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Yep very nice ,Kjellar. The link to the Lumion tutorial above is very good , he sure makes it look easy....

The Laptop has a more capable videocard than the desktop and perhaps more Ram which helps too. Does the Laptop have an SSD vs a HD in the desktop ? is Chief setup/been added to Nvidia Control Panel in 3D management on the Desktop? are the Render options on both the same? etc etc lots to look at . the 3D framework has changed since X3 and started with X6 AFAIK ,so perhaps your GTX430 is no longer capable enough?

Depending on what the real construction is as DJP mentioned , you can use a window AND a Window Passthru to get this effect , you may need to pull the bottom of the window box up in an elevation view though. Can make for a messy plan view ,make sure to suppress Sills and Casings as as needed on the interior and exterior walls. The Box window works to in some situations but the casing won't move out even if you make the frame say 16" deep.....I'm thinking that's a bug? M.

You should be able to use the Materials List Polyline for that , once you have it shaped as needed, select it, then click the Calculate Button on the edit Toolbar, it works like the "calculate from area Tool" so whatever is inside your shaped "marquee" is included.

This list is from here on the forum a few years ago https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/4281-foundations/page-2#entry38029 some of it is mentioned in the short video no# 5415 too , cant make a direct link but here is a list http://video.chiefarchitect.com/?playlist=21 ,scroll down about 15 videos

He's using HDA 2015 Perry , so no Wall Material Regions AFAIK , but Pony Walls should work if HDA has them ? otherwise you can use a Soffit with Brick material carefully placed to simulate the effect you want. you might want to post over at HomeTalk instead of here on the Premier Forum for further answers ,as they will know your product better. https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/

He can try the Pro Trial for Free so why not ? , you just have to remember to open you Defaults and under Plan ,check the box for "Allow editing in certain HD Products" I would assume you are doing the Layouts for him aren't you? so Pro might work for him. https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/trial.html?product=pro

Not on a Mac so not seeing any issue here , looks like you drew it in Inches , so She may need to turn on the Secondary Dimension Format ,so Chief will Show Both or reverse the Primary Format and Secondary Formats , you might need to check the meter to feet conversion equation in the Preferences too, under Unit Conversions?

My guess is you originally drew the exterior walls , then enclosed the family room and deck at that end with interior walls an set their Room designations while doing so , then moved to the other end of the house and designated the remaining area as "Garage" before you drew in the Garage interior walls , this would cause the entire area to drop to the minus 6" default for a garage room, after which you then sliced up the remaining area into kitchen,living etc , but that doesn't auto set the Floor back to 0" just cos it's a kitchen or living rm designation. Cant say why the 1st floor garage is at -114 though.... -14 perhaps ? M.

The Reset side windows should of brought the Edit Bar back to the bottom of the screen even if it was on another monitor , any chance your Mouse is having issues or needs new Batteries ? and just isn't allowing you to select things 100% or the time? M

Automatic reframing isn't on ( in pic posted) , so did you rebuild the framing/roof? after changing the spacing.

Thanks Joe , Perry good information sounds like I am in the same boat/business as Joey/Bullright ,(except for the Grandkids, congrats ! ) and need to get more organised/focused too. I think Joe was saying he has a separate Details Plan Perry which he links to his layouts rather than having all the details in each Plan ,which sounds like a good idea to me ,since I am not a lover of the Library and I keep seeing Users post that there Library has "disappeared" ...again ! M.

Had a quick look..... The Family Room and Deck are the only Rooms at default Floor height of 0" on level 1 dining room ,Kitchen, living, pantry etc are all at -6" Garage on level 1 is at -114" which I think explains the walls ballooning up out of the basement (you have a garage on level 0 too on opposite side of house,correct?) Front Porch floor is visible to me.... so display setting perhaps? or you fixed it before posting plan? The chimney isn't cutting thru the roof plane properly either , only the outer portion is...., look up past front porch and you will see what I mean. There are also a number on misaligned walls you will need correcting , some need aligning to below ,some up ,some both ,so only you know which way is correct. M. Edit : I just hit canel when I saw a warning message that it was look for textures (I think)

No Problem ...I like your system ,now just need to implement something similar ,starting with a basic box house should do right ? so you have something to send to Layout, or did you just use a plan and layout you liked for your "templates" and adjust things as you went over the years? M.

accidentally deleted my post above but thanks for the Video Perry, I like your system and need to setup something similar.. That's how I usually do it as they like to see the "Before and After" here , should work fine with Perry's System as the Proposed Plan would have everything from the Existing ,though I guess you would need to link the Proposed Plan to the (Existing) Layout File right? M

Thank P. I'm getting these two threads messed up , will keep my eyes open for parts 2-5 PS I think you video folder includes vids for your clients ? not sure if you want others to see that or not ?

Not sure if you have an SSD Bob? ( I'd recommend one if not) but Perry and the others do , however Perry's Nvidia settings I am using from last yr made a difference in the 3d Rendering for me , not sure if he has changed settings in X7 (vs X6 last yr) --- you may want to lower the no# of cores you use for Ray tracing too if you want to work in Chief at the same time as a Ray Trace is Cooking.... if you use all 32 for RTing Chief will be very slow. M.

file didn't upload , see post #5 for how to if needed...

been here 30 mins and had to sign in 6 times ,just me? or is the forum having an issue?

the thin gap sounds like the sill plate area? have you built your framing yet? no pics or plan TennVol check out my post here , 2nd 1/2 covers the attaching ,make sure plan is closed in Chief or it may post empty or not at all. https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/221-how-to-take-pics-of-your-plan-to-post-here/?hl=pics

@ Perry , might be time to post your Nvidia settings again , as I see Ducksbill hasn't set any of them up on his new computer even though he has added Chief to the Nvidia 3D Page. @Ducksbill see above.....also your network Workgroup should not be "Workgroup" or you wont see any other computer or device on your network, your Tech should know that's necessary, it's an easy fix, but necessary. (Workgroup is the default M$ name and should be changed for security reasons eg to DucksBill) To those who cloned there HD to a new SSD it is worth checking that the alignment is correct..... though most Cloning software is better these days. Scroll to the very bottom of this page ( german so ignore rest) and get AS-SSD Benchmark , not only will it test your SSD's it will tell you at the Top Left if your SSD's Alignment is correct (in green) , misalignment of an SSD will cause slowness issues , and was a problem I had the 1st time I ever cloned my Windows install off my HD. http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?cat_id=4&download_id=9 my old computer is only Sata2 compliant so holding my SSD back too make sure you select your SDD in AS-SSD from the drop down list as it will list your HD's too if you have them. This Free Partition Manager can also check it and fix it if needed http://www.disk-partition.com/free-partition-manager.html M.

Usually the outline only appears when you either try to place the Dormer in a location it wont fit , or it is outside the roof-plane/crossing two roof-planes at that location, usually you can select it and move it or open it's DBX and change it size ,type etc if needed and once right it will "build" if you explode the dormer you can likely delete the Roof opening so it doesn't cut thru but I haven't tried it as I normally want the hole.... you can only place them into a roof plane so that determines the level they show on.... PS if you turned the roof opening layer off in display options you likely still have an "unbuilt" dormer there somewhere too.

From the Default Floor Level for that Floor by the looks of it ? (level 2 I assume)

perhaps still updating the website links as 17.1.2.2 or something just came out a few hours ago , just got it myself here: http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/updates/updateprogram.html?program_name=Chief+Architect+Premier+X7+Windows+64-bit&update_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital-locker.chiefarchitect.com%2Flocker%2Fdownload%2F111%2F405%3Fauthorization%3DeyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJwcm9kdWN0cyI6W3sibmFtZSI6IkNoaWVmIEFyY2hpdGVjdCBQcmVtaWVyIFg3In0seyJuYW1lIjoiQ2hpZWYgQXJjaGl0ZWN0IEludGVyaW9ycyBYNyJ9XX0.2ZUYlPog2wI6hlT7_ZDSDjsROL_CwPZ8HL7iavVD-4ZVQtlvSMqXUW47vGL0vdx2XcoImR1gRaUihgL6fZwuEw&utm_medium=software&utm_campaign=Check+for+Update&utm_source=Chief+Architect+Premier+17%0A

it sounds like you are trying to send to layout from a 3D camera view of the elevation, (this will only allow an image to be sent), instead Open an Elevation view ,( from the Orthographic Camera Menu) which will allow you to send at scale.