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I had no problem creating a material with the same RGB values (your method is easier) but the same RGB values don't match colors without the same texture as the siding. Just tried your idea Glenn and ran into the same problem as in the OP. Joe's suggestion with the texture snip cured the problem. Thanks very much for the faster method to match RGB values - I'll use it again.

Brilliant Joe - Thanks!!

Yes the siding has a texture file. I'll see if I can apply that same texture to the trim. Of course that's not going to work - siding and all that. Was wondering what others do in this situation? Just adjust the color? Raytrace colors will be different? I'll check. RT colors slightly different as well. I don't have much occasion here the trim color and the siding color are the same and it seems quite the challenge to get those colors the same.

I set my siding color and then used the same setting to set the color of the windows (I want them to be the same) but the window color is darker. Tried different shading contrast settings but no change. What am I missing?

Awesome Robert Thanks so much. Now I remember why I couldn't remember. Millwork? Glass railing? Oh well. Thanks again.

Can't remember where to save my custom glass panel railing symbol so I can access it through the 'panel' dbx for a custom railing. Defaults to fixture(interior) when saving symbol but can't get to it via the railing 'panel' library browser from there. I thought there was a directory to save it to but can't seem to get the brain to locate it this morning.

I use Goggle Drive all day every day to transfer files to and from a colleague with no issues.

Just wondering.......... Oh wait let me go back to the topic, choose full editor and select follow this topic.

You can select the roof plane and using transform/replicate raise or lower the roof plane using the z axis under the 'Move" radio button. It won't change the room height, which determines the ceiling height, but your roof will be where you want it. Or you should be able to lower the ceiling height of the affected room and redraw the roof at its new baseline height.

Another short note. A lot of users (not so much on the forum) have no idea of the power underlying things like Anno Sets and Layer Sets and it's easy to forego learning those features to get going with the software. My advice is don't ignore those types of features when first learning. They are SO powerful that getting into the habit early will add immensely to your productivity. And also don't forget tech support. I rely on the forum for many many things but in a pinch the tech support is absolutely fantastic. They've helped me out of a couple of jambs when I needed quick fixes or techniques. Highly recommended.

Don't know your name gwheckendorn but if you are considering the move to CA go to www.Chieftutor.com NOW. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Do not think this program will come easily (it doesn't seem like you're deluding yourself in this regard) and start studying videos now. The paradigm that CA uses is unlike any other ad you need to learn how CA does things and the sooner the better to avoid frustration. Next, bookmark this page because you will be here a LOT learning Chief's idiosyncrasies of which there are many. The help here on this forum is phenomenal and one of the things that makes CA such a value as a product. I think a lot of long time users (myself included started with CA 7) might forget what it took to learn this program and truly be proficient at it, Still waiting after many years but once you get the hang of it and re-learn your CAD chops using CA's tools it is truly a great tool for residential design. I never learned any 'other CAD' so I had nothing to unlearn but seeing through the eyes of the developers to understand why they approach certain aspects of the program the way they do took a long time for me to understand. You may be a very quick study, and I may be slow but it's not an easy program and will take some pretty diligent study but the rewards are worth it IMO.

I wonder if just 'adding' Chief X6 to the program list in the NVidia 3D management dbx was enough?

I went back and tried to find the setting(s) that had the most effect and I couldn't get the shadow view to slow back down no matter which setting I changed. NOT complaining was just hoping I could find the culprit to help someone else out. Thanks again for the help everyone.

AWESOME! Followed all the advice and all the setting and threads and it works fantastic. I don't know which setting was the culprit as it seemed most of the setting were already set to default values. I'l try a couple of setting reverted and see what cause the major speed-up. Thanks so much for taking the time to help.

Thank KT, I'll explore when I get back to the office.

Thanks Perry but no help. Can you post your settings?

I was just watching a video that Scott posted, thanks as always, and was noticing the shadow view he was using and the almost instantaneous view changes on a fairly complex model. I have a good, or even great, video card (Nvidia 780) but I get really sluggish view changes with shadows on with the simplest of 4 walled models. Here's the video. ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2uBDzg9Yiw&feature=youtu.be.. (weird had to add the periods before and after in order to sow the video link) ...and here's my setting in Preferences Render, system specs in sig. Any help greatly appreciated.

Same with my engineer though he uses A,B,C etc.no shading, very simple to annotate.

Agree with KT too. Never seen that behavior here Alan, something is definitely set up differently and something I would change as that extra step you are experiencing can be very distracting and cause problems with Layer Sets in the future. Maybe that's what the OP is experiencing too?

Alan, Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question or comment but in X5 whenever you double clicked a layout box it would take you back to the Anno Set you were last working on - NOT the Anno Set you were using when you sent the plan to Layout. You'd always have to remember to change Anno Sets back to stay current. In X6 if you double click on a Layout box it takes you back to the Anno Set that was in use when you sent the plan view to Layout. Absolutely brilliant new X6 feature and so so painful to go back to X5. Not sure if/how that might help you or the OP but hope it does.

All the shapes have the option of filling them - just type in the text you want when opening the callout dbx.

I thought X6 solved that issue?? - Or at least it hasn't been a problem for me since using X6.

Make sure your layers are set to what you expect to see in the Anno Set. You might actually be selecting random layers that are being applied to your plan view then the anno set takes you back to the sets determined by the anno set. That's pretty confusing but the anno set layers will rule what layers you see, so again check the layers selected in the anno sets and see if those are the ones you're seeing.

Got it. The corner of the roof plane extended into the adjacent plane instead of being cut off and butted to it.

I have a ceiling plane that appears and is associated with a roof plane but I can't seem to get rid of it or get it to show properly. If I delete the roof plane above, it goes away but returns no matter the changes I make. It's an X5 file because a client must use X5 files. Thank you. Here's a pic ...and here's the plan CEILING PLANE 1.zip