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I think if your SSA has expired there is a penalty to pay ($95? - 30 day grace period I think ) but it is the Cheapest way to get X11, if you wait till X11 is released then you have to Pay for an Upgrade (which includes SSA) instead, which I think is $995 if you are two versions behind. If you are using the Academic Version of CA I think SSA is only $95? But as Graham said best to call them direct , as they did have deals for currently enrolled Students ( with proof ) M.

That 1st Image is REALLY nice ! ( its a photo of the Finished Project not a PBR ...sorry if I confused people) https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/16912-lets-pbr/?do=findComment&comment=162921

Thanks Graham , looks like you have been Busy ! I certainly appreciate the Upload and time you've spent so we can all see how you have accomplished this..... Mick

You need to make a copy of the Siding Wall Type and rename it , eg Siding _Vert. and then change the Siding Material to a Vertical Type from the Library, then change those 3 walls to the new Walltype. M.

Use Align Inner Surface on the Pony Wall Settings...the Ponywall is really thick.... Assign the Porch as a Porch in the Room DBX and I think you'll get the Warning about a Deck over a Living Space to stop too.

Thanks Perry , I knew I had seen Videos from you and or Scott on this Issue..... Mick

The 2nd issue dos not present in X10 but the boards are running in the opposite direct , if I change the direction the door to the Porch changes back to the default brown one too. However I also noticed in the View that the Porch Floor is the same as the Decks so I think CA is getting confused on where the room boundaries are and what to run in what direction somehow. *** Your Siding 6 wall type has been changed and has Siding over the Drywall side of the Wall too which maybe the cause of the confusions as CA usually expects Drywall on the interior side of the Wall. So try making a new Siding 6-2 wall with no Drywall and see if that helps.

looks like something is going on along the wall , against the house Are you really still using X7? I don't have it installed on this computer to try it out for you.... M.

hi , just getting back to this now.... Do you really need the Detail/Section to auto build in the plan? or caan you just quickly use a CAD Detail window to redraw your PDF Sketch instead? you are a long way into the plan is why I ask.... I would probably have drawn the part of the building with the Full foundation , made sure that was correct , then turned off auto foundation and drawn the other areas with the MonSlab Floor applied via the ROOM Structure DBX. However CA as always had a issue with bumping Monoslabs up again existing Foundations an seems to have some unwritten , hardcoded rules it uses which can be an Issue and time consuming to deal with. Perry (Drawzilla) and Scott (dshall) are two guys who deal with monoslabs alot , and I know both have some tricks up there sleeves , so hopefully they will drop in and help advise too, but I am think drawing some manual footings etc in maybe the way to go. @DRAWZILLA @dshall

The L and R on Pocket Doors indicates the side they slide too , viewed from the Exterior Side I believe. That maybe why CA sees 4 R and 2 L in your current plan even though they are really identical ITRW

It's so strange CA has done nothing about the Glass ...it has been this way since Beta with no improvements even though they were "working on it" , it's just too common of a Material to ignore like this. M.

You can also draw a Room divider along the edge of the Plank on the right of the gap ( turn planks on in Plan View) and turn off automatic plank direction (should equal 0°) and it should auto heal itself , though you may need to re-frame the deck if it isn't set to Automatic to regenerate the planks...... Send it in please as something is up , a cross section shows the planks not reaching the house on one side and extending through the rim joist by 3 inches on the other...

Yep the Glass is looking great , time to share your "Recipe" with the CA Engineers too ! Please ....... M.

Possibly the wrong SketchUp Version for whatever version of Chief you are Using ? you haven't filled in your Forum signature , so we don't know what software you are using which is important at times...please see mine below.

Hi Paul, Is the Tenant Area to Surgery Rooms the area of the Join? you didn't leave an elevation Camera or anything in the plan to indicated where the issue is? Also doing an overview several Areas of the Building are "floating" above the Terrain and the front Porch Ceilings are building incorrectly but you may not be done yet of course just thought I'd mention it... M.

The gable Planes are now there in Plan No#2 but they are drawn at the same Pitch and Direction as the main Dormer Roof so are hard to see. You can turn them 90° with the triangle handle and rejoin them or delete them and redraw them in the correct direction. spin and join........ but better to delete and redraw so they start at the right height over the Wall Plate. M.

That appears to be correct the single straight line in the Roof Plane is the direction it is pointing, if you draw them on the 1st floor this is what happens too.

As Robert said you haven't provided enough information about the Project or a copy of your plan file to look at which makes it hard to "guess" what you are trying to do... We ask all new Users to fill in there Signatures ( see mine below) as many times it make a difference in the answer especially with 15+ versions of Chief now floating around....and of course having a name to use is nice too. the Hardware info is also Useful in many questions especially regarding PBR or RT problems. M.

You are missing something in the Video.... This is two different things....... one is drawing the two gables , then after that , cut the hole in the existing roof , with the 3 snap points and pull it back in a V. Then you pull the 2 Gable Roof planes back into the V and use the Join Roof Tool to join the Gable Planes to the Exist Shed Dormer Roof Plane FYI : the Plan you posted above does not have any gable roof planes or the V cut into the Dormer Roof..... M.

You didnt do the 1st step by the look of it ....i.e. draw the two Gable Roof Planes..... look at 2:50 in the video again.... then cut the hole in the Shed Dormer Roof.

Always build a Roof and Foundation even if your model/project doesn't need them...the "Light" engine does.... Your Sun lumens look really high as the Windows look washed out..... Mark is correct , the Lets PBR Thread has lots of good Info CA has a Video too https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2426/physically-based-rendering-technique.html

where are you stuck ? your plan does not have a gable? perhaps watch the video again..... as I don't see the Gable Roof planes in your Pic or in the plan.... Mick.

I used the Surface Tool Trick too , just didn't take it as far as Chopsaw. My guess on the "Red" issue is just a bad conversion of .skp files by CA..... or more likely as Greg mentioned above, when it is a .skp Sketchup is using zipped files for the Textures like Chief does and they expect the file to be used only in sketchup so no need to include them in the file , just reference them, but exporting as a 3Dmodel .dae file forces Sketchup to include the Textures with the Model. M.

Okay, when I needed to do that I made one from the CA Dacor Switch then slide it over the existing one, I made it as a Interior Fixture ( best choice?) so it doesn't Auto-join to the existing one and set it 1/16th off the wall originally for the same reason. Oh.....Chopsaw's looks good too... MHD_Dacora Coverplate.calibz

You know CA has Dacora Light switches etc right? been available since X7 I think..... MEP Library No#3 https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3d-library/index.php?r=site/detail/976 M.