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@Renerabbitt sorry just searching through all the posts on “3d scan to plans” and wondering if you have changed your workflow from dot3d to canvas or Matterport OR what do you recommends these days? I have recently been contacted by some real estate investors that are wanting to start converting old spaces and providing conceptual designs to potential customers and the need to gather large amounts of data to recreate existing buildings is going to be key to my success. Trying to figure out the most efficient way to do this from my small operation. I really like the idea of the Matterport full picture and lidar capturing but their exports are less than helpful other than a simple pdf in which I would have to recreate everything. In contrast canvas really seems to WANT to cater to softwares like CA by providing .plan files as an actual option in their services. The issue I see with canvas is, the upload file is pretty much useless after the scan is submitted as it’s so distorted there is no information or use for presentation that can be achieved from this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

So I finally decided to migrate to X16 and everything seemed to go fine until I realized that a HUGE portion of my user catalog did not load. What is really confusing is now when I try to open X15 it says the files are not compatible and will not open there as well??? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!

So recently I had a client send over some examples of different cabinet layouts they had compiled and one of the details really stuck out to me. The drawings had cabinet elevations, however the drawer fronts and doors were about 70% transparent to where you could make out the cabinet front details but also see details inside of the cabinets like shelves and specialty items. Has anyone done something similar in their designs/have a process they would be willing to share? I have tried with glasshouse mode but it doesn’t look right and when printing the blue seems to smudge out the details. Thanks in Advance! Courtney DFCo

THIS IS AMAZING!!! I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR SO LONG!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

I’m running a RTX4070Ti so I don’t believe it’s an “older card” issue.

I am seeing the same thing in my renders and its not allowing you to export a render without it having that grey background. Hope there is a simple solution.

Rene, I'm surprised to see you went with a Samsung Display, from my experience they are extremely hard to read text on BUT that also could just be the ones I used/saw. They do make great renderings though! (so that probably makes sense for the rendering god). Thanks for all of the other inputs its really got me thinking more and more about how I want to proceed. I work in a converted attic space so very little ambient lighting and no windows. I have been toying with the idea of getting the Aorus FV43U and just segmenting the screen real estate with fancyzones to mimic a ultrawide with supplemental windows I currently use the LG 34GP83A-B (which is amazing) and a Samsung M7 Smart Monitor (which is terrible). With the extremely poor quality from the Samsung, I basically just don't use it so my screen real estate is mostly on the LG which is terrible for workflows. Thanks everyone for the input!

Thanks Joe, 1. which tvs are those 2.likes and dislikes about your setup 3.Why did you go this route? (no wrong answers here)

I know this topic has been covered in several different ways but I was wondering if we could start a thread showcasing user setups with pictures of there desk layout and maybe a clearer explanation of the "why" they set it up the way the did and how they utilize it (i.e. what primarily is on which monitor (and why), desk space for XXX, etc.) I will say I have moved my set up 5 times now in the last year and even tried using a 50" TV just to get a feel for if monitor real estate was my missing link and still I'm not happy with my setup and it ultimately leads to being less efficient with my work flow. I know there is no such thing as the "ULTIMATE" setup but I think learning from each other can really help and knowing the why is (to me) the most important piece. So I think something like this can not only help us that are newer but also help more experienced users get alternate perspectives.

Yes sir, you can see the wall in the plan just not the schedule:

Ok, I give on this one. I have looked for 2 days and can't figure this one out. I have created a new custom wall type and the 2D symbol will not show up in the schedule. I know I am missing something simple but at this point I will defer to the experts!

1. Oh that’s genius!

So I recently completed a full plan set for a couple and their friends saw the plans and wanted nearly the identical plan set with removing a room which ultimately will change just enough that new plans will be needed. I’m trying to figure out how to copy the layout and plans together but associate them to the new files of each other as to not have to recreate and relink every page. Is this possible to relink and entire layout to a plan set? Any help would be greatly appreciated!