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Winders Checked - should be all that is needed in this situation............. M.

I think the REV-a Shelf Library for Chief was "Batch" converted , hence the material assignments aren't Real World and there is no easy way to fix them, unfortunately someone thinks that is "good enough as it only used for the Schedule and Ordering" , but Clients do actually like to see this stuff Chief Architect. Post a Sample plan with the offending symbols so Others can have a play if you can't figure it out...... @MarkMc can likely help.......... Mick.

You should really post Questions in the Q&A Forum , this Forum is For Tips you want to share with Others.... But make Sure you have CAD Clippings Lines Shown in Elevation , and uncheck all the clipping options and just Clip to To Room 1st, and close the DBX, which should make Chief find the Wall/Ceiling/Floor Surfaces and then open the DBX again and Uncheck the Clip to Room again and close the DBX again. (don't enable any clipping options) Then back in Elevation , use the Clipping line to expose more as needed (or cut off more). This works for me at least ...... Also when using a Back Clipped Camera, always Pull the Clipping point to the OTHER side of the wall you want to Clip too other Chief sometimes has issues determining the Surface of the wall which show up as weird triangles in some elevations views, especially once sent to Layout. Mick.

This stills happens here occasionally too, even when Walls and Footings are the Default Foundation AND the Room Type ( garage) has Mono Slab unchecked, so I am not sure what triggers it, and would turn off Room Below providing if I could permanently, as we aren't even allowed Slabs on Grade, even Garages have too have Stemwalls and Footings. M.

You'd need to provide the Plan ( or a test plan with similar issues) , so people can give you advice as there are a number of things that could be wrong, and like you I suffer from this now and again as sometimes Chief is "too smart" ( or dumb? ) for it's own good. Some thoughts though... Slab thickness differences (Chief puts slabs right on the footing) stemwall heights Ceiling Heights M.

Sounds like one for Tech Support , but it sounds like you no longer have Write Permissions to the Folder. Mick.

Usually I wouldn't advise editing Walls manually , but if they are troublesome then you may need to break SOP and in an Elevation View try Editing the Walls Top and Bottom ( this auto adjust the Footing ) , similar to how you Step a Foundation. See the KB Article on the Technique.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01809/creating-a-stepped-foundation.html Mick.

This should work I think..... but YMMV Mick

Great news, happy to help. I've Update my List of Available Libraries as of May 31st 2023 , and posted the PDF here if you'd like a copy.... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/31252-list-of-x15-currently-available-libraries-as-at-may-31st-2023/?do=findComment&comment=246354 Mick.

Library List Updated to May 31st, 2023. 469 Libraries now. PDF is in the 1st Post above. Mick.

Chief No longer allows the Transfer of 2nd Hand Licenses unfortunately. You have to subscribe now , either on a monthly ($200 ) or yearly basis ($2000) M.

When I search the Online Library ( on the Web ) I don't find an Adams Wood Catalogue, is it from an older Version than X14 perhaps? You could try deleting the Adams Wood .calib file from : C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X15\Manufacturer Libraries or for the Bonus Plants here : C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X15\Bonus Libraries In my case there were actually (2) Marvin Windows .calib files , one with an x14 in the name, so perhaps you have something like that going on too? Mick.

Yes. it won't transfer the Textures from the old folders for you (follow Mark's advice for that) , it will only add New Textures from the point you enable the Preference. As far as I know yes , deleting the Material in the User Library does not also delete the Texture in the Textures folder ( in case you want to remake it I suppose?) It should be fine to delete the X14 Folder , especially if you dont use the Chief folder to Store Client Data etc , but once the Textures Folder is empty , I think the Library will be pretty small. The Other folder you may want to back up is the database libraries folder which is where Chief keeps your User Library , but you can also ( before deleting any textures) Right Click on the User Library and Export it as a Backup to a safe location e.g. an external Drive. M.

Well , these days extra Storage space is fairly Cheap, if a Clean up is due to needing more space on C:\ , ie you could add an extra 2TB or 4TB internal Drive for a D:\ or add an external 4TB or perhaps 8TB USB3 Hard Drive, so you can Archive Chief Data Folders etc ( and uninstall the old versions of the Program. You only need X15 now) This would also be a good location for your Chief Libraries Downloads, which would normally be downloaded, on Win 10 to the Default Windows Download Folder, most Browsers are set to use this Folder Automatically, if you didn't specify a specific Folder for Chief Library Downloads? Some Models from 3D Warehouse may not come with Textures , this is usually a sign that they were batch converted by a Corporation to say time and money, and Users are expected to open them in SU and apply there own "Finishes". Make sure this Preference is set for your downloaded Models and Material's you make Textures, to be saved to the Chief Textures Folder. Mark's advice to copy / paste all files in the older versions Textures Folder to the latest Version is good advice especially if you didn't migrate the Textures when you installed the latest version ( currently X15 ) as it is the 2nd place Chief looks for Textures ( the 1st being the Folder the Plan is in ). Mick.

Sad but true , Users had to figure things out for ourselves and had done that before Chief's tutorials were posted.... Look up two old Threads here on the Forum... Lets Raytrace and Lets PBR Both started by Graham Korby aka User @TheKitchenAbode M.

I am not sure if different in X15 , but in X14 you need that Set in Both Preferences AND the General Plan Defaults as Scott Shows above ( that is an X15 DBX though ). The General Plan Default can be set in your Template Plan and re-saved so you don't need to do it every plan. Mick.

I guess you've heard Plumbers with Chainsaws on your Projects too ? and need the Framers to Place Joists as needed for clear drops... * thx for the Library too. M.

Just Zip the Plan/Layout perhaps?, not the Reference Files if the Permit Company is not creating or adding new materials etc. This may leave things out though, like PDFs and Images etc which maybe needed in Layout, so it may just be easier to sort the folder after unzipping and deleting .jpgs and .pngs ( or moving them to the default Textures folder Per Rene ) if it bothers you. M.

Chief does not do any Piping at all, never has, it also does not purport to be Code Compliant in any other area either. M.

Your signature Say you have a Nvidia Card , but Chief is not using it but the built in Intel Card which is for 2D only ie , it isn't sensing/seeing Chief as a 3D program , so you need to force Chief/Windows to use the Nvidia MX350 instead. Aaron Chief X14 Lenovo MT81Yk - Win 10 Pro Intel Core i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.3GHz 1.50 GHz NVIDIA GeForce MX 350 Ram = 16.0 GB SDD = 250 GB 2-AOC Q27G2G4 https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03140/forcing-chief-architect-programs-to-use-a-specific-graphics-card-in-windows-10-11.html or

A.) CPU and RAY Trace light will never been the same as they work differently , and Chief is slowly depreciating the CPU Tracer which is now 20yrs (?) old so most people have switched to PBR-RTRT due to it's speed and learning to get the best out of it... does it need improvements? yes but it is worthwhile using in X15 I think. also The advice is to use 3D plants for now at least, has been since X13. You could try turning OFF the Ray Cast Shadows ( hard shadows) and see if it gives "softer" edges to the shadows instead of those jagged edges. B.) The Lums are just too High for PBR ( not standard views) and should perhaps in your case be 10,000 and 35,0000 , not 100,000 and 3,500,000 (at a guess) the Lum. values are not real world and automatic balance themselves to the other lighting in the Plan , so it does take a bit of playing to get it right , and won't be the same in every Plan , or even scene , it can even change if the camera angleis changed or the camera moved 12". C.) And where do you think the CA Tutorials got their info ? ...... here on the Forum of course from Users posting there fixes and solutions... Mick.

I have to be honest and say I am not sure if they work exactly the same?, I use C for Concentric resize, in combination with the Concentric Jump for CAD Objects and have always used X for retaining the Aspect Ratio since they made that change. M.

Okay Chief Support has replied and they were able to reproduce the issue with the Libraries I supplied. Starting in X15 each Catalog has a Unique ID number the new Library system now uses too to ID each Catalog, whereas previously it used the name of the Catalog, and somehow the ID on the 106 Libraries I have failing has been corrupted somehow, ( they aren't sure how ) and so the Fix has to be on the User's End not Chief's End as the Chief Updater can't overwrite the existing corrupt files, So they must be deleted 1st and then you can use the Library's Built in "Online View" to redownload the offending Libraries. Unfortunately, it is still a 1 by 1 process, (It is also a handy list of the offending files you need to delete 1st above, as Chief doesn't think they are installed yet. ) Some Libraries are obsolete or have been replaced, or renamed eg Bonus Shower Hardware is now Bathroom Fixtures #4 I also could not get Chief to Delete the Marvin Windows Catalog ( Chief hung trying to do so ) so I simply deleted the .calib file from the C:\ProgramData\Chief Architect Premier X15\Manufacturer Libraries Folder and Chief was able to reinstall it. *** Just a reminder that BonusCADBlocks is the only Library not with an equivalent X15 Library yet and should be the only "unsuccessful" update. Image Supplied by TS to show how to enable "Online View" ( with some of my faulty Libraries shown ) Mick.

Download the Trial and see for yourself, eg all the graininess on the Drywall is removed by the Denoiser now in PBR , I no longer do CPU RTs myself , so can't help much there. Also your Sun Lumens are WAY too high , which causes the backgrounds to fade out and throw color casts into the interiors and sometimes light bleed particularly in earlier versions or Plans started in earlier versions , in my experience. In RTRT try somewhere in the 5000 - 10000 Sun Lumen range and set the Daytime Intensity to the 700-1000 Range. this X15 example is 7000 and 700 and is a 500 sample with Denoiser on and took about 35-40 secs. ( after Materials and Lighting were done for the final Image - no post processing.) M/

Yes it can be done, just setup two different Layersets for Letter and Arch D Sizes so each layer is specific to a Size as Alan mentioned However, I don't think it will half the work though if that's what you are hoping? In which case you maybe better off just Printing the Arch D layout for the Preview Version at 1/3 scale with a watermark saying "Not To Scale - Not for Construction" on it , and if needed have the Printer make it "Fit to page". ( if just sending PDFs out you could use 1/2 Scale to or Tabloid perhaps too) M.