I recommend creating a dedicated SPV for different Views needed and switching between them to perform different tasks eg Foundation Plan, Framing Plans, Demo Plans etc etc,which also include a dedicated Default Set (Anno), Layerset and all other Defaults (see pic below) , so that things go to the Correct Layer in different Views and one SPV's Defaults, don't accidently Overwrite another's because they Share a Layer or Default etc.
You can duplicate any (closest to what you want) to begin and then Make new Defaults ( use Green Cross) seen below leaving the Default Set to LAST, as it will give you the Option to create a new Default Set once you start making new Defaults lower down. ( the 1st icon will become available, it's greyed out in pic below )
Makes me wonder if previously, whichever HD product you used had it's dimensions also Set to 1" like the Snaps, instead of 1/8th or 1/16th, so previously any in-accuracy was not noticed in the Dims. when Drawing as 4' 3/8" would of rounded down to 4' for example.
Some CA Videos on Dimensioning......... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/92/dimensions.html
AFAIK Chief won't do it automatically, but you can copy the Handle you like, to your User Library and change the 3D Symbol , X,Y,Z Options and then place it in front of the Doors and move into Position for height etc. in and Elevation View ( and Plan view if you want to recess it slightly).
Your Idea should work , but if you pull the insulated Roof inside the Walls and the non-insulate over the Walls it will control the wall's heights automatically.
The Full plan is a bear for sure , you have a ton of "Geometric Shapes" , and some at least could be done differently eg all the timber framing on the pavilion could be true roof or floor beams , the roof beams should find their own pitch for example once the roof is built and the posts and beams could be done Auto with the Railing Tools.
One a Plan this advanced in development you could "break" the Roofs on existing structures if you turn Auto Build Roofs back on , but that would still mean having walls and the Wall Directives setup before hand too , so manual maybe just as quick....
Chief LOVES to snap things to CAD lines , be it walls or Roof Plane edges , so set up some CAD reference Centers Lines ( orange below ) , I just picked the Center of the Chimney and then set up Radial CAD Lines every 20° for example and so they swing the full 180° , these can then be used to get the Walls and Roof Planes all intersect where they should.
Then draw the Middle Roof Plane , setting the correct (fascia) height so it joins to the Cricket RP and use copy reflect, to flip the planes about themselves around the Half Circle, pulling the corner diamonds to the CAD Lines as needed ,roughly done below in 2nd pic, though I haven't fix overhangs or angles on the outer edge as I'm out of time, but another CAD Line would work for that, for precise angles and length , eg use the Regular Polygon Tool to make a 18 sided ( 18 x 20° = 360 ) polygon with 8' sides (Or as calculated) and centre and rotate it to the orange CLs with the center tool once placed. (green in Pic below) Then snap the outer corners of the RPs to the corner of the Reg. Polygon.
*** Actually it would be easier to do the REG. Polygon 1st and then snap your Radial CAD lines to it's points.....
Turning the Frame Off in the Niche should just leave you with a drywalled opening , ( See TV Niche below) so I suspect you wall definition may not be standard if you are seeing brown (probably the Framing?) however, for the desk area I would not use a Niche , but a Doorway with no Frame and use the Room Settings in the "Room" to apply floor coverings (carpet) etc, to match the Main Room and also to lower the Ceiling in the Makeup Area "Room" over the Desk. ( lower the Ceiling with an AIRGAP above the Ceiling Drywall so the Roof isn't effected.)
Wall Elevation Cameras only see what is in the room they are in, so it's possible you won't see objects in other Rooms , the View may also be back-clipped and thus you don't see objects outside the back-clip distance, however the Cross section view (pic no#2) is reversed ( niche should be on right not left) so I think you took it from the wrong side ?
* the strange Triangular lines in this view also tell me that you have not pulled the camera far enough past the surface of the wall..... those are actually the wall surface geometry triangles showing.
- Yes you can change the color of the Niche in the Material DBX ( probably says Drywall by default )
- Not all objects will be easily selectable in Elevation , you'd need to be more specific but I think you mean the Desk ? if the Cross section is through the desk? it will be very hard to select , best thing to do is in Plan View shorten the Desk surface so you see the End of the Object in the Elev. Camera then you can select it easily.
- Depending on the Material/situation you can use Wall coverings, Material Regions or even thin 3D Solids to put different materials on a Wall.
If you need the plan to look at let me know........
this should help Ray...... CA should join the two planes easily once setup correctly....
https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01179/creating-an-attached-porch-or-carport.html
or
https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-01086/creating-an-attached-porch.html
You could do it by turning off the layer > Walls, Layers and then making the Walls, Normal layer - Line Color Gray but not sure if that is the "look" that is required? I also use the same gray (RGB 152,152,152) for the Doors, Windows, Stairs etc in the Roof Framing Layer Set.
( Make sure Walls, Main Layer only is OFF to see Walls full width. )
No, it's not a Dormer as you mentioned I believe, just the second Story Wall inset say 400-600mm from the Wall below, with a "notch" cut in the lower Roof Plane to expose it. Mansard roofs are always a bunch of Manual Work in CA but do-able ( start Auto and then move the two planes as needed ) especially this one which seemed easier than one with true Dormers, which CA tends to have Issues with joining the Interior Walls in my experience, but here the Walls are not Cut but bumped against the Roof Framing.
You only have 8 lights turned on in the Camera.....try 200.... with the Default Light Set , not Automatic with 2 levels as well
Looks like you PBR Setting are low too , try .35 for exposure and 30 for brightness as well.....
and with PBR make sure you have a foundation as well as a Roof or an Extra Floor above to help control the lighting engine in X14, and also remove any colored background eg trees as it will cause color bleed into the view ( ie green cast if trees).
I typically do this for the horrible plans that come from Canvas I am given..........
Open one of your Preferred Plans ( your Template if you have one ) and Export everything available to a Known Backup folder for reuse...
eg : C:\Documents\Chief Architect Premier X14 Data\Backups
also save a copy for your Preferred Plan into this same folder , so you can import Saved Plan Views (SPVs) and Defaults ( not Default Sets) too from it.
Export :
Default Sets ( Annotation Sets in old-speak)
Layersets
Wall Definitions ( may not be needed )
Note Types
On Import in to the Provided Plan make sure to Overwrite/Replace etc in each case....
Then Import the SVPs from the Preferred Plan, followed by the Defaults
New Security Driver Update for unsupported 600+700 Series Cards released
Updated 03/30/2023
Nvidia has released an Emergency Security Driver for Kepler GTX 700 and 600 series GPUs
For : Nvidia GeForce Kepler desktop GPUs, like those belonging to GeForce GTX 600 and GTX 700 series, as well as GTX TITAN, TITAN Z, and TITAN Black.
There is also reports that they have apparently discontinued STANDARD Drivers as well according to some reports
aligning with Windows 11 and that all Drivers must be DCH based.
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Abbreviations to note:
DCH = Declarative Componentized Hardware Driver - Apps come from Microsoft Store instead of from the Driver Installer
STD = Standard Style Drivers and App packaged together.
GR = Game Ready Drivers
SD = Studio Drivers ( maybe DCH or STD )
These are Modern Drivers (DCH) for newer systems and support Win 11 as well.
GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER
Version:
516.94 WHQL
Release Date:
2022.8.09
Operating System:
Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:
English (US)
ALL Drivers Listed BELOW are of the DCH Type ,
if you need the Standard Driver Type..... Please visit :
These are Modern Drivers (DCH) for newer systems and support Win 11 as well.
GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER
Version:
516.93/ WHQL
Release Date:
2022.7.28
Operating System:
Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:
English (US)
ALL Drivers Listed BELOW are of the DCH Type ,
if you need the Standard Driver Type..... Please visit :
NVIDIA Game Ready WHQL driver 516.59 / Studio Driver 516.59 version.
These are Modern Drivers (DCH) for newer systems and support Win 11 as well.
GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER
Version:
516.59/ WHQL
Release Date:
2022.6.29
Operating System:
Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:
English (US)
ALL Drivers Listed BELOW are of the DCH Type ,
if you need the Standard Driver Type..... Please visit :
NVIDIA Game Ready WHQL driver 512.95 / Studio Driver 512.96 version.
These are Modern Drivers (DCH) for newer systems and support Win 11 as well.
GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER
Version:
512.95/96 WHQL
Release Date:
2022.5.26
Operating System:
Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:
English (US)
ALL Drivers Listed BELOW are of the DCH Type ,
if you need the Standard Driver Type..... Please visit :
These are Modern Drivers (DCH) for newer systems and support Win 11 as well.
GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER
Version:
512.59 WHQL
Release Date:
2022.4.26
Operating System:
Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:
English (US)
ALL Drivers Listed BELOW are of the DCH Type , if you need the Standard Driver Type..... Please visit :
Nvidia has released a new Security Driver for the 600 and 700 Series Cards Only which are no longer supported by the most Current Drivers.
GEFORCE SECURITY UPDATE DRIVER
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Jan 14th - 2022
Nvidia has released a new GR (Game Ready Driver) on the 14th as expected
Version 511.23
though lately due to "issues" Chief has been recommending the Studio Driver which is still on 511.17,
if you have a 3080 , otherwise 472.84 ( 511.09 is NOT recommended by me or Chief )
These are Modern Drivers (DCH) for newer systems and support Win 11 as well.
GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER
Version:
497.29 WHQL
Release Date:
2021.12.20
Operating System:
Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:
English (US)
File Size:
831.43 MB
DCH Laptop GR:
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/184718/en-us
DCH Laptop Studio (SD) 472.84 on 2021.12.13
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/184239/en-us
DCH Desktop GR
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/184717/en-us
DCH Desktop GR Hotfix Driver 496.98 on 2021.11.24
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5281/kw/hotfix
Driver direct
https://international.download.nvidia.com/Windows/496.98hf/496.98-desktop-notebook-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch.hf.exe
GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER (GR)
Version:
497.09 WHQL
Release Date:
2021.12.1
Operating System:
Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:
English (US)
DCH Laptop GR:
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/184004/en-us
DCH Laptop Studio (SD) 472.47 on 2021.11.10
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/183580/en-us
DCH Desktop GR
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/184003/en-us
DCH Desktop GR Hotfix Driver 496.98 on 2021.11.24
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5281/kw/hotfix
Driver direct
https://international.download.nvidia.com/Windows/496.98hf/496.98-desktop-notebook-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch.hf.exe
Been a while since I Updated this thread but Nvidia Released a HOT FIX DRIVER today :
GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 471.22
Windows 10 64-bit Standard Driver - https://international-gfe.download.n...ational.hf.exe Windows 10 64-bit DCH Driver - https://international-gfe.download.n...nal-dch.hf.exe
NEW Nvidia Drivers were released today July 9th 2020 - both Game Ready (GR) and Studio Drivers
Standard - GeForce 451.67 WHQL Game Ready Driver https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/162102/en-us
DCH - GeForce 451.67 WHQL Game Ready Driver
https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/162105/en-us
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The information below may no longer be relavent in 2020 with Drivers having reached Version 451.xx Series now.
Links to Older Drivers also removed above as of June 23 2020.
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Possible Fix for those using older Nvidia Drivers
Use the 382.05 Drivers
Many seem to have issues with the new Nvidia 388 Series Drivers and Up ( 388.0 /.13/.33 etc) installed automatically by Windows Update
**edit....... just a note that the new 10 Series Nvidia Cards seem less likely to have these issues , but it's not unheard of.
eg. The mouse cursor disappearing in 3D views and other weirdness seem to be some symptoms in Chief , I was also get Crashes with some sort of DirectX error , in other Programs , as far as I know Chief uses OpenGL not DirectX (maybe both?) and Chief was not Open when that was happening
One Possible Fix that helped me and a few others is Rolling the Driver back ( re-installing actually) ) to May's Version 382.05 , this Driver is no longer available since this week off the usual Nvidia Drivers Download page , at least for me, the oldest is 385.12 so below are the direct links to the download page for 382.05.
Make sure you get the Correct Version as there is a Notebook/Laptop version too.
Once you have Run the Installer you will also need to disable Windows Update from Updating Hardware Drivers or it will almost immediately re-Update you to to the 388.xx Driver again, more on that below too.
Nvidia Desktop Driver version 382.05 direct download page
But I use the provided .reg files from there as they always seem to work .... I have zipped them and attached them below for easy download , you will need to run the OFF file for now , the ON file is provided so you can easily re-enable it when desired or needed.
Drivers From Win Update Reg Files.zip
And the Instructions from TenForums ( all Credit to Shawn aka Brink over there for the Tutorial and Files above )
3. To Turn Off Including Driver Updates in Windows Update
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_off_include_drivers_in_Windows_Update.reg
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop. (Unzip the File above to a Folder for reuse , if you downloaded it 1st and double click it from there)
5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
It is usually recommended to restart your computer after a Registry Update , so do that before starting Chief again....
If you need to Reenable Driver Updates just use the other Provided file ie..... Turn ON_
To Turn On Including Driver Updates in Windows Update
Turn_on_include_drivers_in_Windows_Update.reg
5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
It is usually recommended to restart your computer after a Registry Update , so do that before starting Chief again....
Also if using a Laptop with two Video Cards ( Discrete Graphics ) make sure the Discrete Card is assign to be used in Chief or the HD Titles as Chief does not have a 3D Profile in Nvidia Control panel for example and is not always recognized as a 3D Application. How to below...
https://us.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/46334/~/configure-amd-radeon-switchable-graphics
or
https://us.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11575/related/1
Okay had a few minutes to look at this and it seems to work okay with the right settings for me........ ( in X14 at least )
ie the Addition set at -7" as mentioned in the OP ( was at 1.75") and the Pour/Framing group set to 2 ( mentioned above ) in the Addition Room DBX also.
Yes , look for the Black and White Drawing Order Icon on the Edit Toolbar , or you can also do it in the Symbol's DBX and move it to the Back ---layer 39 or at least one display layer under the Tall Cabinet.
sorry looks like my brain got ahead of my fingers late last night, and I was thinking Saved Plan Views (SPVs) apparently not Default Sets.
However they can be imported just like the SPVs from the Default Residential provided by Chief.
Open the Default Residential Plan Template ------ File> New From Template should take you right there....
Then File EXPORT and export the Default Sets, and Layersets to a backup directory/folder for future use.
Now in YOUR Plan goto File > IMPORT and import the Default Sets and then Layer Sets you just exported.
You can also import the SPVs directly into You Plan as Mentioned and also the Plan Defaults if needed which should more or less give you a full X13 based Plan.
Ask Sales if you can be downgrade to the 2021 Version, (with rebate) it uses the old X12 Graphics Engine and should work fine,
or
Ask for a refund and just use your 2015 Version.
Hi, your sample plan isn't really per how Chief would work as technically you are standing outside looking at a single wall...... which
for a 3D lighting Engine is a whole different ballgame...... so normally I'd build build a 20'x30' house with roof and monoslab
foundation and add some lighting (cans) and more Windows for a true to life representation........
As Rene pointed out use 3D Trees not Tree Images from the Library.
Turning Off Refraction in RTRT will take way the glass Reflections so you can see through to the vegetation......
Also if using RTRT make sure you let it run enough Samples so that the Glass isn't pixelated too ( perhaps 2500 is where i usually Cap my samples )
*** I see the new Forum file size Limit is 14mb now..... so I can't repost the file with the 20x30 house.
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