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They are doing server maintenance etc today , I saw in the announcements area , but when I checked the Library after the download for more details the Dal Tile Lib. wasn't there. edit : appears to be there now http://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site/detail/684

It looks like the error message mentions my File Graham , I guess you skipped reading Post # 136 Scott you should have it if you downloaded Graham's Texture file in post no# 165 too

I do it about once a week too ....Today Dal Tile was updated , we now have Mosaics and ONE Quartz lines too. ( was only Ceramic and Porcelain)

Thx for the extra info G. I have only played a bit with the General Contrast setting , not the Tone Mapping Contrast as I am not familiar it it's effects , I just saw Jintu recommend 60-62% Contrast in one of his posts a while back , possibly in the a Thread about Blender in the Chatroom?, when I tried it a while back. Actually the settings here are pretty good for Client views , are quick enough and nicer looking that the regular .jpg . As a test I opened the Shower door in the 3D view and with Jintu's settings (Photons etc) I stopped it after 12 mins as the angled glass looked like H*** and still wasn't half done. On a side note , when RTing, it pays to orientate my two brushed Stainless Textures to get the best look , eg the bathtub hand rail should be vertical as should the Towel warmer at the end of the room . M

hi Glenn , he is suggesting that you use the same technique, he used to do Fascia Mount Railings with a hidden Ramp , if you look at those videos you'll get it , just be sure to turn on the Layer 'Z' to see them in his Plan. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/5306-deck-railing-post-fascia-mount-tip/

Thx G . As a test I ran it at 1920x1080 (x300ppi) since that is my monitor/TV size standard settings was 6.23 so about 55% longer (3:54) (the settings we are using seem to be Jintu's Exterior ones) with Jintu's Interior Settings at 1920 x1080 (see attached) it was 12.37 as he uses Photons and Caustics on , he also recommends a slightly yellow/orange light , which looks good in this case due to the Cedar interior. I assume if I did 20 passes as he suggests, it would look really good...not quite so "muddy" Ray Trace Notes from Forum Raytrace Settings-Forum Notes.pdf

Graham , Are the settings you posted on Page 6 Jintu's recommended one's by chance? they seem familiar , I think he liked 60-62% contrast on the Tone Mapping too, which I happen to like too, looks a little "sharper". For some reason even when I make a new RT Profile it never seems to "save" for the next time I play with RTing , or are they only saved per plan perhaps? 10 passes with your settings: Run 1 was 6 of 8 cores and was 4:12 Run 2 was 8 or 8 cores and was 3:54 that's on an old overclocked i7-950. , so is actually better than I thought compared to some hardware here. My 2nd Comp. has a q6600 actually which used to OC just fine but these days I use it for Office Work so it's back on standard settings as those 775 motherboards are hard to find now at a reasonable price.

Thanks Graham ..did not realise that plan was so heavy on textures , but once I unzipped both files to the same folder , there are no more error messages and I do see differences in the Camera View like the Picture over the Bathtub. dried plants in the Vase and the Towels etc. ***It looks like once CA loads the textures once , it "has them" , I ran the plan file from post #162 above again and it loads fine too now . ( I did close CA and reopen in between)

Hi Graham , you only zipped the Plan file , you actually need to do a Backup Entire Plan from the file menu, and then zip that Folder, this Plan is full of missing textures too. Thanks again.

Thx Graham , I wanted to play a bit with this RT and it's settings . more for the Image then as a performance comparison, but wanted to play comparing Apples to Apples. M.

Did you repost the Riverstone Plan you mentioned on page 7 Graham ? or is the Plan you posted a few pages back Ok after all? M.

Must be the Client class I deal with Jon I just throw them in the bottom of the Closet.... but you can resize and drag into a cabinet .

Thanks Dan and others I Finally figured it out ... I had already put the macro into my Default Label for Windows but none of the Labels changed. I was expecting it to change on ALL the windows as it was a Default , but I guess Labels are not Dynamic in this regard ?, so as all the Windows were already placed in the plan nothing changed, but I have updated each label manually now , and I have now also updated my Metric Template , so I should be good from now on... Thanks again all. Mick.

Two Gems in one day , thanks again .....think this is what Scott calls a Nugget isn't it my learning for today...

There is an angled Shelf and other items like Rods in the Closet Accessories Library>Hardware and other Items like Cubbies (cubes) in the Cabinet Specialty Storage Library too. @ Jon ...very nice...

Nice - didn't know you could do that , thanks for another Tip Joe.

Also the Knowledge Base...as long as I have had the software I didn't realise the (D) meant Dynamic Default , not just Default but this KBA about the new Set Default Tool gave me the ah-huh moment http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00437/

Like Joe I thought things like Sashes which have Dynamic Defaults (D) changed on all windows if the Default window was changed ...No?

not sure it works for that Scott but if applicable it shows on the end of the Edit Toolbar ----gear wrench with a + sign

Thanks for the Replies , I assume this is a bug , I have never been able to get rid of it on Labels but was hoping a smarter Chiefer than me might have a solution. For Dims when working in Metric I usually turn off the separator all together , ie no space ,no comma but Labels always add the space regardless it seems , been this way for years and is a small pet peeve. Maybe they can be forced to show meters instead ? (marco only ?) ie 1.8m X 2.0m instead of 1 800 x 2 000 thanks for the macro too Gerry

Hi Scott those textures are from a library I posted last year in the symbols Forum here https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/2563-stainless-steel-and-other-metals-add-yours-please/?hl=%2Bstainless+%2Bsteel Mick.

I have been able to do it no problem, for all the Dimensions , but the setting for doing it to Window and Door Labels has eluded me, even if I specify the Label with Height x width macros . Maybe it is just me it annoys? (in metric plans) but I don't want to edit each and every label cos it looks like a typo. Thanks M.

I was thinking 350 too , so maybe I'm missing something too.

Not sure , perhaps so you know it isn't included but more likely cos you probably can't have one without the other. Can't you just delete it ?

Nice....so we should be able to use the new Post and Pier Bonus items then too.