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These use to all be free with SSA, except Crime Scene and Medical.

The Crime Scene and Fire investigation and Medical/Dental isn't free and never has been; not entirely sure why because you find nearly everything on Google's 3Dwarehouse - but you're right. I just checked and the 3D plans aren't free anymore. Chief must made a change. They should probably address this - because WTF.

haha; yeah I totally overlooked that fact.

Actually you don't have to remove the crown from the cabinets if it's the type of crown you'd like to see around the room as well as on top of the cabinets. While selecting your wall cabinets click on "Make cabinet molding polyline". Once the prompt opens choose the molding that is on the cabinet you also want to show in the room. This will convert the molding on the cabinet to a poly molding similar to what your recommended above - it will keep it's height from floor properties and allow you to modify the shape as you see fit.

Are you using live cameras to your layout? I've run into a issues in the past with performance when my users send active cameras to the layout; but nothing like this. Personally, I would rather send a static image to the layout. You should give running your view, exporting the image and then bring that image into your layout a try.

Looks like your light fixtures. Check to see what the bulb intensities are - but also use the 'material adjuster' to see what the 'lighting white' material intensity is set to. Lastly - when you go to do PBRs change your internal Daytime Backdrop Intensity low. I do 500. (Exterior, I do 35,000)

What version of Chief are you using? This was a common problem in X15 but resolved in X16. It has something to do with the bounding box - I believe.

Once you've build the column you can then 'convert it to symbol' and use it later. This allows you to resize it with ease, but also by adding it as a symbol (millwork) you can use it as a post for railings.

We had issues with updating catalogs once upon a time - We had to delete the catalog then reinstall it fresh. I assume it was some kind of communication error in Chief with the website. Are you trying to download directly through Chief architect or through the website?

I've submitted this to Chief directly, but one tool I'd like to see in X17 is the lasso tool. In this specific example a way to grab specific items that may be on a diagonal while not grabbing everything that gets included with box grab. For example - I have a home where the office is on a diagonal to the rest of the home and the client wants to see the furniture (that is not blocked together) at a different angle. Grabbing it by holding the shift key only allows for box selection which would grab everything the box. The lasso tool - much like the lasso tool we have for material lists would allow us to be specific with what we grab.

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/b01113af-34cd-4175-ad0a-1a30e4366709/Porsche-911-Targa-4S Free.

I think the way I @DBCooperdoes it is similar to how I do. I use the box region and mark them 'flat interior' in the areas I need the terrain to slope. For example, the box at the front door of a home might be 0" elevations (flat interior) but the back of the home is a walk-out basement; that box might be -96" (flat interior)

Like @DBCooperstated. Yes, you can start and stop your subscription as you see fit. Opening and saving a file in X16 for example will make that file inaccessible to anything X15 and older (including X12)... additionally anything you draw in a newer version can't be access if you don't have an active subscription. Meaning, if you upgrade to X16 and use it for a year under an active subscription, then cancel - your can no longer open X16 or any files associated with it.

Thanks Ben, what I was able to do was tell the walls around the fireplace to be 'no room locate'. This then allowed me to pull the tray up against the fireplace to get the look I was hoping for. It's a work around - be it not really correct, but it shows up the way I need it to. Your support team is going to share this with the developers. Hoping for a nice fix in the future Thanks!

@ChiefArchitect- I've already submitted this feedback to you with Tech support. I think we can all agree that the soffit function in Chief isn't cutting it anymore. It is too limited with it's shaping (rectangles only) and does not provide framing. Tray ceilings however allow us to create framed objects inside the room and also give us the option for two different finishes (face and bottom). Personally, I need the soffit function to mimic the tray function - or; the tray function needs some work. For example - if we need a tray around the room, but there is a fireplace that sits flush with a portion of the trays face (Arrow in photo) - we need to be able to 'void' this area stopping the tray from building any framing and from getting 'confused' and voiding the entire build altogether. Something like the molding feature where we can break the molding and tell it not have molding on that particular portion.

When doing a PBR; Check your Daytime Backdrop intensity. For interiors I change mine to 500, but for exterior views you may want to go with 35,000 - 40,000

Grant from customer service agreed this is an change in X16 and he now sees why it is an issue. I wonder how long they had discussions about it before they removed it. He's going to add a request to have the change 'undone'. It's clear its necessary for proper display and control. For now I'm doing the 0" material to get the double line to show up as I need it to

Looks like an image file tree. Do you have it set to 'rotate with camera'? If it's check or unchecked maybe try the opposite.

Update. In order to get the same look I've had to add a 0" layer. Not ideal, but it works

Hey experts. In X15 when I wanted to show that I was removing the drywall from a 2x interior wall, I would use a predefined wall called '2x4 interior (Demo Finish - one sided). We had it depicted as a double dashed line. It worked perfectly and allows my team to know that we were only removing the dashed portion of the wall (the drywall on one side) I noticed today that in X16, the final 'interior layer' is missing which is causing my wall to no longer have a double dashed line to depict the drywall thickness that's being removed. I've asked Chief if there is a work around, but I'm curious if you guys know of one. Thanks!

I personally don't know much about NKBA; so I'm a bit on the outside looking in. I'll meet with the Kit. and bath people again to make sure I'm understanding what they need.

I've reached out to Chief about this, but I'm curious if the experts have found a solution. Some of my Kitchen and bath designers need the NKBA legacy dimensioning to work a bit better. Currently when you select auto dimension NKBA legacy it dimensions all the cabinets and puts them in one string (both upper and lower cabinets). My team tells me they'd like to see it where the Auto dimensioning works like the elevations do, where the upper cabinets have their own string and the lower cabinets have their own string. What Chief currently does: What I need it to do: I haven't been able to find an option for this in the settings. Is there a solution out there, besides doing them manually?

Is it a legit license?

Looks great! I need to do more with adjusting the color and hue of lighting to get enhance the moods. Nicely done.

@ChiefArchitectknows about the issue. One of our team members recently complained about it too so I reached out to Chief. They said it's a known issue that their engineers are working on.