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Lots of comments here and I am going to agree with most but differentiate on some... Your fastest hard drive should be your OS drive. You definitely want that to be NVMe. It does not however need to be huge. I would recommend getting other drives as your "storage" drives. There is zero reason to store old, archived, data on a large NVMe drive. A seconday SATA SSD should suffice for that. Whether you have a mechanical hard drive or SSD, there is always "SEEK" that has to happen. If its on old mechanical, its looking at spinning platters or an SSD looking through the different chips. If you have large drives as your OS Drive you're creating longer SEEK times. With that said you also want to install as many programs on a second hard drive for those same seek-time reasons. Let me show you my laptop setup. OS Drive is only 500GB and Im only using 181GBs, and thats with Windows 10, Windows 11 and Ubuntu OS options in multi boot. Programs Drive is where I have all my Office 365 and IT Tools installed, VMWare, Hyper V, etc. Apps and Cloud are just that... I have all my importan files and program installers on this drive, which syncs to my One Drive Arch and CAD drive is where I have Revit, Blender, Bluebeam, Chief, CAD, PlanSwift, SketchUp and other construction based software installed. (but all my data files from them are on my Apps and Cloud drive again). I just said a lot and I apologize, but what I am trying to say is. Keep your OS drive lean and have multiple drives for each task and your performance will blow away all your friends. I come from the angle of being a Systems and Network Engineer and have had decades of experience, testing and building machines for clients and customers. I admit Im not a GPU afficionado, I will leave that to Mick and others but having a fast OS Drive, another for programs and a third for long term archival storage will make a world of difference. Good luck and if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me. JSnell

Ok, really hope all goes well. Please keep warranty paperwork close. I'm reading Alder Lakes are over heating and warping. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-comments-on-alder-lakes-warping-and-bending-issues-mods-void-warranty Please pay close attention (maybe even a CPU monitor) while running. This is reason #4,387 why I don't like using new; hardware, software, OS's, patches, etc as an IT Professional, until public works all bugs out. I really do hope you are ok and this is a small rare batch-run having these issues. JSnell

Did you pull this punch?

Hey Doug, maybe not, but you will want them available for your other non CA programs running simultaneously. I see you are eager to purchase as your current system is bogging down, but as I stated on another thread over a month ago, GPUs will continue to plummet, especially after the 40 series hits. 11th gen CPUs will also start their descent with 12th gen hitting market, if there is ANY way to hold on, you could get a KILLER deal. JSnell

So many variables to consider... Every person's eyesight is going to be different than the next. The older folks will want larger screens where the younger are good on a 17" laptop. 4k res, (natively) will have very small fonts, they can be adjusted in Windows and even CA, but sometimes lose 'crispness', if that's a word. You will see similar in 2k, just not as small. Also, how close are you sitting at monitor(s)? I have a client who quarters off his 50" monitor and when I work on it. I have to crane my neck up quite a bit, which I think would cause pain, even eventual long term issues. Most of my clients are running dual 27s and they seem to be ok. I'm 51 and run dual 32s at 2k with a 27incher on the side for my camera systems. I'm sure the 27 is 1080p. All are at good arms length and I can and unfortunately look at these all day with no issues to eyes or neck. Lastly, running a computer\laptop\GPU at max 4k or even 5k, when it may not be needed, over taxes your machine, runs hotter, which could shorten life of the machine and\or components. If and when needed do your walkthroughs in high rez and present them to clients on a large beautiful monitor\TV... JSnell

OK! Thank you Humble... So I, like you, didnt catch the diff between the Wall Break and the Complete Break. I also, did not have all the Toolbars active and visible, so everything @Dermot mentioned now makes sense and holy c**p, was that easy. @Renerabbitt was also very helpful with his video, but again I was missing alot of his Tools and Toolbars. So thank you everyone for your help. Lesson learned, and now I have about 50 more tools to try and learn about when I have not even figured out the previous 50... JSnell

Thanks Dermot, I tried that method and can create a break, but cant seperate them. I also am not seeing a "disconnect tool". I may have something with a combo from you and @Renerabbitt and will post if I am successful. All of this is now for knowledge as Kootenai County has said what I submitted is acceptable. JSnell

Wow, you did in 30 seconds what takes me half a day... thank you... what is that little circular thing you have with the mouse? Your interface looks much different than mine. Is that just custom modding your interface? As for the name, its Jerrell, but the 65Shelby is my car on my avatar. (not real, just a replicar) Thank you again, JSnell

@Renerabbitt I'm out at the property this weekend and don't have the best internet. Looks like Rabbit posted a video, but I can't view it yet. @Dermot I tried your option of just adding the landing, but it created it at the deck height. I looked to see where I could lower but couldn't find it. I will try you break option when I get home. Thanks again you two. JSnell

Thanks Rabbit... Lake Shack.plan

Not sure if I am smart enough to do that... this is a secondary building on the lot, which is on a sloped hill. Was a nightmare just to get the terrain imported correctly. Maybe Ill just leave the stairs and he wont say anything... Thanks for all the input.

Thanks Chop, the main part is set up as a Deck floor now... maybe I should create another floor underneath it? As for the need of even doing it, Kootenai County wants to see that the shack is under 200sq ft and I need to show the dimensions. I agree, almost after the fact but I avoid prop tax increse if I show them its under 200.

Hey guys. Having trouble creating a landing on stairs. As you can see I can drop straight to bottom but cant get a landing to work. I have looked at this link: Creating a Landing Between Two Sets of Stairs (chiefarchitect.com) But this seems to only help corners, which I also tried but the top of second run does not start at the end of the first... it starts at the same high level... Any help? JSnell

Nice... glad the link "kinda" helped... From what I am gathering... possibly, is that Intel bought the specific card or chipset or whatever and thats why its an Intel thing and not AMD anymore, which also would make sense why the AMD tool wouldnt work... it's no longer their product. But you did exactly what I would have suggested next, had that link not worked... keep stepping back on versions until one does work. Now with that said, lets talk about getting you a new system or at least a new video card. JSnell

I was able to open with no issues, if this is all it is... ?

Will this one work? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19282/radeon-rx-vega-m-graphics.html

Hold on... You're holding CA responsible for your crashes? Not the outdated video card that the manufacturer won't even support from 4yrs ago?

Ok final post on this... These are the stats on the following pictures and information Dell Precision 7760 Laptop Windows 11 Pro CA x13 version: 23.2.0.55x64 (version I had on server) nVidia RTX A4000 running nVidia 511.09 driver I also did a 30 second Walkthrough at 2k rez. Everything seems to work pretty well. No edits or adjustments to the RT. Just a quick snapshot to PBRT and lined up a nice shot of his bathroom, As of now I am done with this thread. JSnell

Grabbed a trial product off the web for this. Only $39. Pretty fun to use. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mf3kthmc8omyeyu/WT5 VH_trial_0.mp4?dl=0

I admittedly dont follow gaming cards or any cards. My world is servers, networks and firewalls, I didnt know the 3090 was out so thats my bad. I guess the point I was making is, if noticed, all I have repeatedly said was, "this option works for me". I am running 3 monitors, 2 are my work monitors and the 3rd runs video cameras, (cameras probably using onboard GPU, havent checked). Multiple teamviewer remote connections, Solarwinds monitoring and a million other windows. I can open CA and RT any drawing, including the OPs problematic one, with zero issues. As for the Win11 try, you are right. I have not tested it, but my laptop is a a triple boot, Win10\Win11\Linux. I will install the CA on the Win11 tonight and try to test (maybe, my back has been hurting, so we'll see.) Now whether this is a Win11, Win10, 3080, A-Series problem I dont know and the very last thing I want to do is get in any pissing match with anyone. I personally dont care what anyone uses. OP asked people to "open it on a laptop" and I did, even RT'ed it. Flawless. I let him know my setup and thats it. But for people, (not you), just in general do dismiss or discount something that works... I just dont get that... I often have to test client software compatibility with our construction and engieering firms. This laptop, that I bought in Nov, opens and runs, CAD, Blender, Revit, CA, HDStudio, BlueBeam and probably a couple others with no issues. I cant tell you how to run any of those programs, but I have tested them, extensively. Based on our testing, we consult to our clients on what to buy. I am not saying this is the holy grail and the HAVE TO have... just saying it works for me with CA. Thats all. I will report my Win11 findings tonight or tmrw and then be done with this thread. JSnell

With all due respect you are comparing the lowest end CAE GPU to the highest (currently) Gaming GPU. If you are going to snapshot any comparisons, you should compare the A6000 to the 3080. 2021 2020 Deep Learning Benchmarks Comparison: NVIDIA RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000 (bizon-tech.com) I am running an A4000 on a laptop and have not had one issue that others are struggling with. Not sure how you can blanketly deny an A-Series GPU when you have never had one, and you have someone telling you they work perfect? Is there no room for other options or successful combos? JSnell

Give it 30 seconds, Solver will tell you how. JSnell

Kev, check your PMs again. JSnell

Kevin I was able to view your PLAN with no issues. Very smooth, very quick. Both Standard.... ....and RT.... May have already been asked but did you go into the Nvidia console and tell it to open CA with nVidia GPU? JSnell

Another option since everyone here loves gaming cards are the Dell Refurbished computers. They come with full 1yr warranty and the prices are amazing. We purchase refurbs for our Non Profits quite often and have never really had any problems with them. XPS with 3060 - $1172.00 Refurbished Laptops and 2-in-1 PCs: Dell Outlet | Dell United States XPS with 3080 - $1700.00 Refurbished Laptops and 2-in-1 PCs: Dell Outlet | Dell United States Throw in a 1TB drive for another $100 and you're done... JSnell