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3 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:
Steve, this post is incorrect! I was curious why ASUS didn't simply list the PCIe generation in the marketing info but if you click on tech specs you'll see that the motherboard only support gen 3 PCIe speeds. They do note some kind of 4x PCIe info but it's only gen 3 PCIe.
EDIT*: Ah! So I would need to upgrade "*to a new motherboard" anyway to support the new CPU.
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3 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:
Here's a comparison between the 10700K and 11900K.
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i9-11900K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-10700K/4110vs4070
Very interesting. While it is faster, the difference is so little, I may need to hold off for a time. Thank you!!
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31 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:
New gear is always fun but don't expect huge gains from any upgrade at this point in your computer world. Your current computer is very capable and most likely a new CPU and new M.2 drive will be faster but the gains will most likely not be worth the cost. It's fun and can be a bit of a placebo but performance gains from your current system will come in very small, maybe not even noticeable, increments.
Yeah, I am having some fun, but wanting to see of I can improve what I am doing a bit. With any CAD software, once you get good at what you're doing, you can often outperform the processing... click, click, click is always nicer than... click, click, wait, click. I will need to pay closer attention as I work to notice how CA is working and then once I upgrade how it works.
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8 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:
If the motherboard noted in the pic above is indeed the one you have than an M.2 drive will have access to PCIe 4.0 and faster speeds. Took a while to find the info in the link below, it's a pic towards bottom of page.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/TUF-Gaming/TUF-GAMING-Z490-PLUS-WI-FI/
Thank you for the info!
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Per pcpartpicker - my motherboard can work with the Intel 11900K... see image
But does require some additional items... see image
I did just build this computer a little over a year ago with some upgrades since, but I would not be against putting in a new motherboard.
For those who may find this thread, my son turned me onto this guy who tests and helps you find the right hardware...EDIT: I wanted to add that with my motherboard, it does support the "Intel® Core™ i9-11900K" with an update to the BIOS. Based on my study into the CPU fans I believe the one I have is already fine for this setup.
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12 hours ago, Kbird1 said:
Lots of anything with Curves eg Oval Sinks (* lots of them)
PDFs saved it Plans
CAD Line work from a "Trace"
can all slow CA dramatically.
Mick.
Good info! Thank you
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12 hours ago, Kbird1 said:
Don't tell him.... but your son is right , you would Clone the SSD to the NVME, except he should of told you to get it quick for the Black Friday Deal.....
However you won't (maybe , need MOBO info) get PCIe 4.0 speeds (7000) only PCIe 3.0 ( 3500?, still 5 x faster that a Sata SSD) as you need a 11th gen CPU to enable PCIe 4 Lanes and the 10700k we both have doesn't have them. My Motherboard (Mobo) a Z590 can with a 11th gen. but my 10th gen CPU can't.
Mick.
Thank you Mick. I was thinking a new CPU may be in order. Back in the 80's I built all of our companies computers, but today I relay on my two sons and people like yourself as my interest is not what it used to be
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This was very helpful...
I would say I follow all these recommendations quite well and my speed is just fine for 95% of my work. I can experience some lag with larger houses, and then I keep my 3D off as much as I can which does speed it up. I do zoom meetings often where I use one monitor and split the screen to plan and 3D and then things slow down a bit.
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Another question I will have, and you can see that I have 4 monitors which I love as I draw (plan view) on the bottom left, 3D floor in my bottom right, client notes, etc on the top left and my email, calendar, schedule software (Asana), G-Drive, etc, in a browser on my top right. Works very nice.
My question is can 60Hz monitors slow down the performance of CA? Or better said, can a higher Hz increase performance speed with CA?
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On 11/19/2021 at 2:43 PM, Kbird1 said:
Hi , you notice the NVME speed increase at 1st , then a few days later it is normal and you don't notice it in everyday use , at least that was my experience.
Make sure the Undo and Temp folders are on the NVME Drive now, they should be but I have dedicated folders on C:\ I point Chief to use instead....
They are generally empty when Chief is in use but occasionally leave download folders and undo.plans behind eg if there is a crash.
Hi Mick, (or anyone with knowledge of this)
I am about to order the "SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2 2280 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.3c Samsung V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V8P2T0B/AM" - "Get read speeds up to 7,000 MB/s with 980 PRO" per Newegg.com
My son is telling me I should just reinstall CA on this drive and not on the C: drive. Does this make sense to gain some speed? Most of my work is without an issue now on SSD drives. My storage drive is where I have all my plans.
I never paid attention until I read this thread and see we can control where the Temp and Undo folders are located, and it hit me that CA, knowing that these files are being accessed within the operation that we can take advantage of putting these folders on a NVMe drive to speed up file transfer rates.
This seems like a good move - yes?
Thank you,
Steve
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4 hours ago, glennw said:
Steve,
I mentioned that way back near the beginning
Sorry I missed that. Good call
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22 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:
You have "trusses" checked in the Build Roof DBX. That will override the Structure value and instead use the setting in the Framing Default, Trusses which I suspect is set to 3-1/2".
Ah!! Thank you very much!
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It's a new drawing and I only have the two roof planes which were auto generated from the defaults. Set to 7.25, generated to 3.5
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When I set the roof structure thickness to 7.25, the roofs are still generated at 3.5
https://www.loom.com/share/58d662203eb545dfb7acf75239cde336
Thoughts?
Thank you,
Steve
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So I learned from support that for winders to work, you need to make the space the stairs are in a room. I did not make the basement stairs yet so did not have a room. I added a few room divider walls and it works. FYI
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Here is the final result and DBX options on each wall...
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5 hours ago, yusuf-333 said:
Hey Steve
Great you have got all the setting, I see you uploaded the dbx. You missed the other important setting to make the smooth transitions. The newel setting!
Let me add a little more explanation.
How does the program calculate the railing on top of different sections in a railing? I found out that it depends on the newel spacing. If the newel spacing is set to 50cm and compare it with another one with 100cm spacing, you will see the former will have smooth transitions.
Therefore, if you set NS=0 and (newel width = 0) you get perfect smooth transitions.
I watched your video and see you had issues with smoothness. Hope that helps.
Thank you! That makes perfect sense!
Perfection!!
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Here is what I have...
https://www.loom.com/share/97a8d4d7d505469ea195b3c8a7459e08
I do have some issue with my winders, they are not working and have a support ticket open. That might be my issue. I will update once I get an answer to that.
Thank you,
Steve
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13 hours ago, yusuf-333 said:
Oh here it is, import it to your user library first. and from there you can load the railing to your stair.
Solid Rail %22Follow Stair%22.calibz 167.94 kB · 4 downloads
Very ingenious, Yusuf!
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13 hours ago, yusuf-333 said:
Oh here it is, import it to your user library first. and from there you can load the railing to your stair.
Solid Rail %22Follow Stair%22.calibz 167.94 kB · 2 downloads
Thank you!
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51 minutes ago, yusuf-333 said:
Hey
Here is a video showing a solid railing that follows stair. Just a railing., no need for stingers nor wall adjystment. I need some one to win this challenge before I post a "railing library objext" that you can just drag from your user library and a draw as usual. As you can see in the video the bottom height and top height can be edited in a dialog box. As you can see it can be attached to the side of the stair too. Glenn will figure out easily I am sure.
Thank you! It cuts into the ceiling correctly, but still not following how you control the bottom to follow the stairs. Still trying.
This is the other way where you manipulate the walls, but cuts the ceiling...
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So I tested both left and right curved stairs, and mirrored them and I cannot get the winders to curve with the wall.
I'm going to report this to support.
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8 hours ago, glennw said:
Ah! Thank you for looking into this. You know, they do offer left and right curved stairs. Maybe you are not meant to mirror a stairs if you decide to go the other direction. Not saying that is what I did, but now I want to check. Thank you for looking into this. I will report a bug if I confirm what you are saying.
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32 minutes ago, glennw said:
Can you post a cut down plan and i will have a look.
That error message about the extents would suggest that you have an object floating out in space somewhere.
No hurry, it is a holiday - have a good night!
Thank you, Glenn
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Very good. Thank you Larry. I work along just fine now with only a few jobs that cause lag, and I have done very little to make my own materials so I am going to leave things as they are now and wait for some real change in hardware before I upgrade. No reason to spend money on such little gain with new things coming around the corner.