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These are working for me just fine...... I did have crashes earlier this week as described in a Client's Plan and Chief TS tracked it down to me turning on Auto (Roof) Framing and there was a tiny roof plane, barely big enough to see left behind, that chief couldn't Auto frame causing Device Removed Crashes and Lockups, which stopped completely after deleting the offending roof plane. M.

I just realized I had your Bubble Chandelier in your Library On the Symbols Forum and it works with it too.....

Good now M.

Seems to work for me Rob....... at least with the Chandelier I tried.... I adjusted the Main Fixture Item light Data ( don't expand to show all lights and multi-select) and it also adjusted the light data for the 3 "lights" on the Light I tried.

You could try it this way with Paint https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/24813-how-to-make-a-screen-grab-of-a-tile-into-a-tile-material-in-chief /?do=findComment&comment=199676

How does it show in Adjust Lights? Can you shift select them all and "Adjust" there? M.

Hi Rob , just wanted to say thanks , I see you updated the Post with he Plan File as well so People will have all the textures , so thanks for doing that. 1 small problem , the Kitchen Plumbing Library is not downloadable as access is denied.... Mick. @RobUSMC

Have you looked at Chief Substance Player Tile and Wood Builders?

What you show should work, whether done in Paint or PS , my only suggestion would be to "randomize" the Tiles ie flip the image vertically and horizontally and rotate 90 and 180° etc , so you don't have a repeating pattern with the dark veining in your example above, the "repeat" will look bad in Chief. ( Hopefully the Tiler would not lay them like that either) doing you own is also the only way to show a particular grout color if that is important , as it must be part of the Texture used. M.

Yes, but I suspect it is still under Warranty ( most have 3yrs, some 5yrs ) so you should be starting a case with the Manufacturer too. I have had good luck with 531.61 myself, though TS recently suggested the latest when I had some crashes, but the driver was not the Issue. M.

Interesting, I don't think I have ever changed that.... M.

It would depend on the MacBook Pro and assuming I had the model correct ? 4K @32" is about as close as you can get .............. but it's also why I said to do some research and check Sites like this one.....https://www.displayninja.com/what-is-pixel-density/ M.

My 1st guess would be that the Retina Display is a much higher Resolution ( close to 4k ?) and also much "Brighter" compared to the HP which isn't necessarily a "bad" monitor, but being only a FHD Res. (1920 x 1080 ) you are noticing the differences ( and may need to go to a 4K monitor ) but I would do some Googling and further Research ( and watch you HP Return Date ) M.

As Eric said it's hard to tell which is which but it almost looks like Line Weights are turn on and much more noticeable on one than the other. Also if you Mac has a Retina Display and your HP is a low Spec FHD monitor you may notice differences I'd think? ( I am not a Mac User.) so you might need to consider a return a for a better quality Monitor? and perhaps larger eg 32" if you have the room? M.

Yep , good now and Thanks. You might need to Change the Threads Title ( Edit the 1st Post ) to just Rob's Libraries / Symbols ...... * the benefit of making smaller Libraries and Posting Directly her eon the Forum, is that you don't need to Host them ...now or in the future.... Mick.

Chief has 30-40 Materials in every Plan, even a Brand new "empty" one , as they are set as "Defaults" for example, Ceilings , Floors, Drywall etc but there are also materials assigned to things like Skylights , Windows, Doors , Appliances, Cabinets, Cabinet Hardware, Countertops, 3D Solids etc etc.... Mick.

Thanks Rob , these two Libraries can be downloaded but the electrical Library is still denying permission to download....

This might help , it a short post on how to make simple Tile Textures with the Window's Paint Program...... Mick.

I do this with my Plumbing Fixtures, splitting them into Kitchen Bathroom, Shower etc too , and I can see how this would be helpful for Electrical Plans as well. It appears your OneDrive/Sharepoint won't allow "strangers" to download the File ..... did you try uploading it direct to the Forum ? it should allow 14mb attachments , though you may need to split it perhaps into 2 Libraries? Mick.

Thanks for the Info once again Ed, much appreciated. Mick.

Geforce Experience, will alert you to new Drivers , if you let it install with any new Driver ...you may already have it perhaps? but personally I don't use it and don't let it install, as I don't use any of it's other Features and being a Computer Enthusiast, I like to look after my own systems, and like to do a bit of research 1st to make sure the Driver is a "good" Version. Personally I have not found any difference in GR or Studio Drivers , in Chief or while doing some occasional gaming, and as far as I know Chief does not take advantage of any of the Studio Driver Enhancements that other 3D products like Blender and Maya do/can use. Chief , shows you the Driver in Use, in Preferences > Render > Video Card Status > Driver Version : ( last 5 digits are the Driver No# ) You can also right Click you Desktop and open the Nvidia Control Panel ( on Win 11 click Show more options 1st ) and in the bottom left Corner you will see "System Information" click it, and the DBX will show all the System info, the Driver No# being the 1st one. * Last Driver version NOT shown in pics above..... Mick.

Edit the CAD Block perhaps with a 3g or ???? I use the Bonus library Richard mentions too, you can make them your Default Electrical items too. Mick.

Latest Version Driver , suggested to me by Tech Support............. Version: 535.98 WHQL Release Date: 2023.5.30 Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 DESKTOP - GAME READY DRIVER Version: 535.98 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/205173/en-us/ LAPTOP - GAME READY DRIVER Version: 535.98 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/205178/en-us/ STUDIO DRIVERS DESKTOP - STUDIO DRIVER Version: 535.98 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/205035/en-us/ LAPTOP - STUDIO DRIVER Version: 535.98 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/205036/en-us/

AFAIK Chief won't do it automatically, but you can copy the Handle you like, to your User Library and change the 3D Symbol , X,Y,Z Options and then place it in front of the Doors and move into Position for height etc. in and Elevation View ( and Plan view if you want to recess it slightly). Mick.

The Title Block is all done on Page 0, and don't put anything on Page 0 you don't want on every page.... M.