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Once you have all the folders from your Work PC on your USB Drive, ( and Chief Closed on home PC) you have to copy them to the same location on the Home Desktop PC ie : C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X11\ and when it asks if you want to overwrite existing Files say yes...... Then with Chief Opened again goto >Library >Update Catalogs. M.

Typically NVME SSDs are about 4 times faster (upto 6x) than the Older SATA based SSDs like your 850 Pro Larry ,ie with Read and write speeds for SATA Drives are about eg 550 mb/s vs 2500-3000 mb/s for Samsung's 970 series NVME drives....but after the 1st few days the extra speed seems "normal" and you don't notice it in everyday use.......at least that was my experience a year or two ago when I got my 1st Samsung Evo NVME. However Ed has a spare one he can sell you they have come down ALOT in price in the last 6 months, so they are no longer budget Killers. Several years ago I made two new Folders on my 970 SSD for the CA-Temp Folder and CA-UNDO Folder and Point Chief in Prefs>File Management>Folders to use these new Folders instead of the Default Folders, though that may not help much if CA is Installed on the NVME SSD as Chief Defaults to using the Install Drive for Undo I believe ( can't check as I changed it ages ago and don't remember the Default Folder assigned. The CA Temp folder by default may just used the Windows assigned Temp Folder which maybe on the NVME SSD anyway too if Windows is also installed on it. Mick.

Thanks Robert , appreciate you uploading your symbols to the Forum. Mick.

I agree with Rene , Bloom makes view seem "softer" to me too , so I have unchecked it in all my camera defaults. Also make sure you are using the latest Nvidia Drivers for your Quadro Card. Try Zipping the Plan File to get it under 25 mb which is the Forum limit. M.

As far as I know Lew it has been that way for many versions ( forever?), and a number of people have asked that Temp. Dims are always active regardless of automatic or manual Dims already having been placed but there has been no feedback as far as I am aware as to why this does not seem to be able to be enabled , it's something I'd prefer myself.. Mick.

Sketchup possibly , did you look on 3D Warehouse for one that is already made? this assumes 2020 Pro can import .skp files....? M.

The Labels Issue was a known issue with older versions of the Nvidia Drivers , so I'd start there and make sure you have the latest ...eg I think they are up to version 430.86 now , the problems Drivers where back in the 390.xx series IIRC. M.

foundation/terrain Walls are usually edited in an Elevation camera , it is one of the few times that walls should be edited in this way as they then no longer follow the Wall top and Bottom default Height. ( on the Structure Tab.) which can lead to other issues. Mick

What Lew was saying was, the Chief X8 Viewer will convert the .pl to .plan when you resave the file .....have a look here, taking special notice of the Green highlighted box for the link to the X8 Viewer : https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00279/opening-legacy-files.html

I believe HD Pro 2020 has PBR View (Physically based Rendering) which is what most people use now even in CA Premier , have a look on the Forum here for a Thread called "Lets PBR" which has lots of info and initial settings to put into your defaults etc. ( not sure of HD Pro 2019 has PBR ?) M.

X11 now has a button in Preferences for you to do this Quickly on the General>File Management Tab too.

Or using Custom Back-splashes or the Wall Material Region Tool.(WMR) .....Or a combination of Eric's Wall definition with the Body Tile included and a WMR for the band. I don't use the Wall covering tool much, ( see above) so have not run into this issue myself. M.

Back at Version 9 they may have been Serial Port not USB , but Serial Port to USB adapters are available , I'm just not sure if the Hasp will work with a Converter? Your new computer may have a Serial Port ? Mine does , (also known as a Com Port) , but not all modern computer do , but there are also Serial port add-in cards available which may work. M.

Thanks Mark , guess I missed this last year , thought it was next month at 1st , do you still have the files from the Workshop , so I can follow along? thanks, M.

Chief normally stores all the User Files in the Chief Data Folder which it usually keeps in My Documents, if you are worried about it being on your Server I wouldn't be keeping my Data Folder on OneDrive either. Keep it local and back it up to OneDrive instead. M.

Double check Auto regeneration Of the Deck framing is still on and change the Material to the one you want under the Deck's "floor structure" ( not floor finish.) M,

Ok , I didn't realise Pro didn't import DWG , that is why Eric recommended you ask on HomeTalk as people there will know what your Version is capable of. It looked like a whole neighbourhood to me but there was only elevation Data for part of it , so I was thinking you could delete what wasn't needed and resave, (Draftsight also does DXF in multiple Versions,) but it looks like Glenn was kind enough to play with it for you , so you may not need to bother now. M.

I'd suggest posting the Plan or at least a Test plan of Your Conditions , so people can have a "play" and perhaps work something out. M.

Try opening it in a free CAD Program like DraftSight Free and delete everything you dont need then save it as a DWG instead and import into Chief or Pro

This may help other Users in the future too....

If like me you like to keep the Post off the Wall ( so moisture isn't trapped and it can be repainted over the years) you can also break the railing wall and reverse the short part to stop them joining again and then position the end of the long section, the width of the newel (post) off the house, though it works for 3.5" posts, you just can't much close or you'll lose the short wall. PS. nice tip on the T-Shape Room Divider Eric , I was just using one in the past...... M.

You can convert Old Libraries (.alb files) directly if you have it still , under Library use the Convert Legacy Menu Item M.

True , it won't remain "Live" and Update, so you need to do a new one if there are changes made , but at the Point I am sending to Layout I am usually done with the Design Side of things , so there aren't many changes...I mostly use this for things like Typical CAD Details which also don't change often, being able to Rotate on 11x17 or 12x18 pages helps in some cases I have found. If you do a CAD Detail From View of the Elevation or Cross Section , then send that CAD Detail to Layout it is just CAD Lines and can be Rotated unlike a Live View , as noted above I mostly do this with Typical Details , so I can Clean them up in CAD before sending to Layout , so I tried it with a CS and Elevation and it works for those Views too. M.

You can rotate Plan Views I am not 100% sure about Sections or Elevations though ( no?) ..... BUT send a CS or Elevation to a CAD Detail 1st and you can..... M.

Like Steve , I decided to take the Rough design Cues from your Plan Allan and try a few things in my Own , it was possible to do it on one Level, but after noticing alot of weird Attic walls building Automatically in your Plan and having to delete many that weren't needed , I turned off Auto Attic Wall Build ( Alt-Q ) and manually built/drew walls as needed. Another thing that would really help these buildings with Parapet Walls would be if we had a Setting similar to Floors to hang the Roof Structure on the Wall ( like the floor Platform Check box) as I found time and again a Roof Plane destroyed the wall structure when pulled a smidge too close , this is made harder in some cases as you cannot always "see" the truse thickness of the Walls you are trying to Snap too as Like Steve I also made 4-5 new walltypes to use in different areas , ie Block with stucco both, block with drywall both , drywall on one and Stucco on one etc. Many of the same Issues though Alan so I don't think all the Issues you are having are yours to be honest. Railings still remove the Soffit on Overhanging Roofs for example and alot of use of the Wall intersections Tool to fix wall layer/join issues. M. Test_ModernStyle_Commercial.plan