ValleyGuy

I am looking at the M5 Ultra as well. For a few main reasons: 1) I currently run 5 displays on my M4 Max Mac Studio and have a sixth that runs on my iPad. I would like to have all 6 run off the new studio on TB5 cables without using a doc. The Ultra will do that comfortably with it's double the channels and additional TB5 ports of the Max model. 2) I did a little research on AI and am not exactly sure how this will effect my business in the next few years, but I would like to prepare for it. One thing that I am playing with currently is rendering. A Mac based app called Draw Things will learn and render locally using the LLM stacks that I choose to use. This is instead of using general web based engines that are maybe not geared specifically toward architecture accuracy. If I want to use Chief at the same time, while using all these displays, bumping up to 96GB of RAM seems to be the sweet spot. Bumping up the memory on the Max puts the cost at almost equal to that of the base Ultra. 3) Additional CPU and GPU cores will help as well. I'm interested in the binned 30/64 base model as I don't think that the additional cost for a few more cores out weighs the added benefits. I bought my current studio reconditioned from Apple and saved about 15%, while still receiving all of the benefits like AppleCare service and support thats included with a new purchase. I am thinking that I'll do the same for the M5 Ultra when some used ones become available - I'm guessing March, April or May next year. Random thoughts: - my M4 Max runs smooth as butter and with Chief's recent improvements, X18 is a lot faster than X17. Just like you, the ultra for me is mostly just for more brute horse power. - I expect the M5 will be faster in many different areas, and just like most tech things, the M5 will probably perform faster than I can. I did start to find myself waiting on my old intel Mac, but I'm pretty certain that the M5 will stay ahead of my abilities to input commands for a few years. - I like the Apple ecosystem, everything just works. Everything just connects and makes things very convenient. I really like that I can just copy and paste between my phone, iPad, and desktop without any other stuff messing up the communication path, just click and there it appears. - I like the fact that my Studio doesn't make any heat or noise, my office doesn't overheat or become noisy. I think the Ultra will handle everything I throw at it with ease. - I really like that my whole desk top computer is smaller than my code book. I take it to almost every customer's home when I do the 3D walk through with them. - I'm ok without the modification freedoms on my Mac (vs a PC). At this point in my life, I'm not yearning to modify my car either.

It is a pretty cool site set up! Changes foundations, adds garages, and changes things all at lightning speeds. I was enquiring because I was brought in on a project that was lead by a high end architectural firm that had given the client a similar (down loaded and stand alone I believe) interactive model. Viewing was controlled by the customer, but no changes were allowed. It was only viewable along the single path, not able to jump from room to room like the Beaver Homes link. What a coincidence that you chose the Alpine home.... I drew plans on this exact home a couple of years ago. Took me three truss companies before I found one that could build the trusses. A-frames are no problem when they are cottage sizes... the one I drew was 38' wide. It's funny because I used to work contractor sales at a local Home Hardware and I called the Beaver Homes design team directly looking for truss specs, the guy told me that they didn't do the engineering on them because nobody had purchased that particular plan yet.

Just wondering if anyone in the Chief community is offering anything at this level or above? And if so, what type of programs are involved? https://vdc.aareas.com/?beaverhomesandcottages#/soleil-du-midi. On the right side top there is a Customize with the Virtual Design Centre, just click on that. This exterior full panoramic view I would think could be done with a custom back ground photo, and possibly the lake (and edge area) could be made easily enough. Having this type of 3D presentation isn't a significant part of my business so I am not very well versed in what it takes to make something like this possible. I do walk through videos, but nothing like this. I am wondering how much effort is required to do something like this?

Room Space Box walls work off of your wall defaults. Just make a super thin room divider wall and put that as your Exterior and Interior wall default. Same tool, just no wall thickness.

Yes, some sort of time stamp like the Time Log Entries would be super nice. I played around with it a bit and I think that for now, I will use 'Code' in the schedule and Rename it to "Revision Date", and before each client session I'll just remember to Edit the Active View and put that day's date into the Code box under the Notes Defaults. At least each note used that day will have a little automated function. An added bonus is I can keep that same revision schedule going when the project file gets copied with each round of revisions. (... and maybe when the revision-happy customer actually sees how many times they made requests to change something, they appreciate the timeline involved and the invoice lol). I'll send a suggestion through too.

Is there a way to NOT have the date column in a schedule become current upon opening up the plan? Example: I reviewed a plan with a customer and they had a few revisions. I use a note schedule to make notes as well as a being a sign off check list before I leave them. The 'Date' column records that day's date and the plan is saved. If I open the plan the following day - the revision note schedule then replaces that date with the current date stamp. If I saw them on August 31st - I want the note schedule to still show Aug 31st not update to todays date in September. I have a work around in that I can screen shot the schedule the same day as the review, then import the picture. But I am curious if there is a way to frieze the date when the note was made?

This is kind of funny, ...and way off topic, but I though that it weirdly appropriate in this "looking for something elusive" thread.... I had a TikTok pop up the other day and I thought that they finally found you......

Framing the both the house and the deck rim boards works fine.... if the box is checked in the Auto Framing Defaults. This also prompts the deck ledger board to frame. However, all of the rim board thickness is still controlled by the Floor Structure default. So if you have two different thicknesses between the house floor rim board and the deck rim boards, be sure to frame one then change the thickness before framing the other. It would be nice if there was a separate deck rim board default section too. Other than the glitch with the Joist Direction Line, and the beam direction issue (both of which Chief is looking into), the deck seems to frame up better than before IMHO.

Are there little sections of attic walls under the slope? They might need to have the frieze board turned on. I normally build all my roofs manually, sorry no help on your side quest.

I can't get the house rim boards to frame either......

When framing a deck I can't seem to get ledger or rim boards to frame at all, nor can I get the beams to build perpendicular to the joists. Is this a bug?

You might be able to treat it like a garage slab.... make the attic flooring (or sub-flooring) a 'no material', then make a 3D solid material as your plywood to fit your space properly.

That did the trick, thank you so much.

I'm hoping someone has an idea.... Is there a way to have the call out number sequence for a plan note adjust when a note is deleted? The notes are %simple schedule number% when placed on the plan, and also appear in sequence in a note schedule. However, should a note be deleted from the plan, the notes numbered after the deleted one do not appear in sequence in the schedule.