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They will usually open the 1st time you use them on whichever screen is designated the "primary" screen by Windows but after that they should open per the way the Preferences are set ,as per Glenn's post above. Ie drag them to where you want them always , and close it , and it should open in that spot next time. might get a bit confusing if you disconnect your laptop often?

Thx Joe , a little more insight gained .... is it worth watching the old x3 and x4 text macro videos or has stuff changed a lot since then ? http://video.chiefarchitect.com/?search=text+macros

Hi Ray , I'm new to the text macro field too and found I had to check the evaluate box and set the context box to Owner Object to get it to work, though I'm not 100% sure this is correct , but Joe will confirm or debunk as needed I am sure either formulae above works BTW. very handy feature , now we need a Text Macro sub-forum so the experts can share/help with them .

can't you just take that image and make a custom material? how-to's http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/category/8/0/10/Chief-Architect/Materials/

sounds like what is called z-fighting and is a lot more common in x6 and x7 since they redid the 3D system , try some of the hints in this KB Article ,the advice under "large Terrains" works for many ie change 24" to 300" http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00107/

did you install the Logitech software Scott? , I use a Logitech trackball which is great, albeit on Windows and have the scroll wheel set as the middle mouse button, with the cursor over the plan it zooms in and out , with the cursor over the scrollbar it scrolls up and down. All eight buttons are programmable on my trackball ,likewise on my 4 button mouse. M.

I do Existing and Proposed Plans too , the Existing Plan is a good stepping off point (safety net) especially if the Client isn't really sure of what they want ,sometimes there are 3 or more "Proposed" Design Ideas , which sometimes leads to a "Final Design Plan " too, melding them altogether. I don't usually do a separate demo plan , though perhaps that's something I should look at a bit more. M.

I would do a "Save As" of the Fire and Ice Plan ,say as "My Template Plan" to the Chief Data Folder>Templates then delete everything from the Plan file so it is blank then save it again so you would have a blank plan each time you open a new plan but still have all the preference setup as you want. Sample plans don't come with the Layout file ,so you will still need to set one up for yourself . but there are tutorials in the KnowledgeBase (KB) M.

Am I missing something? ,cos that's what the Auto Roof return settings are for eg the pic below is a 42" Return with a 12" extension and hip roof (and ridgecaps and gutters turned on) why would you do it manually? Edit ...I see you found the answer while I was doing the test plan above

And check Chief's RGB numbers against Beni-Moore's on their website....though I have never gotten their Cloud White to look like it does in real life even on my colour corrected monitor. M.

is the ML set for Cut List not giving you what you need ? M.

Until the next Nvidia Driver Update and you have to reset it all , it's a PITA Chief isn't setup with a Nvidia Auto Profile, I mean even 3D Marbles and Tetris have one. M.

"I would recommend closing any running applications and reboot the computer prior to deleting the files" Yes , that's why the above batch file is best run at startup , though you can go to the Start menu item and run it at anytime from the Startup folder too. Most programs using the Temp folder will either not allow access to the file for deletion if they need it or they immediately recreate the file after deletion if needed . At least no issue here since playing around with the above Batch File. I am curious however what/why Chief has a temporary qt-jl-icons folder

HD Pro is the only title that imports DXF I think . maybe HD Arch. too? The Home Designer Forum is over here: https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/ You could check out Room Planner by Chief/HD for Ipad too here : http://roomplanner.chiefarchitect.com/

Have you closed the Plan ( Not Chief) when trying to upload it? if that doesn't work , try Zipping the plan file instead and attaching it. M.

I did a bit of cleaning out too after reading Doug's post and added the attached .Bat file to my Startup Folder to auto delete the contents of the %temp% directory each time the Computer boots from now on. This is the folder I put it in on Windows 7 C:\Users\YOUR_Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup cleantemp.zip if you type %temp% into the Start Bar Search it will show you a link to the Temp folder if you want to Open it and check for undeleted files. M.

Scott is correct I didn't Flip the deck upside down to see if all the framing was there , I could see the Beams and posts etc ,so made an assumption ( and we know where that gets ya !),seems my original thought was correct you do need to play with the framing manually ( not frame it manually though),all the framing you need is actually there you just have to drag it back out full length again and delete a couple extra rim joists on the Octagon at the original deck level, and I extended the beams etc CA had cut back , 10mins ? work and it is all there except the dbl rimjoist as I hadn't spec'd that in the Deck Railing Wall defaults. This would be how it was framed as an addition to the original deck, not if you were framing it from scratch of course. M.

thanks for posting the plan Joey , it's always good to see how others do stuff....can't find stuff like this in any manual. M.

It's Easter long weekend holidays here Antoine , so you may need to wait a day or so longer for others to respond.... M.

I imagine yes but please share the plan so we can take a look thanks M.

Thanks Perry + Steph_en , I was interested in MRS too , Scott called it MR(Layer)S in his videos Steph_eh , I'll add some links below. Scott you did video's back in X3 by the looks ,has much changed since then? I found 2 videos on this page http://www.chieftutor.com/scotthall/index.html and 3 on this page ,but think there are the same as above?...I guess the 4th didn't get made after all. http://www.chieftutor.com/scotthall/mrls_total.html http://www.chieftutor.com/scotthall/index.html

I thought you might need to manually frame this but I decided to give it a try since I was on HT answering a few questions and had HD Pro open anyway and you can just shift select and ctrl-drag the auto octagonal Deck over the main deck after setting it 7" higher in the oct.deck Room DBX , once you drag it over the main Deck the outer part of the Oct.Deck Room tries to drop back to 0" ,so reset it to 7" , and then multi- select the rails you don't want to see and make them all invisible. think that was all...

might not be the same issue,but I was having an issue with saving (and using the library too) when I went from x7 beta to X7 full but not with 17.1.2.2 , don't know if it helped or not , but someone (Perry?) suggested letting CCleaner clean the Registry (which I don't usually allow but I run it for the other Junk) and it seems good since , but not sure if that was really the fix or not? I use the free version found here: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download?upgrade

your videocards should easily handle the 2D ,for the 3D you could check your settings against Perry's recommndations to me last yr here : https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/321-nvidia-driver-settings/?hl=%2Bnvidia+%2Bsettings When was the last time you checked you HD for errors or Ran the Defragmenting utility? even on my desktop (with a GTX970) , since it is now 4-5 years old , I notice that X6 and X7 are a lot tougher on the hardware than X3/X4 were ,I went to an SSD a few yrs ago to try and make the "old girl" last me a while longer but got the GTX970 as a Xmas gift for myself as like you I was noticing considerable differences, especially now we have Multi-monitor. M

Hi Bob , found the post from last year when Perry helped me get my Nvidia card setup right , it's here: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/321-nvidia-driver-settings/?hl=%2Bnvidia+%2Bsettings