HumbleChief

I've heard that X14 will have every improvement but what you really wanted, improvements you never thought you needed, improvements that you will never use, and improvements that will make every plan creation just a little bit better and faster. But those are just rumors.

THIS^^

Yeah super easy to move once drawn, was just curious if I had missed a setting.

Interesting, did not know this.

Thanks you guys. Appreciate the feedback. I also saw the deck beam spacing setting but couldn't get the beam out flush or any other location than the 12" hard coded distance. Thanks again.

Simple deck. The 'deck beam' (and posts) locates itself at approx. 12" from the outside edge of deck. I would like the deck beam and support posts to be flush with the outside edge of deck. Is there a setting for same? Simple to move it of course but that turns off auto framing. Simple again to set up manually but was wondering if there's an 'offset deck beam' or posts from 'edge' similar to the post offset from 'end' setting somewhere? Thanks deck beam.plan

I have a contract clause that states "Upon payment, all printed floor plans and elevations shall become the property of the Owner but all electronic files shall remain the property of the Designer." Not the best wording but the intent is clear enough. Always a bad thing when you have to revert to the verbiage in the contract to settle matters as each client and situation is unique but it could give a starting place for nay negotiations.

Not sure if you've done this yet (doesn't look like it from your Adjust Lights DBX) but one thing that might help is, in plan view, go to 3D>Lighting>Add Lights and add general lighting to the scene instead of depending on the recessed and undercab lights to do all the work. Make sure that 'Light Sources' is turned on in all views (or hit F5) and don't hesitate to add a couple of brighter lights. You can position those 'Added Lights' in any location and height and it gives a lot of flexibility to your lighting scene. 300 Lumens is also more what you would find in your own kitchen but in my experience, which is limited, 300 lumens doesn't do much in a Chief render. Can you post the plan? Others might find a couple methods that can help. EDIT: For example if you 'Added' a light (in plan view 3D>Lighting> Add Lights) near each of the 2 chairs it would brighten that area that none of the light from the recessed or undercab lights can reach. Those lights can be adjusted both in intensity and height to get you what you want. Worth a try?

Yeah it's random and can't be reproduced and is easy to remedy but a bit of a niggler.

Can you create a plan set and save that? And you could certainly save it as a plan file and access it at anytime. Perhaps not through the library but a simple plan file called Jack and Jill.

Great sentiment and perhaps a good idea if the horse hadn't already left the barn. Chief has already made the call to do 3D rendering in house and I would imagine has invested many thousands of dollars and man hours in same and to suggest they give up that investment and link to better more capable rendering engines while giving up their investment in their 3D rendering technology seems a bit naive. Is it a good idea now? Or was it good idea before Chief has committed so many resources to their own 3D tech? Can't answer either question but from a business standpoint it would be hard to imagine Chief not pursuing and refining their own tech since so much has already been invested. Should they do n both? Keep investing in RTRT and link to Twinmotion etc.? Maybe, but I personally would not hold my breath. Will Chief fall behind the metaverse curve with their decision to keep rendering in house? This has been predicted for many, many years on the forum. Chief better do (insert new technology or plans to compete with ACAD etc.) or else they will be left behind and yet they just keep on trucking and are most likely gaining market share from their dogged focus on the small residential builder. The decisions on which direction to take a company are very easy to make here on a forum with nothing at stake, but when the business is at stake it's a whole different ball game and most of us do not know how to play that game as well as Chief has demonstrated that they do.

I've experienced this many times and I think I sent it into tech but it's hard to reproduce. Anyone else see this behavior?

So glad I could help.

Hope this helps a bit.

...or put each floor's roof planes on their own layer and set up your ref sets to show desired roof planes on desired floors. No need if the REF SET is set up properly. Just to add another bit of info, I have a separate Ref Set Called REF SET ROOF already set up to show roofs from both floors, either floor above or floor below. Also 5 other REF SETS for specific setups. FOUNDATION REF SET, REF OFF, REF SECOND FLOOR, REF SET ROOF, REF AS BUILT, REF SOCOND FLOOR. Each with specific layers for each condition.

One of the first things I learned when building, and I always wondered the actual purpose of any scale other than to show relative distances/volumes etc. between objects/buildings but it's become a standard part of drawing for so long it's not going anywhere soon. If there's no dimension then a call to the architect/designed is needed, not a ruler/tape to scale the dimension.

Turn on layer Walls, Attic when on the attic level, then delete that stray. The layer is not turned on in the plan I'm viewing. That extended wall is an old attic wall created when the foundation was there previously. Just select and delete.

Hah, been there done that about a hundred times myself. Hope the OP gets it fixed.

Try turning on auto foundation and auto roofing. That stray, low roof is probably building over an orphaned foundation and that stray wall looks like an old attic wall. You can probably fix both by going down to the foundation and up to the attic level or the auto settings could also help..

That model looks like it's been discontinued replaced by the X17. As suggested above buying yesterday's technology is not always the best long term plan. https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/alienware-m17-gaming-laptop/spd/alienware-m17-laptop https://www.dell.com/en-us/search/alienware x17 r4 gaming laptop

I never type lol unless I'm actually laughing out loud. LOL...

Let's see, I think I would send that to my engineer and cantilever those shelves back into the cabinet with perhaps TJI shelving? Just spit balling here.

VERY nice Don!

Another strategy that seems to work OK (for me at least) for backups is Carbonite. It's maybe $55 a year and I've used it maybe 3 times in the many years I've had it but those 3 times have been absolute life savers. I also just remembered that I took my Database folder out of my DropBox and have it solely on the computer HD. Might rethink that given Mick's experience..

This good advice is only really heeded or applied once disaster has struck. Begs the question, "What happened?" .. and Why?