Benny_G

Hi Ryan,

This is a full camera view generated out of a floor plan.

Kind regards,

Benny

Dear all,

A few days ago, I started having a problem which is new to me. Before when using CA without turning off my macbook after some weeks it could happen that the camera view tool showed a blurry picture. i turned off the computer in the afternoon and turned it on again and soon after the picture I got was again blurry. Any idea where this comes from and what I may do not having this issue?

Thanks a lot.

Kind regards

Benny

Benny Gasser

Architect 

www.gasser-architects.ch

Chief Architect Premier X15 on Apple MacBook Pro - 2TB SSD - AMD 5500M - 16GB

Thanks a lot for the help. The solution you suggested worked really well.

Benny

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your answer. I guess this should not be the case. As you may see on the picture, the roof is actually joined. The problem is however that on one side the two roof surface have a very large open joint and on the other side that the ridge cap is missing.

I am currently planning reform works for a family home. Whereas on the tower's roof the ridge cap is automatically showing, on the main roof, it doesn't. Any idea why this is the case?

Benny Gasser

Architect 

benny.gasser@gasser-architects.ch

Chief Architect Premier X15 on Apple MacBook Pro - 2TB SSD - AMD 5500M - 16GB

Dear Chief Architect community,

I am currently working on a reform of a house from the ninety's. The building has a kind of small tower with a broken arch window on all four sides. Above the window there is a niche an in this niche there is millwork done with the same bricks as the interior and exterior sash of this window. Whether the millwork is in the niche of just the millwork or the niche is not that much important to me. But does somebody have an idea how to create the decorative part above the window? Your help is very much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Benny

Benny Gasser

Mobile: +41/79 749 36 49, benny.gasser@gasser-architects.ch

Chief Architect X15, MacBookPro, 2 TB, 16 GB RAM

Dear ericepv and Dermot,

Sorry for taking so long to reply. I was under pressure with other projects. Thank you very much for the support. I tried the cross section/elevation and this looks good. 

Kind regards ,

Benny

Ryan and Erick thanks a lot. It worked! 

I wish you a nice Sunday!

Thanks. If I do this, the system asks me to enter coordinates. Probably the solution might still be to do a room of the stairs.

Thanks a lot Eric. And how do I select the attribute Room Specification for stairs? When I double click on stairs I get always in Stair Specification and not Room Specification. Is there any problem that in my design stairs are just part of the room around but not really defined as a room?

I appreciate your support.

Kind regards,

Benny

Hi Eric,

Yes. I need to hand in the designs for a project to the building department in German language. It would be great, if I could change this label.

Thanks for your support.

Benny

Working on a Macbook Pro, Chief Architect X13

Dear all,

I have one simple question to which I was not able to find a solution. When it comes to the Room Type and Room Name, Chief Architect is very user-friendly because it allows you to write what you want in any language. Up to now however, I have not found a solution to change the word "Stairwell". Any ideas from your side?

Cheers!

Kind regards,

Benny

Dear all,

As communicated by Chief Architect, the photorealistic ray tracing presented in version X13 is not possible on mac computers. The reason for it is that the graphic cards used by Apple are not fit for purpose. Apparently there is a workaround by installing an external graphic card ( NVIDIA RTX or an AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card). Has anybody in this discussion group tried to run X13 on her/his Mac while using an external graphic card box (e.g. Razer Core X Chroma) and a NVIDA RTX or AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card?

Thanks for your posts!

Kind regards,

Benny

Good morning Glenn,

Thanks for the additional information. I will be happy to adjust accordingly.

Kind regards,

Benny

Gents, thanks a lot to everybody who supported me. "The more I know, the more I realize what I do not know".

Cheers,

Benny

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your feedback. When I changed from "1" to "0", I didn't notice any change in the design.

Do you know what the difference is between these two settings?

Kind regards,

Benny

Dear all,

Thanks for your support! I was so unhappy and figured finally myself out what was wrong. Under Preferences/Appearance/Line Weights/Minimum Display Weight: there was a 6 instead of a 1 which made all lines very thick.

Kind regards,

Benny

Hi Dermot,

Unfortunately this did not solve my problem. The very thick lines just appear in my working plan view on my monitor. However, when I produce the layout view, it goes back to how it should be. I post therefore a PDF of both views.

Villa Cabochon_200923_Print Screen.pdf

Villa Cabochon_200923_Layout View.pdf

20 minutes ago, glennw said:

It doesn't look like Layer Display Options to me.

In layout, it looks like it could be File>Print>Drawing Sheet Setup>Advanced Line Weight Options to me.

Is it set at 1/100mm or is it set at something else?

Hi glennw,

I checke the Advanced Line Weight Options: yes it is set at 1:100 mm. I guess, this is how it should be, no?

Kind regards,

Benny

39 minutes ago, DavidJPotter said:

Anyone could be a little more certain with a helpful answer IF you were to also share in your signature, what software version/title you are using. They ARE all quite different in what and how they can and cannot do things.

If you have Suite or Architectural you are SOL as they offer no line weight controls.

If you have HD Pro then you are in luck: Open your "Display Options" dialog while in Plan View and you will see there that you can choose, manually an object's "Line Weight" (darkness or lightness), the "Line Style or type" (dashed or unbroken) and the line's color, take a look, please.

 

Obviously, I answered this thinking I was on Home Talk but never the less what is true for Home Designer Pro is also true for Chief Premier. INo matter what Version of Chief you have my answer, relative to line appearance is the same.

 

DJP

Dear DJP, sorry I added the version to my signature: I am on Premier X12.

Dear Chieftalk members,

Unfortunately I must have changed something im my general setup. All lines (not only the walls) are so thick that it is disturbing. Does anyone have an idea how to change this?

Villa Cabochon_200923_Print Screen.pdf

Kind regards,

Benny

Hi Steve,

Thanks a lot for the great video. It was very helpful and I was even able to delete the posts except for two of them.

Best regards,

Benny

On 3/15/2020 at 11:04 PM, Chopsaw said:

Ok the plan makes sense just as long as I don't ask why there are cars in the bedroom.    Do you have a manufactures picture or as built project picture of the specific railing design ?   It sounds like maybe you have no top or bottom rail and just a custom newel post to hold the glass which is just a matter of changing some of the default properties and materials. Or drawing and applying the the specific newel post design.

 

Well, actually it is just the view which looks unified. From the other side of the house it is a standard garage. But thanks for the valuable input.