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  1. HumbleChief
    You can switch floors with your desired Anno Set Layer set already set up. This is a GREAT feature IMO. Here's a video Eric linked from another thread which explains a lot of the intricacies within Plan Views. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2421/saved-plan-views.html Nice job Chief.
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    Saved Plan Views is a STELLAR new feature of X10. Many thanks for the video Eric (and Chief) as there are so many hidden features within that feature it's impossible to use them at their full capability without that detailed explanation. One thing I would like is to be able to save ALL open plan views upon re-opening a plan file but still a GREAT GREAT feature IMO.
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    Now THAT is a comprehensive look at X10 and all the new features.. Great read
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    I'll update soon as well and agree X10 is a great release.
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    I now see the official announcement and would like to thank the good folks at Chief for all their efforts.
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    Thanks you guys. I'm holding off the upgrade for now....
  7. HumbleChief
    Curious, I see it my program updates but no announcement and no threads here regarding same? Anyone update yet? Or am I on an older Beta release? Build: 20.0.3.43x64 and the latest looks like 20.1.0.43 dated 2/14/2018. Curious as to anyone's experience Thanks
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    Would like to know as well. Bump map for the carpet? What do you use for your stainless material? Thanks in advance.
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    ...ain't half bad
  10. HumbleChief
    Curious side note - after spending a lot of time to get a decent render for my client he preferred the watercolor render over any of the more realistic renders. Who knew...
  11. HumbleChief
    Thanks for the help!! I haven't played around with lighting for literally years but just had it come up with a client and trying my best to get a good result but having only spotty luck. Your settings and help are useful.
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    DOH! Haven't used those tools for a very long time - thanks for the help and reminder!!! Curious Mark, do you depend on those lights as much or more than your fixtures for lighting?
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    Graham, Are there 'general lights' that can be placed within a floor space that don't specify a fixture? I thought we previously had that ability and I would like to place random lights within a floor space, say 48" down from the ceiling, to brighten a space without it having to be 'recessed' or other specific light fixture. Thanks
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    VERY helpful as usual Michael - appreciate it!
  15. HumbleChief
    MIGHT have improved this scene a bit with more and modified lights but still a noob at best.
  16. HumbleChief
    Probably not and I think bump maps are the key to great grass but I'm not very learned in such things. Jintu has a couple great grass videos/textures somewhere.
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    Another super basic video...
  18. HumbleChief
    Never seen those lines unless my walls/floors are not lined up perfectly and/or there are breaks in the walls
  19. HumbleChief
    Got a couple good results - better than RT. Not sure this is the best example but the process is the same. Must have your materials and lights figured out as in a RT so it's more work than a 'standard' render but the results are pretty good. Here's a short vid that may help.
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    Did a bit of searching and got just a bit more confused. Thought maybe Chief had a tut or library of maps? Saw the latest vid from the NKBA show and Scott was showing a wood floor with the grooves showing up so nicely and I thought that might be a bump map thing? ...but no clue how to accomplish same. I'll keep at it and thanks as always Michael.
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    Is there a tutorial somewhere? Pretty lost on the process but want to add bump and normal maps to my skill set. Does Chief have a library of same? Thanks
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    Would not hold my breath. I have struggling with large files for a very long time and threw as much hardware as I could with no change. Chief is simply slow software when the models get large.
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    That sucks. Since this is our livelihood I think many of us are willing to throw cash at some new hardware but not if there aren't noticeable improvements in performance. So what's the end game? Chief gets larger with more (admittedly great) features and just slows down until what? Hopefully a new MAC Pro will get you the performance you need...
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    Good advice and I suppose that can be managed by layer sets well? I haven't taken the time to set mine up with that consideration but perhaps it's time I did.
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    I threw my many core Xeon processors at a large test model and it was much slower at most operations versus a modern i7 processor that handles single threaded operations much better as Graham has stated above. Would NOT get a Xeon processor again unless RayTracing is your focus and the many cores can be utilized.