stevenyhof

The builder I drew this plan for is putting it in the parade of homes here in Michigan. They did not want to pay me $1k for a rendering done in Twin Motion, so I again went on a 2D .png plant image spree. I rendered the house in Chief and brought the image into Photoshop. Added the plants and a few trees, used the paint brush to add some shadows and ran it through the Camera Raw filter. Maybe 30 mins of work. 2D Plants and small trees... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QsYlfVmD4-l68YTTF6sk3ErXJMhZGPnf/view?usp=sharing Now a better why using Chief in 3D...

The best is always to go to the software forum and spend a few minutes there. I did that with Softplan - https://softplan.com/forum/ - Helped me to like Chief better. I couldn't find a forum for Cedreo - that says a lot

Thank you, Steve! That is exactly what I was looking for - just in time too as I was just completing the plan

I need some help on changing my roof label text and marker size. I am showing my roof at 1/8 scale and the text is too small to read

I rarely draw monoslab footings so I am not the expert on this. I was helping Larry Belk (https://www.larrybelk.com/) with some optional ways to pull off mono slabs with CA using Stem Walls and Footings, mainly on the wall design where your footing is poured first and is used as the brick ledge. The bottom two videos are a way to make the wall in section view look like a monoslab. Section idea detail by Larry Belk Mono Slab with Stem Wall using Footing Ledge https://my-plan.stevenyhofdesigns.com/v/HAW98BrXWHD1j2Mm0ZQF Section idea by Larry Belk Mono Slab using Stem Wall and 4" Ledge https://my-plan.stevenyhofdesigns.com/v/vzBeuNHWADnGIlpfIilf Mono Slab using Stem Wall and 1.5" Ledge https://my-plan.stevenyhofdesigns.com/v/YVNuUZ3AdseRG0ThHfCs

Hello, I have made some changes and added a few cameras to my template to help show a client their home in different settings while in a meeting. These are not an end all for beautiful renderings, but a way to quickly show a client what their house will look like. By default my template uses the grass and the surround background (spherical) to work on the plan. Video of details... https://my-plan.stevenyhofdesigns.com/v/0nfRF5mhuFpBYqrb5qn2 Here are the two library backgrounds I use for interior and exterior... https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Gzk88qqJgK43QK7tOzF6oBo_K0Tp5B4/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eahCtzZr5uBsraRT6gIUrwz_R0Up3x8q/view?usp=sharing My plan template with the cameras... (Make sure to unzip the file, find and open the SND_D_Residential Template.plan file in the zip folder) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u2cQxUOQt6pJPN0a6Kd-ZA8rsewaZxBE/view?usp=sharing Just to note that I have my sun at 100 for interior and exterior renderings Exterior Rendering with lines... Exterior at night scene... (you need to add your lighting to the interior, I did not fuss with this plan but you could take this further with landscaping and more exterior lighting). Again, I'm not spending any time with details other than place ceiling lights inside and outside where it makes sense, but only to show an idea of the clients house which they are overjoyed to see. A click of the mouse and happy and impressed customer! Interior Rendering... Cameras in the template... Leave a like and show a screen shot if you tested these cameras and background out, and/or use them. Thank you, Steve These are other threads where we got into grass and backgrounds...

Ah yes! thank you

Hello, is there is default for the ceiling color? Right now it is bone, and I would like to make it white by default. Thank you, Steve

Thank you. I just went through a number of them and at least found some older buttons I have not used and even set hotkeys to. So was a good exercise to get to know my toolbars again.

Wow! I think I need to spend some time just double clicking on the toolbars. That has more than once giving the answer. I should have asked this question 3 years ago Thank you so much!!

How to Rotate an object into specific alignment https://myplan.stevenyhofdesigns.com/6quwn9pm

All fixed up. I must have changed that years ago when I set things up because it defaults to Grid Rounding. Thank you!!

Thank you - I will fix this. I don't like to make the framers think.

Wow, yes. I changed it - thank you

That worked!! I had to check Use Greater ... to make it change. Thank you!

Sorry, wrong plan This is correct - Thank you! SND2193 Dave and Nichole Shear.zip

Here is a link to the plan... I stripped it down but it is still a large file See below thread zip file See the front porch

Does anyone know how to turn off or in some way fix this odd fraction issue? I feel embarrassed having this on my plan and having to make a framer figure out what 2/3" is - somewhere between 5/8" and 11/16". - I have my fraction set to 1/16" as smallest so figure it should round up or down. ???

New update... I'm really enjoying the curve monitor. It works nice because I am using FancyZones and using them a lot like multiple overlapping monitors. I also set up a zone specifically for zoom meetings so that I have access to outer spaces/docs that I can drag into my screen. Note I have zoon set up on the zone and not my whole screen. You can of course click the expand button on the top right of the window your working in to fill the screen. Click again and it goes back into the assigned zone.

Just an update on the 55" curved monitor. I am not sure why it is different, I have not changed my computer at all, but working in Twinmotion the last few hours, and running a PBR (Path Tracing in TM), it is very fast. In fact I increased my Samples per Pixel to 256 and it is still 4 times faster. It used to take about 2 minutes at 128, and now about 30 seconds. Anyone know why a monitor would make that difference? I did increase the Hz from 60 to 165, but I thought that was more for animated 3D and video???

Very nice set up! It is nice to see others expand their desktop like this.

I have been messing with the new monitor and FancyZones and that might do it for me. I'm going to mess with it this way for some time and see how it goes.

Giving an update here. My monitor showed up today so my son and I set it up... I can tell you that I already miss the real estate I once had with four TV's (just to be clear, they were TV's - 4k, but TV's). My refresh rate went from 60Hz to 165Hz. Not a big deal for CAD, but nice for gaming. Also made my mouse more responsive and smooth. The curve is very nice when putting CA at full screen, this is even larger than one of big TVs - 42" to 55". I like that all of the screen is facing me and I am looking straight forward. With my last set up, more than a foot on each end faced past me. This was ok as that is why I put my menu on the left of the left TV. Back to real estate, I am planning on adding two 27" monitors (vertical) to each side of this new monitor to add back some space as I liked my email, scheduling, etc on one of the upper TVs, and other related drawing docs on the upper left TV. It is just nice not to have to flip through windows, back and fourth. As far as my computer build, I am also looking at more of a workstation with multiple processing cores. Not cheap so really having to think about it, but a nice tax write off. Today I am going to work on making a few Layer Sets to help speed up my production by turning off more layers. I'm hoping to rethink my drawing process and find when I want certain layers on or off. My current computer is fast, but grass is one killer so I think that just will not be used, and I like to place my furniture as it gives me a better sense of how things are flowing. But that is one thing that I will have to toggle. When a lot of layers are on a 6000 sq.ft. house, working with walls, doors and windows it always a small delay in my click to click. I'm trying to find a way to eliminate that delay. Teaching patience for sure, but truly annoying when you want to get things done. I thought I had super good HTMI cables, put this new monitor is telling me to get better cables if I want to run multiple screens inside the one screen, which I am planning on setting up Microsoft Power Toys, FancyZones to accomplish something similar.

This is the one I purchased. I just got it from newegg for the same price. Thank you

Very good! Thank you. I will post my findings as I put things together.