HumbleChief

I'm not sure what it's called when you select a tool, like doors, and it displays a tool palette on the left with hinged, doorway etc. rather than a child drop down menu but I was wondering if there's a way to stack various tool palettes in that area? I've attached a terrible pic of the idea. Or are there other options?

My guess is the problem is shown in the pic attached. Open the Terrain Perimeter to get to the dialog box shown.

Still not sure about this but I think older versions of Chief wants the plan files 'saved' before it starts to automatically save archived files? Anyone clear about this as I seem to have been trapped by that 'feature' in the past?

Nothing worse. in the 20 years I've used Chief I've had 2 or 3 files go missing on the computer 'Archive' folders and only one time I was not able to retrieve one from my Carbonite backup. Still no worse feeling. I'm not sure but I think there might have been a change in X14 where the plan file doesn't have to be 'saved' before the archive setting start but am unsure. I also ow have DropBox that saves older versions and history that I've used perhaps once? Sincerely best of luck.

I remember those 2 videos and remember thinking that that basement is about a 5 -10 minute measure using my stone age techniques, and that time would include talking to the client about the weather. Not saying there's anything wrong with noting that an interior wall is out by 3/16 of an inch but that's not information I've ever found useful. I did like the Leica though, might replace my Bosch when the time comes.

I was trying to sketch up an idea I had in my head in Chief the other day and was going in circles. By the time I got close in Chief the idea had morphed into something unusable. Then I picked up a pencil and paper and began sketching out an idea and voila, there it was. Not the best analogy but sometimes a pencil and paper is just more practical in the real world than all the latest technology. I walked through, in my head, a house measure with a Disto Blue Tooth device that included a lap top opened to Chief on a stand that moved from room to room, and tried to imagine choosing a wall, taking the measurement, checking the wall in Chief to make sure the measurement was entered accurately, and/or checking to see if the correct wall was selected, then selecting another wall, going to that wall with the Disto, measuring, then back to Chief to select another wall, then to the next room, rinse and repeat, and so on. There is even a video out there somewhere showing the technique but after watching that it only confirmed that it's simply not for me. I am not a Luddite when it comes to technology but technology for technology's sake leaves me wanting as compelling as it is. And sure someone will post a thread about a lidar enhanced room measuring device that gets real close and is compelling because technology simply is compelling but I can get most measure done in under an hour, miss features rarely (any more) and am no longer enthralled with the latest measuring techniques. Do you remember Chief's Room Planner? Me either.

THAT Sir, (Penny) is a thing of beauty.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-review

What? I can't hear you!!

Not recommending anyone else measure the way I do and this did not require extreme accuracy but this is what I brought home from the job walk to build the as built model. I take a pretty detailed video with my phone and note window sizes verbally as I know a 4040 slider when I see one or detail the windows when needed. I no longer measure the exterior. I tried graph paper and Rocket Book and a blue tooth laser and they just got in the way of my personal work flow. Looks pretty scary but really easy for me to interpret as all the squiggles mean something and translate pretty easily with the video for confirmation.

I change my methods depending on the scope of work. If it's a whole house remodel I'll measure every nook and cranny carefully and focus on the important parts moving forward. If there is a small room addition or small remodel I'll measure less carefully on the whole and focus on the areas that are involved in the proposed scope of work. If the scope is for a new accessory dwelling unit I'll be extra lazy measuring the main house as the minor details are not usually important. I use a Bosch laser and used to measure both inside and out but now only measure the inside and add outside measurements only when needed. I sketch the floor plan out on a blank sheet of paper and add measurements for each room as I go. Complete chicken scratch. Did I mention lazy above? I either tried or looked seriously into the newer technologies like Chief's room planner and just found too many problems in my real world application.

Glad you got things worked out.

Not sure this helps but here's a video with the relative speed of things on my (older) rig.

Don't blame you a bit. My dinosaur system is working fine but there's nothing worse than slow downs that can't be solved. Still curious about the OP's problem and if it was solved.

Me too. Wonder if the OP got the problem solved?

Which camera view? Is your setup defaulting to the RTRT physically based camera view? Are you using the 3090 card or the onboard video graphics if available? My experience runs exactly parallel to Joey's comments above. I have an older system that is plenty fast in standard camera view. You have one of the fastest systems available so it makes no sense that you're running slow as described. Have you contacted tech support? Can you post a plan for others to test speed and diagnose?

Please define the term '3D open' above. Which 3D view mode are you using? Physically based (RTRT) Real Time Ray Tracing? Which is not Real Time at all and takes several second to process even with a 3090, or standard mode which should render almost instantaneously and is a better mode for "editing in the program" saving the RTRT more for final faster renders over the CPU RayTrace. My older system (below with an older 1080) in standard mode only slows down on the largest of models. I don't use/need RTRT but the older card works great in standard mode. Also might help others if you post your complete systems specs so others might help.

Good guess, and this is the case as 'decks' aren't always the best room def for me and my limited skill set. I turned the shadows on and set up some bright 3D lights in the deck room, that isn't really a deck, and it's behaving quite well now . Thank you.

Shadows helped a lot and I also put a couple of very bright lights out on the deck. Thanks VERY much for the help!!

Thanks Ryan, but the on, then off, then on, then off behavior is a bit disconcerting. Is there a simple fix? F5 does not seem to work or is there a setting I might change? Thanks again.

I've seen this many time but have never understood why the lighting changes with some changes then back again. In this case it's a window changes that turned lighting off/down then turned it back on again. It can be seen in the video below @ around 6 seconds then back off again around 35 seconds in. Any clues out there?

Check out the pattern settings under 'wall type' in the plan I posted. There's 2 different settings. See if you can duplicate or get the look you want.

Leo please post a/the plan you are having trouble with so we at least have a chance of helping.

Yeah something I never needed to add, and will probably not use as I never turn off patterns but good to know.

Nice Mick, had no idea those options were available. Mine are on by default I guess as I've never had a need to not have patterns show.