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25mb should be fine direct on Forum, the Dropbox File is 22.5mb but not sure if you pared it down before reposting there? One to send in perhaps so they can look at it.... Oh.... I keep getting a warning message about a Floor or Ceiling Platform Hole that is not entirely within it's Platform, switching annotations and selecting the wall at the Corner trigger it it seems .....maybe that is the issue ? M.

Attached picture, not plan? This doesn't appear to be the kitchen you posted above yesterday...... the Windows should help greatly in PBR with the lighting.....

+1 I like it too .... I'm not having any issue seeing the Suggestions Forum though... ( 4 hrs after your post though )

Hi Tommy, I know that both you and Glenn being CA Experts would not use this Tip in everyday use , I just didn't want others thinking this was normal procedure. M.

Thanks for confirming that Glenn, I had not had a chance to try out my thought yet , I just assumed there must be some reason for the 0.01" measurement , though if it is "needed", I am not sure why they don't use the real thickness. M.

Oh so true. While true , I don't believe this is a good practice , the staircase was not building on the 2nd floor for a reason, ie the Model was not correct, as evidenced by the fact the staircase immediately drew correctly once the "Room" had definition and thus a Floor, which Staircases are programmed to "find" automatically. ( or the Terrain Plane if exterior stairs ). In a Pinch would I / have I used this Tip ? Yes.... but it's not one to use as SOP.... try and fix the underlying cause 1st. M.

No Problem , it wasn't the Staircase as such though , since you didn't have a "room" there on the lower balconey, there was no Floor for the staircase to build off so it was confused. Looking into the balcony in 3D I could see under the Roof plane , so I was fairly sure what the issue was, knowing that IRL there would be a wall supporting that Roof Plane , I drew one in and didn't need to do anything special on the staircase except click "make best Fit" once the "room" was made. M.

Doing what Glenn suggests I think you can easily make the Storey Pole look Correct Are your Sketchup Objects referencing Floor Height or Absolute height though ? IRL ( in real life) are you making the House 3ft higher or the basement 3 feet deeper though to get a 12ft basement? It's not that hard to set level 1's absolute height to 36" and then reset level 2 to "default" height and so on up.... this would/could effect the sketchup objects though which is why I asked.....

If there are no Windows and Doors to allow Light in you may need to add some raking light by adding a 3D light down near the Floor ?.... No Sunlight = no reflections or subdued Reflections in PBR Okay found Graham's post from last week , try these Settings perhaps.... Lots of good info in the Lets PBR Thread too.... but this is my post in it with the basic setup , have 100 automatic lights is important https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/16912-lets-pbr/?do=findComment&comment=142683

Ok ....I didn't pickup on the jesting part , I know what you mean though, thinking about it now though, I wonder if the 0.01 is needed to get the ML to produce a square footage of House Wrap? will need to try it I suppose....

OK there is the TIP for this Thread since it should really be over in the Q&A Forum It is always best to post the Plan file in cases like this , there are just too many varibles , which leads to too much guessing as to the cause... Also ...No Signature = No secret Handshake for you (J.J.) It's good to have your Forum Signature filled in, especially with the Software Version, and of course a real Name is nice too .............. See mine below in Blue for how to do that. If you don't see my Signature then you have them turned off for the Forum so you need to Toggle it on by going to the Upper RH Corner of this Forum Window and Clicking on your Username and making sure Signature are enabled (green) and then Add your Own Sig. too : UserName> Account > Signatures M.

I am not sure that everyone who comes here is 100% Forum savvy , some can't even bother more than 9 words in a Question and expect a detailed Answer.... Perhaps CA could add a Sticky message at the top with the Topic heading "Please ask Questions in the Q&A Forum Only", how about it @Dan_Park

Had not seen that thx, the tiny Sidewalks was Michael's guess last month when Charles asked about this in the Chatroom.... M.

The Issue appears to be that you don't have a defined Room on the 2nd floor for the Staircase to start in , I added a Wall under the roof plane on the left to get Wall definition and it is now working..... I didn't finish all the detailing , I fixed a few Walls only....but here is the Plan back......... M. Van Asrdall_MHD.zip

This is a known Issue with X10 , it does not update the File Associations to X10 for the Library items etc , has been happening with my posted Libraries too.

Thanks Robert , appreciate you posting this Symbol. M.

Hi Richard , can you clarify what the HouseWrap measurement should be please if 0" isn't correct ie .... is that 0"." above correct? or 0"! Thx. M.

All Fixed Rich..... Thanks Dan , the Checkbox is working for me to access my non current versions again.....one thought ...it would be nice if the checkbox was "sticky" if at all possible, thx. M.

have a look at this : https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5414/using-templates-for-new-plan-files.html Or https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00463/creating-and-using-a-plan-template.html or https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/category/271/templates.html

Yes most of that can be done in the Camera or 3D view Defaults , but you have to do it in whatever plan you use for your New plans ( your Template File ) so the settings are there each Plan. Look in Preferences>General>New Plans for the File you use as your Template Plan Name. The Default in X10 of US plans is Residential Template.Plan Also, it's good to have your Forum Signature filled in, especially with the Software Version, and of course a real Name is nice too .............. See mine below in Blue for how to do that. If you don't see my Signature then you have them turned off for the Forum so you need to Toggle it on by going to the Upper RH Corner of this Forum Window and Clicking on your Username and making sure Signature are enabled (green) and then Add your Own Sig. too : UserName> Account > Signatures M.

Thanks for the followup , good to know , years ago the advice was to only install those Catalogs you really needed and not every one available in the Online Library, I just Ordered a new Laptop , so I may have to try this old strategy too. M.

Looks like Interiors has WMR's so here is the Plan from my example above to look at and a couple of video links.... WMR Example.plan https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5444/editing-cad-polylines.html?playlist=97 https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/9904/focus-cad-i.html?playlist=97

I rarely place Cabinets in 3D , I normally do all of that in 2D , then Open a Camera to check things out . I got the GE Catalog to check it out in particular but don't see any difference in load times when selecting a category eg Cooking ie it "thinks about it" for a 1 or 2 count (depends on size of catalog) and then the preview Window loads in with the small previews. clicking one of them is more or less instant in either VV or STD View. I do use Tiled to Fit Window and "Show Names" , the preview pane in .54 seems as fast in VV or STD now unlike when X10 1st came out so I do think they worked on the RCSS issue in the Original X10 . I am not sure if CA generates previews thumbs and then subsequent openings of the catalog would be faster , not having to do it again but perhaps it needs to generate the previews every time? M.

I think you are right , I have just had to live with it ,despite having top of the line hardware like you.... you can turn off RCSS in alot of Views but in the Library and DBX's is not possible so the only option is Vector view. M.

It works for me using your Plan You do need to make the Window a Doorway and You do need to make the Doors both -8" at the bottom (lowest Floor) Here is your Plan back door missing_MHD.plan M.