VRNicastro

6 minutes ago, GeneDavis said:

You'll need a new wall defined as sheathing and finish, but here's how I did it.

 

Copy the wall type used for exterior in your plan.  Save it as Gable Truss Face or anything else you want to call it.  Delete the interior finish layer, likely drywall.  Change the material (texture) of the main framing layer to Insulation Air Gap.

 

Now you've a wall you can align to the one below.

Thank you! I’ll give that a try. 

58 minutes ago, solver said:

Draw a wall there.

I tried that it just puts a wall behind it. On the perspective framing view it wasn’t correct or maybe I did something wrong. It was trying to occupy the same space as the truss. 

I am still learning the software but I can’t find any answers on how to show or add the exterior finish on a gable end truss. My trusses have a 16” energy heal and I was able to change the last truss to what I call a gable truss. I think it’s called an “end truss” in CA. 
I created it but I can’t seem to find how to complete it when selected or maybe I am missing the option where to add the OSB , Tyvek and siding. 
Maybe I missed the option when I checked “force rebuild”?

advice? 

Designing a small home. 20X30 with a 12X20 garage. I keep watching videos and I keep making things worse. 

Main house 20X30 Slab foundation. (actually it will be a block foundation below grade with a slab floor at living height) 16" tall 19.2" OC floor trusses, 20' for the mechanicals. The 12X20 garage attic area will be where the HVAC and HW heater are housed.  Garage ceiling/floor height is set to the bottom of the main house second floor trusses. This way it can utilize the floor trusses as a chase for all the HVAC and plumbing. 

I finally got the floor trusses done. Not perfect but they are placed. Now the main house roof will be trusses 24" OC and the garage roof will be stick framed. 2X8 roof 24" OC,  floor 2X8 16" OC perpendicular to main house and roof line parallel to main home. Going to make the attic conditioned space using R-19. Since its not living area I don't have to make it R-21 wall and R-40 ceiling. This will also need a set of pull down stairs. 

I just can't get this thing right. I'll watch a video and then try something, make it worse, delete the mistake and walk away.  

I can't get the roof trusses correct for the main home. It looks like I clipped a corner of the upper wall framing off... Some of the main home is ballon framed which I want (gable end walls and where the stairwell is.)

Anyone have a minute to take a look at what I am doing wrong? Not sure how to share the file. 

23 minutes ago, benriver said:

Hi everyone! So I've had no trouble installing and using Home Designer Suite 2021 (barebones CA x12) on a new Macbook Air M1. It's the top-spec version with 16GB memory and the 8/8 CPU/GPU cores. I'm using the core library, some kitchen and bath manufacturer libraries and made a few custom materials and all seem to be working as planned. I even imported a cabinet maker's .calibz bundle and that's been seamless with structures, textures, countertops, etc.

To be fair, I'm still working with a small model of just 1 floor with a mezzanine and a few open-concept rooms, but wanted to report my findings since it's been tough getting a handle on whether the M1 chip is working or not. I love the machine and feel it's faster than the MBP 16" i9 I was also using to compare. 

I'm happy to try anything out if anyone has specific features to test, just let me know.

Thanks!

I figured the 8 core GPU, 16GB would do better.. 

Try downloading some add-ons to your library and see if it lags when Rosetta does the “translate on the fly”.  I’d be curious to know. 

8 minutes ago, VRNicastro said:

I wonder if when you download additional content will Rosetta know and translate the X86 code to ARM? I understand during the initial install it will but not sure about add ons. 

That article just answered my question. The sluggishness comes from “translate on the fly as needed”

I added additional content after the initial install. 

3 hours ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

 

 

 

https://appleinsider.com/inside/rosetta-2

 

 

 

 

I wonder if when you download additional content will Rosetta know and translate the X86 code to ARM? I understand during the initial install it will but not sure about add ons. 

Steve-C made a post about using a MacBook Pro with the M1 but he doesn’t mention how much memory he has. Also the MacBook Pro uses all 8 cores as where as my MacBook Air only uses 7 cores. 
This could make all the difference in rendering especially if he has 16GB of memory. 
Rosetta 2 does the translation from X86 code to ARM code. If I’m not mistaken it’s kinda like emulation software. It would still need to run along side of the program. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. 

I have an M1 MacBook Air 8GB that I installed Chief Architect on. For those of you wondering it does work running under Rosetta 2. I just clicked “install” so I am assuming it’s running under Rosetta. 
No issues drafting. The only slowdown I have experienced is when adding certain things from the library. Kitchen and bath fixtures. 3D rendering. It then becomes sluggish. Once you close the library the sluggishness goes away. This might be because of the lack of a dedicated graphics or only having 8GB total memory.   
Granted, I am new to the software so my experience is limited as far as all the phases of home drafting. 
I then transferred the license to a 2013 IMac 21.5” (Intel) with 16GB ram core i7 with 1GB video ram and it definitely runs better. No sluggishness with library objects or 3D rendering. 
Since I couldn’t find any definitive answers on this subject I figured I would make a post. 
If there is something specific you want me to try, let me know and I’ll report back my experience.