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It maybe related to the Codec being used for the walk-through , some of them use huge amounts of memory and HDD Space it seems..... I don't do them alot but use XVID or x264VFW when i do per Kirk's recommendation.....

try ....... Unblock>turn off>reblock (if needed) Nested Blocks hold the Layer they had assigned when the block was made ......

assuming you mean 21.1.1.2 then yes I am at least....... You are talking about a recessed Can above the Shelf Ceiling right? inside the shower..... Good find on the Room Molding....... thought I turned it Off? need to look again. M.

No , both have been good for me , you sure your 1070ti only has 2GB ? ..........mine has 8GB which I thought was standard for the 1070Ti. M.

Seem to work pretty well once made into a symbol , the centering tool easily centers it on the window. Sill and Lintel are both Custom Moulding Profiles saved to the Library and applied to the Window. Made the keystone in an elevation View , Blocked the two Pieces and then "save selected as symbol" , once in Library Open symbol and set height to absolute and 80" (standard window top Height off floor) to the bottom.

IIIRC Steve you have SSA , which means the Upgrade to X11 is in your Digital locker , my guess is Greg used X11 to work on your plan as most of us are now running it. M.

Curt..... all you do is rename Barry's File and replace the Defualt .xml file in Chief's Hotkey Folder with this one.... and Restart Chief and they will be in use. perhaps just rename the existing one so you have it for back up as I did below..... Mick.

Thanks for Reporting back Cheryl and letting everyone know. Always happy to help if I can..... M.

Did you have a User Library before? Have you ever downloaded the Core Libraries? ( it shouldn't ask again once it is done ) Something with the install may have gotta corrupted , what did Tech Support have you do? In Preferences , you can see the Folders and File Chief Uses normally......

I can see the User Library is empty in the Pic there is no > next to it meaning there are Folders inside..... what I don't see is the file you said you renamed with .orig. .......... it maybe the "copy" though as I suspect you copied the File not renamed it? hence no error message you needed to answer Yes too. best to check the Recycle Bin for a User_Library File file though...... M.

25kb is correct ...Here is mine , I just did it here to show you..... Your old Library has .orig on the end , if it is 25kb too then it has nothing in it either..... Which means you may have already deleted the File earlier somehow and it is in your Recycle Bin and will need to be restored.

- So you didn't have a User Library ? nothing in it ? File size should of changed if you did.... - Your old Library will have the .orig extension and SHOULD NOT BE DELETED.....at least not yet......unless it was empty per above.... - Changing the User Library should not effect the Core Catalogs unless you have done something else as well , different files in a different location.... so there is nothing in the library now? , no bonus libraries , no Manufacturers Lib. etc?

You wont see the file extension if that option is not enabled in File Explorer , it's also why you don't see the .orig either. ( needs to be like in my pic.....box UN-checked Make sure Chief is Closed when doing any of this ...it locks some Files in use

The File is new and Empty due to the renaming above....

Perhaps a corrupt User Library or a Bad Symbol from Sketchup Warehouse or something? One way to test this would be to Rename the User Library File and re-Start Chief , Chief will make a new User_Library file automatically , so don't worry and see if you can do normal things like place an Appliance without issues. C:\Users\ (YOUR NAME)\Documents\Chief Architect Premier X9 Data\Database Libraries The User Library in in your Chief Data Folder>Database Libraries Folder (above) and is named User_Library.calib With X9 CLOSED........right click the file > rename and make it User_Library.calib.orig and hit enter >Yes to warning about name change , then re-open Chief. delete the new User_Library.calib file and Reverse the rename Operation above to put things back the way they were if needed. M.

I am not aware of any Online College or other Courses for CA , but have you emailed CA's Training and Academic Program and asked for any courses in your Area? If the Cost of the Full CA Premier is too much at this time , then renting it monthly is an Option as Mark mentioned, another Option would be to Buy ( or Rent ) HD Professional 2020 and Learn CA and if you can at some point step-up to CA Premier, the Full cost of HD Pro is rebated against the Cost of CA Premier. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/home-designer-pro/

Just make sure that the Online "Service" you use is not the only copy you have of anything, always keep local copies of everything too, as many "Free" Cloud Services do not have Versioning in the Free Unpaid Plans , so if something gets corrupted or disappears into the Ether , it is gone.... M.

Yes , and maybe this is the Issue? press it once and it "de-selects", press it more and you start stepping back through the previous command list (upto 100 commands according to the Manual) , so if a Text Box was the Previous Command too it would seem like it hadn't changed. The SpaceBar doesn't step back AFAIK , it just puts you back in Selection Mode ( same as the icon), I usually Select with the Mouse though and use the spacebar to "release" the Selection if needed, as I don't keyboard much at all, due to a hand injury and having no feeling in most of my lefthand, so it's just easier to tap the SpaceBar than play keyboard gymnastics like some do, looking at different Hotkey files.

I use the SpaceBar as well for "de-selecting" ......but ESC should work too , seems to here with a quick test. Only other thing I can think of is , with the refresh / reset of Chief did you perhaps lose your HotKey settings ? I don't use them a lot as I have never been a big "keyboarder" , so this may not be your issue.... If the Keyboard is programmable you could try assigning ESC to another key to make sure the ESC isn't defective perhaps....( or another keyboard) You could try this with the OnScreen Keyboard if Win7 has it? ( Win10 does), but only the Full Onscreen keyboard has ESC though.

Dashboard had the same issue two weekends ago but didn't report back what the the outcome was....

I was assuming Pilot Error of course .....

It sounds like the Primary Format has been changed from " to '-" ( inch to Ft-inch or Ft) in the NKBA Dimension default ( same tab as where the accuracy is set to 1/16th)

You can't really duplicate it in true 3D as the Texture is Flat .......but a normal map helps.... ( unless you get very elaborate with true 3D solids etc) Playing with CA's White Lapsiding Texture ( Cut and Pasted in Paint ) and making a Normal Map Online , this is what I came up with fairly quickly...... I used the White texture , same as CA does and then used the blend Option to make it grey here ( you can use any colour this way then.) Keep the bumpmap scale low ( 0.001-0.003) if you want smooth siding , higher if you want the Wood texture to show) MHD_LapSiding_1-6.calibz LapSiding_1-6.zip

Ok ,cool ...a dual boot would allow you to have Vista and Windows 10 on the Computer and then only run Vista when you wanted to run X5 , but if the VideoCard isn't working properly in Win10 , there is no point really, might work in Win7 though? Lots of info online for doing either.....https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5166-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-vista.html 7forums,8Forums and 10Forums are goods places for all things Windows , including good tutorials. M.

If you are happy with Vista , just Clone the Vista HDD to the SSD and you should be good to go....Macrium Reflect Free works great for doing this kind of thing and making Images for backup purposes. You can them put th eolfd HDD in a USB 3 Case and use it for the backups too. M.