Thanks all for the help!  I think I got the jist of how to play with this now even though it looks like the Gable really needs to be likely a half round rather than a quarter round like the real McCoy.

Tried the gutter but didn't work....tried creating a Tile and then slightly re-oriented it 3 degrees for proper overlap but I think I need to taper the tile so that it overlaps properly (top is fine but the front isn't)...anyone with ideas how to taper this singular tile???  Getting awfully close using the Distributed Object Tool and offsetting the object -3" from ceiling!!!

P.S. I left it concrete color for visual clarity lol!!!

Thanks all for the replies and effort put into them...I think I'll try your approach for now Rene, can't believe the Chief Boys haven't stepped up with a simple option for this after all these years....

Getting tired of incorrect Tile Roof Gables, I've looked high and low and can't find any dialog boxes to make them look correct...is there a way to have the Trim Tile go over the edge like the pic or is this function still non-existent?  Not really in the mood to create my own!

Thanks, Joey, I'll reset to default and try

Eric, sorry for the confusion and thanks with your patience with me....when I select the cabinet on the lower left with one left click then this dialog box opens before I can even move the cabinet so then I have to close the box and then move the cabinet.

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Do I understand that a single click on an object opens the dialog instead of just selecting the object?

 

Is this a new problem?

 

I don't recall having this issue in the past at all so yes, new problem.

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The context menu and the specification dialog are different things -- which one is always opening?

A single click to select an item (like when I want to move it) opens the dialog box which I then have to close.  I have opened the context menu in an attempt to change the settings which affects this behavior but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Updated solver, thanks.

joey_martin, I mentioned in my post that I have tried both of these setting on & off and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

I've performed a search but haven't found anything....I have tried turning the "Contextual" button on & off and also selected "click-twice" in Preferences but I can't get the Program to enable me to just one-click on an item (e.g. wall, cabinet, etc) to move it without the dialog box ALWAYS opening.....where do I need to look to shut this off so that it takes a double click to do this?

Thanks Glenn, guess I'm going to have to....just can't believe the Chief Guys haven't addressed this the simple way by allowing the rotate arrow to truly rotate like ever other CAD block.  Everyone has been great pitching in, thanks guys!