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I see the Blocking flush to the ply (sheathing) sometimes, cos they want to sheath the wall and stand it, and don't want to add strips later. Usually the ply is upto the bottom of the Top Cord (2x4), the rest is open for Roof Venting , so notching shouldn't be needed.... would depend on the Job I'd think though ? the ply is supposed to act as a "hold-down" in high winds , so not sure flush blocking would pass in all areas or with all inspectors. M.

thanks I'll try some different settings and see how it goes . personally I don't like drop shadows and Mouse cursor shadows so those are off already. M.

Thanks G. I will give it a try , it's been annoying me..... had/have an issue with my NVME SSD and thought it was related to that. anything in particular to "tweak" ? M.

Wasn't sure I would ever use it that much so I haven't as most of the Patterns I make as Square or Rectangular , and for most Clients I use Standard Views anyway. It amazes me that CA lets these Manufacturers do as little as possible in their Libraries , eg no Patterns or Search attributes or like the Issue with the REV-A-Shelf Catalog ... ie everything is one Material.

I am also seeing this "hesitation" in DBX's opening.....thanks for mentioning it as I was thinking I had a hardware Issue . Like Graham I would think in X10 that the 780m is pushing it limits especially in Large Models. Don't know much about the AMD Radeons Apple seems to be using now from you Post above though. M.

Thanks Mike.... it was the best I could to to make it "seamless" as the Pic above was not shot 100% square on to the Tile ...I don't have Photoshop for doing Bump and Normal Maps etc so I just used the Kacy White Lahiana Material and changed the Texture. Did you buy Hatch Kit? is that how you got the Pattern file? , the free Excel Generator works well for square or rectangular tiles.

Nice Find Chopsaw ! that would of taken some diligent digging to find ....

They are aware of the Issues and are working on it , but many of the Materials are currently being updated to work properly with the New PBR ( Physical Based Rendering) View Type. It's a good Idea to Update your Catalogs a couple of times a week at the moment to get any updates. All 3D views now use RCSS (Ray Casted Sun Shadows) to so you may find the CPU working harder to keep up as these new Shadows are RT Based , but can be disabled in either the Camera Views Defaults or in the Camera View itself. M. More Info Here :

Turn Off Opening Indicators in the Camera View works.... but you'd lose them all ...is the sidelight a Door? you may need to make them from a full height window to just turn them off.

Thanks Cheryl , I didn't have the X10 version of that Library, it now is split into two with Stone and Tile. It is Cactus Stone> Tile > Natural Stone > Style > Kacy White Lahaina The Tuscany Light Lahaina is also Arabesque Style... http://www.cactustile.com/detail.aspx?id=11292 **** Unfortunately they cheated , there is no Pattern File so the Material is no good for Vector Views , below I changed the Colour to White and Blended it with the Texture to get these Pics. The One Above the OP Posted..... still no Pattern MHD_Tile_White_Arabesque-Fancy.calibz

If you "Rollback" and don't disable Windows Update Driver Updates then Windows Update will replace the Driver with the Latest WHQL Driver... That being said , don't "Rollback" via Device Manager just run the required/wanted Driver and do a Custom , Clean Install as mentioned above. Have not tried 390.77 yet I was waiting a couple of Days to see if there were any reports here or elsewhere of Issues. M.

VideoCards and DDR4 Ram are out of this world as far as pricing goes currently, in some cases almost double suggested Retail due to Ram Shortages and the Crypto Currency Fad at the moment, at least locally Stores have stopped people buying more than one Card . $1350-$1500 for a Card that should be $899 Ouch... $899 was too high...in my book at least, I got a second hand 980Ti , which is approx. a GTX1070 instead , lots of Gamers are upgrading and I didn't need the latest and greatest. Having 6 Cores on my 5820K does seem to help though.... M.

I did say it may not work in your Particular Situation, but what that trick actually does is the Key here , as Eric said sometimes Chief is "Too Smart" , so we need to be smarter.... *Hint* : To be an Exterior Door, it must have Exterior Space one side and Interior Space on the Other. Once again will "this Trick" work in all Situations I don't know? AND do everything for you automatically? likely NO, as some manual cleanup maybe needed eg deleting the auto Slab footing , and since Chief doesn't like MonoSlabs against a StemWall Foundation , you'll need to do some manual Foundation work anyway. ( A very old issue and still quirky ) Would a Checkbox in the Door DBX for Type be be nice ? sure .. but a single Room Divider line will get you there now... and cleaned up.. M.

looks okay in X9 here at least in the living to Kitchen openings , the Dining Rm Open still has a tiny Casing specified which caused no baseboard in my drawing.... I also noted some weird holes in the Corners of your baseboard but am not sure if that is an X9 issue with the X7 Plan? there is some weirdness with the windows sills too but I suspect that is cos I don't have all the materials you have ......

The Easiest Fix is to place the Door in an EXTERIOR Wall Type so it remains an Exterior Door . You can do this easily by Copying your Exterior Wall Type and Changing the Exterior Finish to Drywall and the Fill to match the Interior Walls if needed..... I have not tried this on a Monolithic Slab Foundation build , but I imagine a Footing is needed at that wall anyway in a lot of cases ( loadbearing?) , worth trying anyway to see if it helps in your particular situation. M.

Thanks Chopsaw, personally I have not installed the X9 .8 update I am still on .7 due to these issues and I am not sure if you can just re-run the .7 Installer and have it "modify" or "Repair" the Install or if you need to do a Complete uninstall and re-install. X9 .8 was only supposed to include a Menu Change in the Manage License Drop Down according to the Official Post , but there seem to be a few too many Library Issues reported for that to be the only Change. I don't think there was an Update PDF for .8 either as the menu change was all it was supposed to contain. Some, particularly on Laptops are also having Issues in 3D windows , with the Cursor and in some cases Opening the Labels Tab of any DBX. Nvidia Drivers 382.05 and 390.65 seem to fix this issue in the 388.xx Series Drivers. Chief is aware of this Issue , but so far no reported Fix except changing the Drivers, and disable Microsoft Update so it doesn't reinstall a Bad Driver version. See the other thread ( linked above) for more info on that. M.

is 1920 x 1080 resolution , the Native resolution of the Laptop's Screen? ( no model number in your Signature to check online )

Strange , I have noticed a lot of -1 scores lately for Posts , usually for no apparent reason ..... I'm not even that sure most take notice of the Rep scores , but still a bit strange.... perhaps it's about the "Topic" rather than the "Fix" or anyone personally? M.

Did SkeyLargo ever say if they are using Display scaling in Windows 10? eg at 4k is is standard to use 200% I believe https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/windows-10-display-scaling/ Thanks , I will save your "Hack" Info in case Windows Scaling in Win10 doesn't workout for me on my Surface 3, but something they suggest for the Surface is to try turning off HIgh Dpi capabilities for the Program and see if it helps. Change application properties In Explorer or on the Start menu, right-click the application name, select Properties, select the Compatibility tab, and then select the Disable display scaling on high DPI settings check box. Note In Windows 10 Version 1703 and later version of Windows, the text of the Disable display scaling on high DPI settings option is changed to Override high DPI scaling behavior, scaling performed by: Application. Found here:https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/3025083/windows-scaling-issues-for-high-dpi-devices and here: https://www.howtogeek.com/175664/how-to-make-the-windows-desktop-work-well-on-high-dpi-displays-and-fix-blurry-fonts/

I know it works in Games , It Renders it at 4K ,which is then resized to fit your Screen , it's mostly used to test GFX Cards at different Res. in Games for Performance numbers I think. eg running a game at 4K vs FHD or QHD res. At Full screen 1920 x1080 I think you need x4 for 4K (3820x2160) to simulate the number of Pixels.... best to check though....

Found it.....Joe Carrick was kind enough to post a couple over the Years....

you could perhaps try it with DSR Factors in the Nvidia Control Panel , however I am not sure it it only work in 3D , which may mean it only works in Overviews etc.... use a multiple of you current res. to get 4K eg x2.25 or x4 etc....

I would call TS or Sales , they should know , or emailing Training and Ask them , I'd think they would be aware of Schools etc as they do Academic Licensing, we don't get many Students here that I am aware of which is why you didn't get many Replies I'd think. training@chiefarchitect.com https://www.chiefarchitect.com/academic/

I think I saw a Free Roller Door in the Symbols Forum a While Back which was supposed to work better in Plan View Chief 20? as in X10? 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.

The Icon Hack I remember was to use X6 Icons in X7 , not sure it helps Chopsaw but here is the Word file I made from the Forum back then... M. Using X6 icons in X7.docx