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getting the Pattern for Vector views is fairly easy , you can make a new material , set it to Tile ( for Stack bond) or Brick ( Brick Bond) and enter the sizes on the general Tab or use one of the free Pattern File Creators Online (.pat files) and use that. the hard part is finding suitable seamless textures to import to make it look good in Standard views or Raytraces, though there are a number of Websites who do free free Seamless Textures. If you can use Photoshop or similar you could make your Own too. have a look at this quick plan .....open the saved cameras ...you can save the materials to your library but they aren't great for Standard Views as I don't have the needed seamless textures. Hope CA will catch up to Modern Trends with this kind of thing soon.... 8x48 Stack Bond Tiles.plan

CA will do Vaulted Ceilings Automatically if you uncheck the "Has Ceiling" box in the Room's DBX ....looks like you did these manually? Did you leave the Dutch Gable over the front Door area? only other reason I can think that it is shaped that way unless done manually? M.

Quite the change ....hope he is seeing you right for the time spent so far..... Well you have a Plan to use as a template , change Level 1 to 8ft stud and put a simple 6/12 gable roof on it and see what he thinks before going too far .....sort of like " you thinking something like this ? " so you don't waste too much more time.... M.

I made a Room Polyline ( room under Turret), converted it to a Slab and then set each step's height and stretched each successive staircase layer out after using copy and paste in place to add the 3 steps..... If you need the plan let me know....

I don't have a Ryzen ... so don't use Ryzen Master as I assume it's only for AMD Chips, that's why I'm not familiar with it's uses having an Intel 5820K. M.

Possibly the edge of the upper story Flooring or floor sheathing? best to post the plan in cases like this.... You can use Windows Snipping Tool for quick Screen Pics , it's in the Windows Accessories Folder , and takes better pics , save the "capture" to you desktop and then drag it into the light grey area in the reply window.

Google Drive , now called Backup and Sync has 15GB free ( with gmail account) , I don't use it this way myself , but assume it works similar to Dropbox. OneDrive is only 5GB these days too , now they took away bonus space too

Not familiar with Ryzen Master , but make sure Chief , in the Preferences>Render Tab is not using the MAX number of cores ...default is max , I set it to 8 or 10 on my 12 core 5820K, ( 6 physical cores x2 with HT) computer so I can still work in other programs too. The Raytrace will obviously be a bit slower though. If i leave mine on 12 , things get pretty hot so I don't do it any longer.... M.

vaulted ceiling inside ? I think they follow the slope ...... it's the opposite problem I have seen posted before ...flat ceiling and a sloped soffit eg on a Gable.... so Chopsaw's method will work ...do one and position it then use copy and paste so you don't need to set all the variables again .

I believe in this case it is because you have left the Default Floor height at 94 3/4" instead of the 208 3/4 in the Room DBX , and the roof Plane is being built at the Default height over the Invisible wall ( plus heel height). If you change the Default Floor height to 208 3/4 , the Roof plane builds correctly by the look of it.... ( 1st pic) why with invisible walls it does that I have no idea, especially since in this case the wall is completing a 208" high Room. I assume there is a Beam across the opening of some sort , so a better way to do it maybe to use the normal wall with a HUGE Doorwasy between the Posts... or....2nd pic.

Surprising ...internal gutter /downpipe perhaps? that's a big area draining in behind that turret... Get the ceiling fixed?

something like this quick example perhaps.... M.

if it's a laptop , you may have a low power graphics card if the Standard view is slow...try vector view in that case and only switch to Standard view when needed to take a pic for a Client for example. If you mean Raytraces , that is all CPU done , more cores is better but there are also multiple ways to reduce the time for those like not using point lights and keep the size to 1280 x 720. you should of asked last week before the Black Friday sales ........ any "gaming computer" with a Nvidia card should get the job done ..... but depends on you budget too. M.

I agree, a nice Wrap- Around Curved Staircase would look good ...... I just took the easy route in the Existing plan to explain what i needed to do above...

You may want to have the Client send you some photos if a Site visit isn't possible ...did they actually build the Roof that way? M.

Can't you also Change the Camera View Names as needed in the Project Browser ? M.

I misunderstood what you needed I think... if you are now using Pony walls ? I think you like need to make sure on the Ponywall tab to "Show Lower Wall" not default or Upper wall so you see the ICF not sure if you can do that with the ALDO by turning different Layers On and Off in different Views or Not? M.

What Eric , not so tactfully, meant was that your "turret" roof has a number of holes , including one I can see from above in 3D , but also that there is no good way to get the water out from behind it , so you will need "crickets" or a different design .... it also looks like you have placed some ceiling "holes " in there , as you have a small triangle floating out in space and when I click on it I get this 3 times....

One way in the KB https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00376/creating-a-walk-out-basement.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01809/creating-a-stepped-foundation.html

add a copy of you plan for people to playn with , so they aren't guessing..... you can use the Window's Snipping Tool ( in accessories) to take screen shots if needed , then no PDF's are needed. good idea to fill in your signature too since you are new , see mine for how to.. M.

The ram you have gets good reviews I know someone who just ordered some, but it's not for the Ryzen Platform AFAIK but the 3200 mhz version is , so hopefully your retailer will swap it out for you once you explain the issue, this is the 3200mhz https://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3200c14q-32gtzrx I just noticed on the Newegg Flare Ram page you linked there is a Gskill Chat Button , perhaps ask them a few questions , then see if they will help arrange a swap out perhaps if needed... https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232623 If you aren't already , download HWInfo64 ( or similar) and keep an eye on your heat during renders , if the system isn't shutting down because of thermal issues then 4DDesign maybe right that your PS maybe on the edge of enough power at 850W for a system like that or you just got unlucky and it is a bad one , instant off shutdowns are usually one or the other in my experience , ie the PS trips to protect itself ( or it's BAD ) or the CPU shuts the computer down to protect itself.... if you have another PS you can swap it out for , that maybe one way to test it... https://www.hwinfo.com/ M.

I too suspect the CPU overheating , did you replace the TIM on the AIO Cooler for something better when you installed it? eg MX-4 or NH-T1 Also your Ram is not on Gskill's QVL list with that MB although the 3200mhz version is.... not all DDR4 is the same it seems (timing wise), my Gskill 2800 just would not work reliably with a Gigabyte X99 Board I had , it was swapped out for Corsair Vengeance 3000 Ram by the Store and it has been stable , both on the GB MB and Asus X99A-II I now have, though it won't boot 3000 on 100 Strap ( it will boot 3200 though), XMP automatically changes the Strap to 125mhz on my system , so make sure that didn't happen to you and you weren't inadvertently Overclocking if the Multiplier wasn't automatically changed too. https://www.gskill.com/en/configurator?manu=54&chip=3073&model=3078 3200mhz version https://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3200c14q-32gtzrx

If you alter your Template Plan as I mentioned so both measurements are the same , it will be that way in all plans from now on. If you have all the Default Settings you like / want in this drawing you can turn it into your new Template too , so you have the Settings in all new Drawings. from the File Menu Simply do a Save As Template>(Template Name) eg: My Template Plan , in the CA Templates Folder and it should ask you if you want this plan to be your new Imperial Plans Template > Yes. then in CA Check (and change if needed..shouldn't be ) the new Plan Preferences Setting is set to the New Template you just created ( My Template.plan in this case) , then I would then in the Template plan file delete the Floors 1 x 1 so essentially the Plan is blank and ready to Start a new House plan on for the next Drawing. All your Defaults are still saved and ready to go , you can even setup you elevation camera etc ready in the Template Plan etc etc .....If you find a setting you want changed permanently , remember to open the NAMED Template file and change it there too , so each plan uses that setting going forward. Also get in the Habit of as soon as you open a new Plan, to Save it with a NAME ....if you don't the Autosave feature does not work and if you have a crash or something , you can lose all your work ( been there done that...) as there will be no Archive Folder made. These may help too : https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00463/creating-and-using-a-plan-template.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00333/restoring-the-default-template-plan.html M.

you are supposed to write it down when you install the program.... can you deactivate the license in your digital locker or not? If Not you will have to call Sales and see what they say or try the Online Chat button here: Numbers are at the bottom here https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/ or https://www.chiefarchitect.com/company/contact.html

Hi , I meant a bug in this particular door style , not in Doors in general ......I cannot see a Door Manufacturer making different sized slats for different sized doors , just not practical , nor very pretty as Warren pointed out.... M.