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Okay thanks

Here is the plan.file. Note: I built this mainly for exterior elevations only and was not so concerned with true structural framing. So this is more of a shell. Change order to 5plex.zip

We have a 4plex that we build a lot and I am task to create color renderings for the planning department when the y request them. The city planning department here is now wanting us to build this 4plex into a 5plex. So My company wants to remove one unit on one end, leave the two story in the middle and copy/mirror the other two units from the other side and place them where I removed the one unit. I am not sure how to do this quickly without finding myself just rebuilding the whole thing. Trying to figure out how I can make a block out of the two units I need to mirror and then fudge it into its new position. But If anyone has an idea of how you would attempt to make this change the fasted please let me know. Thanks! Attached are some pics of what I need to do. i will follow up with the plan.file next because it is not letting me upload it with these pics due to max 14mb limit

Okay I changed the color and this worked. Still don't understand why it was invisible to the eye in Standard view when it already had a color. I changed it to a dark color then I eye dropped it back to the same color it was and it seamed to work. Must be a glitch.

I did know I could do this! Thanks

Ok let me try again here plan 3004-L-G.plan

So sorry sir I just saw this. I have managed to build it to look correct but I am sure it is not correct structurally. But it accomplished what I needed it too. thanks though for the offer

I have been struggling to fix my issues with this roof. Trying to get built for color renderings for our website. Attached are my notes and questions on screenshots taken. I also have tried to attach the plan.file but it will not load. Says its to large of a file. I put it in a compressed folder so hopefully it can be opened and viewed. Need help to what is going on here, If anyone can explain to me what I am doing wrong that would be very appreciated! I have tinkered back and forth moving valleys around, rejoining roof planes etc. and what ever I do it messes up my birdbox and boxed eaves. Currently it looks the way it needs too, minus the things I have noted on the attached screen shots. Is there a way to manually place gutters that are the default look? I'd rather understand what the issue is though. Thanks for any advice! plan 3004-L-G.zip

I have x15 and plenty of space to have a dormer that I am currently working on and it is refusing to comply! Just like the older versions I have had, dormers are very difficult to work with. I hate them and CA needs to fix whatever it is that makes them not work. Automatic dormers my #**! LOL They are nightmares for me!

So I have been reading your post on the A Series cards. I am buying a new laptop to run AutoCad and Chief Architect because CA x15(2024) will not work with my old laptop (I was on x11) My budget is $1700-$2200. Will the A4000 be a good choice and also any thoughts on other must haves in the laptop to make it a complete rock solid setup to run these programs? Memory, GB's etc... I really want the PBR RT to run well.

Yes I just uploaded the new CA 2024 and you are correct. PBR does not work on my laptop setup so I will definitely be upgrading my laptop. So now my question is what exactly is a must have to allow my new laptop to run CA 2024 smoothly? My budget is $1700-$2200

512 GB Inte SSD + 32 GB, intel Optane memory, 32 GB SDRAM , intel core i7, Nivida geforce gtx 1660 Ti is what my laptop has. It Ray Traces fine but is that different than PBR? I read someone else said to go to preferences-render-troubleshooting and make sure Global Illumination is checked on. BUT the is no troubleshooting tab in that sequence nor is there one on my PC. I have can't find where to turn it on

For me the most impressive improvement from x11 to x15 was the quality of the physically based feature. x11 sucked! x15 was practically Ray Trace quality with very little adjustments! So I just opened up x15 on my laptop and the PB didn't look like my office PC produced. (Both laptop and PC have more than enough to run x15) As you can see the difference. Same everything accept I notice that when I open the Technique options dialog drop down to adjust PB picture, the the Global Illumination is not even an option on my laptop. (see other pics) I'm thinking this is what is going on. Notice in the laptop pic even the floor changes in each room definition. Also I noticed when I export the PB pic the PC will take its time and render the picture slowly (about 5 minutes) but the laptop does not ever seem to render the pic it just saves it like it is in a split second. I am confused because other than the Global Illumination option not present, I'm doing exactly nothing different between the two computers. Any help would be great.

Hi I'm getting ready to make a new purchase for my laptop. I know generally what I need but love to get some good suggestions on a solid build that will work best for CA x15. I will also be using AutoCad 2024 and sometimes I have them both open. I currently am using a Omen gaming computer with 512 GB Inte SSD + 32 GB, intel Optane memory, 32 GB SDRAM , intel core i7, Nivida geforce gtx 1660 Ti It seems to work fine but should I upgrade anything?

I see in the door dialog box you can check a box for plinth blocks but it does nothing. I read another comment that said in CA you have to manually place them at each door. So what is the point in have the box to check if it does nothing and why did the CA software creators not think to allow for this. This should have been a basic application in the first CA program. I'm using x11... am I missing something here?

THANK YOU! That was it

I need to make the bird box on the right the same size as the left. I know how to auto roof return but it does both at the same time. I need only one side to be extended. Any help would be great

OK, I WILL LOOK AT THAT THANKS

So I cannot seam to adjust my material definition on the James Hardie siding anymore. When I get inside the material definition dialog box I used to be able to adjust the color, click OK and it was done. Now I get this "create a copy" nonsense. It still doesn't work. And it just started doing this yesterday. I have changed nothing that I know of. I do not want to make a copy of any material. What I want is to simple adjust the color like I always have done prior to upgrading to X15. (which btw was working in x15 the way it was in my earlier version then all of the sudden it will not reflect the color change after clicking OK anymore) This is frustrating me please tell me what I am doing wrong...

Never mind I fixed it. Went to preferences and switched Dialog Previews from Child Tool Palette back to Drop Down. I never switched it to child so this is weird. still getting used to x15 LOL.

Hello everyone. Just got x15 installed a week ago and for some reason ALL my drop down menus do not work. All of them! For example: If I want to open up the door dialog box...nothing drops down for me to chose what type of door I want. Pedestrian, garage door etc. same with dimensions, walls, roofs, you name it. Everything in the tool bar at the top of my screen that has the drop down menu does not respond. It only allows me to use whatever it already is set on. Worked yesterday! Not sure what I did to change this. Maybe I accidentally turned something off?

Okay thanks for the update

When I am in working plan view and select the stairs , there is no add break tool at the bottom of my screen like I typically have. I use Add break tool a lot. Now, there is a a different looking add breakline tool symbol that looks like steps but this does nothing but add a visual breakline but does not allow me to adjust the steps. I have never seen the "Add Complete" Break tool that is a new one for me. What you are saying sounds so simple but again when I select the stairs, where I usually see my break tool that looks like the symbol you show, its not there. Can you show me what your screen looks like when you select the steps please?

I am really struggling to make this work and need some help. The first pic is what I want...the second pic is what I get. Is there a command that I can use in the step dialog box that will automatically make my steps do what I am seeking here? What I have done has lots of individual components I had to create and its getting out of hand. There has to be a simplified way to do this. It would be nice if there was a breakline option in the working plan view so that I could just stretch the portion of the steps behind the wall over a bit to make that section of steps disappear, but there is not. The breakline in the interior Staircase spec. Dialog box is only to show a breakline in final construction drawings ( that's not the type of breakline I'm looking for). I want to actually BREAK the steps and stretch just the section I need out of sight. I got a gut feeling I'm wasting my time and there is a proper way to do all this.

Thanks!