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I haven't followed this thread that closely for a while and can understand the frustration with the pricing change but "all of them" have moved on? These are colleagues? How many? Current Chief users? How is this subjective assumption relevant? And it may be true that Chief, with its new pricing model, "will lose more business" but it might be more accurate to suggest that Chief will lose some current customers or end users which with increased revenues may still drop a larger profit to the bottom line allowing more resources to be dedicated to making the program better for the remaining users. I think the biggest challenge will be attracting new users. I think it is the hope of management that they have created a solid enough niche in the competitive market place to attract small home and remodelers as Chief currently is IMO the best option for that niche. Time will tell and I have less and less concern as I will happily pay the SSA fees going forward and factor in any increases to my business model. And as always best of luck to everyone no matter their choices.

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I think it's their version of 'sharing' to various platforms.

I downgraded to 2022 and all is well for now. No word on whether or not that feature will be reintroduced in the future.

Thanks Michael, I'd love to be wrong about this but in version 2022, second pic below, there's a radio button "Copy To Clipboard" URL in which when the video was finished uploading the YouTube URL would be posted to the clip board, then pasted any time before anything else was pasted to the clip board. In the first pic, version 2023, you can see the radio button is missing and instead there's a brief selection window that appears after the video is finished uploading and you have to be quick to select the 'get video' button before the selection window disappears. Again would love to missing something but have communicating with tech support for a while with no help. Do you have 2022 or 2023?

Wanted to bump this thread as I just discovered that Snagit 2023 has removed a key feature for those wanting to upload to YouTube. It no longer has a 'Copy To Clipboard' radio button selection so videos when uploaded to YouTube, URL's have to be manually copied and pasted. 2022 still works but the feature was disabled in version 2023.

No but the model's perimeter was different enough to relocate each camera at its new 120 degree angle. Also it's easy enough to relocate the cameras by dragging them into place for easier zooming/panning. Was just curious about the default locations. Thank You.

This looks to be true, that the distance is based on 'some fancy math' and in this case not considering 0,0 as the model is drawn close to 0,0. In the pic attached I change the model size 3 times, set the default cameras and their locations changed 3 times based on the size of model's floor plan. 0,0 (X) is pretty much in the middle of the pictured example.

Thank you and of course a camera can be manually located but why the default location? And as above the X, Y Michael is pointing out was the current location of the cursor when the screen shot was taken. I can move the camera closer and position it manually but again am curious about the default location.

Thanks Michael but the X,Y you are pointing to is the current location of the cursor when the screen shot was taken, not sure how that could effect the default location of the camera? I opened the plan again and the cameras default to the same X, Y location. Not sure why?

I'm taking a standard 'Perspective Full Overview' and a 'Perspective Floor Overview' of a plan and the default X,Y coordinates are 961 7/16, -2438 13/16 as shown in the pic. Why? Is there a setting for such things? Thanks

Not sure this is a good example of where a structural engineer might be helpful but a Simpson JBA hanger is intended for solid sawn lumber up against a ledger of sorts, not up against a concrete stem wall where the only attachment is on the top of the hanger. I think my engineer would suggest a ledger off the concrete wall and hang the joists from that but I don't know anything about the OP's experience or intent so very hard to say. Or perhaps a Masonry hanger from Simpson? And again this is not a design I would impose upon my construction team without a S.E.'s approval and design. https://www.strongtie.com/masonryhangers_masonryconnectors/category

I'm curious with a question to the OP. Are you a licensed architect or a 'designer' like myself? The reason I ask is that I, as a designer, stay far away from details like this and have my structural engineer take care of such things. I review the details for anomalies or a misunderstanding of job site conditions but don't create the details as they tend to get in the way of actual best practice job site construction techniques. As an architect I 'might' create details of the structural engineering spec's but I have no experience as an architect so cannot speak to that issue. When I was a general my brother ran our field work and he was an excellent field guy and he did not like too many details and preferred to build to code or beyond instead of trying to interpret detailed details that many times were either unbuildable or hard to interpret in the field in a way that actually made for a better constructed building. Not many of us are lucky enough to have a field supervisor that is super competent or knowledgeable and that's just one person's experience.

Try putting some break lines (3 key) in the wall and reshape it. A pass through window seems to works as well...

Yeah I think a pony wall should work with the soldier course rotated 90 degrees.

Also please remember there's more than one way to create the space you're describing using the tools presented in the video linked above. Basically you can lower the ceiling height in that space by lowering and thickening a defined floor space from above. The crown works its way around the space as expected with a tricky return. It may not be the best technique for what you're trying to accomplish but it's a great and very important tool to have in your Cheif tool box. IMO. 1556475170_CLOSETDROP.plan

pattyw, There will be smarter and better informed suggestions for your dilemma but Chief treats floor and ceiling heights in a VERY specific manner and there are videos in Chief's library explaining those specific manners. Perhaps this video will help? https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/318/dropping-a-floor-and-raising-the-ceiling-of-a-room.html

VERY nice work you two.

This quick test took under 15 minutes. A lot to tweak as in any design but very easy to accomplish in Chief, especially from the guys/gals that are quicker and much smarter..

Once Chief's tools are understood the designs shown are no more difficult than "North America Buildings." As a beginner it may seem difficult but all the tools are there and they just need to be used in a slightly different way. Here's an example that's expertly done but not a complex model to execute in Chief.

I think the analysis credit goes to Rich...

That is indeed pretty astounding, good catch.

I think these couple of threads regarding Chief's change in licensing policy and pricing have pretty much run their course but one factor that may be have been overlooked is the fact that this forum responses represent a very, very small number of users. Indicative of a general sentiment perhaps, but not representative of every user's feeling on the matter. No matter the future or what you choose your future to be with Chief Architect I'd like to wish everyone the best and I think in a couple years time the new normal re: Chief will have shaken itself out and we will be back to making a living designing homes and discussing new and interesting issues here on the forum.

I see and apologize for inferring what you did not mean to imply but there have been more than one discussion about the cost of competing software as if that might be the deciding factor other than its actual fit with the work to be done. I'm curious too about others' impression about Revit and its usefulness in their business. Best of luck either way and let us know what you learn/choose.

I find this sentiment interesting and am wondering how many CAD design software users are concerned about price enough to switch to a tool that may or may not be the best tool for the job? I don't know that much about Revit other than video tutorials I've watched but it seems like an extremely bad fit for the kind of work I do. It seems as though even if I could get it cheaper wouldn't it still be an extremely bad fit? On the other hand if Revit is an extremely good fit for the work one does then wouldn't the price, at some point, become moot?