HumbleChief

If you set the ceiling structure of the first floor to say, 2 x 6 joists and the floor structure of the second floor above to 2 x 8 joists will the 2 x 8 floor joists above override the 2 x 6 joists of the ceiling below? I always make sure they are the same. Is that necessary? Correct?

Jon is correct but might be best for things like electrical where you don't need things 'scaled'. That first schedule is 'scaling' the larger fan and all the other symbols are following that size row height. With windows you might want to 'scale' the images to show that one window is smaller/larger than another. Might take some experimentation but should/could be workable.

When creating or editing any plan material, place a space in front of the name in the name field and those relevant materials to that plan are always at the top of the list.

How is that done exactly?

...Edit Page Information window. Thought I had missed it in X7 but it's new to X8 and really handy/faster when setting up your sheet index. Old way - close and reopen for each page. New way, just hit the drop down, change pages and modify - NICE.

There's no real bench mark for Chief Architect 'Ray Tracing' speed. The only way to really know the speed differences between processors is to try and duplicate a Chief model on computers with different processors. Chief likes more cores for 'RayTracing' according to the Chief guys but how could one know the speed differences between processors in Chief without a true head to head test? I don't doubt that an AMD could be good for RayTracing but how can that speed be truly compared to an i7 without a head to head test? I personally would use something like Passmark or CineBench to judge such things but if someone is happy with their AMD's then I'm good with that. At the same time I would not ignore Graham's sound advice.

Of course that can't help, but if snapped in place - again it seems to show the backsplash even with a 0 depth.

Shelby, Pull your cabinets away from the wall and re-snap them back in place. Somehow your lowers got placed too far back against the wall surface.

Agreed Graham - unless you get a big, perhaps unanticipated, job and your computer grinds to a halt. Had that happen to me and I had to (or at least I thought I had to) upgrade just to complete the model. The best advice I got was, and I think still is, to buy the best video card and CPU you can afford to insure your not under-gunned when that big job shows up on your door step.

SWEET!!!

Coming out way too dark on my HP 110. Are the shadow's color/depth adjustable in any way? Printing to PDF first which looks OK then prints very dark on the HP. There's a 'lightness' setting in the HP which, when turned all the way down prints the shadows OK but kills (way too light) any other gray scale of PDF file. Haven't tried my printing service, from PDF, yet but am worried the color will be too dark. BTW looks great in the PDF, just prints very dark. Thanks.

Thought I responded earlier oh well.. JD, the video card handles 'rendering' the CPU handles 'Ray Tracing' and the terms are not interchangable. You need to understand the terms and what it is you want to do before upgrading your system. If you can afford it and your system's PCI buses are compatible by all means get a GTX 980 but it won't help you if you want to 'Ray Trace' which requires CPU muscle. There's a ton of computer threads here and a search may help clarify your needs.

Nice. What settings are you using to send your views? Vector? Tech Illustration? Color off? Sun follows camera? Thanks

Odd that a public Beta would be sold to consumers before its official release, no? Anyway I've had a couple minor issues with the latest public X8 Beta but no show stoppers and am doing all new plans in X8 public Beta.

I don't think so either, but I'm all ears for any suggestions that might work.

That's what I do too, doesn't take much time to manually dim the interior walls.

I don't mean the delete objects tool, and I don't know if that's what you're talking about, but I just tried again, using the delete objects tool, and a "bunch of different settings and techniques" to adjust settings for Auto Interior Dims and still get a useless mess of dimensions, doubled up and unreadable with all the clutter. MAYBE there's a way to get it to work efficiently but if there is, shouldn't all of the users (some expert) who have posted saying it's basically worthless have access to that secret handshake? Why isn't there just one post and then many helpful posts about how to get it to work better? Why is the only real tip we get from Chief is to check Anno Sets with no real clue as to why or what settings might be used to get better results? I tried it once and it was useless - to me. I tried it again - it's still useless - to me, and I will never use it again until there is a simple explanation as to how the dims can be regulated or the feature is made to work in a manner that matches an Architect's/Designer's real world use of the tool. This is not the only tool that Chief automates then let's die without finding out how the users actually use it. If you have a method that works and gives you readable usable interior dimensions, why do't I? I've used the software 15 years and it's either too complex for me, or the technique is too arcane or non-existent for me to discover. I suspect the latter.

Great tip Michael - have you tried it?

Yeah Graeme that bit of 'odd' is the problem. Not insurmountable but just a heads up for other users.

Tried it Perry. Makes no difference which macro or even if you have a macro. The page number changes when it shouldn't. Awesome if works OK on your system but can't see how that can be following the steps I outlined.

Thanks for the replies but the problem has nothing to do with the solutions presented. Thanks David but the problem is a bug and can be replicated no matter how you number/letter your pages. No matter how you number/letter your pages the number in the Layout page number box at the top of the page shouldn't change when editing a different page. Just look at the first scene in the video. There should be no way that the page number in the Layout number box (11) is different than the page you are actually on (6 - or A6 or whatever). One can use any type of numbering/lettering scheme they choose, the bug remains as confirmed by tech support.. Out of curiosity, did you try the scenario presented in the video? Start on any page and that page 'number' will appear in the Layout number box (no matter how you number letter your pages) now edit a different page in the project browser. The page number now changes to the edited page not the page it should remain on. Again no matter what number/letter scheme you choose.

Thanks Scott, I'll try again when I have time.

Confirmed by tech support.

It appears to be behaving badly. Looks like it's acting like the page number was double clicked in the browser. Hope this is a good place for bugs instead of the Beta Forums?

I also know that to be true but how many others users would/could guess at such behavior? How many users will be baffled by this 'new method'?