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It's actually the same account for Both Forums ...Home Talk is Blue Themed and Chief Talk is Green themed .... Curved Roofs with Pro are actually small short Roof planes unlike in Premier, so a different method is used. M.

Light Off and Sun On..... 400 lux......( and yes I have a Roof and Foundation on the Model......) ........ I must have something wrong?? Here's the plan , that should make it easier for you to diagnose ....... Simple PBR Test Plan.plan M.

the Blinds didn't effect the Light much actually but they don't cast shadows even though Shadows are turned on, they do change the sun "patch" size on the floor accordingly though. Removed the 4 surface lights and put in (1) x 4" Potlight and look at this......... and Sun Off.....

Yep set the "Lighting White" Material to 0 but not much change ...will remove them. Strangely Mini-blinds block the sunlight , and the sun patch on the floor is only the size of the un-blinded part..... it doesn't shine through like in your pic...different Blind I guess?

The Surface mount lights are indeed emissive...25000 ! let me play some....

It actually has 4 Surface mounted (Floros) from the test Plan I did for CS with the missing light Surfaces. (full plan in that thread now) I turned the sun down to 400 and the exposure to 0.1 and it looks way better but it appears as if it's nightime outside still even though sun is streaming in Cam.exp. at 0.18 and Brigthness at 30 instead of 100 looks about the same as above...

4000 lux per your Recipe above..... with background set to Black (000) I guess my test house isn't the same as yours? ie 4 walled box with auto roof and Foundation)

Now I think you are just teasing me ...nicely done BTW Is that 1.0 for cam. exposure or .1 ? with it set to 1.0 and a black background in my test plan the Windows are Jet Black but the sun looks like it is streaming in....weird effect as it looks like it is night time outside... (though way over exposed inside).... but your windows appear to be "normal" , is that just the Window treatments causing that then?

Now about this one? only hex one I have......

@Adrean How old is your Imperial Template CS ? it seems from playing around a bit, that CA will always look in the CA DATA\Textures Folder 1st and then looks in the Program Files\Textures Folder Next and uses the 1st copy of the BMap file , BrushedMetalBump_CAAB.jpg, it finds. There is an older BrushedMetal.jpg in each folder too which perhaps an older plan is Using since I think the Metals are Predefined in CA ( ie no texture file shown normally) , I made a new material from it and applied it to the Light but , it still rendered Correctly for me. \Documents\Chief Architect Premier X10 Data\Textures\BrushedMetalBump_CAAB.jpg I looked in my CAX9 Textures folder and the BMap file is in there too , it is not there in the CAX7 Data Folder (i reinstalled X8 so the Data\Textures folder is empty currently) I have not tried the Other Light with missing Surfaces above have you? ***Here is my Full plan and all Textures in case it helps you figure something out..... Surface Light Plan and Materials.zip

Yes I spun each one in the library and even copied one to my User Library and changed the Alum. to Pink and still all good. I have no idea where the Bump-map came from then as it is supposed to be using a default CA Material isn't it? I renamed my textures folder and reopened CA and it is now using the same File in the Referenced Zips but the File is still MetalBump_CAAB.jpg . Removing the BMap from the Texture made no difference to me how it rendered. Hopefully Adrean Checks back in.....

Looks good here, that's why I thought it maybe your Material...the library would use it , where-as my plan would use the one in the plan already...

Which light fitting exactly? are you talking about the gray/black sides or ends? or just the Clear Lense part? Vector view or std? Your Default (Core) Aluminium Brushed material isn't missing or messed up is it ?

I think if you choose anything and check the ALDO > Linestyle you will find there are only 6 , which means it is the Special Template that Dermot Posted in the LinesStyles Topic a while back , I just found it last week and was playing with it as a New Template.....can't remember if I imported my Defaults into it ? but I now know not all Defaults are imported when you do that it seems ( does 1/2 the job ) from trying it the other day.... Okay found it again..... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/17252-ability-to-delete-line-styles-please/?do=findComment&comment=145450 *** just tried it in the OOB residential Plan template and I don't seem to have any missing surfaces...still have ugly shadows on lights though. M.

Oh that's right you had issues with 3D PDF's right? that's a strange one , thought this disappearing Surfaces thing my be Driver Related.... and you did check your Clipping distance in the camera correct ?

Jared is in Tacoma check his contact info here : https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/19903-tipsadvice-for-new-adventure/?do=findComment&comment=162760

Thanks Adrean ! happy to tag you if you don't mind on content or bad symbols.... Personally the Surface mount lights are not an Issue for me except for the weird 3 light types included on one fixed, they don't work properly till that is removed and changed to a Spot, light Source ( per this thread) but some seem to have the missing surfaces Issue . I did mention the Clipping Distance early in the Thread but both Chopsaw and Graham are both Power Users so I was assuming another type of issue eg graphics card drivers

Ooops that's not Good I think this is one Adrean can look into though , along with the fixtures in the 1st Post? @Adrean

Ahhhh ....wasn't sure what I was seeing actually , I believe the WF Catalog is just their SketchUp Library Converted for Chief and was likely done with a Batch Converter? so not surprising....

That is looking nice It is just a Pity that HQ has not sorted out the Auto balance between the Sun and Interior Lighting better as yet, as you seemed to have done PS. looks like someone ripped your seat cushions

And there be the current Issue with PBR .....only someone like you who has spent countless hours playing with the New PBR light engine can sort this stuff out.... It's almost like being back in the RT Days except with PBR it happens almost instantly (6-30secs) in front of you. So what about the other 20,000 mere mortal Users of CA ?

That's a pity as it has needed work for sometime and has been ignored it seems for the last few upgrades Being Masonry Fireplaces are no longer the Norm these days I guess it only effects us Re-modellers working on older homes and isn't likely to get fixed then. Thanks for the Info. M.

Hi CS , missed your last response last night..... I was playing with different settings in the Light Data , and lowering the light off the ceiling , making it a Spot and only having 1 Light (used in both views) seemed to fix my Issue.... Just noticed in your Sig. you are Using NV Driver 378.92 , is that correct? I found 391.24 and currently 399.24 to be pretty good, might worth a try.....

Those are the Settings CA needs ...

did you try my plan above? I have not seen Lights setup this way before with supposedly 3 different light sources for different views....doesn't seem to work ...they all appear to be on anyway.... M.