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I found a few weird ones like this too ......My Snaps were OFF even though the Icon said they were ON , and I had to disable them and re-enable them to get them working again after I fixed about 16 of 27 layersets with the Framing ALL turned On........ very strange..... I am STILL getting the message about the Missing CAD Detail though in the current Layout even though both plans are Referenced and all Layout boxes appear to be Filled.... The 2503 Error with Chief is unfortunately not new for me, I suffered with it in X12 as well. Hopefully the new Nvidia Driver that came out yesterday doesn't cause anymore issues , I wasn't willing to try it yest. as well M.

Well may your luck hold...... I finally got it installed and it appears to have destroyed the layout I have been working on the last few Days including this morning ...... * Hmmm interesting since the house has never had a roof Plane there, it is a 3:12 Porch Roof which is still there as you can see..... All the Layersets seem messed Up too, they all seem to have Framing turned on now , so 3D views and Elevations are showing strange boo-boos like this and below. M.

Just A Warning to those reading, while this will work IF they have the Hardware, be aware YOU ARE GIVING YOUR CLIENT THE FULL CHIEF PLAN . So make sure their Account is upto date etc as once they have that digital file ........ M.

Probably just me but here were go again with the Install Errors..... Lock my computer up totally and had to use the reset button 1st time around..... but same issue on subsequent tries....

Well at least you can install it......

Oh wow...that is news .....It used to be 99mb per plan I think? , times must be tough at CA, reducing bandwidth there and here on the Forum ( 25mb > 14mb) and may also explain why it doesn't work for me sometimes too, though in X13 even when it does, EVERYTHING is highly overexposed and doesn't look as good as in Chief Natively...... ( Standard View ) it also forces you to load "basic View then you have to change the Render Type to Standard ...bandwidth again? but who want's to look at Basic View? M.

There is a Fix in the Update released a few hours ago for Sink Cutouts..... not sure if it will help you or not?

Not sure if related but the new version for Chief today has a fix that may apply to you

Chief just release a NEW Version of X13 at Lunch, I happen to close down and reboot ...just got it myself....maybe worth a try ---see the PDF M.

Yes , I closed down to uninstall the M$oft Update that is causing me Save Issues again with Chief and got notified just now as I rebooted.... so fingers crossed this fixes that Issue. PDF of Fixes.............. chief-architect-x13-update-notes.pdf M.

Just found this posted in the Chatroom, and he is have issues with his Aware as well https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/33965-hardware-preferences-for-chief-architect-premier/ I'd be thinking 12th gen since the budget is apparently non - existent and 11 gen is fine , might get a good deal with 12th gen out now, and at least on Desktop, 11th gen will allow Gen4 PCie on NVMEs, which are twice as fast , BUT not sure it help Chief a lot ? but I have not investigated that on Laptops though. ( my laptop is 10th gen.) M.

Well while you still have it , why not try a Install of Win10 and find out , just return it to factory reset before returning it , which you'd do anyway...... that's one way to find out if it is Win11 or the "Hybrid" Tech, which I think is where even the RTX out goes thru the Intel chip to save power ...now I could see that messing with Chief as Chief has had weird issues over the years with Intel's Drivers/Cards. M.

Like Mark I would not go with the Dell Precision either, with Mark's help I went through 7 laptops before getting one that worked ( almost ) as it should, all of them had weird issues , like with MSI, (2) with USB ports not working , (1) overheating doing nothing at Idle, an Acer that came with a charger that wasn't Acer's ( Amazon ), a ProStar Clevo, (which I liked) that had Hardware WHEA errors continuously etc etc, which they couldn't fix, so ya just have to have faith and buy from a place with a no questions asked Return Policy Gigabyte has some nice models as does Asus currently and with your budget it should be top of the Line, but Xotic, HID Evolution and a few others Mark has used do the Sager/Clevos and I believe Rene Rabbit got a Eluktronics Laptop recently , so perhaps send him a PM. M.

Canvas now supplies a NATIVE Chief .PLAN file I believe and will even use a Supplied Template. * At least this is my understanding from the Forum I have not used them as I don't have the Hardware needed. M.

On a Laptop you may need to disable Secure Boot in the Bios 1st as well , or it won't / may not boot from a USB Drive. M.

Looks Like your Dimensions are Set to use the Wrong Layer but you don't say what you are doing when the Popup occurs.... M.

oh..... maybe on Vacation? looks like he hasn't been on the Forum for 2 weeks..... @SH_Canada

No worries , you might want to put an edit it your 1st Post with the Answer so other Users don't read the whole thread and confuse themselves M.

I had a MSI Laptop doing something similar, so I returned it and got the Asus in my Signature instead, as I had a concern the CPU wasn't properly installed with the required TIM. ( Thermal Interface Material ) M.

Didn't you have success with the guys in your other Thread?

Happy to help.....

If you need a new PS and a graphics Card AntOnline seems to have some Bundles in Stock fairly regularly *Personally I have always had good luck and service with EVGA ( in Cali.) so........ https://www.antonline.com/Evga/Computers/Video_Cards/Graphic_Cards/1445799 They do have Cards in Stock too, currently the 3080 Ti is only $100 above MSRP which is pretty good..... ( since EVGA doesn't have any on there Site ) https://www.antonline.com/Evga/Computers/Video_Cards/Graphic_Cards/1429479 Prices are dropping but the Rumors are that the 3000 Series will be sold along side the 4000 Series suppoedly coming in Sept/Nov. M.

You don't need to do anything to the CAD Block........... In a 3D camera use the Delete Surface Tool to remove the Top of the Cushion and the The Side "Ring" Leave the bottom for now ( or you won't have a seat ) then Select the Chair and save it as a new Symbol > Furniture-Interior to your Library , now once place back in the plan you can change the Chair's 2 Materials to those of your choosing.

In the destination File you have Edited the OOB Text Layer's name it appears, ( 1/4" Text DBX is using 1/2 Scale Text) which is the same as I was seeing yest. when I tried that....and got the same result. Typically I have always copy the Existing (OOB) Chief Layers rather that Rename them, and is my SOP for all this kind of thing. The Text Layer doesn't have a System Icon like the rest Chief Made OOB layer, but I think that is cos it is already in Use even in an empty Plan since it is a Default Layer under Text. No, you are right, it's not specifically anything to do with SPVs , it is that they control the Default Set and hence the Layersets, etc in use including the Text Layers. M. *** Okay I have finished reading the rest of the Thread now and see Dermot has put you right about renaming System Layers....

I as I mentioned, I don't think there is one ( global) Default for Text it is dictated by whatever Text Default the SPV is using in both the Source and Destination Plans *** . Yes, I believe that is what I was seeing too, when I renamed the Default Text Layer in the Working SPV to Text,1/4" above , so the pasted Text was on Text,1/4" in the Destination Plan File. If I paste it into the Mechanical SPV I need to turn that Text 1/4" Layer on to see it, so it looks like it is remembering the SPV Default it was copied from ( source Plan) and looks for the same Default in the new plan which is now named Text,1/4" since the 2nd plan does not have a Layer called Text anymore, so I think more testing is needed as a Layer called Text should of been created in the 2nd plan according to Dermot. *** Perhaps things get screwed up if you rename a Chief Default Layer, rather than Creating a New Layer for a particular SPV , since changing the Chief Default Text Layer's Name changes the Text Layer throughout the Plan ( ie in All SPVs.) Even if I make a new layer called Text , it does not paste to that Layer , it still goes to Text,1/4".....so maybe that's what you did in your 2nd Plan? Mick.