Elliot

My HP Designjet T120 wide format plotter won't print. It stopped right in the middle of printing a blueprint the other day. It won't print from my computer even though it's connected by wifi. But I tried to even print a test page from the command screen on the plotter itself. I tried to print a report of the ink levels in the cartridges. And I tried to print a diagnostic report. It just won't print anything. It will advance and cut the paper roll. I opened the cartridge door, and the head returns to the door so I could replace cartridges if it needed that. I turned it off and back on. And I unplugged it for a bit and tried again. I took the cartridges out, and took the printhead out. I cleaned the printhead with a lint free cloth and then put the printhead and cartridges back in. It said there was still a problem and to turn it off and back on. then it said it was aligning the printhead but it is stuck on 0%. Clearly not doing anything. I replaced the printhead almost exactly 1 year ago. But I don't print all the time so I don't think i wore it out so quickly. But maybe? MY question is do you think I need to replace the printhead again? Is there a way to know for sure? It costs $330 so I don't want to do that unless it works of course. But I just get the plotter working again. (anybody have a source for less $ than amazon for the printhead?)

thanks I cannot believe I did not find that.

I have looked and looked. I cannot find any kind of standing seam metal roofing or siding in the library. I looked through the library content I have downloaded, the library content at the CA site, and did a search on this Chief talk forum and cannot find anything. I know it has to be there. Please help. thanks

I have always struggled with creating 3d images of the actual tiles which my client chooses. I tried working in material builder, and although it is very powerful, I really like doing screen captures and using the actual tiles which they select. But I just cannot make Chief do an offset tile no matter how many settings I try or how many times I watch the help videos. I have done a screen shot of the settings pages and the image. On the define materials page it shows the offset for the pattern because I select "grid,offset" but it doesn't show in the 3d image to the right and doesn't work in my shower image. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? thanks

I am working with the Chief Tile Builder trying to create a matte Black 24x48 tile. I use a lot of larger profile tile like this. I have watched the video on the Chief Website, and read the reference manual. I have played around with the settings and cannot make it go 24x48. I have the tile set as 2:1 Large Profile and the material size under map settings as 24x48 but it doesn't generate a large profile tile. I cannot find anywhere else to set the size of the actual tile. Or does Chief not let me use a large profile tile that large? What am I doing wrong?

Susan That sounds like just what I need. But please pardon my ignorance. Tell me where to find Substance Player. I looked through all the menus on CA16 and did a search on the reference manual for CA16. But I cannot find it anywhere! thanks

Suan thanks that helped so much. I found the "Adjust Material Selections" button on the tool bar. Then clicked on the tile, and voila, there was the spot to change the angle. Perfect. thanks so much for taking a minute answer my question.

Morning I need help figuring out how to turn this herringbone backsplash tile to 45 degrees. Thanks so much!!

thanks Guys!!

I am designing a large church building for which I need to find a symbol in 3d for the seating. Not a pew, but a theatre type seat like this one below. I cannot find library in CA anything like this. What can I do? thanks

thanks I had thought to do a 3d solid as a last resort unless someone had more of an automatic suggestions. I thought if I specified it as an "end truss" and Chief saw that it was open, it would put siding on it. I appreciate the response.

I am having trouble figuring out how to put siding and trim on a truss. I made it an end truss and an attic truss. CA put the vertical studs but how do I add siding and trim to this. I need a 1x6 along the plane of the lower roof and hardi between. Also how do I put a soffit plywood on the overhang cantilever trusses above the porch? thanks Elliot

I am working in CA16. I finished drawing a 1 story house with a full basement. I set the foundation defaults as 8" concrete stemwall 96" tall with footing and a 4" slab for a floor. It worked fine on the house. Then I drew a single story addition on the rear of the house for a master suite. But it did not draw a foundation. How do I get chief to draw the correct foundation just under the new addition totally different from the rest of the house. This area needs to be 24" stemwall with footing and no slab. thanks folks!!

thanks I will study that. Everything you said goes over my head. So I will study and learn....

I imported a 12x24 Portobellow Portofino Mist from the mfg website but it only had an image of just one tile. Not an image of several in a pattern. So I captured it, created a new material and edited it in the materials. In the screen showing the edit options it lets me designate it as 12x24 and I select "Grid Offset" but in the little 3d cube showing what it will look like it just shows it as a grid with no offset. then when I paint it, it shows the same grid with no offset. I cannot get it to do the offset grid at all. I can change angle, size, and offset amount in the dialog box but in 3d cube it stays as a grid. What am I doing wrong?

Here is the plan. The hardi is fine on the exterior and shows drywall on the interior in other parts of the house. But in the master bathroom and bedroom, it shows hardi on the interior. thank for the help. Gustafson remodel.plan

I am working in X16 but I had the same problem in X15. I draw a house, with Exterior-6 walls for exterior walls. Interior 4 and Interior 6 for interior walls. I have hardi siding assigned as the cladding of the exterior 6 walls and drywall for interior side. But CA keeps putting the hardi on BOTH sides of the wall. Now its putting hardi on both side of the interior 4 walls. I don't know it until I look at a 3d or wall elevation. I checked my defaults for walls and they show drywall on the interior of the exterior walls and drywall on both sides of an interior wall. In the past the only way to fix it was to delete the wall and create a new wall but I am hitting my frustration limit over this now. Please tell me I am doing something wrong and not that CA has a serious glitch.

thank you guys

JLU THANKS. that worked and was very simple. I appreciate the assist!

Chopsaw Good idea. I did that just now. thanks cortes 4302 N. Orchard remodel plans2.zip

I have most of a house plan finished but I have a problem with a roof overhang. In the 3d of the second floor family or media room, it shows the overhang and fascia. Most of room is a scissor truss but the area on the back is flat and the overhang shows through the ceiling. I inserted an interior wall where the scissor ends and made it invisible. I cannot figure out how to change that truss hanging down into the room. thanks guys I tried to attach the CA file but it says the max would be 14mb and the file size is 15.3mb so I have inserted a pic of the 3d below

glennw Yes that is what I mean. But I still have to open every single folder, one at a time....

I wonder if there is a way to view all the library 3d images like 36 or 100 pics on a page or something like that. Like looking at all your pics in your gallery. I was looking for a particular type of chandelier but opening every folder in the library, expanding each one to see if it is what my client wants is very time consuming and often unfruitful. And I have looked at 3d Warehouse and registered but I am afraid to download a file from some random stranger. Is there a word for "fear of computer virus"? How do you know? And what file type works with CA15?

Drawzilla Thanks you just made my day. I have never even looked at that wall type or room definition and locate. I will remember that, I hope... Elliot

Drawzilla thanks for the help. Here is my file. I appreciate the assist Elliot cortes 4302 N. Orchard remodel plans.plan