Steve_Nyhof

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1468

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Steve_Nyhof

  1. Steve_Nyhof
    I was working through questions on beams and posts - check this out if you want the wood grain to be correct, which will not be the case when you join everything. Here is a library of beams, brackets, etc. I have put together for proper grain. Both Blocks (to explode and manipulate), and Symbols Millwork.calibz
  2. Steve_Nyhof
    I made this spreadsheet to help me calculate my footing sizes. I am not an engineer, but now I can make my footings more to the size they should be and if an engineer should be required to verify them. I mainly use it for my foundation footers, but also for decks and exterior rooms that are supported by posts and footings. Maybe there is an engineer out there to verify that I have my calculations correct. The blue fields are where you enter your square foot area totals. The Defaults can be changed as they are there for my area. The results at the bottom are for both Square and Cylinder Footings. The thickness is set to 1/3 the size of the square footing. In many cases for residential, footings seldom need to be thicker than 8". Spreadsheet... Roof and Floor Footing Load and Size.xlsx I'm also including my Footings library... Footings.calibz Thank you, Steve
  3. Steve_Nyhof
    I'll keep using Chief, love so much of what it can do. But like many things once something seems to work they move on to the next seldom to come back. With hardware there are always updates and you need to test so many different hardware and software combinations that I believe that VR is the last thing I would I would put my time into.
  4. Steve_Nyhof
    I've benefited greatly already from Michael's talent and services. I just signed up and am looking forward to what he has to offer. I know users are using a number of macros to automate their processes, and Michael has already automated things for me that I could think of, but I know there is more that can be done to help my work flow.
  5. Steve_Nyhof
    I use the brick in Chief mainly for simple jobs, but for remodeling, I take a picture of the clients brick wall and put it into Pix Plant 5 and create my own materials. That is the best way to show off your model to a client - who has brick. https://www.pixplant.com/
  6. Steve_Nyhof
    Very nice, Rene! What caught my eye are the two piles of mulch in the landscaping. Is that something you are selling? I'm not doing much with rendering at the moment, but I am always looking at 3D objects. For that matter, it is hard to drive down the road without looing at the trees and wonder if they are 3D objects, or what in them look fake - LOL
  7. Steve_Nyhof
    Thank you, Steve! I have drawn houses with a lower basement before. My template is just not set up for that. Maybe it is time to setup another template for that situation.
  8. Steve_Nyhof
    Thank you, Steve. The walls I'm having a problem with are the front larger doors (see highlight). I have a foundation plan that is set to lower walls only... I do not seem it have problems with the doors you show. Maybe something moved on the plan when you opened it. For now to keep going I just put in boxes with the hatch...
  9. Steve_Nyhof
    The plan https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CrkQEwwnFoM1riHy4oJ7NfIGZ4eEPF1C/view?usp=sharing
  10. Steve_Nyhof
    I think it was just a fluke. A computer gremlin.
  11. Steve_Nyhof
    I tried that and nothing changed. Thank you
  12. Steve_Nyhof
    Does anyone know a way to stop the door opening from cutting out the foundation below. I have my door flush to the top of the foundation floor and wall, but it still cuts out the opening. I have raised my door but that does not work. Thank you, Steve
  13. Steve_Nyhof
    We sure did!
  14. Steve_Nyhof
    I followed your lead and just made a new wall, starting with the foundation wall first, and then added the 8" brick wall, then turned it into a railing wall. That might be the fix. The first time I made the wall, I made an 8" brick wall, turned it into a railing wall, then added the foundation wall as a pony. I did download your drawing and it all looks right.
  15. Steve_Nyhof
    I will download and check it out. I did a lot of messing with that wall, so making it over sounds like it will solve it. Thank you again!
  16. Steve_Nyhof
    Maybe you have another setting I am missing. Once again, the exterior is fine and looking and working as expected, but the middle and interior want to go down.
  17. Steve_Nyhof
    My exteriors show proper which is the most important my exteriors, but if you find a fix for the interior wall that would be appreciated!
  18. Steve_Nyhof
    Thank you, Sir! That makes perfect sense to me. Great job
  19. Steve_Nyhof
    Can anyone look into this please? I cannot get my brick to sit on top of my foundation wall. It wants to go into my foundation wall. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OeaKBstovBhJQE--_gbhkzjOVX0CXOBC/view?usp=sharing Thank you, Steve
  20. Steve_Nyhof
    The one thing I am learning with X16 is to use the HDRI backdrops. I have included some I liked. This makes the house look more real. I still use the X15 background images for some work as you can see above, but there are times on my computer that some kind of light washes them out, makes vertical light strips on it But I like to use the HDRI backdrop with the background images because I can get nice window reflections with it. Big thing is to find a process and reproduce it. With each rendering there is always some tweaking. I also use a few of Chiefs 3d trees to cast shadows vs the 2d trees I include. 2D trees just do not give a good result.
  21. Steve_Nyhof
    Beautiful house, Rene!!
  22. Steve_Nyhof
    You're welcome!
  23. Steve_Nyhof
    I have not figured out why. I plan to just use the spline tool for drawing and converting it into a terrain spline.
  24. Steve_Nyhof
    One thing I requested, and it goes against the realistic idea of a spherical backdrop, is to allow both the same backdrop or even a second backdrop to be used and controlled for reflection in the windows/glass. I may want an image of open planes and a mountain in my background, but reflect a forest of trees or a lake of another image in my windows. Also on your list is the height adjustment for the reflection. Currently it only reflects whatever the backdrop was captured as, and no control over lifting or lowering the reflective background.
  25. Steve_Nyhof
    Thank you! I love the rotator tool. It does not have an end like within the DBX - thank you for sharing