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I know what you mean , great news !

It now seems a Pity that Chief stop using or allowing (POV) V-ray Export when you see stuff like Formz has now... http://www.formz.com/products/vray_formz.html

Probably best to copy and paste that into an email to Sales , and see what they say , they did have Sale Pricing last month (-10%), so be Cheeky and ask for that too off...you can Skype or Call them too.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/company/contact.html

Worth a try since I think TS will instruct you to do it anyway M.

Did you try Clearing the Printer Info in CA and setting it up again ? is it only CA crashing , eg can you print in Word? sounds like it might be one for Tech Support but most likely the 1st thing to try is Clearing the Printer Info, this Tutorial has that Info in it : https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00085/troubleshooting-printing-issues.html

Thanks Chopsaw , no Problem , downloading is not a requirement , some may never need Rain Screen or the Cedar Board and Battens either..... Hope you get your Issue sorted out... M.

These days the Term are interchangeable but way back when, the Carriage was the 2x Structural part of the Staircase and the Stringer the 1x decorative Element above it . What was called the Stringer then, here at least, is call a (Stair) Kick which is basically the Staircase Baseboard. Maybe they have a Building Dept that requires the "Stringer" be labelled Carriage ? which maybe due to References in the Code that applies locally? ( I saw it mentioned on a Forum for Student Architect's too , noboby knew what the Carriage was) Oh beaten too it

Did you try Printing to PDF ? I don't have X7 on this Machine but a View Printed to PDF in X9 works..... I didn't send to Layout , maybe that is the difference? 17-203_Walker_Residence_II_X9_PDF.pdf

I wonder if people read my posts too sometimes so once again.... Brian Beck has said Global Illumination should NEVER be turned off in Preferences , doing that is for T.S. use only. If you have a decent Videocard hardware edge smoothing can be on HIGH and texture compression OFF , TC is not normally needed for modern Videocards.

I was wondering if I should report this to the Beta Team actually , just not many have said anything , then again I don't know how many have downloaded the Files? I extracted my Calibz files and the textures are in there , so I am not sure why X10 isn't importing or perhaps registering them.

Brian Beck has said Global Illumination should NEVER be turned off in Preferences , doing that is for T.S. use only. If you have a decent Videocard hardware edge smoothing can be on HIGH and texture compression OFF , TC is not normally needed for modern Videocards. My Enhanced lighting is Greyed out ? I just noticed on check your setting against mine , not sure about that but I am seeing alot of Black in PBR with 390.77 though I don't know if 390.77 is the Reason , I was going to try 382.05 again to compare since Drivers above that seem to have various Issues.

That didn't work too badly just doing it for a "look" with the Drawing?

Are you talking about in Layout ? I think you may need to explain a bit more ...might be the reason no-one has answered you yet... Also, it's good to have your Forum Signature filled in please, especially with the Software Version, and of course a Name is nice too ..............see mine below in Blue for how to do that.

If you have SSA you can download the Beta from your Digital Locker , just don't do plans in it if you don't plan to upgrade as it will expire , usually a few Weeks after the Full Version is Released, and you won't be able to view or Work in the Plans any longer. If you get SSA now X10 will be "free" ($495) when released otherwise you will have to pay the Upgrade Fee.... M.

Ahhhh the joy that is Stairwells in CA X10

No Quibble there , at least we have the Match Tool now...

Never Tried it but maybe an Annotation Set where all Line Styles are White and sending to a Layout Page with a Blue Background ? if you need it to Scale etc , Otherwise you can change the Background in CA Plan View and Print the Current Screen. Perhaps use an Image of the blue from a "BluePrint" as a background ?

So the Match Properties Tool (Multi Select) does not work ?

Thanks Perry , maybe this is an X10 Library Issue then if Chief needs a restart to find the Library Textures , I had that happen in Older Versions IIRC , but x9 was always pretty good refreshing itself. Mick.

Are you able to tell me what .jpg it/they are referencing ? I though when a Library was exported it pulled the Texture with it ? , in fact if Chief can't find the texture it will ask you to fix it before Exporting. If you Unzip the Cailz file with Winzip or &Zip is the Texture there? See the 1st Post for Pics of mine I added. If you right Click the the downloaded File and goto Properties , is it "Locked" Bottom RH Corner is a checkbox if so , on some Win10 systems depending on Security settings Files from the "Internet" are deemed a Security risk and you must Unlock them if you know them to be safe , before doing anything with them. I assume you checked you Preview Toggle Button? just making sure cos you are the only one who has reported an Issue.

Thanks for the Followup Gene appreciate it. M

There is something wrong if that is the best Auto Roofs can do ..... this is one of the messages I got.... M.

it's the 1st Time I have seen it reported , but I don't think you "broke" it ...unless you can replicate the issue using the Make 2nd floor from 1st Floor Option... M.

I am pretty sure you just made a BLANK 2nd Floor , so when you made the 3rd etc it was also Blank ( since you drew no walls), as it was Copied from the blank floor below , I added one of my own and it was BLANK too , so I deleted everything except floor one and then added a Floor based on Floor One when it asked and all is well .

eCabinets has been recommended to me a few times though I am not sure if it integrates with Chief or not? it is free if you are in the Industry I believe. http://www.ecabinetsystems.com/