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Yes it sounds like you have a tough nut to crack there ( excuse the pun) but She is not being very Realistic and doesn't understand the limitations of CA-X9. Most people are now Using PBR in X10 as it is faster ( almost instant ...secs vs minutes ) to see the results of your Changes , so the $695 upgrade cost is likely worth it in time alone for the business, but i'd recommend She keeps the SSA Current so you always have the latest features. Good thing about upgrading now would be that you will like get X11 next year Free due to 1yr SSA coming with an Upgrade purchase. Other Options would be to have a Professional Render do the Renders for Her for each project but that is not necessarily cheap but People Like Jintu (link below) use Lumion and other Photo realistic Rendering Engines to produce very nice Images. There is definitely an Art to it, and a steep learning curve , it's definitely not a click the button and your have instant Photo Realistic , beautifully lit Images for Clients to look at. Your Plan doesn't include the Textures ( use backup entire Plan to Zipfile Instead ) so I couldn't have a look in PBR at it.....and show you.... http://www.jintudesigns.com/interior-renderings-home3.html his pricing page.... it should convince your boss to get X10 along with Graham's Image above.... http://www.jintudesigns.com/3d-rendering-prices.html

You may need to install Adobe Shockwave player to watch Wendy's Video as it is made in Jing which uses .swf format. https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave.html Internet Explorer may open it if Flash is enabled too.

I've been told it is a Male issue , not age related

You have to be conscious of what will move and in what direction otherwise you will end up on the room re-size merry-go-round much like trying to change individual walls 1 by 1 . M.

Hi Mark , looks like you reposted Image 1 for Image 4 as it doesn't show any defaults. M.

This Method Works for me too , roughly draw the Outer shell , then use Temp. Dimensions to move walls so the Rooms are the Correct size. Having the Grid at 12" and Grid Snaps at 1" means you can draw it roughly fairly quickly , by judging the length with the Grid and the Temp Dimension as you Draw. (Hit Alt-Q and check that Temp Dims Option) As Glenn mentioned , you can use the TAB key to set a Wall's length as you Draw it ( drag wall out and hit tab as you do it to get the dimension DBX) this usually means the wall stays that length , whereas trying to drag a wall out to the right Dimension is difficult and changing the length after the wall is drawn means the wall can lose 1/2 it's thickness when you go around a corner as you have seen.

Did the 2nd method from the command Line Work? ( it apparently doesn't anymore with Win10 1803 (April Update), I have updated the Other thread linked above with other methods too but the easiest is ...... Right Click a .calibz file and Choose Open With>CA X10 (scroll Down to bottom if you don't see X10 listed and choose look on PC and once found look for the Checkbox that says Always Use this App M.

Hi , yes I have another Post on that as it seemed to be an Issue when X10 1st came out ............. Control Panel>Default Programs may no longer work so use the 2nd method for Windows.

That appears to be the Issue , you can make and define a new Door Label Layer and Text Style but you can't make the Door Use it it seems.... perhaps one for the Suggestions Forum? M.

If it is just one door it maybe easier to turn the Label OFF and use a Rich Text Box instead? M.

Try re-drawing the Wall because it should happen automatically , but doesn't always as you have found out. Or post a copy of your Plan in the q&A section of the forum for other to have a look for you. (make sure the plan is closed in Chief when you attach it to your reply/post.)

If View>Project Browser or the Browser Icon next to the ? Mark Icon ( on my Toolbar anyway) , then in Preferences goto Reset Options>Reset Side Windows and restart Chief. M.

I don't care if you Post here BTW but in this case we don't use the same technique as Pro , so People over their should be able to advise you better.....if fact I'd be surprised if Eric (Solver) isn't over there too

Alt-Q ........... check the appropriate box ....... I would also recommend getting the Reference Manual and Tutorial Guide PDFs from the Website under Documentation. (scroll all the way down) Temporary Dimensions ...toggle On and Off .........see above..... or Hit F1 for the Help Menu M

Thanks G. will try it......the Sun angle is Automatic..... got to head out too actually....... M.

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