johnoc

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  1. Eric, Thanks for the video.

     

    Sadly, despite many reviews (and referring to the help files) I am unable to get a working solution and my attempts are getting further away from a working solution.

    I would send another plan file, but it is not helpful.

    As I have spent far too long on this I may have to list my attampts as a fail.

    I can get to the point of opening and editing a symbol, but I don't know where to go from there (does it need to be saved as a seperate file? how/where?

     

    Regards

    John

  2. 17 hours ago, ericepv said:

    You also have the same issue with your cook-top to the left.

    I am aware of that one :huh:, it should resolve itself when the worktop is over the oven

    17 hours ago, solver said:

    You seem to have done something ...

    Yes, but not ideal, I had no idea that it would be such a faff, after all, 

    All I wanted to do was ...

    insert a built-in oven into a 600 Wide base

  3. 8 minutes ago, Dermot said:

    Here is a tech article that might help:

    https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00767/creating-a-new-material.html

     

    It's not quite as trivial as just taking a picture of some tile and then make a material out of it.  If you don't crop the image properly, it won't display very well.  I would recommend that you try to crop it along the center of the grout.  You should also try to make sure your lighting is pretty even or it won't look as good either.  The other thing that can be helpful is to make sure your pattern matches your image so that any view that include lines will look reasonable.

     

    Thanks for the link Dermot 

    (my original result is not perfection :D)

  4. On 1/11/2022 at 12:41 AM, Chopsaw said:

     

    Ok it looks like you dove right into Plan Defaults which will effect every new "Full" camera you open in the plan file.

    My well known "bull in a china shop" style  :D

    On 1/11/2022 at 12:41 AM, Chopsaw said:

     

    If you want to change the backdrop for an existing saved camera just use the Edit Active View tool image.png.90b0e84438a59228ecdc7f4e1345c717.png when you have the view open.

    Or you can also select the camera in plan view and use the Open Object tool 1778591120_OpenObjecttool.JPG.16092b0446700908f8cccd9ff4b2e0d4.JPG to get to the same place.

    That will get you to the "Specifications" for each specific camera.

    Thank you again. That is indeed easier.

    On 1/11/2022 at 12:41 AM, Chopsaw said:

     

    Notice in the clip of the DBX I posted above it says "Specifications" and not "Defaults".

    I do now!

    On 1/11/2022 at 12:41 AM, Chopsaw said:

     

    P.S.  You can place and X in front of the 13 in you signature for clarity since there was another whole series of versions before the X was introduced.

    Done.

     

    Thanks again.

     

    ...and now on to my next problemette.

    I will post in the next hour, if you are about???

  5. 13 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

    so you will want to save them to the specific cameras they are being used with.

     

    Otherwise there are also plan defaults for each type of camera

    Thanks.

    I have just spent @ 90 minutes trying to find more info on the above options. (too many menu options i think :rolleyes:, and failed to find the solution in the help files.). 

    No luck I'm afraid.

    Would it be possible to get more specific (i.e. idiot proof) instructions ?

    Sorry to be a pain.

  6. It been many years since I used CA or any similar software, so please be patient.

     

    I have got my image into user catalog/my backdrops. When I click on it, then click on the window, it shows up as I would expect.

    But when I save and reopen it's gone. I am back with the default blue clouds.

    Any help appreciated.

    image.png.6438717f2c65998a8eda380d6ce06b6d.png image.png.52f46bf3ff552fa4b710c4b1a0a38501.png